The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-04
some sHAGs IN THE WAY
Prospects of the Revocation OF
the Forest Reserve Orders.
TELLER URGES FUSION
Iho Union Of An the silver Parties a Ne
Gently II silver IL to Win in 1900.
Representative Shafroth on
the Present Situation.
W~ashinsseu Bureau Of the standard.
No. 1A15 q street n. w.

No. IAi5 q street n. w.
Washington. ID. c., April 1.-The
prospect that there may be a revoca-
tion Of the Cleveland forest reserve or
der0 IN very encouraging. OF course,
even II the amendment to the sundry
civil bill stands and the Cleveland or
ders are abrogated. it is still possible
for President Mckinley to re-estab-
lish those reserves or to make new ones
by executive proclamation. The noun
tain states, however. all express conf
dence hat President Mckinley Will
either abandon the reserves. IL there Is
a hostile congressional expression. or,
at any rate. greatly reduc their size
and leave many of the most objection
able of the Cleveland reserves out of a
new proclamation. Ii should be I'M
derstood, however, that the mendme
IL in danger of encountering fatal snags
in conference, and Montana people viii
be as we'll OF IL they indulge in no pre-
mature chicken-counting.
The alliance arranged in Oregon be-
tween the three silver parties Is much
appreciated by the leaders here, and
the are confident that the state Will
be carried in the June elections by
Is, 900 majority. There is still doubt
about cooperation in some OF the
mountain states. Senator Henry NJ.
Teller, the recognized leader of the sill
yer republican party, has given your
correspondent an important interview
on the Importance of cooperation of all
the silver parties. He says:
THE republican party is now a gold
standard party. Secretary Gage has
declared in most emphatic terms that
the republican party is going to stand
by the gold standard, and that In con-
sistent with the republican platform.
II Is not surprising that he takes that
position. 1t il in full accord with his
utterances before he was appointed
secretary of the treasury. He declared
before he was appointed, that silver
was dead and the gold standard was
established by the verdict of h peo-
pile at the polls He has repeated that
on several occasions. He said at the
cherished the hope that the inancia
issues which rave so long vexed the
country had been settled by the politi-
cal decree of 1885,
He asserts what we all know is not
true at that meeting, when he said
We have had the gold standard since
1884 We had a bimetallic system I'M
I'll 1873. and even Mr.. Gage ought To
know that, little as he appears to know
about national finances. Cages policy
IS that of the president, as everybody
must know; II IL was not, he would &c
Out OF DE put Jul VI III titdSul u'-
partment.
The republican party lis the only
g. party that advocates the gold standard
I do not consider the gold democrats
who supported Palmer and Buckner, a'
their number is few and they will sup
port the republican candidate In 1906
as most of the democrats of that faith
did in 1896. IL is n republican party
tina we have to fight, and all thos,
who profess to believe the silver ques-
tion the important one of the coming
presidential campaign must co-operat,
in 1900 or the republicans will agar
win.
The national democratic committe,
favors the cooperation of all the sill
yer forces during the coming cam
paign. not as members of the demo
cratic party, but as allies.
Mr.. Bryan said IL the Democrat
could win alone, he would rather wiz
with the silver republicans on one sid,
and the peoples party on the other sid,
OF the democracy-side by side should
this fight be made. because we shall
need all our voting strength To over
come the influence of the administra
ton and money power of the worlC
that will be arrayed against us in 1890
as IL was in 1896?
THE election of 1898 will demonstrat,
that the silver sentiment has not de
creased in Colorado since 1896. ano
whoever are elected IL is certain tina
they will be the friends of free coinag,
by the United States alone. But 4
failure TO unite in Colorado will hav'
q bad influence in other states n ma,
cause us to lose one or more United
States senators that we cannot affor'
TO lose at this time.
II do not think all the Offices in Colo
RADIO are Of sufficient Importance to jus
tify a division of the silver forces o
the state at this time. 1 am in favo
Of cooperation of all the silver forces
bat utterly opposed to a fusion will
the Mckinley republicans. Such an al
lance cannot be thought of. Such
course would be equivalent to tn
abandonment of organization and tn
free coinage of silver. We would b.
defeated and r%ightfully defeated.
Let the Mckinley republicans sup