The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-17
SILVER IS PARAMOUNT.
Democratic Leaders Reject Over
lures From Croker.

Democratic Leaders Reject Over
lures From Croker.
Washington Post: The out-a-d-out
free silver men have been remarkably
active during the holiday recess. in ar
ranging for their congressional cam
paign OF next year All these arrange
ments have been with a view to having
pronounced free silver men in COM
mand everywhere, and in having the
Chicago platform adopted, word for
word and line for line, in every state
and congressional district.
The arrangements have been made
with a view, almost solely. to the cam
paign of 1900. The leaders OF the minor
ity have deliberated concerning a
proper running mate for Mr.. Bryan,
and Representative Bailey has been on
a visit TO Mr.. Joseph c. Sibley, in Penn
sylvania Nj Bailey refuses to talk
about his mission to Pennsylvania, but
another prominent Democrat of the
house, who is thoroughly in touch with
the situation, announced yesterday:
Mr.. Sibiey will be candidate for vice
president, and will be nominated in
1907 Mr.. Sibley. as is well known. is
a radical free silver man, has sufficient
wealth to furnish "sinews of war;
would be acceptable to the mass of
Bryan supporters throughout the coun-
try, particularly the west and south,
and would give the east representation
on the ticket.
The same policy has been pursued re-
specting the next congressional COM
mittee. It seems to be the purpose to
put IL charge oq& radical free silver
men, who are entirely in touch with
Mr. Bryan. Representative "Buck"
Hinrichsen of Illinois, who is most
spoken o. as chairman of the congress
SIGNAL committee, is a close friend of
Mr.. Bryan, the two having been reared
together, and reflects the Nebraskan's
financial views.
This activity of the silverites is an
effort 20 take the bit in the teeth and
commit the party unequivocally on the
financial topic. It is more significant
because It IS a movement to disregard
some suggestions that were thrown out
to the minority leaders by Richard
Croker, Of Tammany hall. during his
recent visittto Washington, looking TO
q modification of the Chicago platform.
Those suggestions have been dissent
mated among the senate and the house
Democrats, and have not been cordially
received. Mr.. Croker urged upon the
party men near to him the prospect of
IS electoral votes in the next presiden-
tial election. if his plans were followed
=
Maryland and West Virginia, he ar
gued could be redeemed to the Democ-
racy if the principles OF the platform
were made so moderate that eastern
Democrats could support it. In such a
case it would be worth while to under
take an aggressive campaign, both next
year and in 1900, in these eastern states,
which voted for Mckinley.
The hostility to Mr.. Cookers attempt
to inject himself into national politics
is stimulated because it means a back
ward step from the stand taken at Chi
cago; because 1t might hazard the
chances OF Mr.. Bryan, and because it
would probably mean the disintegra-
ton of the fusion forces. The radical
free silver advocates say if the matter
of platform We're yielded to Mr.. Croker,
and he were allowed a free hand to un-
dertake a vigorous campaign in the
eastern states named, it would not be
long before he would also wish to die
tate the candidate for the party in
1900