Thus they hope to centralize the entire
fr**" silver strength and much of the labor
vote of th,- country. Aly informant is
]>ositive in th*- declaration that the repub
lican party will be fore* <1 , itlier to adopt
th,' silt r plank or I**- destroyed, au-i this
intention *.> rule *>r ruin is a fundamental
tenet of th*- movement. It is even .--aid
that Senator t'am.ron has already cvn
seiitt'*! to head the i*‘Volt.
i-'oliou.ilig tilts auoililccmelti. Tlie Chi
cago Inter Ocean has a slgniiicant edi
torial «*oiitaiiting th,' following suggesi
ive paragraphs:
Th*' latest market report front London
announces that Chin:, and India are in tne
market to buy silver, anti that a move
ment is on foot to corner silver in Amer
ica . «
The war in the far east cannot fail to
create a demand for silver. Both China
and Japan, the belligerents, are silver
using nations. Naturally silver is looking
up. and at least showing signs of recovery
from the i -<lr, m- depression of th-' last
year or two.
But b*-tt, r than th** war in the orient is
th*- assurance that th*- democratic party
is to be retired from th,' cares of state.
That t*arty played a gigantic eontidence
game upon the .'■'liver interest. » » • ,«?!
international agriement as to the parity
of th*- tw*» metals is surely very de;-.lra*>l«,
but if it cannot be reached, thee the
republican p-nty. when it returns to p «** r.
will have to act independently and re
store silver to its rightful place in Hie
monetary system of the I nit»-d Stat**.-.
