The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-26
PARTY BEFORE COUNTRY.
Tho Dsspicabie Policy Of Calsmity Howl.
Ing Republicans.


Ing Republicans.
one OF the most deplorablc feature
developed by the financial difiicultic
which the present administration \
called apon Ia encounter is the nm
patriotic attitude assumed by thoss
VII" are profcssedly the spokesman o,
the republican party. They were no,
content with the Persistent misrcprc.
sentation Of the purpose and the policy
of The administration which led In ~,
Official contradiction from the presi.
dent They still magnify the dangers
ana ni>represcnt the course which VIII
De pursued In averting them. Nothing
could he more complete or more ex-
plicit than President Cleveland's de-
mai. lie meets all points of assault by
saying That silver redemption has not
III any time been determined upon or
contemplated by the secretary of the
treasury or any other member of the
present administrations" and that .the
president and his cabinet are absolute
~ harmonious in the determination IN
exercise every power conferred upon
them 10 maintain the public credit. To
keep the public faith and to preserve
the parity between gold and silver and
between all financial obligations of the
government"
There is not weak po,nt in This
comprehensive assurance which r,r,;.
sahship can attack, and party mean
ness Is thrown upon its inventive re-
sources. Stories of every conceivable
KIND are manufactured with no other
purpose than To impair public conf
ience in the administration. and are
made the basis of editorial ATTACKS
aimed at the same unworthy result.
ne uisgruntled and discreditcd rcpub- |
'ean leaders would rather weaken the |
nold OF the democratic party than IN |
AVERT great financial calamity. They
Would rather serve their party than TO
erve their country They invoke dis
lster with a hope of leading the people
Q believe that it was brought upon
mem through the weakness and mis-
management of a democratic admins
ration.
In this policy Of desperation there il
ne fatai mistake of having underesti-
iateu The wisdom. strong common
ense and patriotic spirit of the people.
hey are far from being cngulfel i'm
ne Ignorance which the republican
howlers have assumed as a
asis for their despicable line Of action
he masses clearly understand that the
anger which menaces the business and
he prosperity of the country is tho d.
ct result OF republican legislation and
They see through the
.rpieNities involving the present ad.
inlstration the causes which pro-
iced them. An emptied treasury. an
ipaircd gold reserve and silver law
az increases treasury notes with only
yer bullion behind them are all lera-
5 of republican rule. For more than
irty years the republicans have CON {
plied one or more branches of the ad.
nistration. and when not able Ia q
Ike laws To their own liking have r
en- IN position to defeat such re-
legislation as was presented
I'm democratic sources. Republican
e not only exhausted the treasury.
I 1t mortgagcd the future by oblipa- =
ms which the government must meet
LETT untold evils of legislation
ich demand time for correction. 20
nothing Of the burdens which they
&c already imposed upon the people.
against all this the national credit
proof. and President Cleveland has
DE no mistake in relying upon the
"a sense and patriotism of the people.
-ir confidence is not to be disturbed a.
those In whom they have 80 lately We
ressed an utter want OF confidence C(
ctroit Free Press. r,