The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-02-22

B,lieres Personal Prrjsdices should ne
Buried ~ Behoif II Sarcr.
The Oklahoma correspondent 10 the
Kansas CITY Times writes bis paper as
follows; I'm order to ascertain the
feeling OF Democrats with regard to
the action of the party during the
next campaign, Times correspondent
called upon II. u Hsgsn, chairman OF
the Logan county Democratic Comit-
tee, aud chairman Of the Free Silver
committee OF the same county, aud
asked him 70 express his opinion. Mr.
Hsgan readily consented and furn-
ished the following, which expresses
the sentiments OF large majority Of
the Democrats with whom the Times
representative has talked. Mr.. HhgAn
says:
1.-The western people have studied
the financial question for themselves,
and are better posted than our eastern
brethren, who have allowed the idle
holders Of idle capital 10 DO their
financial thinking The eastern peo-
Pile are now studying this question
and doing their own thinking; hence,
the silver sentiment is GROWN g
stronger.
"To my mind, there but one thing
for the silver forces TO do, and that il:
To effect a thorough and complete
union Of all the forces which believe
in bimetallism. Wemust bear in mind
that polit'tal party is but a means tc
accomplish certain results. We advo'
cate certain principles, aud in order tc
have those principles triumph we must
use the party, and hence be prepared
TO make concessions; 20 surrender u
some extent our private views as tC
measures and our preferences as tC
persons, having always at heart and
in view the ultimate triumph Of those
measures which VIC believe will MAKE
our government more prosperous Rnc
stable and place our people upon Q
higher plane OF citizenship Sucl
SHOULD be the object Of every bimetal
list
"We should bury all our persona
iealousies and turn our faces resolute
! ly to the future, and with brave hearts
strengthened bv consciousness o
right, and with he union OF all oui
forces, march on to certain victorJ
next year and in 1900
"The paramount issue OF the last
presidential campaign was the inan
Il
cial question The producers OF thii
country had long suffered from falling
prices. All at once they began 70 re
Rlizs that money was the unit o
value e'-that it measureth all things.
1t began TO dawn upon them that wheI
| this unit Of value became scarce it be
came higher, and hence took more o
! the product Of their toll TO buy this
unit OF value The legislation OF oui
nation showed that for the last twen
| ty-three years cur lawmakers hsC
been legislatiDR in the interest o
| those who would be benefited by max
| ing this unit of value scarce Th'
producers of this nation began to re
al'zs that the equity Of every contrac
and the prosperity OF the nation de
pended upon our monetary system.
! THE result of these investig atom
and agitation was the Chicago conven
tion, which declared: Wedemand tn
free and unlimited coinage of botl
gold and silver, at their present lega
ratio OF 10 to = without waiting 70
the aid or consent of any nation. Th
contest that followed was wsged upol
this issue. No one who supportel
Bryan in that campaign regrets hi
act; bnt, on the contrary, his faith hR
been strengthened, aud today he
more thoroughly convinced than eve
OF the righteousness OF this cause"