Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
What Representative Bell Of Col
orado Says Of Them.
WHAT THE PEOPLE INTENDED
Not an Approval Of the Republican
Policy.
NOT OPPOSED TO SILVER

A representative of The Star asked Rep
resentative Bell of Colorado If he regarded
the result of the November election as a
declaration against silver.
mo" replied Mr. Bell, rather the con-
trary. The people expected relief throuS n
an expansion of the currency and re-
duction of the burdens Of taxation and
debt. To their utter surprise their distress
was augmented through a further contrac-
ton Of the currency and an increase OF the
bonded debt. They asked for bread. for
relief In general. They were answered
through an increase of distress in their
name and they repudiated the assumed
representation and dissented and disap-
proved of the means used"
What can they reasonably expect from
repIblioans?'
'"Those who have kept pace with the
drift Of events expect nothing. 1t was not
the intention of the people to approve re-
publican rule. but rather to rebuke demo-
cratic inefticiency and obstinacy in this
trying crisis"
What will the populists do?"
Double their energies, further concen-
trate their efforts and subordinate every
other issue 20 that of free coinage and en-
larged national currency issued and con-
trolled by the government"
But the people of the west, even Colo
iduo' uiu not support your cause. lney
knew the republican party would not re-
monetiZe silver, did they not?'
They should have known it; they will
soon Know 1t. We carried q very large
percentage Of the farmers, miners, me-
chanics and of the laboring people gener-
ally. We have great majority of the
county officers of Colorado. Every undue
advantage of employees was used by the
employer, the concentrated force of all the
banks, foreign money lenders, insurance
companies and kindred associations was
directed in the interest Of the republican
party, and they were powerful enough in a
few great cities to become the vote con-
trolling element in the state. This will be
temporary. The people will have q show
ing Of hands at this session. The eastern
democrat and 30 per cent of the republi-
cans, re gardless of locality, will work for a
dear money and cheap property, while the
southern democrat and populist will work
for an abundant currency and dear prop
erty-in other words, for the masses of the
people,
If the southern democrats and populists
are so near each other, why do they work
at cross purposes"'
Their eastern brethren, interested in
dear money and a perpetual debt are sa-
gacious enough to keep them divided. The
south and the west must and will be to-
uon before any permanent relief is OBJ
tanned. The sooner those representing the
masses of the people join hands, the sooner
Will be their emancipation from the ruin
Gus domination of the bankers and owners
of ready money. The issue is clean-cut and
well defined. One side favorS a dear mon
ey and cheap property-the other an abun-
dant money and dear property. The for
mer system makes the owner of ready
money, bonds and mortgages very rich and
the masses of the people very poor. The
latter system would make all of the peo-