Show BLUTH A republican city recorder announces his affiliation with the party slates the democratic party has abandoned silver and he would place himself in a false position unless he announced his belief although politics have not as yet begun to warm up the near approach of the city elections has started a discussion of the standing ol 01 some of the men who joined the silver republicans and fused with the democrats years ago among these recorder john V bluth in mr bluth copous ed the silver cause as advocated toy prank cannon in ho as a silver republican was nominated by abo party formed by tue fusion of tho sliver and democrats city recorder and was elected A rumor has been current for some time that mr bluth had declared his intention of again affiliating with the republican party to substantiate this a standard reporter called upon him and asked as to ane truth of the report mr blitsh said yes sir I 1 shah affiliate with the republican party this jail I 1 went out with the rest of the party or a majority of it at least in 1 but did not return I 1 implicitly that tho free coinage of gold and silver would be productive of great prosperity to the people of the entire the democratic party stood later tor this principle which ha been abandoned oy the republican party and wit bothers I 1 looked to it for that which was denied by my party the democratic party appears to have entirely abandoned the silver proposition in fact almost did so at the last national nat lonal convention I 1 still hoped that this iesue would ibe kept to the front and at the last presidential election voted with the democratic party although beset by doubts as to the wisdom in so doing the issue has been relegated to the past and other issues have been presented to which I 1 am not converted and therefore I 1 can no longer affiliate with the democratic party I 1 have never overcome the feeling that the republican party was the party of progress and industrial advancement it was my first love in political affairs and I 1 am compelled to return it I 1 desire to have a party with my present feelings I 1 could net consistently be a democrat and it would place me in a balsa falsa light it I 1 permit ray friends to labor under the imputation or understanding that I 1 am one |