Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-03
The Views of ex-Moses Harrison,

4u6 v lows VI 0A-u1OSOS 41dIl1SOns
BENJAMIN Harrison. who is one of
various republican Moseses that led the
country into the financial wilderness, is
credited with remarking that he sees
mo Moses at present who will lead the
business world out of its Egyptian
darkness.
But from what does the darkness
emanate? The republican situation
has not changed. Republican legisla.
ton is still intact. The laws that Mr..
Harrison and his party left with us are
still in force. No man has laid violent
hands upon them. We still have the
Mckinley law and its supplements, and
we still have the republican Sherman
law, by means of which, according to
the confession of its author, the repub-
ican goldbugs were enabled to pur-
| chase the support of the silver mining
interest. The country is still enjoying
the benefits of the leadership of Moses
| Harrison and Moses Sherman.
1t is interesting to know, therefore,
what the ex-Moses of the republicans
| would have. He has ventured in the
midst of the heated term, to put forth a
statement which has been sent to the
press in skeleton form. 1t is worthy of
note that the remedy which the ex-
Moses of the republicans suggests is
precisely that which is urged by the
agents of'the gold trust, and by a num-
Der of so.called democrats who are
anxious to play the part, of Moses while
the goldbugs manage the stage machin-
cry and touch off the red fire at the
proper moment in order to make the
exhibition more impressive. Mr.. Har
rison's remedy is very simple one.
It is reputation of the democratic
platform in all its vital parts. This is
the remedy the goldbugs would apply,
and it is the remedy which few dem
ocrats are urging in the hope and be-
lief that they are catering to the admin
istration.
The democratic platform declares
that the party will put in operation a
tariff for revenue only. Mr.. Harrison
says that the only way to put an end to
the Egyptian darkness" is to repudi-
ate this pledge. The democratic plat
form declares that there shall be unlim-
tied coinage of gold and silver at a par
ity with each other. The agents of the
gold trust say that the only way out of
our difficulties is to repudiate that
pledge and strike silver from our cur
rency as money of final payment.
1t will be seen that the republican
idea and the goldbug program run
together and coalesce at convenient
point, SO that if they can get aid and
support enough in congress they will
have no difficulty in wiping out all that
is vital or potent in the democratic
platform.
the democratic tariff pledge has not
assumed an aggressive shape, but that
is simply because passing events have
tended to throw the tariff issue some
what in the background. But at the
proper moment the movement to repu-
diate the tariff pledge will take shape
and it will be pushed even more vigor-
ously than the effort to compel the
democratic party to rePudiate the
pledge of bi-metallism, which effort has
now reached stage of acute violence.
The most wonderful fact about the
whole business is that those who agree
with Mr.. Harrison and the goldbugs,
depend on their ability to carry out
their purposes by the aid of congress
men elected on the democratic plat
form.
Never before in the history of the
parties has this situation been paral-
Ileled.-Atlanta Constitution.