The advocate., 1894-02-14

themselves eastern capital and the
banks will starVe them out and bring
them to their senses by shutting down
on them and refusing to lend them a
dollar. That will settle them, and in
short order, too"
~ did not say, Mr.. Diegal, that l
accepted the new party's doctrines. |
would not even have said what [ have
said to anyone about here, nor to any
one but business man and repub-
lican,' said the Doctor, who began to
be afraid he had gone too far to get his
own mortgage renewed for what if
Clarence should report him as one Of
the worthy to be fOreclOsed? II would
not" he continued, shave you repeat
what l have said for the world. | ap-
preCiate the Importance of downing
these folks as fully as you do. They
have well nigh ruined some Of us here,
already. That is precisely why wish
some Of our able men would prepare
some powerful answer to their talk.
Our remissness in this respect is doing
incalCulable harm; for every day their
speakers and newspapers are bOaSting
that we can't answer them, and these
boasts are making them converts. We
ought to do something"
"Well, we are doing something"
said Clarence, petulantly. "They are
being GOld out by the sheriff as fast as
we can get to them, and not loan
agent nor a bank will let them have
dollar. The merchants are shutting
down on them, too, so they can get no
credit. What can the fools do when
we shall have taken all they have and
they have nothing to 60 On?"
"They can vote against you, and ruin
you in turn" said the Doctor with en-
phasiS.
"PshaWP' said Clarence. "Get them
down to where they have nothing, and
we can buy all their votes. Besides,
there are the railroad employees, and the
hands of other large employers, the
mine operators for instance; we can al
ways vote them as we please by letting
them know their bread and butter is at
stake. Then, again, these fellows when
they lose their homes will, most of
them, drift to Oklahoma or elsewhere
, in search of new lands, and will leave
the state to the republicans and demo-
Gratis, who will be with the business in
: tereStS, no matter which wins. Even
if these fools should elect their candi-
dates, we can purSuade them to put up
conservative candidates men who
! don't believe in their nonsense but say
so to get office; and we can always
! count on these conservative fellows to
: be with us if any attempt is made to
actually do anything serious. / don't
see anything in this crank movement
to be afraid of"
eff that is sO-if there is no reason
to fear this mOVement-why are east
ern capitalists and our home banks
r losing their chances to make profitable
loans and get good interest in order to
, freeze out the movement?" asked the
Doctor, with the suspicion of a twinkle
J in his gOOd-natured eye.
, "YOu know there are fools among
business men, too, Doctor; and lot OF
7 them have allowed themselves to be
frightened by the empty noise these
Alliance fellows are making" said
! Clarence with sneer. "But we had
| better get to business, Doctor. Let us
| go see your opera house."
} And they went out, stopping at the
drugstore as already stated. Clarence
} was out of sorts at what he had heard
about Kate. Still, he resolved to go to
, her fathers farm and see the whole
: disgusting truth for himself. He did
not know Sam COtterell or no such
J dangerous excursion would have been
: thought of, but it so happened that
! Sam Cotterel was denied the pleasure
| of thrashing the son of the loan COM
7 pany's arrogant president. That after
7 noon the Doctor called Slick Blackburn
| and said
"Here, Slick This gentleman wishes