| Show HAVE DROPPED SILVER evidence required if there Is any further than lias already been furnished of the desertion people to convince con vinco western of silver by democracy to the words of morgan and other leaders of that party can bo added the feta of elleott dantorth chair roan of th 0 democratic state committee of new york lie says in my trip through tho south I 1 observed one thing which will be considered of particular interest in new york namely that none of the leaders seemed disposed to insist on free silver as the main issue of the campaign next year they did not say that they had abandoned the ac to 1 idea but they acknowledged that the situation had changed since 1896 and that the dominant issues next year were trusta and imperialism that is 10 say they are unwilling to repudiate the chicago platform but they see that new issues of far reaching importance have come up lately and that their choice should 10 recognized even in states like north carolina 1 ond eliat the antitrust anti trust and anti imperialism ideas engaged the attention of the people more than tho free silver issue in tact I 1 might sum up my observations by saying that the sentiment of democracy in the south is such that I 1 am confident there will ba little trouble in bringing about a union of the democracy of the whole country next year this is a confession that democracy was wrong in when it declared the silver issue to be vital to the welfare of the people of this country it is a confession that silver Is not paramount but subordinate to other issues if silver is not tho all import nut question and its solution of surpassing importance to the country what is there in democracy which should hold out any attraction or hope tor a silver republican every day the coalition of silver republicans and democrats Is being weakened by tire attitude of leading democrats |
