The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-20
SORTH DhKOTA'S SENATOR'S.

State Senator Mccormack Of Grand
Forks had himself interviewed in st.
Paul a few days ago and he took occa-
sion to pay his respects" to Senators
Hansbrough and Roach for voting with
the silver men. Among other things he
said:
We will not be satisfied with the com
promise that is spoken of in Washing
ton dispatches today, and we do not be-
lieve that either the president or his
cabinet have given consent to such pro-
ceedings. | have given d good deal Of
thought to the problem. 1t is reconcile,
| concede, but it is open to solution. Con-
gress is capable Of relieving the financial
distress of this country if it will. | will
60 perhaps further than most men
whom you have interviewed have gone,
when | say that the low price of wheat
is owing to the purchasing clause. We
cannot get money to handle the crop,
but | am certain we could get all the
money we need if the senate would
pass the repeal,
The Fargo Argus in commenting on
the interview says:
MI. 4hCCOTHldSh Dul tNDIcSStu lle
views of four.fifths of the population of
the state-a state whose people elected
those two senators to represent them in
the national congress only to see tn m
blind.y following the leadership of
strange gods and aiding in preventing
.he enactment of legislation beneficial to
their constituents.
Colonel Shaw's paper also sarcastically
recommends that the farmers Of North
Dakota hold mass meetings and pass
resolutions of thanks to their senators.
How would the Argus feel if the farmers
were to meet and really pass such reso-
tons without any irony attached there
to: They would simply be performing
a duty they owe the two senators.
We say all honor to Roach and Hans
brough. The TRIBUNE has once or twice
questioned the formers sincerity on the
silver question but we were %misinformed
ahd gladly offer an apology.
We cha lenge Ex-Gov. Mccormack
for whom personally we have the great
est respect having met him in this CITY
on divers occasions to point out one
instance in American history when the
price of wheat did not raise or fall with
the price of silver. I'VE mean the price
the farmer receives and not a fictitious
Chicago board of trade quotation). Every
the white metal has passed the
dollar mark per ounce the value of a
bushcl Of wheat has kept it company.
The precious metal and the great cereal
are twin brothers, they go hand in hand
prosperity and through advers-
When silver is up you needn't ask
how much wheat is worth. common sense
will tell you that it too is bringing a
good price in the American markets.
And when the white metal is a drug on
the market as it has been for several
past the American farmer is
glad to get almost anything for his
wheat.
The price OF silver is also an index of
the price of other commodities than
wheat. 1t is Il good thermometer of the
price of cotton, corn, wool, iron and in
short almost every product Of human
industry. As Congressman Sibley of
Pennsylvania demonstrated in his great
against repeal there is only one
product of labor the price of which does
raise or fall in sympathy witt silver.
We all know what it is. 1t is not the
friend and companion Of the struggling
Dakota farmer, he rarely handles it, but
Mr.. Mccormack who, if we remember
correctly, is a banker, a money lender,
occasionally docs. 1t is the idol of his
business the modern Baal at whose feet
be and the eastern creditor class fall
down and worship AS did the pagans of
old. It is Gold with a capital G.
Silver is the money of the American
the tradesman. the laborer, the
and the professional Mr..
McCormack's interview gives him away,
it shows that he is not in sympathy with
the "poor farmers 30 much as he would
nave people think. He does not belong
he is, he should be in the council
80 tho Na,y EorL GOLD. huOs