The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-16
"A Good, Solid Foundation"

of Populist doctrines written by the
able editor of the Caldwell Tribune,
comes almost squareIy out in defense of
the principles of the Peoples party.
Taking up the admission made by the
Tribune that the Peoples party is
founded ''on single substantial basis'--
unlimited free coinage of gold and sill
vert says:
There is one thing that must be ad-
mitted by all friends of the producers of
wealth, and that is that the basis is
sound and solid, and any party organ
lied on any other basis is fraud, and
whatever of good they map build on
oundation of an unsubsiantia nature
will be of no avail The foundation is
the main thing. With that good and
solid, the superstructure will be all
right. Mistakes may be made at irst in
the structure. but these can be easily
corrected if found to be out of joint and
not as substantial as the architects in
their plans and specifications might
show it to be, on paper. If the material
used proves not to be adequate to the
purpose, other and stronger and more
durable material will be used. If the
foundation is all right there need be no
fear but that the superstructnre will ul-
tinately be one of symetrical proper
tions and sufficiently strong to stand the
strain of the hurricanes and cyclones of
| a r. 4 L.
weak the entire structure is of no value.
The plans of the Populist tsupers,ruaurs
will und doubtedly soon be changed. A
change is under consideration and gen.
orally favored by the chief architects.
The fat money portion is out Of line
with the foundation and gives the struc
ture a lop-sided appearance. 1t cannot
rest gracefully and consistently on q
gold and silver foundation,T with the lat
ter claimed as the only true and geDu-
inc currency. Although the Tribune
admits that the base is perfect, bow il
can discard the whole because of little
imperfection in the structure. that can
and surely will be made perfect, is hard
ly mprehensible, and how that paper
can uphold party that is building upon
What it knows and acknowledges to be
false foundation, weak aud too small for
the structure that is reared, is still more
incomprehensible. To build structure
l00x100 on a single geld basis 10xl0
makes the structure look like an in
verted cone, and such a structure can
not stand. In fact it is already benin
ming 20 topple and the tumbling has be-
gun, and is called Financial crisis"
''strngency in the money Market"
'.hard times" etc.
With our currency reduced to sim
gle gold standard, general prosperity is
impossible, no matter how many or
what laws may be enacted with that
end in view. With free coinage of both
gold and silver prosperity could be
slightly checked by the enactment of
laws to stay its progress, but that is all.
Progress and prosperity would march
ahead, even if at slightly impeded
pace. Progress and prosperity, or the
most ahject poverty and want, are en-
bodied in financial laws. America has
been brought to The latter condition by
the creditor class es of England and
America by contraction of the cur
rency. brought about by law enacted for
that express purp pose. To bring the
country back to its old position by the
re- enactment of the financial laws un-
der which general prosperity reigned
supreme, is the plank on which the peo
pie should stand. A party that stands
firmly on that foundation, no matter
W hat its minor planks may be-good,
bad or indifierent-is the party that will
of prosperity, it is successful at the
polls. Any party that does not stand |
firmly on that plank, no matter how |
good all its other pIanks may be, will |
fail to bring back that prosperity for
hich the people are longing. Many |
advocates of free coinage have hoped, |
and hoped against hope, that the party |
under whose banner they have fought
for many long years would come around |
all right on this main issue, snd advo-
cate the interests of the masses, but
that hope is now dead The proceed
ings of the late extra session killed it.
The American Congress needed the be-
hests of English capitalists and Wall |
street and their plant tool-the beef
head who dsgraces the highest Office in |
the gift of any people"