People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — Senator Allen on the Silver Party. [ARTICLE]

Senator Allen on the Silver Party.

Senator Allen, of Nebraska, speaking at Butte, Mont., on Labor day, said: “I think that the disposition to put a strictly silver party in the field is confined to the mining states, and I am very doubtful of the wisdom of the movement. Those who are urging it are making a great mistake. There are many silver men who believe the Populist party is simply a temporary growth and that it will soon disappear wlth slightly changed conditions. Therefore there are many who urge the organization of a straight silver party, but they are making a great mistake, in my judgment. The Populist party is as well founded, and for its numbers, as well organized, and as determined as any other political party, and it has come to stay. We will not be absorbed by any other political party, and we expect to open our doors sufficiently wide to admit all honest men who want to see a reform in our government. There is no doubt that there will be an overhauling of the Omaha platform to some extent, but its cardinal principles will be maintained. I think that the socalled sub-treasury scheme will be eliminated. At least I hope and look for some revision of the minor details.”