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Show hiLU.it a PAiiiT iva'i:. It li reported that Governor Penn-oyerof Penn-oyerof Oregon, a Democrat, bolted hla party aahort time ago, becauae at the Htato Convention be filled lu having a plank calling for free aud unl'rMted oolnage of silver Inserted In the plat, form. Furthermore, It I aald that ho hae pronounced in favor of the People' party. This, taken In connection with the aiatabllahraent of silver cluba lu the West, the avowed object ot wblch li Independent action of the character dotted by GovZnor Pennoyor, 1 omewht elgulflif ;t. The treatment accerded the Illai.lll lu the House haa cauaod more -,eaa dllaatlafactlon among the freeallver Demucrata. Tbe lleview uf Ji'titcua, speaking entirely from a non-partisan view, aaya: "Unlimited allver coinage at the preaent prea-ent ratio la not a cause with which we ere In eyinpathyj but It muat be coufoaacd that lt discomfiture ua won by In-glorloue In-glorloue meana. Obstruction Inalrgla-lallro Inalrgla-lallro body la tbo denial to the people of frco and open rule. The allver queatlon ought to bavo como to a vote at tho ap-iolnled ap-iolnled time." The theory on which this criticism Is baed la that by the undefined attitude atti-tude of the party aa a whole on thla Issue tbe "gold bugs" of the Halt and the "allver fanatic" of the Boutli are belug frightened outof tbe patty. The .'rrfeic or iiciitu a la of opinion that tbe People' party, or lu other words, the Farmera' Alliance, will play a more Important part In the pending campaign than la generally anticipated. The pronouncement of Oregon' governor would leem to give color to this auppoi'tlon. The tot feu? contend that from present Indication the Minneapolis Ilepubllcan plat-lorm plat-lorm will be more protiuunoed than the Chicago platform tn lta attitude tuward allver, and consequently draw to It auto-allrer auto-allrer Democrat, while free allrer Democrat will take refuge In the People' patty. It muat lie remembered that alnce the Itaitw article waa written, aud alnce Penuoyer'e chaoge, tbe holding of an International monetary confer ence haa teen declared an assured certainty. Tbe moat werful natlona of Uuropeareuow In communication with tho United Stales on thle queatlou. It I poaalble that' tho pro-pcael pro-pcael conftreuce will not accomplish all that la dealraUe, but no eenslblo Democrat or HrputllcaO will halt hla patty until the reault of that congreu la publlahed. According to Dr. Gdy'a historical tn-ttinrnt pf the alarery laiue aa a party queatlon In 1951, free Hirer at present furnishes u sort of parallel. There are pro aud autl'sllrer men now, aa there were pro and autl-alarery men then, lu both patllrs. The attitude of Houth. em Dernocrata at that time dlsrujted their parly aud filially they loat absolutely ab-solutely vi hat they fought so vigorously vigorous-ly for. In view of the fact that a monetary conference li now a curtaluty, It would be folly for either Dernocrata or Iterub llcaus to precipitate a crisis that would only result In financial chaoa for a considerable lime. Polk, Weaver, and Donnelly, though active rulitl-olani rulitl-olani and uould-be reformer, are not the material of which great linden are made. They will do everything posalblo to mak capital out Of the dls.atlalcllou caused by the IlUud hill, but coneirvAtlve tueit should remember re-member that tbeau agltat in are Ural, lata blowu about by every chance xepbyr, now grtenbaik, now sub-treasury, now silver, and tomorrow who I know what |