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Show mi.hi. mii.i. ..Tim: ntir. Nltrrtoths excitement occailoned bt Ihe labor troubles, thu sliver quet-Hon quet-Hon It the great topic of discussion at I resent. The National Mining Con? gresa which assembled at Heleua, Mont., a day or two uo, and 1 now lu eslou, I handling tbo free silver Issue In a rather robust form. Mr. New lauds cf Nevada Is rmanent chairman of that body, nnd In hit ad-driss ad-driss eostertley spok In no uncertalu terms of the sltuattou. Ho urguJ n coalition of ill tho silver HUtce for Ihe purpose of rsaklug a decided stand In favor of that metal, Independent of loth Die oil political parties. Ami It appears thst his utterances re tved tho upproltitloil ol 802 delegate rea-tmt. rea-tmt. The action of the llouas of llepre-scntatlvea llepre-scntatlvea at Waahlugtoti In virtually killing the Senate silver 1 III by postponing post-poning It cojslderatioiiecmt tu have a atlnmlatlug eireot on lit We.teru advocates ad-vocates In the way of urglug them to ltidci-.idcut nillon. Many of tho Houlhern trie silver Democrat voted wltli Ihe autl-sllver Democrats and ltc ubllctus of the North against cou--slderatlon of tbo bill. It wss not regarded re-garded usHgooJ measure nut how,and lolttlcat consleierntlon roudvrud It present passage unwise. What may pro.rly be called free silver Htatea are Idaho, Wjomlug, Moutauv, Nevada, Colorado and Washington. lu thu Boutb tho two Carolina, leor,;bt -ml Tcvasaro said to ttufrcHt silver, butfiurof lto.ubltcan rule nnl u orce bill kee them wllhln Democrstlo urty Huts. Idaho, Monlaua, Wyoming, and Nevada bate 3 electoral votes each, Colorado and Washington 4 each, Texas IS.dcorgla 11,North Carolina Caro-lina II, and Hjuth Carolina tl. This makes an ugiregato of OH electoral votes, which If fast for a frco silver candidate would sorloualy tomplleate matters next November, The platform ot the People' party adopted at Omatu on the 4th luat., do mind the I roe nud unlimited coinage ol silver an la speedy Increase of the circulating medium to not less than (V). torevery irsou Intbo eountry, Thlt lank might perhaps realize Iho reepilrcmeiiti tho average free silver advocate, but would be autport the various oilier planks willed accompany 11? Would ho ciidoito tho government ownership of railroads, telrgripha, tulephouct, eto , aid lu oilalillilmiim of festal banks, sub-lreiiury tchnnus and to on? finally, wouM he accpt Weaver nnd Donnelly These are inest(oua the average) free silver man whether North and Boulli wl.I atk himself before voting. |
