Show the silver fight it seems unit alie ecat will be divided at the st louis convention on the best policy to pursue in relation to silver all will be staunch freo coinage advocates but aliey will diner as to alic best way to promote alie interests of alio white metal alie samo situation with regard to the views cf their senators exists iu colorado and idaho eliat exists in utah senator cannon stands out boldly for dilver first last and all the time senator brown is for silver but not to the exclusion of party allegiance ho beli that better re aults can bo attained within party ranks than outside senator of idalio and senator teller of colorado both stand on the same ground as senator cannon while senator shoup of idalio and senator wolcott of colorado abreo senator browna position senator wolcott has written a letter to alie chairman of alie republican state relating to the situation in which he thinks that if colorado decide to send a delegation to st louis that delegation ia in honor bound to stand by the majority of the convention even if it declare against silver and yet senator wolcott is a strong silver man he says in hie letter there is no sacrifice I 1 would not make to secure the Te of silver not because colorado Co orado ie a pro decsi of but because in my opinion prosperity will beiver return unless bimetallism at the former ratio in re and because the ao pr matina value of auld sod the shrink i bif i if thia appreciation must bring only die nater aud poverty and sefferine suf ferine to all the people ot this country who are mt lenders of money should be no talk now of bolting the convention A minority can gain nothing by that kind of talk and it shwa bid faith for a state to begin work a convention by open threats of bolting if the majority rules the Vf estern delegations should act and take an earnest interest in the work of alie convention if possible alie silver forces should control alie committee on resolutions and bring in a report favorable to dilver then if want to force the gold standard on alie convention there may be a good occasion given to walk out but the delegations ought to be united in whatever policy is pursued alio impression must not bo created that alio west is anything else but republican and if a bolt becomes let it bo on the ground that the eastern ving of the yarry has departed from true republicanism not thit western men are leaving tho party we hope however that will bo no occasion for bolting it is our firm conviction that good can be accomplished inside party lines than outside A vigorous minority does have an influence when with the dominant party whereas their voice never bo heard for a generation or more if standing alone national parties arc not built up in a day and it would coat silver men of the west much time and money to get the machinery necessary to reach alie masses such as controlled by alie old parties it may be necessary necos sAry to an independent silver movement but let us first exhaust all other resources at our command |