Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-02-26
FARMERS ALLIANCE COLUMN.
WHO ARE THE KIcKRRs +?

WHO ARE THE KICKRRs?
In an editorial to be found in the
Baltimore Sun of February Goth, the
editor laments over the action OF the
free coinage men i'm forcing this meas
ure to the front and accuses these rep
resentatives Of doing it from anything
but patriotic motives and a desire to
dwarf the chances of its especial rad
for president-Grover Cleveland
whom, it says. all the people IN ms
country want for the next nominee OF
the Democratic party. Clearly the
free coinage Of silver men cannot want
him, and they are the very large ma
jority of the people south and west.
The selection Of Cleveland by any OF
this class would mean inevitable death
to the free coinage of silver for four
more years. So, wherein could free
coinage men be benefited by placing
at ehe head of the government their
bitterest opponent and the one man
of all others closest allied to Wall
street, as was abundantly proved dur
ing his entire administration. His
Secretary of Treasury, Manning, rec
commended the entire destruction of
legal tender money and to substitute
for it bank money" Some $50, 900, 900
Of government money was put In va
rious pet banks free of all interest e,
and whenever called upon by Wall
street never failed TO do their bidding.
Cleveland's tariff reform dixie death
bed repentance) came in at the wind
up of his administration, and then at
the earnest entreaty of men like Car
Isle and Mills, who saw that there
was really no difference in his and for
mer Republican administrations. So
the tariff was agreed upon as bone
Of contention and a. Offering a shade
Of difference. The outcome Of the
matter was the mills bill, =" and there
was just : per cent difference between
this and the "MorrelI BILL And this,
in truth, is just the difference between
the two leading parties of today
minus the free coinage question. And
if it is true (as the Baltimore Sun
would have il that free coinage was
not the issue that won the elections
last fall, how does it come that the
large majority Of the House are such
decidedly free silver advocates. Tru
ly the facts seem to be against the
Sun. The Sun accuses the free silver
men of being the kickers, forgetting
in its own anxiety on the subject that
the minority, of which the Sun is one,
is the genuine breeder Of rupture, and
the sooner the Democratic party
parts" company with New England
Democracy the b tier. 1t Is this tenn
porary, accidental contingent from
New England that is creating all this
disturbance to day. And does it not
look like they are there just for that
purpose Democrats, remember the
fate Of Troy and don't admit this
Greek horse into your camp. Tariff
reform, as means of relief, may be
perfectly clear to the editor of the
Sun, but it must be charitable TO those
of its readers who fail to see any great
relief from this measure so long as we
are compelled to raise some $500. 0OO,-
900 annually. Would not the San be
more in the interest of the masses and
vocate majority measures Clearly
the free silver men have the ma ority
and if it is SO anxious for the Demo
cratic party to win in the next cleo
ton, az it processes, why not advocate
the majority? Are they not fail ly Ell
titled to the leadership? We farmers
intend to serve notice on all pluto
cratic organs like the Sun that this sill
yer measure is one of the least OF the
bitter pills they will be called upon to
swallow, and il had better be granted
with good grace. We shall demand
the abolition of the national banking
system, and the sub-treasury and land
loan plan in its place, and 20 for ii
graduated income tax. We are lit
tie tired of bearing the burden OF 50
per cent of taxation, only owning %
per cent of the property, and we are
perfectly aware that the Z per cent
tariff reform relief is delusion, snare
aud downright insult to our intelli-
gence. FARMER.