The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-02
SILVER MN AIER GOLD
PARTY OF DEMOCRATIC AND POP
ULLST 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 ana
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 oStensibiy 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. M. Catlin. of San
Francisco; H. G.. 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 reticent 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 or
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
pclIed before, and would make them a
more l,otent factor THAI they had ever
been before. He conceded II 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 wat the basis of coin
age was, as long as there was enough Of
it to go around.
THE Populist party" he said. is the
progressive rarty 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
nishing the raw material to make the
people up there rich. 1t is our turn to
prosper now"
Ex-senator Dorsey, who Is now resi-
dent of New York, confined himself to a
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. ,.eG-
Ex-senator Pettigrew, being frequent
visitor to the Twin Cities. was wary,
and ensconced himself in a cool room in
his hotel and would see no one not con-
nected with the party. ,.v47
81 The statesmen left last night over the
Northern Pacific for Seattle and from
there they will go to Prince of Wales
island After THAI, other well known
Gangs will be visited, and it Is not I'M
likely that Dawson will be included IN
the itinerary before the return trip IS
commenced.