The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-11-19
Alignment Of Gold and Silver Men
Probable at the Next Election.
CARRIERS OPINION ON THE SUBJECT.
A Pacific Policy Favored by the President
Regarding Cuba-Senator Harris on the
Kansas Pacific Railroad sale-Im-
ports and Exports.

election between Jne gOiu ana silver
men of the country and that the next
house of representatives will be elected
on that issue alone. And for that
test" he says, the gold standard men
will not be well prepared" While
Senator Carter is not entirely hopeless,
he does not see much hope of interna-
tional bimetallism, nor does he think
congress will do anything on the
financial question. There will be
a protracted debate on Hawaiian
annexation, and the Cuban situa-
ton will come up incidentally"
he saws. I'VE will discuss the
financial system at great length, and
then we will probably let the facts
and arguments that are developed be
considered by the press and the peo-
pie. The nation thinks slowly. We
will have to allow a period for the
whole subject to be thoroughly di-
gested, and then perhaps we can come
back prepared to enact a complete sys-
tenn. | believe that by this careful
ard conservative method of approach
ing this tremendously important sub
ject we can avoid the violent views of
either side and evolve something that
will be neither gold monometallism
nor silver recommendation"
Mr.. Carter is very positive that moth
ing will be done in the way of currency
reform which contemplates the retire
ment of the greenbacks or the issue of
bonds. Il realize, he says, that the
confidence of the country in the pres
auf hon1yir1or lon ho Il, =
some extent, and that the lack of per-
feet confidence is an impeachment to
business, but it can be stated emphati-
cally that no alleged reform can sue
coed in congress which takes it for
granted that the efforts to secure in
ternational bimetallism have come to
conclusion which proposes to con-
tract the currency or provides for the
issue of bonds" Nearly everybody in
congress agrees with Mr.. Carter on
most of the propositions, but from diff
ferent points of view. 1t is becoming !
more and more apparent every day to |
gold as well as to silver advocates that |
the next election will be fought on the |
financial issue.
Secretary Gage made some remarks |
yesterday on this question. He, too, |
believes that the next congressional |
election will be fought on the currency |
as single issue and says that the gold |
men are greatly at a disadvantage be- |
cause they do not agree. The silver |
men are united on one idea. and that |
is free coinage at sixteen to one. They |
are like the Mohammedans-there is
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prophet On the other hand, he COM
pares the gold people to the Christian
church-they are divided into 40 de-
Presbyterians, Episcopal
lians, Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians
and Quakers, each having his own
method of salvation and insisting that
every other is wrong.
A PACIFIC POLICY FAVORED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Ex-senator Fair
banks, of Indiana, and Senator Elkins,
of West Virginia, saw the president
yesterday upon matters pertaining pri-
marily to appointments in their states,
but also discussed with Mr.. Mckinley
the probable policy of the coming SEES
sion of congress. Both Senators FL
kins and Fairbanks agree with the
president in the matter of pacific
measures regarding Cuba and Spain.
President Mckinley is quite anxious
to know what prospects there are for
legislation, and asks differ
emit senators who call for their opinion.
I Senator Harris, of Kansas, who took
a prominent part in the last session of
congress against the arrangements for
the sale of the Union Pacific railroad,
called on the president regarding the
sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad He
said he believed the Kansas Pacific,
ike the Union Pacific, would bring the
iull amount of the government claim,
and that though as to the Central Pa
life there might be some difficulty, |
ret he inclined to the opinion that the
government would get its debt on this
account also paid in full While pres
'ure is still being brought to bear on
he president for appointments, he is
giving little time to such matters, and
prefers to work on his message. 1t is
that the president will make
10 recommendation in his message
lpon the subject of general arbitra-
ion. The fact that he made his views
lear on that subject in his inaugural
and that no arbitration treaty {
viii be pending when the annual mes
age is sent in, make it unnecessary to
ay anything further on the matter at
his time I
NO PARENTAL BLESSING. G
.obert t. Lincoln VIII Not Forgive His c
Daughter for EIOping. I
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-Robert T. Lincoln '
efuses to bestow a parental blessing +
pom his youngest daughter, Miss /
aSSia WIN elnned IN AIilrranI,ee | I