Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-05
AFTER THE FLOPPERS
Tricksters and Trimmers Are
Freely Handled.
BY THE LITTLE UNDERTAKEN.
Paws His Respect to 7, 7. Geer and
His Tow Shirt.
BY THE LITTLE UNDERTAKEN.

EDIT0R JOURNAL: Il have been
glancing at the report Of the meeting
OF the league Of Republican clubs held
at the city Of Portland, February !,
and would ask portion of your valu.
able space to make few observations
on the political situation as brought
out by this league convention. Many
| Republicans had been hoping that the
party would still cling to bimetallism
10 some shape or other through inter
| national agreement or on some other
| real or imaginary plan. In the fall
OF 1896. Mr.. Mitchell canvassed this
state for Mr.. Mckinley, telling the
people that both he and Mckinley
we're better free silver men than Mr..
Bryan, because free coinage could
be easier maintained by international
agreement than by Mr.. Bryan's:plan,
and that Mr.. Mckinley was pledged
under the st. Louis platform to strive
for such agreement. Mr.. Mitchell on
two occasions in the writer's presence
stated clearly that he had not dis
carded his former opinions on the
financial question, that all his former
speeches were good speeches and he
stlIl sto0d oy every one OF
them. The only modification
he had to make was in his railroad to
Mars. He bad formerly stated in
effect that it would be easier ito build
a railroad TO the planet Mars than
to get .England's consent to free
coinage. He only wished to modify
this sentiment in the event of Mr..
McKinley's election. as with the
Democrats In power such agreement
cO1ld not be secured, but with Nc
kinley as president, he entertained
strong hopes that England's consent
would be obtained. This left the
inference with thousands OF Republi-
cans in Oregon that when all hopes of
international agreement were lost
the Republican party would again de-
clare for constitutional money in the
face of John Bulls protest. No Ore
gon platform had eyer declared for the
single gold standard, no national
platform had ever o declared. The
Repu blican League at Portland had
tabled by two to one the gold STANDARD.
resolutions OF Claud Catch and why
should not bimetallist Republicans
still have hopes, even If the silver
supporters were called anarchists,
dishonest ,repuditators, the riff-raff,
ragtaR and bob-tail of our body poliitic. |
But how different the situation now,
1he DlmeJalllC commission has re- |
turned crest fallen and given up the |
effort of gaining England's consent, |
the "irredescent dream" has vanished, |
the delusion is at an end, the bime- |
tallic mist has cleared up, the ener- |
glsIng rays of the yellow metal have
lifted the fog from the Washington |
and President Mckinley
with his Democratic Gage has
touched the bottom of the silver sea
and will no longer founder in its
shallow depths. His New York speech
makes no mention of international
agreement and although his words do
not positively state that he will for
ever maintain the single gold standard
under all circumstances, yet they
were understood by all present to
mean as much. His audience was
made up Of the most pronounced gold
standard men in the cOuDtry
md all were "well pleased, with the 1
Presidents speech, and every gold
tandard paper in the country re-
DICED that "Mr. Mckinley had at
asst come out In plain terms for the
lngle gold stan dard, ''and the London
Times states that "Mr. Mckinley has !
ONE down off the fence and landed on