Show SILVER REPUBLICANS ITO I-TO MEET IN CHICAGO Important Gathering at the Windy City Today DUBOIS ALREADY ON THE GROUND tEZTING WILL BE CALLED TO CAD MTG W ORDER AT 1 OCLOCK I Congressman Hartman Says We Are Here Not to Divide the Silver Forces But to Unite Them We Are Not for Any Individuals or Party But for Silver Dubois Believes the Silver Sentiment I Growirfg Every Day Chicago June 7The leaders of the silver sil-ver Republicans are gathering in the city for a committee meeting Tuesday Among those already here are ExConrfresman Charles A Towne of Minnesota exSenator Fred T Dubois of Idaho Senator R F Pettigrew of South Dakota Congressman Charles Hartman of Montana I C Jones of Washington and Governor J P Lee of South Dakota Da-kota Juno S was set for a meeting of the silver I Republican forces In Chicago on February Feb-ruary last At that time the four sen I aton > and sx representatives r that faith sent out of Washington to the chairman of each state central committee commit-tee a call for a meeting at this time The obiect Is to reorganize the party and to extend it to every section or the United States rhe committee consists of one member from each state with exCongressman Towne as chairman Few senators or congressmen are members mem-bers but most of them of the faith will be present to lend inspiration to the 1 cause Besides those mentioned above Senators Teller Stewart and Mantle and Congressmen Shafroth Newlands and Carter aro expected today The meeting will be callea to order tomorrow at 1 oclock at the Leland hotel and a campaign cam-paign of action will be Instituted I Is expected that speakers and literature will I be sent out through the country and particularly par-ticularly east and a continual right made from now until the next presidential presiden-tial election In an Interview Congressman Hartman said Wo are here not to divide the silver ver forces but to unite them We realize that silver Is strongest among the Democrats Demo-crats and we expect to heartily affiliate with them In anything that Is 1 for the advancement ad-vancement of the silver cause However I many Republicans are not willing to call themselves Democrats or Populists and so we have t make a party for them I I We are not for any Individuals or party but for sliver Our meeting here will be Ii harmonious and much good to the cause I i of sliver will result from It siver i I ExSenator Dubois said The cause of I I sliver Is growing stronger every day The I money fiuestion Is the greatest Issue today f to-day nit we will pg up a1 ilt for silver regardless of the work being done I by the monetary commission now abroad I I Senator Pettlgrew scid I just arrived Pettgrew from Washington where I have been I frm I making a hara right on the lumber schedule sched-ule In the Dingley bill We arc making I I I Bood progress now on the bill and 1 thInk it will pass by June 25 I will then I to the house and a motion to concur go otoco I Itobh defeated A conference committee I commit-tee will then bo named from each branch I l S and probably by July S or 10 the bill will F r be rzroed upon InK will be at once I passed by both houses and adjournment rt then take hpra06 The silver Republican Ii Repub-lican senators will not oppose the bill I I Ican will be that their votes Is i not probable ethf lw 11 needed but I believe I all of them will i c for It rather than have i defeated I will not vote at all t ts It Is they probably wi al I The Republican party Is purel respon sible for the bill and we are anxious to I I I have It pass In order to demonstrate that the I Jt Is not the tariff that is affecting country The people will then realize the truth Gages Financial Measure New York June iA dispatch from Washington says Secretary Gage Is preparing pre-paring a financial measure to be submitted sub-mitted to congress next winter In pursuance pur-suance of this plan he has sent out a letter to 200 leading bankers and merchants 2 leading I chants inviting suggestions for placing the currency upon a sound basis I I In outline the scheme will embrace the I gradual retirement of the greenbacks and the substitution of national bank notes therefor t llnf national banks to Issue f i sue to the full limit instead of 90 percent per-cent as now reducing the tax on national I I na-tional as bank circulation from 1 per cent to onefourth of 1 per cent and limiting the denominations of bank notes and afl other denominatons 510 and substituting sliverS I I paper money suhgtiiutng slyer S for all below 10 There will be probably I a provision for branch banks and there S is a suggestion that state and municipal I sugJeston used as a basis for not I to exceed b per cent of the note circu I I lation secretary Gage has in fact already I commenced to carry out his scheme for S retiring greenbacks as far as possible under un-der the present law by locking up In the df greenbacks and treasury notes treasury treasur I These classes of notes have greatly increased March i and on June 1 S creased since 4 I there was held In the treasury of both i classes about J60OCO000 Another View of It f Aother S Chicago June iA new political organization I or-ganization already characterized the Silver ganizaton party of the United States ver Republican Unied Repubian prty s bout to be formed In this city Its Teller Fred T promoters are Henry M Teler I Dubols roroter P Jones F J Cannon I Pettigrew Senator Mantle I Richard F grow Pett S Hartman ChiJcs A Towne Charles I JohrfF Shafroth and Charles H AlienS These men bolted the S1 Louis conven I I S bole to uml supported AV J Bryan They S their 111 followers now are congregating and foloers tomorrow at I attend a caucus which here to it Is proposed to create a national committee and start the campaign for I congressional elections next year r EyConressman Charles A lowne of I Duluth acted as provisional chairman and I him today to Issued by were instructions I instructons and information of lieutenants Informaton a COD leutenants disseminated of the objects and aims was dlsemlnated It was explained by of the gathering the initiatory I step was taken I Mr Towne Se and F1g 2U when the statesmen on Febu ry oie calling me named issued an address caIng state in every silver Republicans 1 5 Reublcms unon national commit arid terrltor r to select natonal 1 1 c terr1o have them attend a conference I con-ference teeracn in Chicago on June S to start the I i t fight s I |