New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
SENATOR BUTLER'S PROGRAMME.
NO SILVER ALLIANCE UNLESS THE PoPuhSI'
GET A BIG SHARE OF THE sPoI1-s.

NO SILVER ALLIANCE UNLESS THE PoPrLsTs
GET BIG SHARE OF THE sPoi1S'
u..,,ryton March (SpeciaD-Senator Marion
,,,ors latter 10 the chairman OF the oregon ropu-
lie, COMMITTEE is construed here as merely ano'"o
evnnntom of that perennial disease WIN VIM" -
&c af,icted-the disease or notore'' "9 -
y, a.,or,oar notifies The Senator Is regarded as
a man who would not lie quietly IN MS s'"'e "
- 30 tho two greater parties were to nave vi"
,.orr,,ted swav In the Union for Few years
The Oregon letter Is quoted 10 sho" tha' "o' ~,
,mhrogl,os with foreign Powers tha' p''"e o
,nan Of all parties things in a hgh. ui'ie'''
..o,, ,oc,l ard partisan surroundings have any
.Hect upon his peculiar mind FOR the pup"'
q, the letter In his own paper at th's "ihe' W..
.r ., NAV have been FIRST conceived or written
saems 10 make this fact perfectly clear u" Wv
letter he considers all sorts OF fusion OF co-Oi' 90,
ton with other parties and. declaring as"ns' Wv
former. maintains that the latter '""'' ="
in future from that Of 1876 49,
W. p,,,,ar sneaks his mind quite freely OF the
.doo," then made between Populists and the BY yam
Democrats He with some retrospe..N
energy and present acrimony that the '""e -,
arranged cannot be worked over lht'ie Iu'e
~a,,nds ~ d,scontent have proceeded from many
ponuust newspapers and pontciahs ever So
,,nd.r Nr Buffers leadership. the mass OF fopu
l,sts sacrificed Tom Watson. Goaded DS 'hose
who then opposed the sacrifice ana s'ui's W ~"
fact that he and the other conuNois o. -,
for their pains. the ambitious Noi'"
has lain in wait for chance 10 annou"oe ~,
csive change OF policy. He seems 10 . N,.i
nraser, luu IN potics while the Nation is waiting
for the report in the Maine inquiry is su'"O'e
onportunity The Populist party always o
antic,nate public opinion by assuming tha' II rep,e
sents IN some peculiar and exclusive manner NV
continent Of the people The letter referreo " 10
significant in this: hand NJ
The Populist leaders intend TO force INC 80 r,
.,a,- ,ato allies both next fall and in lSo' Inc
Democrats will be required to say whether ~,
silver forces are to be allied on such 'ei IT'D" -
.. tho ponuIists a good share OF the Congressman
- he chosen in 1898 and the Nice-PresidentI can
d,date IN 1900 It Is plainly announced tha' ,nT
nus. 10 no co-operation except on these toiI
Coming after the joint letters OF Messno 80, Oaoes
Butler and Towne this pronunciam ment 70 the
iiance indicated in those letters or as MI Butel
and the Populst partys understal1o,ie n M 70
Commit his party to Buffers present view, anu, II
so how far will Mr. Jones's influence IN ma n
light he said 10 bear the assumption ii II uee
an assumption. that Butler makes for share o.
the hoped for spos Suppose on me mean 40 much
Nv that he Is not able carry out the understanu-
ing il he did imply all that Butler assumes
II the Metropolitan Hotel to-day Soutnern
n,emher of the Democratic Congressional Committee
said: I'm my State are all Democrats VINO cIam
70 he and we don't want an arrangement WIN
ponulists 7 fought before in committee ana snal!
there was would prefer to go alone and preserve
our self-respect. .-
This is the sentiment Of most Southern Democrats.
although the Democratic silver politicians OF me
fusion Arrangement with Popuists whom they op-
pose in State elections II is only necessary to add
that the signs point 70 more independence on TIE part
cede anything especially the support Of Popuhst
candidates for Congress in States IKE North caro-.
lima, remains to be seen. There would seem TO he
some Of