The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-11-16

Greet executives that ever sat in the
chair A bakers dozen of cranks
impeaching a president who received
the largest electoral vote of any pres
ident for fifty years. When Mr.. Du-
bois declared that the minority would
resist the will OF the people and that
Of thirds of their representatives
when in Congress assembled, was that
not revolution? Was it not rebellion?
Judge Cody, one of the highest
authorities on law in America declares
it to be revolution. Who ought to be
impeached? Will the present con-
gress repeal the obnoxious laws on
our national statutes or will a small
minority of designing, defeated men
at the polls defeat all the demands of
the majority? Or, in other words, is
this majority government, or is it to
be mere rope of sand, to crumble
and segregate at the within of defeat
ed minoritles? | am the last man
who would contend that the rights of
the minority ought not to be fully
respected. All the rights given to
the minority must be respected, but
the minority has no right to obstruct
the enactment of necessary laws, and
the majority must be the judge, 1t
must have the privilege of fair and
honest vote as well as the minority.
Any impeachment to a fair vote in
county, state or nation, in state leg
islatures, in the lower house of con-
gress, or in the Senate, is unlawful,
and hence revolutionary in its spirit.
The thing for the repealers to do is
demand the previous question and
demand a vote,
Around all great problems present
ed for human solution, whether polit-
ical religious or social. there is one
grand center All arguments must
needs revolve around and support
that great center. My position is,
that there must be reform in county,
state and nation, economy in all de-
partments of our sublime system of
republican institutions, to fully re-
store prosperity; or, more logically
speaking, to assure prosperity and
happiness to our people. | have
contended for more solid basis for
our great national financial system to
rest on, and | believe | reflect the
ideas of the administration at Wash
iugton in stating the fact Our plat
form demands it, the American peo-
pie confirmed it. The majority, as
rule, are wiser than the minority.
That is what our government is based
on, and in fact all free governments
are based on 1t. This government
will, assume, never be at its merid-
ian glory until we have settled on a
gold and silver basis for our money,
with law causing all of our gold
and silver to be coined in dollars and
parts of dollars, with wise provisions
to keep the two metals at parity
with each other, and, if the necessi-
ties of the case demand it, on this
basis issue treasury notes, payable in
gold and silver, those notes kept at a
parity with the two metals. Our
money ought to be as good for the
laborer as for the banker; no toll
gates for that money to pass through
before reaching the producing classes;
no gold monoism or silver monoism.
The parity of our money ought to be
kept so by wise regulations of law,
and all of our money should be
legal tender for all debts. Until we
have reached that end there will be
panics and depressions every few
years Repeal the obnoxious por-
tions of our financial system and enact
wise revenue laws, placing the burden
of taxes on the horded or accumulat-
ed wealth of the country, and not on
agriculture.
Now will say to the Mineral CORE
spondent, inasmuch as he made
vicious threat, that must necessarily
end all future argument between him
and me He said he was not re-
publican, but disclosed his true char
acter by his talk, and threatened us
with another political party, naming
il the Industrial Party. Now don't
do such an awful cruel thing. l
beseech you, DON'T | have always
thought that overproduction creates
depressions in business and lowers
wages. Now, if you do thrust on
the country another party, you will
have produced such overproduction
of political cranks that the country
surely will suffer therefrom. The
editor of the Citizen has been heap
ing his calumny on Mr.. Cleveland
and has accused the president of
having for his ''advisers" Wall street
rascals. Now, Mr.. Editor, | am in it.
| fear there is certain book the edi-
tor of the Citizen has not thoroughly
read, that is, the Bible. 1t says:
"Thou shalt not bear false Witness
etc. Who are the presidents advis-
ers? Mr. Gresham, Mr.. Carlisle, Mr..
Olney, Mr.. Hoke Smith, Mr.. BisseIl
and MIR. Hurbert Are they of Wall
street? Those great and pure men
comprise his cabinet, his advisers.
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