The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-10

ington YOU meet the men who have
been at the front in silver's battle.
They are broad-gauge. earnest men.
These men are not flying flags about
Jeffersonian democracy or the republi-
canism of Lincoln or the populsm of
anybody. They are heart and soul for
silver, and / am satisfied that the way
to accomplish the one grand result is by
showing disposition to be fair and
considerate and reasonable with men
who are loyal to silver but who have
views of their own on minor political
matters. When you come to look over
states a good deal larger than Mon
tana, you will find that things are
looking well, but If you look closely you
will find that silver cant afford to
lose a man. Every recruit counts
Il am speaking for myself" Mr.
DAILY continued, ''and on the strength
of all can learn from silver's best
friends. OF course, l yield to every
other man the right to his own views
but while am willing to work for con-
verts, / am not going to insist that
every man must hurry up and turn
democrat to be loyal silver man. For
me, / am ready to join hands with
democrat or silver republican or popu-
list in the effort to swell the silver
forces in 1900. 1t has become popular
in some of the states to say that the
business of the democratic party is to
strike out for itself and rely on itself
to win out for silver. That policy
pleases good many so-called practi-
cal politicians, and / am not raising a
question about their sincerity, but you
can't get 1t indorsed by the men who
have done most for silver in the past
and who will be at the front in the flu
ture battles. A fusion of the silver
forces will carry states like Illinois,
Ohio, Indiana, California, Oregon,
Washington. Not one of them is rea-
sonably safe without it.
The Right Course to Pursue.
"As for the silver states" added Mr.
DAILY, 1T seems to me that they ought
to make it their study to adapt them
selves as closely as possible to the pol
icy that is preferred by those who are
managing the national silver move
ment. This management includes men
representing all the political organiza-
tions, except the gold-standard people.
Chairman Jones of the national demo-
cratic committee is not demanding
that Senator Teller announce himself
a democrat; Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Teller
are not insisting that Senator Butler
and Senator Allen must quit the popu-
lists. But these men are all working
in harmony for a union of silver's S
strength in the next presidential elec-
ton. Now. the silver states haven't
always followed this example. I un-
ueTSldHu, just lately, lot 1lStdHce, THAT
some of the Utah democrats are talk
ing of campaign on strict party lines.
OF course, the Utah democrats are at
liberty to do this, but it Will not be
done, as / understand it, in accordance
with the wishes of those in the leader
ship whose judgment, in my opinion,
ought to be respected. You must re-
member that states like Utah and
Montana are at the best. a very small
figure in a national election. At the
same time. they are the states that get
all the best of it out of a national
victory That is why / say that these
silver states ought to abide cheerfully
by the policy outlined by those who
are charged with the responsibility of
the national campaign. OF course, the
silver cause is safe in our silver states.
The point is that these states by ex-
ample and by their conduct should up
hold and help all the national commit
tees during the next two or three
years in their efforts to bring doubtful
states into solid silver force for the
national election.
THAT is simply my own opinion in
this important matter. 1t means that
we can help by the harmony of forces
in our own state. To make the state
effective me must put silver beyond
party lines and above rivalry for the
offices. For that matter" said Mr..
DAILY in concluding his interview,
when it comes to the offices, the re-
wards, the spoils. or whatever you call
them, my view is that any political
party in Montana known to be true to
silver has right to a share in them.
I would make a mans loyalty to sill
yer. not his loyalty to any political
party, the test every time"