Show HANNA SAYS SILVER IS DEAD and that the republican party will stand on the war issues gold platforms adopted by republican state conventions pointed to as indicating di the drift of republican thought minneapolis minn aug 9 A journal special from daleth minn bays senator hanna and II 11 ir kohls left here this p m for yellowstone Yellow atone park mr when interviewed eaid he believed the silver issue absolutely dead and all hope of an international agreement on bimetallism futile at least for the present he believed the several straight gold platforms adopted by the detate conventions were tn direct line with republican ideas as to the maintenance of money as good as that of any nation in the world he said the republican party donld make ita next campaign on issues brought op by the war and on ita record in the war and that the presidents course bad given the party an absolute continuance of its control of political affairs the president having been correct in all his moves he expects however that the silver issue would be galvanized to do duty as the main question by the opponents of the republican party and that therein lay their weakness wea knees |