The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-07-07

platform for bi-metalisn, BY an open
and most vigorous assault on silver,
and is practically giving the gold
standard advocates the influence and
support of his administration. He has
already given the protectionists as
surances that no radical changes
would be made in the tariff laws. and
nobody believes that any great change
will be made. No wonder old-time
Democrats are scratching their heads
and wondering where the Democratic
party is to-day.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat seems
to be competing strongly with the Re-
public of that city for the ORGANISING
Of the present administration, and is
outrivaling the latter paper in It's
laudations of Mr.. Cleveland's policy.
AS atoad-eating servile slave of corpor-
atoms, trusts and plutocracy generally
the CD. stands pre-eminently in the
lead among Western newspapers.
There is nothing SO conspicuous in that
paper as the impress Of insincerity and
dishonesty in it's editorial columns.
I'VE are paid to lie and deceive and
know that you know it." is easily dis
cerned between the lines in every
editorial appearing in that sheet, and
yet such has been the poison smoked by
many Republicans in the West for
years.
SINCE the old parties have been
forced to abandon their sham battling
on protection and take up the money
question as living issue. a great
many men arc letting the world know
how little they know of monetary
science, by posing as pretended
economists. just now there are q
great many big and small fry fellows
exposing their ignorance in condemn
ing fiat money" ''irredeemab BILE paper
money" etc. These very shallow
pated individuals seem impressed with
the idea that monetary reform. as
suggested in tho greenback idea, is an
Notwithstanding new-a thing
| unheard of before, and of course assail
it with all the force their pin-head in
tellectuality can bring to bear, being
entirely ignorant of the fact
that the best craftsmanship in
this country from Thomas JEFF
ferson to the present has advanced
the doctrines advocated by the So
called Fiat lunatics'' of to-day. It
may be news to the anti-f1at econom-
lists (2) TO say that Jefferson, jackson.
Calhoun, Benton, Webster, and later,
Lincoln, Chase, Thad Stevens, and
many other statesmen were fatists.
and to clinch tall the Supreme
Courts of the United States backs up
the principle by decision of that
body with only one dissenting opinion.
The Pharisees are frantic over the
opening of the Worlds Fair, and a
general boycott is threatened. II a
boycott is inaugurated the Fair man
ayers should invoke the aid Of Judge
Kicks and have every Pharisee arrested
who refuses to attend the exhibition.
The boycott has been declared crime,
and to be entirely consistent the
Pharisee boycotters should feel the
heavy hand Of the law laid on them.
The commercial agencies of Brad
street & Dun were never taxed as they
have been lately in giving roseate
hue to the financial situation-were
never put to it quite so closely in
showing that every passing cloud has
q golden-not silver lining.
IT is interesting to note the differ
ence in the occupation of the two
Kansas Senators since the adjourn
ment of Congress. Senator John Mar
tin, the Democrat, elected last winter,
spent three months OF his time in
Washington after the adjournment,
and assisted by four clerks gave his
whole attentio to the matter of secur-
ing appointments to Office. He re-
turned home to Topeka about the first
of June, since which time he mas been
wholly taken up with matters pertain
ing to appointments. His col
league in the Senate, Senator
PETER, is engaged in investigat-
ing the agricultural situation in the
West and Northwest. and will render .
report showing the causes Of the low
prices of the farmers products. Sena-
tors Washburn and Roach were app
pointed on the committee with him.
Washburn was with PETER ut Mime
apolis but Senator PETER has visited
the cities of Omaha, St Paul, Chicago
Kansas City and Topeka alone, acting
as q committee, and his own clerk and
messenger. Senator Roach has never
been with the committee and will not
be.
THOSE persons who predict the de-
| feat of home rulo in Ireland If Glad
stone should pass away before that
measure 10 successful, seem to be inn
| bued with very poor idea Of the situa-