Arizona republican., 1899-09-26
Senator Warren Says Enthusiasm
is Declining.
REASONS FOR The CHANGE
western People Realize That The
SIIVtr Issue which Bryan Forces
to the Front Is no Longer Alive.
A Prediction That He Cannot
Carry the west or Any PART
OF II.

Washington, Sept. 25.-"Bryan in
the west is like burned powder said
Senator Warren of Wyoming. today.
Mr. Warren is passing through the city
on his Eway to Boston, having come
here directly from the west.
''As you know" continued the sena-
tor, t'B1yln has recently been on the
Pacific slope. and in returning east
Cheyenne and another at Laramie.
At both places, although there were Il
couple of hundred people gathered
around the train, it was very evident
that all the vigor and vehement in
terest which was SO marked in 1896
has disappeared. I think this is very
largely due to the fact that Bryan,
while in the west, thought it was nee
essary to harp upon the silver string
when everybody knows that silver as
a present issue is dsad. Take the case
of the Salt Lake City Tribune, for
instance. 1t supported Bryan in 1895.
but it has announced that in 1900, as
between Bryan and a good republican
administration, it will be for the re-
publican 1t admits that this is no
time, with the country prosperous to
agftate the silver question, and, it
insists that the democrats have never
done anything fer silver, the only
democratic president since the war
having done everything in his power
fer gold. You cannot get the people
OF the west, with the exception of a
few isolated individuals, to regard the
free coinage of silver as live issue
now 1 know that the democrats wish
Bryan would drop silver and take up
anti-trusts cur anti-impsrialism or
anything else"
would Bryan win on an issue of
anti-impeIialism? ?"
In Smy Judgment, Mckinley Will
get the delegates of all the western
states and the electoral votes of nearly
all of them. I do not believe Bryan
can win on any issue. The republican
majority in 1900 will be much larger
than in 1896. The sentiment re-
gauding the Philippines is practically
all one way. The people everywhere
favor expansion. The policy CT the
president to prosecute the war with
more vigor than ever is especially in
dorsed"
"Will the populists figure in the
next presidential campaign in your
state?"
THE vote of the populists was over
1000 in 1896, and about 500 in 1898.
Since then they have decreased rather
than added to their number This IS
largely due to the disappearance of
the causes which made populism pos
sible, but it is also due To the aversion
OF the average American to be neither
Cne thing nor the other in politics.
People are getting Lick again to the
parties. Some of ths populists
who were originally republicans have
become democrats, but, great numbers
of them have returned to the repub-
lican ranks
would the enactment of a gold
standard law have any political effect
in the far west?'
There is absolutely no difference
between the eastern and the western
republican in the desire to see our
blessed with a sound cur
rency, of which every dollar shall be
equally good and with nothing better
in the world. Our people believe that
we have this condition now, whether
we enact a new inarcial law or not,
and lit would only lead to renewed agi-
tation to endeavor to enact radical
There is a natural heSi-
fancy among the western people about
making extreme declarations as long
is the present situation is 50 satisfac-
tory. 1 am in favor CT allowing ma
-ional banks to issue up to the par
value of their bends. of establishing
rational banks with small capital, and
If compelling greenbacks to be de-
9csited when gold is drawn out of the
reasury. 1 believe law emb0dying
.hese features would be wise and
proper. Whether anything further IS
necessary further circumstances must