| Show IS THE SILVER ISSUE DEAD t t fy james creelman formerly war corre spon dentis representing the new york journal in reporting bryans tour through the country on may 1 bryan reached columbus ohio and what took place there Is thus told by creelman after mr bryan arrived in columbus a strange thing happened the two most uncompromising and radical tree silver men in ohio general wamer and alien W thurman called on mr bryan and urged him not to consent to have 16 to 1 mentioned in the kansas city platform mr bryans final sweeping and definite declaration ol 01 his position given to the nation throng h the press of today bad stirred the silver men of the whole country as well as the gold standard men general warner was the original tree silver leader of america the founder and president ot the free silver league and the most desperately honest and aggressive bimetallist in the world but mr bryan was obdurate and declared that 16 to 1 must remain when men of the standing of general warner and alien thurman seek to avoid the issue of 16 to I 1 what is there to the silver agitation that should lead any republican to desert his party and take up democracy even in the silver mining regions of the west general wamer Is the original silver man of this country be was the first man in congress to raise his voice in denunciation of the of silver yet by his desire to shave bryan drop the question he acknowledges that the vitality of the issue has flown and at present there is no hope for a return to bimetallism by tills country that should settle the silver problem for the present at least |
