Show Speaking of the accession of Hon David Da-vid Keith to the Democratic party the Butte Miner says It did not take Mr Keith long to recognize rec-ognize the logic of the situation He took the only course open to a man who had been allied with the Republican Republi-can party but who believed the free coinage of silver the paramount Issue before the country He showed he was more devoted to the cause of silver than he was to the name of a party Since he could not be a Republican and favorfree coinage he wisely concluded to be a Democrat and favor free coinage coin-age This was th first fruit of Mr Han 5 S nas letter but it will not be the last Others had takenjthe same course before be-fore Mr Hanna virtually read them out oC the Republican i party The so called silver Republi ans should now cease their efforts to organize a party that will be Democratic in one thing and Republicanin all others The proper place for those who believe silver sil-ver the paramount Issue is In the ranks of the Democratic party The proper place for those who believe silver is not the paramount issue is with the Republican Re-publican party That hits the nail squarely on the head The place for those who believe in the free unlimited and independent coinage of silver is in the Democratic party Those who are not willing to stand by silver through thick and thin should be in the Republican party |