Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-10-28
silly LII ISSUE 10 DUhD
QUESTION is ELIMINATED FhOM
STATE CAMPAIGNS.
Chairman Jones and other Leading
Lights Have Advised the ADanoon-
ment of Silver as an Issue-Ouar
fine AGAINST White Metal Orators.
c Now "Princip1es."

Seeking New "Princip1es."
Adyices from Ohio, in when otate
the Democratic party made the iree
and unlimited coinage OF silver 'ne
chief, and practically the only, feature
of it's platform three months ago, snow
that the silver question is absoiutely
eliminated from the discussions Oh TIC
campaign. Ex-Congressman IoWne'
who entered the State with a PROPOSE.
tion TO canvass it in the interests OIL
the Silver Trust, was ignomiNusly or
dered off the stump and out OF Tue
State by the self-appointed manager "
the campaign, Allen O. Meyers, ana MS
action was sustained by the men VINO
stand behind the management OF the
State campaign. Mr.. ToWne, MI. Dl!
an and his co-laborers in behalf OF the
silver cause now sit afar Off ana view
with dismay and silence the abandon
ment of the cause Of free silver, which
one year ago was the leading feature
of the national campaign, not alone III
Ohio. but in every State where the
Democratic party is making any real
effort at success.
Reports from all the States in when
campaigns are in progress show that
this program has been generally
adopted. Chairman Jones ana other
leading lights in the silver organiza-
tion have advised the abandonment OF
silver as an issue, and that ADVICE Is
being adopted. The leading advocates
of the silver cause are rigidly excluded
from the States in which campaigns
are in progress. strict Quarantine
has been established against MI Bry-
an, Mr.. Towne and the other statesmen
whose voices have been exclusively de-
voted to the service of the Silver trust
during the past two years. Ihey are
allowed to slosh around in the few I'M
important States where the Democrats
havenop ossible hope Of success, merely
| by way of personal compliment, but
in every State in which the party lead
ers have any hope of carrying a State,
or even a legislative district, the State
chairmen have established well-man-
ned picket line on the State border,
with instructions to exclude, under all
circumstances, every orator of the free
silver stripe.
Wonderful Transformation Scene.
This is one Of the most Interesting
developments Of the campaign which
is now within three weeks Of it's close.
One year ago the free coinage Of silver
was the leading feature in the cam
paign. Three months ago it was deter
mined by the silver leaders that it must
be a leading issue in the campaign OF
1897 wherever State and local cam
paigns were to be made. In Ohio, in
Iowa, in Kentucky and in sundry other
States it was made the leading, it may
be said, the chief, feature of the DEM
ocratic platform in 1897. In Maryland
the astute German, seeing the turn OF
public sentiment against the issue
which was SO popular a year ago,
adroitly shelved it in the platform
which the State convention framed less
than ninety days ago. In New York
it was adopted by segment Of the
Democracy. In Massachusetts, the
George Fred Williams element of the
Democrats adopted it. In Ohio, Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Iowa, Nebraska anil
other States it was made, as already
indicated, the chief, and, in many
cases, the sole issue of the State plat
form. Democratic conventions in a half
dozen leading cities in the Union made
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
the chief feature of their platforms,
and in every State adopted declarations
u; aJ ;n4 i,,+ In
the least.
Ding1ey Law Did the Business.
Within thirty days of that action on
their part the Republican Congress
passed the Dingley protective tariff
law, Republican President signed it,
and it became the law Of the land.
What was the result? Factories start
cd up all over the United States. Where
thousands and hundreds of men We're
unemployed, where labor had been
without occupation, suddenly the
smoke Of factories made it's appear
ance, the busy hum Of industry was
heard, laboring men by the hundreds
of thousands and millions found en-
ployment, the demand for the products
of the farm increased, and 10! prosperi-
ty prevailed among not only the labor
ing men in the manufacturing centers.
but among the farmers of the country
Prices advanced. Not alone the price
Of wheat in which there was a ''short-
age abroad but the price of corn and
rye and barley and wool and tobacco
and everything which the farm pro-
duces.
simultaneously with this advance In
farm prices, silver went down. An
ounce of silver, which in June. when
Democratic conventions were assem-
bling, was worth sixty cents dropned