Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-15

ed the footprints or reSlStleSS power
there are some extenuating circum :
stance that mitigates the severity of
the punishment due to the crime.
Some have been the product of the
fierce passions of war, some have come
from the antipathy that separates alien
races. some from the superstitions OF
opposing religions. But the crime
that is now sought to be perpetrated
on more than 50,000,000 of people
comes neither from the camp of con-
queror, the hand of a foreigner, nor
the altar of an idOlator. But it comes
from those in whose veins runs the
blood of q common ancestry, who were
born under the same skies. speak the
same language, reared in the SAN insti-
tutions, and nurtured in the principles
of the same religious faith. 1t comes
from the cold, phlcgmatic. marble
heart Of avarice-avarice that seeks to
paralyze labor. increase the burden of
debts and fill the land with restitution
and suffering to crafty the lust for
gold-avarice surrounded by every
comfort that wealth can command. and
rich enough to satisfy every want
save that which refuses to be satisfied
without the suffocation and strangula-
ton of all the labor in the land. With
a forehead that refuses to be ashamed.
it demands of Congress au act that
will paralyze all the forces of produc-
ton, shut out labor from all employ
ment, increase the burden of debts and
taxation, and send desolation and suf-
ferlng into all the homes of the poor.
In this hour, fraught with peril to the
whole country, / appeal to the unpur-
chased representatives of the Ameri-
can people to meet this bold and inso-
lent demand like men. Let US stand
in the breach and call the battle on,
and never leave the field until the peo-
pies money shall be restored to the
minis on equal terms with gold. as it
was years ago."
This is pretty strong language you
will say. Yet this is the same Mills
that is now, at the beck of the Admin
istration, advocating the Gold stand
ard.
With all his strength OF logic he is
defending 1.-THE brutality that has been
perpetrated upon fifty million of peo-
ple;;" with all his strength of lung he
is unfolding the ''marble-hearted ava
rice" he then denounced. Mr.. Mills
excuse that silver has fallen fifty per
cent, and therefore it is impossible to
restore it to its ancient place, is un-
true; and, he being a sensible man.
must know it is untrue. Silver has
not fallen one fraction of a cent; it has.
when compared with every other COM
modify except gold. risen in value
since 1873. Gold has risen enormous
ly since then, thereby shortening the
value of every mans product.
1t is only a question of time, and
perhaps very short time. when Mr..
Mills will be apologizing for his pres
ent position upon the Tariff question.
To both Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Carlisle
politics is simply game to be played
for what there is in it. To secure the
favor of the Administration is the
strongest trick the game is capable OF.
This must be secured at any sacrifice.
Both the Senator from Texas and the
Cabinet officer from Kentucky will find
that they have been mistaken as to the
value of the trick they have sacrificed
80 much to take. People may view
with Indifference the turning down of
a Senator or the knocking out of a
Cabinet officer, in the game of politics,
but they will never forgive the aband-
onment of great principle, especial
ly if they have had that principle din
ned into their ears for a quarter of a
century, and it's abandonment affects
their pockets injuriously.