Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-29
Took up Most of the Time
Of Silver republican
COMMITTEE MEETING IN
Chicago Yesterday-Mr. Teller Says
Anti-1mperialism Will be a Dead
Issue in Six M0nths-Silver Will
Take First Place.

Chicago, Nov 2S.-Informal discussion
by members of the executive committee
OF the national silver republican commit.
tee n chairmen of the state commit
tees. at a meeting held here today, de
Veloped as the concensus of opinion nd
adherence to the Bryan democracy, IF
the right men are nominated" There
was no dissent from the opinion that. as
the presidential candidate, William j.
bryan would be the right man.
Most of the session was devoted to
hearing reports on silver republican,
ism in the various states. Governor
Altgeld was present by invitation and
was greeted by a rising salutation. He
made a brief address in which he paid
a nigh tribute to the patriotism and dis
lnterestedness Of the silver republicans.
Chairman Johnson of the executive COM
lnltee of the national democratic COM
mlttee and Samuel s. Cook, tie head of
the democratic press bureau were among
the visitors. Chairman Charles A.
Towne made an address in which he in
Weighed against the tendency of the
Mckinley administration toward abso-
lutism."
Senator Teller of Colorado said that the
drift of the republican party was away
from it's original principles and that if he
mad not quit the party in 1896 he would
nave a ample cause to do it since then.
Senator Teller said in answer to a ques-
ton as to whether anti-imperialism will
o~vershadow silver: mo, nothing can
put silver in the background. The i'm
pefialism matter is likely to be easily set
tied within the next six months" He
implied that the country had already been
expanded and that the anti-expansion
cry would be about a dead issue by next
June.
Ex-senator Dubois of Idaho said he
had no doubt the silver vote drawn from
the republican party would be largely in
creased the next election, owing to the
frank pro-gold stand taken by the lead
ers of that party. Fusion with the DEM
ocrats and populists," asserted the sena-
tor. lis in my opinion a certainty. That
Is, we confidently expect those parties to
unite on a man whom we can support
like Bryan. l see no possibility of a
gold democrat nomination., but in such
event we would put up our own indie
pendent ticket. and woul have a res
pectable vote in the electoral college,"
The following We're appointed a COM
mittee to report on the best time and place
to hold the national convention, the man.
nerof issuing the calland details of prac-
tlcal organization of the convention: d.
$. Corser, Minnesota; F. II. Dubois, Ida
no; r. j. Van Voorhis, Indiana; Nathan
Cole, Jr., California: Lew Brown, Ohio;
Frank 7. Ransom. Nebraska, and J. w.
Spurfier, Iowa. This committee will re-
port at to-morroW's meeting.
These We're present beside those men,
toned: J. w. Griffith, Minnesota: j.. J.
Harper, Ohio; Congressman Shaforth.
Colorado; Ex-Congressman Hartman and
Colonel o. p. Chisholm, Montana; ]. D..
Romans, Iowa; DIR. F. B. Lawrence and r..
w. Turner, Knss; Ex-Congressman J..
o.. Chead, Indiana; DR.. Frank S. Peck,
oklahoma, and B. S.. Dean, New York.
Another meeting will be held tomorrow
for the purpose of hearing reports and
taking action preparatory to the calling
of the national convention.