The Progress., 1893-08-05
SHOULD RIlyER BE DEMONETIztD.

Unless -Orlr Judgment Is 1aulty
considerable change has taken place
eon the financial question within the
mast two weeks. and that too in favor
S'f silver. Had Congress been con
~0,enaI within a week after the IrO
.u.Iarlation calling the extra session.
Ghe country was in such an unde-
S,;0eI. speculative mood, that we
think the Sherman bill would have
been Internationally repealed and
,Nhe repeating act become law before
4he silver men could have organized
sheir forces for concerted opposition.
But now the nation Is thoroughly
aroused, men, women and even chill
dren have given the subject study
argument has ventilated it and silver
still stands the test, and at this extra
session we make the prediction that
ut cannot be demonetized.
The people understand the fnan-
>.cial question better than ever before.
this being largely due to the action of
the Denver convention and the sub
seauent distress of her people. We
,zd2it that the speeches made were
Gutem perate, iuhammatory and it may
5e 100 bellico5e, but they arrested the
.atteution of the Union, set inquiry
afOot, brought the condition of the
West before the charitable world.
betrayed the plot Of the plutocrats of
-Eondon and Wall street, revealed the
.uRho.y, Shy lock : heme of the spec
NlatoYs and politit lns, aroused the
~chivalry Of the nallDn and exposed
one of the demnable schemes to prey
.1n the public, and especially the labor
Tag classes by means of special law,
SAst has ever been inaugurated in
amy country.
We do not mean to declare that all
who support the gold standard are
dhsf,anest or unpatriotic. That would
fI6e most detestsble demagoguery, but
ssd1 believe that the policy was con-
cslStd IN the desire to gain wealth
regardless of honesty, scrupulous-
+, ness, or any sentiment Haereir nnb-
Hic good is a factorDths si~I. of n m;te
even
~ N'Nfe Irn: the plot exposed
s~a that silver cuts in the finan,
''SNA policy of our nation seen to be
vUy Important one, especially among
pGhe industrial class. one of the most
Ef not absolutely the most, powerful
: factors IN our body polite, the wealth
grroducing part of it, the sentimen
s1nder vent wonderful change anC
szew Cleveland cannot force his finan
Scial policy upon this people. As at
fairs are now shaped, silver has gain
sd friends while Cleveland has beer
weakeped wonderfully, and he canno
work his little scheme in the interes
.paf Wall street and allow those bank
saSs and capitalists to make million
oFaf this one Congressional enact
.uSsut, tire decentralization of silver.
But suppose we are wrong and tn
raxesidept does succeed in this fanat
..al, nionetsry bent, what will be tn
suesnlss Mark this from The Proc
.zrss The South and West wi
unite, read Cleveland and his follow
5ag cut of the Democratic party, RI
organize with free silver for the Uni
Esd States and Territories as the mail
saaad the tariff and anti-options as tf
second and third issues and give tt
>piEtocrsts, autocrats and all oth'
v-xts which Cleveland, Sherman an
fhe gang have attached to them, sue
a licking as they haven't had SIM
sthair good old mothers vigorously a
piled the shingle or slipper.
This is what the West aud Sout
xM do, what they should have dol
.ysEis ago and what we hope will
u. done for the '96 campaign, or at lea
chat part Of it which embraces Il
q 'H0ion of the two sections on OF
PGty platform and commt
standard bearer.
We are cory that this combinatit
vnust be brought about over the sc
rsx, suffering and desolation Of {
ruined homes of the West, forced
Tsise iahuman conduct of Easte
ikrsaciers who, aided by the preside
al che United States, attempted
power alone to force upon a people