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Show "WESTERN SENATORS AND ' SILVER". ' r: Undor tho above t,ltlo tho Enquirer has considerable to suy regarding tho records of and political possibilities for Senators Teller ami YVolcptt of Colorado, Colo-rado, A comparison it; attempted to bo drawn botwoon the fespoeffvo deed? of tlio two Senators, ono of whom remained re-mained with tho jjnld standard party and tho othor of whom loft tho party Of his lifelong faith nnd allegiance to endorse nnd,ussUt tho neoplo'a causo. Tho Enquirer sayr, ? ' ,. "Two years havo passed slnco tho oltt and In looking over tho record o( " ' 'J!. rTTT?"?,'Tr"-- )""-" ' . - -r '-"'-'-" "'"-""- the two Colorado Smialor. who aro both for sllvor, It cannot bo said that Sonalor Tollor, who loft his party lor freo coinage, has accomplished any more for It than has Senator Wolcotl, who remains true to hit party." Senator Teller upon tho floor of the Snnuto has continually advanced and advocated tho silver cause. Ho Is ro-cognized ro-cognized in tho nation as the foremost advocate of that causa and the oli.tr-actor oli.tr-actor nnd effect of his work, is known nnd felt all over this country. On tho contrary Soliator Woloott Is recogtilzod as an administration nil heron t who nn(st, nt loust by analogy, bo known as a gold standard advocate and thus oven If ho docs aftmpt to advance tho Nllvcr causo Ids efforts are negatived In advauce. Tho Enquirer speaks of tho bimetallic commission huaded by Son-ator Son-ator Wolcott, nnd says that at ono tlmo It looked as though thatcommission thatcommis-sion "would provo a pieces." In point of fact, ns tho Enquirer must know tho object of the mission was discredited nt the start on account of the woll known feelings of Its members on the question, nnd to Senator Wolcott Is largely due the failure, acting as we believe under Instructions from Me-Klnley. Me-Klnley. Tho Enquirer says: "We he-(love he-(love that the silver question can alone bo settled by tho Republican parly." Tli it Is only n partisan conclusion which Is not borne out u any way either by the fuels or Indications. The Enquirer closes by saying: "AH such dlfIoronco3 tis may' oxlst on any Important question, such ns silver, can be hotter soltled within the party than without Its ranks." Yot what ronson In Jnstleo can bo ndvuncod to show that the Republican party will ever sottlo tho question othor than It Is already settled by that party with tho absolute gold standard V Tho Enquirer Itself Is an outspoken nnd belltgorant ndvocato of tho St.' Louis platform, which declares that "the existing gotd standard must be maintained." Isn't It rather a norvy proposition for them now ia ask that tho Republican party or Us members bo allowed to settle the silver question "within tho party?" No pilfer of oven greater stnmllng than tho Fnqulrer cf,n detract from tho standing ot Senators Teller of Caioradn, Jones ami Stewart of Noyiula; and its constant efforts to deprecate tho work of Senators Cannon r.ud Rawlins of Utah shews lis deep and abiding Inconsistency. |