The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-19
HI WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
MIR. DEMAGOGuE CLARKSON.
MAY ~. 1898.

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assertions made by Mr.. Clarkson at
Louisville as gospel truth. 1t is not
likely that they will care to come at the
facts, which are exactly contrary to
what the robust colonel said. But the
real facts are known and cannot be con
ceaied by republican sophistries.
No man that was not Il blatherskite
would dare to make the assertions re-
garding the financial situation OF the
country that we're made ut Louisville by
Col. Clarkson on Wednesday. His words
had been controverted by a prominent
republican newspaper before he uttered
them. lie in~veighed against the demo-
cratic administration especially on ac-
count of the financial outlook, and one
Of his big hits was couched in these
words: I'VE have had "A democratic
president and congress sixty days and
Cleveland has hauled down the lAmerl-
can flag where Harrison and the repub-
licans ran it up in the name of liberty
on the Sandwich islands. lie and his
secretary of the treasury have already
frightened the business world, created
uneasiness and fear where safety and
prosperity ruled before"
Now, the meeting at which Mr.. Clark
son made these remarks, aud many still
more bitter, was held at Louisville, Ken
lucky. on May 10. On May I, or about
a week prior to that meeting, the ST.
Louis Globe-D Democrat. one Of the rec
ognized leaders Of republican thought
in the west. said in an editorial headed,
'Partisanship Which is Criminal:
A few days ago, in an interview in
Chicago. Whitelag REID is reported to
have said that 80 long as the republi-
cans remained IA power they had money
enough in spite OF the heavy foreign de-
mand for gold," and to have further de-
clared that there has been no change
since, excepting in the men responsible
for the government, and if people at
home and abroad have not equal contid-
cnce in them and begin to draw gold
below the danger point the republicans
must not be blamed for that There
have been many other utterances Of this
sort since the beginning Of the financial
furry. Some of them have come from
papers whose prominence naturally en-
titles their deliverances to some consid- |
Grafton, and others have come from
statesmen Of authority 10 their locality,
if not IN the country at large, All of
them are false and vicious. however, and
deserve the s~everest Reproduction of all
fair minded persons. All these accusa-
t:.-- ,-I An,nrIAA. a,nrrt., tln
bounds of legitimate politics. They are
the methods Of the pirate and not Of the
honest partisan. They help no man and
no cause, while they, to the extent of
the prominence aud the influence of
their authors, tend to excite "A feeling of
distrust in the community which might
exert an injurious effect in an emergency
like this. The republican party directly
and emphatically disclaims all RESPONSE
bility for these accusations, deplOres and
condemns the spirit which prompts them,
and pledges itself to sustain the admin
l~stration in this crisis by all the resour-
ces at its command.
Commenting on this article the Wash
ington Post of May 6, four days before
the republican meeting, said:
1t is we'll known that there we're symp-
toms Of danger on the financial horizon
d year or more ago, and that Mr.. Foster,
while wisely, perhaps, betraying no Sc
rious misglvings as TO the future, re-
sorted to various methods and devices
for mitigatiL & the stringency OF the stu
alton and a~verting a crisis. The finan-
ces Of the country were under as much
Of a strain prior to the election as after
it. The trouble exhibited Only partial
and temporary abatement during the
winter, and the incoming administration
was simply confronted by consider
atoms that had already perpleXed and
embarrassed the outgoing administra.
ton.
From the Globe Democrats comment
it appears that Col. Clarkson must be
alone in his opinions on the financial
question, as "the republican party d.
rectly and emphatically disclaims all re-
sponsibility for these accusations" 1t is
clear that so long as it is possible for
Clarkson to take a turn at the tiller, the
mudscow Of the g. o. p. will be jammed
on:every reef that lies along her course.
1t would be well for Carter to turn him
down and out and give a more level
headed man a chance.
Fortunately the blatherskite and fall
sifier is becoming more and more un-
popular in American politics.