The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-03

charge for mintage." There were numbers
of Democrats, however, who, at the dicta-
ton of officials in high places, voted for re-
peal while knowing that their constituents
were firmly opposed to it.
The masses Of the people, from whom
reform must spring, do not manage prlma-
ries. and although the advocates Of GER
tain policy may have a majority OF votes
they feel obliged, so long as they remain IN
the party, to vote for such candidates as
wirepullers and manipuators may choose
to nominate.
In order that great cause may win at
elections,i it must be championed by party
whose leaders are for it. and for 1t not
haltingly, but with heart and soul so
long men are not elected to office dis
tinctly and specifically for the purpose or
achieving this reform above all others, 1t
will, in my judgment never be achieved.
The reasons that can be advanced by an
official who has 100000 offices in his gift
are likely to be more effective than rea-
sons that have only logic for their founda-
ton. Men have been known to "crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift
may follow fawning.''
If the advocates of monetary reform do
not come together. how can they expect
to crystaliZe their convictions into stat
utes? Even We're the Republican party
to favor free coinage at the American ratio
it will not surely be commended that. so
long as human nature remains what it is,
silver Democrats would then become Re-
publicans, We're the Democratic party
to adopt free coinage could we expect the
silver Republicans to become Democrats,
while in any case unless this were done,
there would be sufficient number Of gold
advocates in either party to defeat free
coinage legiSla ton.
Such is the force of party names, asso-
Citations and memories that men will not
join party to which they have been for a
lifetime opposed. They know that, as a
rule, in such cases the deserter is damned
and the recruit is not welcomed. They
may, however feel at liberty to join
party, in the shaping of whose politics and
the guidance of whose destiny they could
actively, cheerfully and consistently partic-
ipate, ana through whose success they
could have the assurance that their most
cherished conviction would find immediate
embodiment in statute.
Learn II Lesson From the Tactics of
SflVer'S Opponents.
The opponents of silver have pointed out
to us precisely what ought to do. When
they determined to repeal the purchase
clause of the law of 1890, they ignored for
| the nonce all other issues, forgot the Strug
| giles and animosities of third of CEN
| fury, shut their eyes to tariff campaigns
and exhausting struggles with force bills,
| together with all the bitterness which the
| memory of such occasions recalled, and
| Joined hands without hesitation for the
| coiHpllSnlllcnt OF lnef common purpose,
not abandoning but holding in reserve
| their differences. In other words they
| formed for the purpose and for the time
| third party. That purpose accomplished,
| they Immediately restored the status quo
| and returned to their differences. They
| voted in congress as one party in their rep
resentative capacity. We should vote at
| the polls as one party in individual
| capacity.
| All who believe in the predomnance Of
monetary reform should, in my opinion,
come together on that issue and for the
| time being hold in allegiance their convic-
| lions upon other questions, reserving to
| themselves the right to readjust their
| party relations when the monetary ques-
| ton is settled and other issues come to the
front. History teaches that while
| forms of a minor character may be ac-
| complisned through parties formed for
the achievement of other purposes, no
| question Of the first magnitude-no ques-
| ton involving a great fundamental princi-
| pie operating in the interest of the masses
| of manknd-was ever settled without the
| crea ton of a new party for that purpose.
| Great parties have their rise, not as
some suppose, in the vagaries of accident
or in the caprices of ambition They are
| the legitimate outcome of the irrepressbe
! aspirations of a people. They are instru-
| mentalities created for the achievement of
| a great and well defined purpose to the
! accomplishment of which existing instru-
| mentalities prove insufficient Indifferent.
| They are but illustra tons, in the societary
| domain, of that intuition which man has
| in all ages applied to the difficulties of his
| individual environment. Whenever, in his
| upward path, he INSTRUCTED by barri-
| ers which no instrument in his possession
would remove, he proceeded to make an
| instrument that would accomplish the pur-
| pose.
| 1t is for this eason that new parties can
not be expected to emanate from those
| members of society who bask in the sun
| shine of prosperity. Their pathway being
| already unobstructed they are naturally
| opposed to a change. Hence the RESPONSE
bility Of inaugurating great humanitarian
| movements must always rest with the
| struggling masses. New parties must
| spring from the ground. 1t was the opera
| ton Of this principle that produced the Re-
| publican party, and We're that party true
| to the sources of it's origin it would yet
| be worthy the allegiance of monetary re-
| formers. Like Antaeus Of Old it's strength
| would be invincible long it kept in
| touch with the ground.
Deprived in the course on time Of the
| enthusiasm and momentum of it's first
| cause, the cause which was the reason for
| its being every party becomes prone to in
| ertia and to lag superfiuous' on the field
| Of its former glory. 1t is held together
| principally by regard for it's name, by it's
| long standing personal associations and by
| the cohesive power of official patronage.
| Nhen that time arrives us great mission
| is ended.
| Old Parties stand in the Way of Prog
| reSS.
| From that time forth the tendency OF
| old PARTIES is not toward progress, but to-
| ward petrifaction. They stand in the
| pathway of progress and retard the rational
| and logical advance of the country. They
| are distractions, to be replaced by new
| Observation-Disclosures prepared by and for the
| emergency. Such instrumentaities are
| new partics-not, / have said springine
up by accident, but coming naturally into
life by the imperious demands of great
causes with which the older parties, locked
in the embraces of the past, are unable to
sympathize. A noble and inspiring cause
"a cause which is unfolded in the whole
| heart of humanty-is worthy the undivid
| ed enthusiasm and devotion of fearless
| people.
| Is monetary reform such a cause? I an
| swer yes-a thousand times yes! How
! does il compare with the great causes OF
| which history tells--causes which have In
spired heroes and moved peoples? Exam
| inc the records of all countries and al
| times, note the benefits conferred on man
| kind by the most thrilling achievements Of
| peace, the most exquisite creations of art
the most splendid discoveries of science
sum them all up, and that sum will weigh
but as a grain of sand in the balance ovel
against the surprisingly wonderful bene
fits to mankind of monetary system tina
should ever keep even step and pace with
the advancing demands of society-a sys
tenn worthy the dignity Of beings whose
mysterious and unique destiny it is tt
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