The times., 1898-02-08
Former Senator Dubois Brings
Cheering Reports.
NO QUARTER TO GOLD MEN
The Democrats VIII Not Swerve
From the Righteous Cadse, aud
the Platform of 1000 Will BE a
Rettern.ion of That of 1S96-The
People Sick of Repuhlicanism.

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rival of former Senator, Fred T.
Dubois, of Idaho. The appearance in
| Washington of MIR. Dubois is due to
request on the part of the silver advo-
| Gates that he at once came to this
city and gave his advice and counsel at
! the conferences now being held be-
| tween the friends of silver.
The ability of Mr.. Dubois as lead
| er was recognized while he was
member OF the United States Senate.
| 1t was largely through his general
! ship that the bolt from the ST Louis
| Republican convention was made pos
sible, and it was chiefly through his
untiring energy and jealous work that
the silver Republicans were brought to
that state of feeling that induced them
to cut loose from the old party and ad-
here to the principles which the Re-
publican party had repudiated both in
Legislative halls and in its national
convention.
His arrival in this city yesterday
was hailed with delight by his fellow
workers in the cause of free silver and
1t Is believed that through his efforts,
aided by those who are already on the
ground, the friends of silver of all
| parties viii soon be brought to some
common standpoint. from which they
can all labor for the success of the
Democratic candidate in 1900. Mr..
Dubois brings with him from the West
the most encouraging reports of the
condition of affairs in that section of
the country. He Saye the people in
| the West are more solidIy in favor of
the free coinage of silver than ever
before, and at the next election the
recorded vote will show a ma iority for
silver much more overwhelming than
heretofore, and absolutely convincing
to the country as to the sentiment of
the people of the great West
No man who knows anything of
the people of the western part OF the
country will deny" said Mr.. Dubois
TO Times representative. that they
are more solidly in favor of free silver
than ever 1 have Just come from that
section and / know whereof | speak
when / say that on no other platform
than that which declares for the free
coinage of silver can single Western
state be carried. The people out there
believe that Bryan is the logical can
dldate for 1900, and all the utterances
Of that side have only tended to
strengthen them in that policy
The advocates of free silver will
get together for the coming campaign
There will be no pickering and no
strife. Differences Of opinions on non
essential matters VIII be laid aside and
we shall work zeaiously and harfnoni--
ously as united organization for the
success OF the free coinage of silver
and for any man who is a candidate
for office on a ticket indorsing that
platform.
Thousands and thousands of people
who voted the Republican ticket in 1886
did so under mistaken idea that that
party really would do something for
silver They have since learned how
they We're deceived and duped into the
support of a candidate who is now en-
deavoring to fasten even more securely
upon the country the single gold
standard. Not one of these many
thousand votes will be cast for the Re
publican ticket again, for it will be i'm
possible Il second time to fool the voters
of the country.
''The tide is turning to the silver
forces and these forces Will sweep the
country when the issue is again forced
There will be absolute accord between
the workers for silver coinage There
will be no compromise between Eastern
gold Democrats and the regular party
organization. Only when these gold
men return to their old party, accept its
tenets of faith, honestly and Zealously.
and relieve themselves from the stig-
ma under which they have fallen, will
they be received back into the party.
No other compromise is possible. 1T is
as remote as the return of myself to the
Republican party and l know how un-
likely that is.
When asked how times were in the
West, MI Dubois replied: Times are
better in tie West than they have been
for several years. and people who live
there and are familiar with the local
situation readily understand that the
Improvement in existing conditions is
due To the law of supply and
demand. and not to any legislation that
has been recently enacted. So far as
the tariff bill is concerned we have not
obtained one bit of advantage. Our
chief cause for congratulation comes
from the increase in the price of cat
tie and wheat. When my term ex-
pired in the Senate. l returned West
and went into the cattle business. 1t
is matter of self-congratulatiop for
me that / did so. for the outlook Is
that | shall make some money. and
that is more than i would have done
had ] remained a member of the SEN
ate. People in the West particularly
in my part of the country, had quit
raising cattle. and they had grown
scarce. There has become quite a de-
mand for them. and the price has gone
up. Cattle buyers in Nebraska and in
Kansas are going West to purchase
our cattle, and they are shipping them
back to their States, where they are fed
and fattened for the Eastern market.
The supply does not begin to meet the
demand, and as natural consequence
the price has gone up. We have again
taken to raising cattle, and / have a
great many head on my ranch. which
| expect to turn into money at a hand
some profit.
THE indications are that during the
next few years there will be a demand
for all the cattle the Vast can raise.
and farmers and ranchmen have again
gone into the business confidently ex-
pecting that it Will be successful The
Dngley bill cannot, be credited for
doing anything for American cattle.
for the duty on cattle is not such as TO
cut any important figure in either the
importation or expectation of that ar
ticle.
The same result is seen in ou,
State with respect to the wheat crop.
We have had a good crop this year.
and it has brought good money. Our
farmers know very Well that the in
crease in the price of wheat is due to
the shortage of the crop abroad. and
the demand upon the United States tn
meet that shortage. This has caused
an increase in the price of wheat and
our farmers are getting the benefit Of
if. No sane man will attribute the in
crease in the price of wheat and the
consequent advantage to the farmer
to any legislation the Republican party
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