The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-05-23
Senator Vest ON Men and Issues.

| senator vest on Men ana issues.
Senator Vest has been interviewed
while soiourning at Hot Springs for
his health. and, as usual, what he
says has spice and meat to it, wheth-
er we can all agree with him or not.
When asked what would be the prom
inent issue in 1904 he said:
The issues will be made by the
conditions and the man will be indi-
Gated by the issues. The issues may
be brought before US in a week. They
may come in single day. Wall
street may indicate them. Hanna
says prices in Wall street are based
on actual values. If Hanna is right
and the prosperity We now enjoy is
continued up TO the next election
there will be little need for having
any democratic policy in 1904 Many
democrats would 20 fishing.
"Have your views on silver
changed?"
II am still a believer in the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, but do
not think a man should ALWAYS, I'M
der all conditions, stand for a GER
tain thing, merely because he has
once been in favor of it. Mr.. Bryan
does ii great many things of which |
do not approve. Ihad hard work to
swallow Mr.. Bryan in 1900. But he
was the nominee of the regularly or
gained democratic convention and
| stood by him"
May he not be the party nominee
in 1902"
THAT is out of the question"
Would a gold democrat be
barred
81 don't want to bar any one who
is a democrat when the convention
assemblies | want to see the party
united on issues and men. Ii man
is to be barred for being a gold dem
ocrat it may be considered the
proper thing to bar a man for vot
ing for Greeley. | did that and am
still democrat"
You have thought of possible
presidential timber for the demo-
cratic party?"
Il have German of Maryland
and Olney of Massachusetts, are OF
the type from which | would select
German would be my preference,
with possibly Carter Harrison of Hi |
nois for vice president.
How would German and Francis |
do?"
Francis is a strong man, but he |
is from a certain democratic state |
There would be no politics in nomi- |
ting a man from sure state. For |
the same reason all talk of Francis |
as a presidential candidate is non
sense.
You have left out Hill of New |
York from your consideration
"Hill cannot carry his own state. |
Tammany would never support
him.
Referring to his retirement from
the senate, Mr.. Vest said: Il desire
to say that | will not be a candidate
'or reelection just as unequivOcally
as it is possible to express a thing i'll
the English language. When | have
finished my present term | will have
served the public in congress twenty
our years. At the end of the term |
will be nearly 13 years old. | have
earned rest. | have a horror of
agging superfluOus on the stage. 1t
S not pleasant to find ones health
a theme for newspaper
discussion. One does not take much
pleasure in reading ones own obitu-
Try, let it be couched in language
,ver so kind. | feel | am improving
low, though the baths did not at
irst seem to benefit me, and improve
nent was long III arriving. My mind,
10 far as | can see, is clear and strong
Is it ever was. But lean conceive OF
10 condition that would make me ]
hange my intentions as heretofore
s
The senator opposes the PROPOSE :
ion to call state convention. He {
lisa grees with his colleague, Senator
in his advice 10 Cubans TO |
ccept the Platt amendment He
links the Teller resolution meant i
THAT it said when it recited that the
Inhabitants of that island are and of
light ought to he free and independ
Mt.