Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1894-07-06
CONTINUED DUPLICITY.

The much talked of republican league
clubs which met at Denver last week and
had a grand time fixing fences, and count
ing noses on presidential corner posts,
and which broke up in a row over the
location Of the next meeting, tried to work
up a little republican boom on silver.
These fraudulent and deceptive friends
OF silver sprung the same old resolution
which has been in every platform from
1874, down to the present time, and this
Denver declaration is as much a national
declaration Of the party as if it were made
by national convention, and it is made
in the face of republican claims that the
party favors silver. Here is the Denver
chestnut:
'sWe believe in the use of gold and
silver as money metals, maintained on a
perfect parity and interconvertibillty
We do not believe that there will be a
permanent return of prosperity Of our
country until the full use and highest
position of silver shall be restored, and
we favor such legislation as Will bring
about this result"
1t reads the same as the republican
plank on which Benjamin Harrison was
nominated, and means the same as the
silver plank on which Grover Cleveland
was nominated. and it is only put out as
a deliberate fraud TO catch suckers.
Cleveland, Sherman. Carlisle and Tono
Reed knows what such miserable plat
form lies mean. They are made only to
deceive, and after the people have been
SO bitterly deceived, they turn around
and give us the same dose Of deception
This parity of metals is all very nice,
pleasant to read, plausible on it's face,
bait for suckers, but where is your parity
when majority of the republicans in
the senate led by John Sherman, and a
majority of the same party in the house
led by Tom Reed, stand by and vote
solidly with Cleveland snd his Wall street
policy to destray free Coinage and debase
silver in order that the gold bugs OF
Europe may wiring millions out Of the
American people by destruction of values.
The republican party and democrots OF
the east have no parity but gold one.
The money power of Europe is running
our financial system, and yet IN the face
of this unquestionable truth, these repub-
lcan league clubs go to Denver and say,
eve believe IN the use of gold and silver
as money metals and they might have
added that the Hindoo, Heather, Jew
and Gentle believe the same. This is
nothing more than WAS expected. The
gold bug money lords OF the east were at
Denver and shaped the policy of the
party There is no free coinage in the
republican party, it makes no difference
how individuals may blow or a few west
ern statesmen may howl The second
part Of the money plank above quoted
states the truth. but the opening sentence
gives it knock out blow. This plank
favor; such Legislation as will bring about
a parity of the metals. Ask the repub-
lican leaders in both branches of congress
what legislation they want. Parity!
patty ldilty VhSS Al nv WI A1>'
gave us sliding parity in 1878, and
closed up the PARITY deal in 1893 by
destroying the legal tender quality of the
metal, thereby closing up the mints and
mines, and hundreds of kindred indus
tries connected Herewith, and all this
was done to help European money kings
and rob American producers.
Business men, farmers and laborers.
There will be no "rermanent return TO
prosperity" as the above money plank
states, until THIS nation has free coinage
of silver lG to l, and the peoples party
stands square on this issue. There is no
other means of reviving business and re-
storing better prices than by free coinage,
and all other issues dodging this ore
vital demand are false, misleading, cow
ard}y, un-American, and destructive to
every industry that our prosperity de-
nands.
Free coinage-l6 to l.
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