The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-02
SILVER MN AFTER GOLD.
PARTY OF DEMOCRATIC AND POP
ULIST STATESMEN GO TO
Alaska
PETTIGREW HEADS THE CROWD
In the Company Are Senator'S
Marion Butler, John r. Jones
and Dorsey, and Congress
man SuIZer.

st. Paul yesterday was hating place
for a notable gathering Of senator's
eX-senators and a real live congressman
from New York. whose fiery utterances
have, on more than one occasion. gain
ed for him newspaper notoriety far and
wide. The statesmen were all headed for
the West and all will visit the gold fields
of Alaska before returning to the East.
Pleasure is ostensibly the object OF the
trip, but it is Surmised that no desir-
able opportunity to invest surplus shekels
will be overlooked.
The party that dined at the Ryan yes
terday afternoon was composed of Sena-
tor John P. Jones, of Nevada; eX-Sena-
tor r. F. Pettigrew, Of South Dakota;
ex-senator S. w Dorsey, formerly of
Arkansas; ex-senator Marion Butler, or
North Carolina and Congressman Will
lam Sulzer, Of New York. With them
were several mining experts, who, pre-
sumably. were also on purely pleasure
trip. These were r. NJ. Catltn. OF san
Francisco; H c.. Catlin, of New YORK;
and j. D. B. Coates and L. A. Coates,
of Atlanta, Ga None Of the visitors
felt inclined to discuss political issues.
and all of them were retlcent as to the
mining intentions of the party.
Senator Jones said it was too hot to
discuss politics of any kind. He was
off on an outing to escape all mention OF
shop" and he did not propose TO spoil
his enjoyment of the trip by discussing
issues that everyone knew all about.
Ex-senator Butler, VINO is chairman
If the National Populist committee, was
more garrulous, and found time to dilate
upon the future policy of the Pops, who,
he said, would in future go it alone.
He felt confident that this would yield
them more votes than they had ever
pCIled before, and would make them
more Lotent factor THAI they had ever
been before. He Conceded Il at the silver
question was thoroughly dead, and
hoped that it would never be revived.
MONEY ENOUGH NOW.
All the party contended for, in his
opinion, was enough money to transact
business and maintain the equilibrium of
prices. He admitted that the supply OF
gold was sufficient for present purposes,
and did not care wnat the basis of coin
age was, as long as there was enough of
it TO go around.
THE Populist party" he said, is the
Pre- gressive rarity of the South. In our
state 1t enacted legislation to encourage
manufacturing, which has brought SO
much prosperity to that section. We are
now protectionists, of course. New Eng
land had the benefit of that system for
a long time, while the South was fur
niShing the raw material TO make the
people up there rich. 1t is our turn to
prosper now" no.
Ex-senator Dorsey, who Is now resi-
dent Of New York, confined himself to
eulogy Of Gov. Odell. VINO is, he said,
one Of the best executives that the state
had ever had. OF his native Arkansas
the former statesman had nothing to say,
being more interested in the success OF
the trip to the north on which he was
about to embark.
Congressman Sulzer Is taking his sec
ond trip to the north. having been Wis
itor to Alaska in 1890. He talked poll
tics barely long enough to say that the
Democrats had everything in New York
cinched He would concede his political
opponents nothing.
Ex-senator Pettigrew, being frequent
visitor to the Twin Cities. was wary,
and ensconced himself in cool room in
his hotel and would see no one not con-
nected with the party. ,.r--
81 The statesmen left last night over the
Northern Pacific for Seattle and from
there they will go to Prince of Wales
island After that. other we'll known
camps will be visited and it Is not I'M
likely that Dawson will be included. IN
the itinerary before the return trip IS
CONNIE need.