El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-17
CHANDLER AND SILVER,
THE VERMONT SENATOR LEANING
TO THE WHITE METAL.
He Warns The Republicans of the Element
Paradrng the Party as FavorinS the
Single Gold Standard.

w. S. Sterrett, correspondent for the
Dallas News, thinks the Hon VIM.
Or andler of New Hampshire is the
coming silver champion, and writes 10
prepare the south for its new leader.
He recently wrote:
The strangest thing that has grown
out of the parting of the prices OF tn,
two commodities wheat and silver, are
ihs articles which the HOa. William
Chandler, senator from New Hamp-
shire, has been contributing TO the
press of late. And it is the articles
mentioned and the honorable senator
which causes this communication. Mr..
Chandler, in the senate, in few re-
marks on the question engrOssing the
attention of the country, said at one
lime that if we had to have gold
monometal or silver mOnometal-
lism, be could be put down as favUring
the latter. the announcement was
greeted with astOni- hment by his party
associate, because it was the first
break in tie ranks of the gold men of
the east. The Immediate cause of the
remark was that he was urging that
his party should adhere rigldly to its
announcement for bimetallsm, ana
should adhere to its annunciatiOn, not
only with the organs of speech, but in
heart. True, his argument for bimetal
metallism might be brought about and
maintained, was weak because that
way is dark, winding, tortuCs and leads
TO nowhere, but he showed in his
speech that if any way could be found
by which the metals could be placed
on the same plane in commercial re-
spect, he was willing to join hands
With these who would do all they could
for the white metal. 1t was he who
was chiefly instrumental in bringing
about the commits ion, at the head of
which is Wolcott of Colorado, and on
which is the late vice president Stew
enson, to visit Europe for the purpose
of inducing England and other count
ries to enter into bimetallic confer
erce with the view of relnstating sill
yer as redemption money. But all the
time he supported the gold wing Of his
party. He conten ded that the bimetal-
lie utterances of the ST. Louis platform
meant something and were not shaped
for the purpose of catching votes alone.
His latest utterances appeared in
the Washington Post, withsthe neces-
sary attractive headlines. He states
tn at the time has come when he feels
called on to warn the republican party
that it is in danger on account of GER
tain elements in it, whil b parade the or
ganization as favoring the single gold
standard. He says that there must be
| bimetallism-tha is to say, that silver
money must again be made standard
money, and that by the republican
| party, or that party will be turned out
of power and blown from existence.
| He recounts the past of the party. He
says the party was for the union
till the union was cemented forever.
Now, he goes on to say, the public.
| while revering the party for its past,
will not contioue with 1t in the future
unless it can promise someth ing for the
future. Therefore he asks that it take
up the cause of bimetallism and make
the fight for il as it's own. This is the
sum and substance of what he says,
| though l do not propose here to quote
him. Nowhere does be say how the
commodity which was. made of silver
by the Sherman act can be brought
back into the category of money.
| de ignores all details of the methods
| by which what he wants done can be
done He does not touch the ratio
the all-important thing in this ques-
ton, even if silver could be made
money again. He contents himself
with an appeal to his party to be the
friend of silver, to work for its rein
statement as an equal with gold a.
money, and assuring those with whom
he has always stood, that if his advice
is not followed woe will come to the
republican party. 1t is true that here
and there he has to argue a little, and
it would have been better if be haG
not done so. Because he says the en-
HANGED price OF wheat is due to the
lack of crop in other countries, but
that in time, when other countrie:
have good crops, wheat will 60 bach
again TO it's old price. That is the ar
gument of every sensible man, ant
proves nothing for silver. 1t prove
To at whether or not silver is as it i
or as it was the price Of wheat will de