Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-08-17


prime and important suggestion we
would insinuntc, is the best inter-
est of The Peoplc-The People
The People of this great common
wealth. Not gold, nor the interest
thereon; nor the few people very
especially interested therein. Not
silver especially, but the intcsests
Of the majority, the poorer and
hard laboring mass, of Uncle Sans
inhabitants and subjects. Those
who have fought and will again
fight her battles. Those who un-
fold and devclope her resources.
Those, who by the sweat of their
faces, reveal the secret and hidden
treasures of the grandest of natur-
els repositories and bring to liAht
and availability, all the Pirquesitcs
of should and would be happy.
prosperous and contented people.
And still we are not. Where are
we to get it? Is there no help?
We wish it may come, even before
the much needed showers. We wait
the time with patience. Our pres
ident, in his message, leaves it with
the congress and senate, to pre-
scribe the remedy. Is Grover
Cleveland a silver man or no silver
man? The echo askes the question,
SILVER or no silver2' Great men
and great minds differ as to his
position and the merits of his mes
sage. Then how are we to decide?
The tariff is question we consider
paramount probably to any other
and one through which we think
Y much and PERMANENT Eqliefcap 81
secured 70 depressed and needy
people BY he proper Legislation.
y n n indy add uroinpt legislns
tioh. The cry 'yI'arIfI' i9r reystIue,
only" and that for government
economically Administered IS a
democratic plea. Now we have a
democratic president, senate and
congress. Now let us have tariff
Cor revenue, only. No excuse; let
it come. Give us free trade as is
CONSTANT with the support of our
! governments. No Reputation. Pay
every honest debt. Give us good
money, Crush no natural resource
of the United States. Do not fas-
ten one institution. nor one man.
nor one, nor many corporations
4 financial interests to the detrinent
/ of many men, nor the poor mans
interest, nor natural existence. We
arc all human beings--all citizens
of the United States. All inter
ested in the pcrpetuation of re-
| publican form of government, but
one of, for and by TIE people. We
don't think it necessary, nor do we
want the money to govern the poo-
pie but want the people to govern
and control gold and silver as any
other commodity. We want to he
democratic in all things, and We
hope we know what democracy
means, and that our legislators dc
also. The people are Interested on
and in these questions. We wait
no fiat money--we don't want any
thing given 80 us. We are willing
to work and do our part. Neither
are we prone to complain AT an al
wise providence for any snort com
ings, crops, etc So far as nature
and natural resources and products
are concerned, we had rather rejoice
than complain, for our harvests are
the fruits of mans labor-are plen-
teous, bountiful. What is lacking
is due to the workings and doing
Of lnan-wrought through the in
huence of the mighty dollar for it.
self. protection, regardless of the
interests of toiling millions of de-
pressed humanity. We ask again
when and where shall this all stop
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