The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-16
OR FREE SILVER 2
Democratic Committeemen's Views
on the Battle Cry for 1900.
MANY ANSWERS ARE RECEIVED


CHICAGO, June 10. - The Chicago
Times. Herald has been asking MEM
bers OF the Democratic national com
mittec what should be their party's
battle cry in 1900, whether Free Sill
ver'' or Down with the Trusts" or
both. The answers OF those that have
been received are published to-day.
While only one OF the replies OF these
Democratic leaders, the representa-
tive for Maine, the home state OF Mr..
Bryan's running mate in 1896, says,
drop free silver" they arc all but
unanimous In giving the trust
question q prominence 1t never
has had in the platform Of
their or any other party.
with ono exception, oil who speak
freely suggest that some other issue
will divide the stage equally with free
silver. Some say ''militarism" or
imperialism" will be one OF the
prominent issues. Others-a few
frankly emphasize the trust question
rs n big thing. Still others speak for
a twin battle cry. just one commit
teeman says fatty: THE issues oil
1896 should be the issues of 1900. "
This one exception is Alexander Troup
Of Cincinnati.
Half a dozen Of the committeeman
are either non-committal or refuse to
be quoted. They are: George Fred
Williams, Massachusetts; ID j. Cam
pau, Michigan; b. Is. Smalley, Yer
mont; Frank Campbell, New York; L.
d. O'Brien, Minnesota; j. G. Dudley,
Texas.
The committeeman who say free sill
YER must have first place in the plat
form, although generously combined
with the questions of trusts, "militar.
ism" and SO on, are in Colorado, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Indian
territory. All the others either put
the trust question first or lay much
stress upon issues produced by the
Spanish war. t
The signed statements of the com
mittcement received by the Chicago
Times. Herald are in part as follows;
j.. G.. johnson, Kansas: Nothing
has occurred since 1901 to shake til,
faith Of Democrats in the principles
announced In the Chicago platform
The financial question Is still the dom
inant issue, md all other economic
questions are but collateral to it.
THE trust question has, since 1896
become an issue OF the first magni
tude. The Democratic states of Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Texas have thi'
year adopted drastic laws agains
such combinations. The Democratic
national convention Of 1900 will EN-
phatically and specifically deal with
this question. The Democratic plat
form of 1900 will also declare emphat
ically against the Mckinley program
Of colonization, Imperialism and Brit
ish alliance"
W.. II. Thompson. Nebraska:-"Th
battle cry of the Democracy in 100
should be the financial question, as b
1t declared in 1896, and antitrust.
naturalization, anti Anglo America
alliance. These issues should hav
precedence in the discussions in tn
order named"
Adair Wilson, Colorado: in m
opinion there Is no doubt that in tn
next Presidential campaign the none
question will be the leading issue, Z
1t was in the last, and that bimcta
lism-the restoration OF silver at I'll
ratio Of IL to will be the bait
cry Of the Democratic party. III
Democratic party has always oppose
trusts, and possibly in view
recent events, in its platform
1906 public attention may
more forcibly called to this questio
but in no such sense as to suppiar
the financial issue. The former Is
fact embraced in the latter-is on
the natural outgrowth OF the prese
financial policy of the goycrnmer
II you wish to destroy an evil y
must strike at Its source. Hence
crush the trusts, restore bimetallisI
The paramount issue in the campai
of 1900 will be the same as it was
1896"