Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-06

OF course, he was surprised. but he was al
attentive listener throughout. When the
statesman from Nevada was done Starl
sent in his card. In d few minutes Senator
Stewart came out and the two adjourned
| to the restaurant to talk over the situa
ton.
Il told the senator" said Mr.. Stark TO al
Evening Star reporter at the st. James the
following day. that while he took great
pains to refer to the history of Colorado
and the precedent established by jefferson
in the acquisition Of territory, he carefully
and studiously avoided any reference tc
the sanguinary and extreme military meas
ures adopted in carrying out this present
expansion policy. / asked him what the
prospects were for democratic success.
1.-The prospects are favorable. he said
but he continued. If we go into the cam
paign as against expansion per Sc, We viii
be licked
Il replied to him: we can't get any pei
Sc in the issue And that IS true. No one
opposes expansion as legitimate idea My
opposition is to the carrying on of such
Sanguinary measures.
viii free silver be the paramount issue
if the dencG"acv reaffirms the Chicago
platform % reur years ago?' Mr.. Stark was
asked.
Free silver will be in the campaign.
1t can't be eliminated. 1t likely will not
occupy the place on the stump as some
other issues. There is an inclination on the
part of a considerable faction of the democ-
racy to not emphasize silver In my opin-
ion the free silver states of four years ago
will remain straight and true to that issue
and the south will be substantially In line.
I'm none of Mr.. Bryan's speeches, in my
judgment. will he beittle the cause of free
silver for no person who thoroughly I'M
derStands the science of money can pos
sibly make an argument against the prin-
ciple of bimetallism, which is the mainte-
nance in law Of the fun monetary func-
ton of both metals. Strong authorities
over the world favor that proposition, and
that as the ultimate outcome Of a world
policy.
The economic effect of our present bad
monetary Legislation will be to some extent
tons of the world and the strenuous pur-
pose of the great financial operators to
maintain what is called good times.
What about the Aldrich currency bill
as regards the campaign?'
The measure will be in the campaign
and in the stump discussions, but it is
doubtful whether its evil effects will ma
terialiZe to any great extent SO soon. The
measure is frought with a permanent evil
to be cured only by repeating legislation.
Mr. Starks attention was called to Sena-
tor Wolcott's recent speech in which he
referred to Mr.. Bryans bimetallic policy
as free silver by blackmail."
That said Mr.. Stark, was foolish
charac terization of a perfectly legitimate
and honest public policy, for no debt con-
tracted by the United States or by pri-
late person exists that calls for dollars that
cannot be legally discharged by the stand
ard silver dollar.
Despite that Mr.. Spark is an answering
advocate of free silver, he has son who.
until the war began in South Africa, was
an English syndicate. He went to the
Transvaal as an engineer and arose to be
superintendent He is now lieutenant in
the British army.