The Monticellonian., 1894-11-23
Let the People be H ard.

The Washington Post is inclin- ed to betl ay a little nervous irrita- tion when it reminds itself that the congress elected in 1892 will he on hand for few months long CT. It finds what It calls 'an i'm practicable element" in this con- rress and declares that nc matter what policy the president may recommend, this ''impracticablc element" will antagonize it.
 Now, we think the Post Is mis- taken about this. It should bear in mind that the ''impracticabie clement in the present congress is the democratic element, and that it represents the desires and purposes of the people when they endorsed the democratic plat form. The people have q much  more serious and continuous inter- est in the currency question than the bankers or than the president, for the currency is vital part of their prosperity. The whole bus mess of the country centers about itand hangs upon it.
 The Post should remember that there are a great many more dem ocrats in the present congress than there are In the white house, even counting the president as a dozen, and that their chief concern is to bring about such measures of cur rency reform. It is well, also, to bear in mind the fact that 1t is no part of the real function ot q bank to issue currency, and certainly not the duty of the peoples gov erhment to guarantee such curren- cy when it is issueG. In the old days the banks issued notes, but whether these notes were current or not depended altogether on the character and credit of the men who issued them. If the people wanted the notes they took them, if not they let them alone.
 We think the Post will find that if the president will announce to congress that he IS now ready to carry out the desires of the people and redeem the financial pledge of the democratic platform, he will find the democrats rushing hearti- ly to his support, and he will go out of office the best beloved and most popular man the countr, has ever seen.
 Another thing the Post has for gotten. The currency reform the people endorsed in 1892 was thor oughly discussed in all parts of the country. It had q thorough airing ana the people, by their votes. pronounced it good. Be- fore another and different meas ure of curre1ey reform can be en. acted into a law it will have to be discussed and endorsed by the people. The fact that 1t is en dorsed by MT. Cleveland and the bankers, would not justify con gress in adopting it until the peo- ple had authorized it to do so at the ballot box.
 Though we may for the moment seem to be living under bank CTS government, 1t is not so. We still have a peoples government when the voters are sensible enough to elecet men to office who will respect their pledges. Ii is not enough for Mr. Cleveland and the bankers to say that We have such and such currency reform. The people must pass upon it. The people may be fools abont finance and about all the methods of popular government. hut they have always hit the nail on the head when their desires were fn., ly and faithfully carried ont. But even il they were fools, the gov crnment ls theirs up to date and they have a right to be heard ou all questions affecting their vital interests.
 Docs the Post find anything "populistie' and "aoarchisac" in this statement of facts?-A tIanta