The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-05-04

lsIe-s.lS..s.4. S.s:6.o= Opp. FLATS
So that the combined opposition of
all parties against the republicans has
been steadily growing year by year
until 1T the, last election this opposi !
ton makes the republicans minority
party Of nearly 2,VOO. 900 votes.
This analysis Of the history Of the
party is sufficient to convince any
reasonable man that the repub-
lean party is Oh the define and has
been for the past twenty years
These are statistical facts supported
by the election returns during this
period aud it is high time for the in
tcliigcnt patriotic American voter to
inquire to the causes which may hav.
operated to bring about this result.
In the first place the Republican
party began to toose power immediate
~ after they thrust the dagy of de
monetizstion into the heart Of the
silver dollar ut the Recommendation of
Earnest Seyd. 1t is not our purpose
upon this OCCASION to enter into the
circumstances surrounding the &C
| co,nplishment of that rosbcr deed,
but simply to direct attention to the
| fact Of the coincidence Of the date OF
| contamination OF that work and the
beginning OF the decline OF the Re-
publican party from the zenith of its
power and the additional fact that
none Of the leaders of the Republican
party were ever able to offer anv ex-
cuse for that single act, except IL
nnrance They actually and ALSO
Iutely plead ignoranc. of having pass
ed Il demonetizing ut the lar Of public
opinion. That even was the only
excuse that the great General Grant.
the then president could offer to his
constituents. The result. of tins WAS
that in Il few years that act coupled
with others produced the effect upon
business throughout the country and
caused the people to enter into an
Investigation of the records of the
party, only to ind with each succeed
ing page of its history, records of the
most damnabIe conspiracy and plant
subservency to the money corpora
tions Of the country. In fact they
had o, ganized the greenhack and then
killed it with the excrp,i,n clause
1t was the father of the national bank
ing system the most oppressive system
of tinanciearing that was ever heard
Of or conceived BY the mind Of man.
They were next found guilty Of de
stroying non intcrcs. bearing notes Of
the national government and fraction
III currency AMI substituting int
rest hearing bonds IN lieu thereof
II fostered and produced salary
grahber. and public domain robbers
until there is not one fair page of the
record left for them to present to an
intelligent pubic The system of
finance was so bad and so productive
of oppression that what little pros
perity was left to the people in spite
the financial legislation is wrung from
lem through the little less iniquitous
tarir i..ws. That this has been the
conclusion vi the people Of the
country is amply demonstrated 10y
the late election and it is impossible
for this party to ever again accomp-
lsh what it was once able to do.
: Party ties have weakened and the
: question OF governmental policy have
I been examined into more carefully
The feeling Of dis satisfaction with
the past management Of public affairs
has cry stalled into definite AMI
J vitality important issues, which it Is
, wholly improhably can ever be
; silanccd i'll such way AS to ado
, anything materially to the strength
Of the Republican party. T" illus
. tratc, take the silver question. Wha
I can the Republicans do with that t.
! bring strength to themselves? Ca,
they do it 10y adopting free coinage
Hardly! Where would the New
England and Middle states, to.ethe
|" with such states as Ohio and Illinois
. 90 if the Republicans we're to advo
t cate free coinage Of silver in rea
r. earnest? Here are the eiectora
>, votes the Republican party would b.
! certain to lose if honestly in favor o
+ free coinage: New York. So; New
!: Jersey, 10; Delaware, }; Connection,
&, ana Illinois, "a, together with tn
solid south which they can never &c
G on account OF other issues total o
lGj including MARYLAND, West VI,
ginia and Missouri making Il total o
235. They would probably loose, il
addition to the above. under tn
circumstances mentioned, u votes O
g Massachusetts, the 23 votes Of Oh,
S aud very possibly the 81 votes o
st Penns, lvania, a grand total Of 30
d electoral votes and As it nnl v require
II 223 votes in the electoral college t
10 defeat a party it follows that as
W free coinage and expanding currenc
e party that the republicans would no
le be ''in it. SD to speak Now as a
ID anti-silver party what chance is Their
n for the Republicans? Where Gu
TT they reasonably hope to carry an
s state they lost this time? Is Their
at not much stronger probability tina
* having now lost the prestige attachin
it the power, the remainder Of tt,
ID Pacific states will join Colorado
ell Nevada, Idaho. and North Dakota i
IN opposition to Quayism, Dudleyisn
re and the ''hlock of five" politics. Til
a. silver sentiment il so StrOnr rs