The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-08
THE STANDARDS FLOP.
It Should Got on the stool OF Repeat
nnce

II should Got on the Stool OF Repent
ance
To The Independent;
How strange that the Standard. hereto
fore one Of the hbleat. and staunehsst demo-
cratic papers Ia the northwest. should 90
far fall from grace as TO flop right over into
the arms OF the shameless, deceitful. be-
Ruiling Dslilah OF protection which alone
protects the shylocks and GOLD bug com
binAtions Of the east! This seems the more
strange when II 10 rene IN bsred that demo-
cratic principles we're endorsed. aud high
protective tariff condemned last fall by a
majority never equGllsd in our country
since the war. aud ia Consequence We have
n democratic admin istrAtion, a democratic
house aud democratic senate, In fact the
whole machinery of the United States gov
eminent democratic for the q 81 time Hince
1861. Fer such paper as the Standard
has been to veer q ound on short notice.
yea without any notice at all, aud advocate
a high protective tariff exposes the manage
ment Of the paper to the suspicion OF
lunsey. And lunaoy We would call IL, we're
| ID not that We know better and can
trace the Standards Authorizations to a
source that will not jeopafdize Its we'll
known and even national reputation, for
scholarship aud abiliti. though at the eI-
psnse of its re utatton for sterling honesty.
/ Holding the journal in high esteem a. q
its wild freaks 10 that fearful malady
known as moral obliquitY. otherwise tor
pidity OF the conscience, auperindueed by
that bliRhting. whitening. cursed miasma,
that root OF all evil, the love Of money.
few hop0ful, loving souls are OF the opin-
| ion, which is also entertained by this scribe,
that an emstio In the shape Of sober refec-
tiou will relieve tue esteemed standard
/ from the fearful maladY. which has proved
fatal 10 40 many who have gone this way
i ka.w III nd on h
former since ity of the paper and i've re-
sponsibility as judged of ffom an intel
lsotaal standpoint. OF the latter We have
no doubt; and the former we dare not and
would not question. The lapse OF our onos
beloved Standard is regarded by this sorib-
bier as a case OF temporary bhcksiiding-R
species of youthful indisoietion. And
though the FINAL perseverance,, OF mere
properly speaking, ths final safety OF
| the saints 10 doctrine OF our
creed, this doctrine is NOS inconsistent with
the use OF means 10 recover the backslidsr.
seriptuTal bAcksliding 10 often due to
cold, apsthetio condition OF the church or
to total suspension of the public means OF
grace. Political bEeksliding may result
from a similar cause. And here let me IN
quire what are our democratic clubs doinRr
Are they dumb dogs, who only bark when
thsy are hungry2 Would that THE ISDE.
PENDENT would sound the dsmoor0tic alarm
trumpet aud wake mp these slsepeIs. Had
your correspondent the b aims and she gift
Of speech, democrats Of Montana aud the
northwest generally woald not long. by
their apathy, give occasion TO the fanting
madoAp populists TO babble, as they do,
that the democrats are all dead. would
demand Of all olasses-disgruntled repu-
lioans, ravinR pOpulists and democrats OF
all gradss-An answer to the queation,
What pledge or principle has our party or
our democratic naturalization violated,
that We should dseeTt our colors and let
them be ragged aud trampled beneath the
feet of the corrupt rsmorseless, robbing
apoilers Of our American people.
As TO the repeal of the chairman silver
Law, did not our national democratic con-
vsntion donounoe the law As fraudulent
miserable makeshifI THIS We all admit -
was. Ana even ns friends and Its father
were In haste to bury the sinking carcass
where its foul stencil would no more offend
their own sense Of smell. 80 long inured to
the oorruptions OF their own vile class and 4
anti-silve legislation. 10 be consistent
with our own party national platform, shall
We bswail the deep damnaiion TO which the
vote of congress doomed the wiRRlinR,
wriggling Teptile2 With all our love for
the Tree coinags Of silver and to no man |
living would We bow or play second fiddle !
IN our allegiance 20 the silver cause, yet We |
are now free to admit that, after all, I'M |
conditional repeal was certainly in har- |
mony with the spirited demoo alto dennn- !
cation of the Sherman miserable make |
shift. Clear the decks and give the repub- |
liean enemies OF silver broadside after |
broadside until their RoldbuR Ralleys are !
shattered and forever sunk beneath the |
surRinR billows Of public indignation.
AZ far as possible remove the wreck and |
rubbish of republican silver mal-legisla- /
tioR and lay anew. on the solid bed rock OF |
history, common sense and justice, the |
grand, we'll Iropo toned, sJmetricAl tenn
pl0 OF the bimeialism OF our fathers and of /
the ages. Nilsson 4, Kansas, Iowa. Illinois |
and other adjoining states and the solid |
south are all with US IN this light. And 4
even the east will furnish q respectable /
quota of noble heroic men. even in the I
present congress- 90 aid ne in the 6ght for
free and unlimited coinage Of silver. Its
hard for US 20 believe that the coming capt /
tai question has anything TO do with the 4
present course Of the STANDARD. We want 4
the Montana capital question 10 be decided
on It's own merits, by the bona fda voters
Of our state. uninfuencsd by party preju-
diess or party . ospects Boa word in
closing in regard to Park oOuntY. AZ
stated in former letter, the democrats
elected the sheriff. tue assessor. the treas
uIss. the district clerk. tie superintendent
of public schools, also one rel rsaenta-
tive and one county com I'D issioner. The /
democrats alec elected the police m n aistrate,
the constable. tue city mayor and three OF /
the eiT councilmen. And as 90 the Judge OF \
the distT ca court and tue county attorney,
~ stated In former letter. our democratic /
lawyers did not want and refused TO run,
for either oihee. IN many republicans,
and all democrats la tho county, are OF the I
opinion now, as they we're before the cleo /
ton. that " these places had been filed by 1
democrats the county won q have been the /
game. II the STANDARD ms no better ar
guments m fHvoi Of protective tariff on /
wool than the assumption that the republi- /
cans took Park county by n large majority 4
because OF our Peoples OPT osition 10 the /
democratic FREQ col policy. !, had better /
throw up tho sponge and ~ once admit. /
without pfevaricaton. either that 10 has |
bad the wool 1 ullsd over ate own ewes or 1
that IL has been wilful and wicked fAlsi- I
fer; aud in she latter event 90 down low. /
aud without delny. on the stool OF repent /
ance.
pAHK COUNTY MAs.