Arizona republican., 1899-03-01
THE SAME OLD ISSUE
Free Silver to Be the Demo-
 cratic BattIeCry.
Bryan'S Friends Determined Not 10 Be SidetraCked by Anti-Imperi- aIiSfS-FOr Social Org6 n'zafton of All White Metal HdherentS.

| joct of bringing together in one orga-
 nization all the leaders in the free sill
 yer movement, regardless of other
 party affiliations, a plan has been quietly worked out by those promi-
 nent in the national affairs of the dem ocratic party which promises success.
 A plan to bring together and hold to-
 gether all believers in free silver, re-
 gardless of their other party afilia- tions, has long been the subject of serious consideration by the national leaders of the democratic party. As 2
 result of these deliberations, carried
 oh now for months with the utmost
 privacy, project has been determined
 oT and is in process of being launched
 by which, it is believed, this object
 will hp realized
 This is no less than a social organi- zation, for which no name has yet been
 selected, but whose avowed and sole
 object is the reinstatement of silver
 to its former position in the money
 world, and in the former ratio of Is to 1. C1her political beliefs twill dis qualify no one for membership In it's membership it is the intention to in clude silver democrats, silver republi- cans, silver populists, silver prohibi- tionists, and, in fact, all the believers in silver now embraced in the various party organizations. Although social the organization will, of course, be used to advance the cause politically. It will at the same time advance the cause of Col. William J. Bryan as pres. idential candidate. Eventually, it is anticipated, this silver organization will be made official and will displace the somewhat broken democratic 1arty organization which has survived the various urheavals in public matters since fS96.
 The first step in the creation of this subsidiary organization has been the appointment of central or, it might be called, steering" committee. Of this the chairman is James K Jones of Arkansas, who is likewise chairman of the democratic national committee. Other members are tried and true sil- Verites, among them being Stephen N. White of California, John P Altgeld of Illinois, D. T. Campau of Michigan, Norman Mack of New York, and George Fred Williams of Massa- chusetts. There will be twenty-one in all. The duty of this steering com mittee will be the selection of larger committee, made up, like the national committee, of representatives from all the states in the Union. These com will be selected with an eye to the singleness of their affections for silver, and will be drawn from all parties and beliefs.
 After this the organiz lticl will :Ic carried out ir the states, districts counties, wards and precincts, tc what ever extent Is found to be prs1.-tic4l Ie. In this way it is nopaS to handle tine entire silver force as united and har- body, instead of depending on fusions aud alliances Orders will proceed from q central head at Washington, where the Spcieuy will have it's headquarters, and IeliabIc re- ports as to local conditions will be | to the same governing body. |
 Other reasons than the mere ad- 1 vantages derived from Q thorough or ganization have led to the promotion | 0f this silver society. The managers of 1 the last democratic campaign have noted the movement to shelve the | money issue and find another platform for the democrats to support in 1900, | and they have grave fears lest that | result in other leaders securing the | reins of party power.
 Chairman Jones and the other chief | lieutenants of Col. Bryan believe the next presidential campaign should and | must be fought on the money issue and | the Chicago platform. They believe the question of expansion will be set Jed, or practically so, before 1900 But the heresy of these new issues has made gaps in the ranks of the party or and it has been found nec- 9ssdry to close up and make a new stand.
 Senator James K. Jones, when asked about the new organization, manifested annoyance, but finally it's existence and his connec- ion with it as chairman of the central He said, laying much stress upon the point, that it was a so- ,ial and not fA political organization.
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 ILLINOIS SUGAR BOUNTY.