The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23

JOHN sfIERnaAN,s PERFlDY,
Els Remedies Are Worse Than the Dis-
eases He would Cure.
Again has John Sherman boon
caught in the knavish act of betray-
ing the people into the hands of the
Shylocks.
So glaring has been the act that he
is obliged to confess. The worst OF
his confession is that he wants to ap-
ply the remedy for what he confesses
to have been failure /" And any
body who knows John Sherman knows
that his remedies are worse than the
diseases which he proposes to cure,
says the Chicago Express. He is
simply letting 60 to get better hold.
Here is what the Chicago Times
says upon the subject:
Assuming the role OF a great
financier Senator Sherman secured
the passage Of the silver act bearing
his name two years ago. He pro-
claimed then his faith that it would
settle the silver question in the inter-
est Of the people. He knew then. as
he knows now. that the pretense was
as much falsehood as those which
have characterized his other med
dlings with the national finances He
sought the decentralization OF silver at
the command of his Wall street mas
tiers. He accomplished his object
though its party had solemnly pledged
ifsa1f 70 ho Of
He exploited his achievement before
the people of Ohio in the campaign
last year as one emitting him to the
support of honest voters. He now
confesses the failure OF his infamous
act and asks congress to repeal
its most important provision. Let
fair note be had of the story.
''Under the old law there was GER
tain amount OF silver dollars coined
monthly as full legal tender dollars.
To that extent there was use of silver
as money. 1t was not a complete re-
turn to the time honored custom of
the country. But it was In a measure
a relief to the people and degree of
protection against the absurdity of
What is termed the gold basis BY
his law of 1890 Senator Sherman pro-
vlded for tho discontinuance of the
coinage of silver dollars save such as
might be needed to redeem the notes
issued in payment for the bullion
purchased by the government lin
terms of gold" This was the de-
monetization of silver. conceived and
executed by the cunning trickster
who had once before accomplished
the same infamy. BY this act silver
was deprived entirely of it's use as
money In accordance with an un-
varying law. the metal deprecated in
value. Having secured his end the
Ohio gold bug now asks that all pur-
chases of bullion be stopped. He
confesses the correctness of the charge
in the Democratic platform adopted
at Chicago that the Sherman
act of 1890 was cowardly
makeshift fraught with possibilities Of
danger in the future which should
make all of its supporters as we'll as
its author anxious for its speedy re.
peal.
'Republican organs will still uphold
John Sherman as their greatest finan-
cier. He will once more GO before
the people as the champion of honest
money. Partisans who have shouted
their denunciations of Democratic
tendency to demonetize silver will &C
cord him the same blind support they
gave him when pursuing the oppo-
site course. But the great plain peo-
pie of the country will have seen in
this last confusion of his folly reason
for refusing him further credence
either as statesman or honorable
defender OF popular rights"
In accusing John Sherman. The
Times is only half right. That is, it
makes an effort to excuse the part
which Democracy has taken in deny
ing the people their rights to resto-
ration of the silver dollar. It is seek
ing to hide the sins of Democracy by
throwing stones at John Sherman.
The great plain people. which the
Times talks about are learning the
lesson that the Democratic party is
equally guilty with the Republican
party in the war upon silver. It can
boast of a president who could not
wait to be inaugurated before he
opened his batteries on the dollars
Of our Fathers" And also that it has
twice re-nominated the same man to
the presidency. wi ss@ .at .&
| 1t can also boast of an overwhelm-
ing majority in the. lower house which
has twice in a single session refused
to undo the 'infamy' which John
Sherman. more than any other one
man. has been guilty of imposing
upon the American people .aS.
| TO be honest the Times must
squarely admit there is but one party
I that stands for free and unlimited
coinage OF silver-just as it existed
for nearly a century-and that is the
Peoples party. iit''.+ a*:3f @'-st ''s 8.
/ The Grand Party Of the People.
Western Waterman. Cal. has an
interview with Governor Tillman OF
South Carolina. which. If true is in
deed remarkable coming from him.
/ 1t says: >4. -. .f.s.s- Il.
A Columbu S. c.. correspondent
interviewed Governor Tillman on his
return from a visit to Washington.
In speaking of the action of the Dem
ocratic congress he said: The Dem
ocrats are not doing themselves credit
as economists. Their extrav agance