The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-27

the party of the poor, of the laborer.
It can never forget or forego its in
stincts. The breath of its life,
drawn for over ninety years, has
been the equality Of all men-the
equality of their rights; the largest
liberty compatible with public Sc
curity.
The republican party has never
been such an organization. It was
originally created in 1854 out of
elements antagonistic to every SYM
pathy with the mass of the people
or the money of the people. Moth
ing but the war fever consolidated
it, and preserved it, and enabled it
under cover Of martial successes to
carry on it's financial policy. That
recognized gold alone, or bank notes
representing gold. All its interests
were golden-it knew no silver; it
never heard of lead. It was to sup.
ply the lack of silver which the gov
eminent suppressed as money, that
the greenback party was organized
in the west. The republicans in
Congress in 1878, made silver a
mere article of merchandise of no
more account than iron. What did
they do for lead? They put it on
the free list with Mexico. They
placed it where it has been ever
since; admitted it, when in combi-
nation with other metsls, free from
all duty. The democracy had no.
thing to do with it for they were
not in power. For all the evils
which have arisen from that act the
republican party is alone response
BILE; yet it has the audacity. now to
ask credit of the miner for making
a show of changing that law in the
future, which was its own making
in the past. Well do they under
stand the doctrine of repentance,
but it is too late to fool any intelli-
gent man with that sort of nonsense.
Better take it back to Kansas.
The treachery Of this whole pro-
ceeding is visible plainly in the
reciprocity schemes of Blaine, Hale
and other chiefs of that ilk, in their
propositions regarding Mexican re-
Reciprocity means free
trade, absolutely-lead and all.
The only free traders we know of
in this country are republicans, and
every one of them endorse Blaine
and Blaine's idea will ultimately
prevail in his party.
Had not the democracy in both
houses, this last summer, taken up
this question and demanded, by
the force of their position, that sill
yer shall have the right-of-way to
the miners in the same wagon with
gold, silver would have been left in
the dirt, and all the lead in comb
nation with it. Democratic Sena-
tors brought silver up to the gaze
Of living men, and like the cross it
carried up the god Of lead with it.
Thus it will ever be. Keep silver
up, and its welded wife, lead, goes
up with it, and stays to her house
Like Tennyson's brook : |
: Men may come and men may go, |
out this goes on forever"
The next House of Representa-
ives is conceded, will be democratic.
Men must go there from these new
states to bring these natural facts
If local interest before them; and
n caucus, and on the floor of the
House, teach the representatives of
he East, and of Eastern capital,
he truth and value of this western
country. Send democratic Sena.
ors, a democratic representative,
md. a legislative ticket-and the
uture will be secure. The next
PRESIDENT Of the United States, in
II probability, will be democratic
PRESIDENT; and We must have rep
esentatives at Washington who,
mike Harrison, know these min
raj states and can appreciate them.