Show changes his views WATERLOO la june 28 for one I 1 do not believe it possible to succeed upon a platform that demands the un qualified fiad free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 we have fought the battle and it is lost we can never fight it over under circumstances more favorable to ourselves if we hape to succeed we must abandon fate in these words horace bobee former governor of iowa and erstwhile democratic presidential Pre aspirant addressed the voters of the united states woo demand the free coinage of silver he does it through the medium of his letter to col D M cox of des mointa which the latter will print in his forthcoming book the friends of silver although ance defeated are not yet demoralized this will ba arne after a second defeats def eata he aabye in conr n at bat lio wo must win or our cause is loat although mi bobea has in private frequently hostility to the 16 0 o 1 plank of ahn chicago platform this is the fai at authoritative declaration from him to that effect in publicly it to he a dead ideue he gives at length his reasons lor abertine aBer tinz it 0 o be such ha says the botera buried it under the beliet that it meant silver mono metal ism pure and and simple which would increase instead of dimish aho 0 o the single gald it matters not he saya how we the people blut the rold stand ard ia wrens unless wa convince con vinca teem that we afler iu ita place is better nf worse by lue adoption of tle 16 to 1 plank he declares the debates to the chicago contorion forced the to the for their new creed the was the weakening instead of tha of their ranks aa their platform battered by thy of opponents |