Show t t tt jat e rl 4 1 I 1 A j t 3 2 Z 7 I 1 I 1 1 ir X SILVER LR C COINAGE 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 f P 1 I 6 LO I 1 PARTY ITES S SHOULD H ojill 1 I JOIN HANDS I 1 bren to t the hea extent of goinie into the i y 1 t arty through the chance offered at t st lo 10 I ottto all gooduck firs w always traitors raymond paymond E dodge statistician for or the republican national coi committee has just completed a carel careful rul analysis analydia of the probable silver astren strength ath in the democratic national con convention vent lon ste re estimates that the tree free coinage wins wing wui will have at I 1 least east 11 do majority this would enable the silver men to rame frame the platform but they would lack the requisite strength to name the candidates in the democratic convention it takes two thirds to nominate anatel and it if the estimates of mr dodge are do correct and the gold men stand firm they taa caa absolutely block a nomination that they will vill stand firm Is almost certain the influences behind goldlee politicians itra are of such a character that they seldom weaken ti the power 0 wei which ali h makes them absolutely controls their actions i the gold power la is 94 9 abat thoroughly 61 organized it knows no party jay fealty an and d in the eastern states particularly very few public men care to defy it should the silver men absolutely dominate the convention there Is ec arcely a doubt that the gold standard d democrats would refuse to st support aport the ticket the action of the cuckoo democrats m as in the Kan kentucky tucky legislature la Is conclusive evidence that when the master speaks they obey kentucky dabu democracy has always agwald been true to the sliver silver cause within the last year there has h never arek been it a shadow of e a doubt that kentucky was ad it steb state but the malign influence of cleveland ano and carlisle garlisi backed by the money power ot 0 WAR vail str street has s done don e its work we now and a small contingent of that party DU ty in the legislature masquerading as sound money men and stubbornly refusing to duport the regular nominee senator blackburn that gent lemans dera democracy oc has never been questioned and be has guarded the interests of his constituents with rare fidelity up to the very moment of mr Clev elands election blackburn and carlisle were apparently patently ly perfectly agreed on the silver question and their votes were east OU on the same side gide NOW no we find a few democrats i 1 irl in the legisla legislature opposing hl S reelection election re because forsooth he stands on the money question precisely where hard he has hab always daid where mei mr Carli carlisle alb seemed to stand until certain occult influences Influence a caused him to change if goldate democrats in ift kentucky will thug ahus stultify themselves it Is wa 16 W co conclude that the same saint class of men in hi the national convention of bi thili that party itt will do likewise abid and refuse to support ii a timer silver candidate on a silver platform but mr dodge suggests 4 a mise the silver men taking the platform andl and the gold men the candidate this would substantially be the case of 1892 right over more aptly tho the situation would be expressed by the old did gag the law to the north nori and tb the tb the south A silver platform with a agold gold candidate would be the worst thing that could happen hundreds of thousands of silver aliver democrats would be deluded into supporting the ticket and even if successful no legislation in the interest of sliver silver could d possibly be had but such a combination could not win not a silver man outside the demo party would duport it largo numbers number 0 silver democrats would refuse to be duped and the party would be buried out of sight nothing would please republican lei leaders ideris better than tor for the democrats to aldine a gold candidate on ida a silver plat platform fonti such a combination though la hardly probable the incongruity Is too great no gold with any self respect could accept a nomination on it a sti straight abight out sliver silver platform some qualifying phrase would have to go in ih and that would mean gold sliver silver democrats wilt will do well to td view the situation with the closest care tt it la is as pain drin as light itself that they cannot carry the country for free trade or tariff reform i in 1896 but bilt the they can make combinations by which they can win on the great q question u eastlon of monetary iary reform cf orm will they be iset |