The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-09-22
)UTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, SEPT. %, 1894.
az RE the grand Old party that they are

ii DAKOTA. SATURD
assre the grand old party that they are
there to abide the behests of the caucus;
that they do not propose to break with
the national party although it is abso-
lutely committed to the single gold stan
ard. Such wabbling ana contortions
have no parallel in American political
history, and none that have brought
such fearful material harm to the great
common lalorhlg people of America.
!. ! w. II. CuRTlss.
Arraixncd by "a I.OpulIst.
| Alexandria Journal, Pop:-In the
Herald last week comparison Of the
success, failures and mistakes of the Re-
publican party isinyited. A glance at
Its record will show a success for tho
rich man and a miserable failure for the
poor man. The first issue of the green
backs was full legal tender; they are
good as gold today. The next issue the
Republican party puts the exception
clause in; they paid the soldier. but could
! not'pay the bond holder This made two
kinds OF money, one for The rich man
and one for :he poor man. In 1863 they
passed the national bank act. The
government furnishes the banks money
at one per cent and the banks loan it to
the people for 6, Z, 8, "a or whatever they
can get, and have collected millions from
the people by reason Of Republican sue
cess. In 1869 they passed the Credit
Strengthing act, changed our bonded
debt from payable in lawful money and
made it payable in coin. This act
secured to the money lords OF Europe
s5e0,O00,O0o. In 1873 they demonetizea
silver. This made the public debt payable
in gold. Between 1873 and '76, to get
ready for specie payment resumption
they called in and burned $4,OU,OoO a
month OF paper money for eighteen
months.
The Republican party has given to the
railroads 2OO,0O0,O0O acres of the public
lands and has not restored single acre
of the uncarned grants. Itused 100000
GOO OF the peoples money to build the
Pacific railroad, took a second mortgage
on them and agreed to pay the interest
in case the railroad company fails to do
SO. The government has paid it every
year, and the railroad companies were
before congress asking to have the time
extended for lG0 years. Calls Hunting
ton says when the government gets the
road twill get nothing but two streaks
of rust How does it strike you who be-
lieve in Republican pa ties? The Popu-
lists believe in the government control
OF the railroads. The Republican party
balieves in the railroad control of the
government.
II the Republican party is favorable to
silver WHY did Senators Steward. and
Jones leave it and join the Peoples par
ty? They knew the Republican party to
be the enemy of silver, and the Peoples
party to be the only party in America TO-
day that stadds as unit for the free
coinage OF silver. The silver plank in
the Republican platform in South Dako
ia is confused jumble, which means
we are fishing for suckers.
The Republicans found s1O0,OOO.OOO in
the treasury above the lawful reserve
When they left, the country was ON the
verge of the greatest financial panic in
its history, and the Democrats were
obliged to sell $5O.0CO,0OO of bonds to
help the empty treasury the &. o. p. left;
they passed the Mckinley bill for which
the people turned congress down in 80,
aud turned the entire government over
to the Democrats in '92 or this bill
James G. Blaine said, "It will not open a
market for an extra barrel Of flour or an
additional pound Of pork"
The Republican party, by means OF
laws it has male is responsible for every
trust and monopoly in the land today
: The sugar trust that run the senate, side
tracked the president, defed the house
and SCOTS in the faces OF the American
people is the legitimate offspring Of Re,
publican misrule. The only prosperity
the Republican party will give might be
likened 10 the opium victim who finds
contentment and peace only while under
the influence of the drug that saps his
vitality, aud eventually destroys. 1t was
a Republican vota that gave the sugar
trust to one-eigth differential in til;
Wilson bill. The Republican party has
grand men and principles in it's time; i,
has neither 20W. Like The old fashion
ed machinery one sees on every farm, i,
was good Iii its day and served its pur.
pose we'll but the world moves and it has
left the Republican party with its old
fashioned machinery behind.