The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-14
THE PEOPLE MUST RULE.

Cleveland and His Cohorts Have Cheated
Them. but the Day Of Reckoning IL Near.
There is no point of view. whether of
monetary science, practical convenience
or legal warrant. from which it is posi-
BILE to justify the proposed issue by the
administration, without consent of con-
gress, of $50, OO0. 900 in bonds to replen-
Eh the treasury AS a financial meas
ure it is logical tailpiece to the uncon-
ditional repeal of the silver purchase act
and the first of many of the same sort
which we may look for as the beauties of
the gold standard are fully developed.
Fifty million dollars is mere drop in
the bucket to the amount of new bonds
that the Wall street programme will call
for before it is carried out.
From the viewpoint of legal warrant
the present bond issue is entirely in keep
ing with the high handed disregard of
the law, the constitution and the powers
Of congress. which has characterized this
amazing administration. It is conceded
that congress would not sanction bond
issue, and the president, recognizing this
certainty, coolly proposes to dispense
with the formality of consulting it.
Some months ago we pointed out the
possibility that if Mr.. Cleveland did not
modify the arrogance of his course he
might run against impeachment. His
policy since then would almost suggest
that he invited rather than feared that
result. He has now supplied four fairly
clear counts for an indictment against
himself for disregarding the duties and
limitations of his Office: l. The nonen-
forcement of the Geary law 2. The ar
bitrary suspension of the silver purchase
clause of the Sherman law three months
before its repeal. 8. The appointment
of Paramount" Blount, without con-
sent OF the senate, to post not only
equal but paramount to that of foreign
minister. 4. The bond issue.
And it must be remembered that it
cah be now pretty safely calculated that
the congress to be elected this fall will
be controlled by Mr. Cleveland's oppo-
nents.
But whatever Mr.. Cleveland may sue
coed in bringing on himself it is easy to
see that his course, while deplorable in
itself, is having most favorable effect
upon Populist prospects in the country
at large and especially in the sonth. In
the north the popular disgust with tie
Democratic administration will be IA
vorable chiefly to the Republicans. Many
of the discontinued voters who went for
Cleveland in 1892 will go to the Peoples
Party in 1894 and 1895 rather than back
to the Republicans. But the bulk of
them will "return as the dog to his vom-
it and the SOW to her wallowing in the
mire."
But in the south, where the financial
policy of the administration has made it's
most enemies, the Disguised Democrats
will not 60 to the Republican party, but
to the new party. In 1892 several south
ern states went for the Peoples Party
but were counted out. In 1894 and 1896
more of them will go the same way, and
none of them will be counted out. The
preponderance Of shotguns will be with
the preponderance of votes this time
and will be used if necessary
AS the destroyer Of his party, Mr..
Cleveland will deserve the left handed
thanks of every good citizen.-New Ma
tion