The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-01
ION THE SITUATION,
A Review Of the Situation Of the POliti.
calField and What Can be Expected
From the Old Parties.
FREE SILVER THE WESTERN SLOGAN.
The Platform of Both Old Parties Mean
the Same Thing--GOd Help the Rich,
the Poor be D-...

The great conventions at Chicago
and Minneapolis have passed and the
proceedings of both have gone upon
the page of history. What did both
of the old parties do? Framed their
platforms to catch woes Cor to loose
them) gloritied the past achievements
of their respective parties, denounce!
each the other, ignored the reforms
demanded by the people, catered to
corporate interests of the east, and
bowed submissively to the demands Of
the money power. If there is one de
mand more pronounced and prominent
than another, made by the majority of
the people of the United States at the
present time, it is the undoing of that
crime of the century, the demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873, by the passage
of free coinage law. What did the
republican party in national convcn-
ton do? Straddled! What did the
democratic party doP Styaddled!
What was the attitude of the presi-
Dental nominees on both of the old
panty ticketsP Every body well knows
that both Harrison and Cleveland are
pronounced enemies of free coinage
of silver, and would veto bill passed
by congress to restore the white metal
to its old time standard "By their
fruits We shall know them" 1t is the
heighth of absurdity to expect to
gather silver grapes on the Harrison
thorn bush, or free coinage figs on
the Cleveland thistle" Both old parties
then are unit for a gold standard.
Notwithstanding their hypocritical d..
clarations for bimetalism. Let no one
be deceived on this point. The next
great demand of the American pc ople
is for the abolition of the national
banking system, and for an increase of
the circulating medium. What do the
old party platforms say on this SUBJ
jectP Both are us silent as the grave
on this point, and not word or hint
was permitted to get into the platform
of either old party looking in this
direction. Was the policy of con.
traction condemned? Was the in.
crease of the circulating medium
promiced? 10 these questions we can
make the most decided aud emphatic
answer, No! Do not be deceived on
this point, No relief is prOmiced, nc
redress is guaranteed. The difference
between both old parties on the fnan-
cial questions of the day is the differ
ence between tweedledee and tweedle.
dunn. The republican platform pro.
nounces for protection and COM
mends the Mckinley law. The demo
! cratic platform declares for revenue
tariff and denounces the Mckinley law
as the "culminating atrocity Of class
legislation" The democrats have the
better of the argument here. We copy
the plank and believe its declaration,
| are unanswerable.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff law en-.
acted by the Fifty-first congress Us the cul.
mnating atTOUity Of class legislation; we en-
! dOrse, the efforts made by the democrats Of
the present congress to modify its most CD.
presSiye features in che direction of free raw
material and cheaper manufactured good,
that enter into home consumption, and We
propose its repeal as one Of the benefcen
results that will follow the action of The
people in intrusting power to the demo.
cratic party. Since the Mckinley tariff wen
into operation there have been ten reduct.
ions Of wages OF laboring men to one in,
crease. We deny that there has been an,
increase Of prosperity 10 the country since
that tariff went into operation, and we poin
to the dizziness and distress, the wage re-
auctions and strikes in the iron trade as thu
best possible evidence that no such pros
perity has resulted from the Mckinley act
WeCall the attention Of thoughtful Ameri
cans 10 the fact that after years Of restric
, tive taxation against impOrtatiOns OF foreign
products in exchange for our agriculture
products the homes and farms ef the coun