The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-02-04
I1ET THEM POSTPONE.
cOWARDLY SUBTERFUCE :. TO
ESCAPE PLEDGES.
and the Deep Sea on the Silver Question
The PETER Bifl-Demands OF the ALL
KcailS the Riot Act.

The Progressive Farmer, one Of the
leading F. NJ. b. A. organs, says: Word
now comes from Washington that Mr..
Springer, Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, has devised u scheme
10y which the further consideration of
the silver question is to be postponed TO
await the action of an International
monetary commission, to be called to
meet in Chicago in 1893. We regret to
believe that. Mr.. Springer would lend
himself to any such scheme. and we.can
not believe that the silver men in Con-
gress will agree to it. 1t is the most
cowardly subtcrfuge; simply PROPOSE
ton to dodge question they dare. not
me t. The reason given for the post
poneinent is enough to. condemn 1t in
eyes of good men. The Washington
dispatches say:
: "1twould be an acceptable expeslient
to both parties, for Mr.. Harrison would
not have to veto frce-coinage bill and
and the Democratic leaders would avoid
a split on Il frecroinage issue.
We do not know how a more abjcrt
confession of cowartiicc could be crowd
ed into il few lines. Free coinage is not
Il question as 10 whether Mr.. Harrison
shall OF shall not be relieved from an
official duty whose effect on his own in
terests he may doubt, nor is it a question
AS 10 whether this ur'that political party
may be held together or burst asunder.
1t is Il question of right, of justice, Oi
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der. 1t is a question of whether the
gold owners shall continue to dominate
the owners of all other property. 1t is
Il question whether the plutocrats shall
continue to absorb the products of labor
until less than 81 900 shall own more
than half Of the wealth created by Co.
900 900. In the face of such question
Congressman and Presidents have no
right to ask what effect their action may
have .upbil' themselves or their party.
Country'is greater than party, and the
patriot loves his country more than he
, does his party. But politicians of the
| modern school are PARTISAN; they are
neither statesmen nor patriots.
Postponcmcnt till 1893! Till after tn.
| Presidential election! There is where
| the trouble is. The politicians are once
more between the devil and the dee.
| sea, and if We We're the least bit given
| to profanity, which we are glad To say
! we-Sff" not, we would remark that We Il,
not caresa cuss whether they stumbl~
| forward and >fall into the one, or staQt
still and lie caught by the other.
They know the people are for more
money. and they know the plutocrats
are not, and they are now, as usual
seek Bohe means of pleasing the one
and the other They first lool
! to tla cO9n11y and then they look t,
Wall street and as they pray good Goo
and good devil, they are scared tC
u p,,1 70 al hat
. if they do and they'll be damned if the,
don't. Poor cowardly-souls. They al
| most come within the line of pity.
But for all that, the country shoul,
hold the present Congress responsible.
for the reconciliation of silver. Botl
houses have majority of eohfesse,
free silver. men. They have place.
themselves on record, and their pledge,
kayc been written down. If they dar,
stultify themselves and once more lyreal
their solemn pledges upon which Il ma
jority of them We're elected, the peopl,
certainly will retaliate at the polls.
Postponed until 1898. Will the pluto
Gratis postpone their devilish schemes @
plunder? VIII they stop the mills tha
are grinding the laborers' toll into gold
en- grists for the bottomIess bags of tn
! millionaircs? Ncvera stop. Those mercf
less mills will grind On. Debts, mort
| cages and taxes will become due. Tn
school days of the children growing u
in enforced ignorance will continue t
roll by. The unrcquitcd toll that /
fastening thousands Of bent forms int
rovertys graves will still be called fo
from morning till night. None OF thcs
things will be postponed. And in th
name of two Ohundrcd1housand organize
farmers in the fifteen great cen:ra
States of the Americana nion, we de
nanl, here and now, that the 4ucstio
of the rcmoletiZation of silver be no
postponed. We demand at the hands &
the present Congress as free coinage q
silver as there is of gold. and if Prcsi
dent Harrison dares veto it let him tax
the consequences.