The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-01-01
From VIM. Stewart.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. %,

has suffered In the mouse OF lis
friends. The Republican vict-
DRY in the West is regarded as a
gold victory in the East. They
argue, if Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, and the western
states will remain loyal to the
Republican party notwithstand-
ing the cardinal doctrine of that
party is the gold standard and
contraction, free coinage is a
dead issue. They say McKin-
ley's denunciation of the advo-
Gates of free coinage for the last
six years would lose him no
votes in the silver states rs a
candidate for president. They
say that Reeds arbitrary rulings
while speaker to smother silver
bills which passed the senate,
and his vote to repeal the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman
act will strengthen him in the
East and not weaken him in the
West. They even declare that
Harrison's reputation of the
free silver platform upon which
he was elected and his refusal to
coin and pay out silver as re-
quired by the Sherman act, would
make him an acceptable candi-
date in the West as we'll as in the
East. Harrison, Mckinley and
Reed are the prominent candi-
dates for president in the Re
publican party, and it is assum-
ed from the vote of last fall that
any one of them can carry the
silver states. The Republican
leaders from the silver states
stultify themselves when, while
declaring silver the paramount
issue, prefer gold Republicans
who will obey caucus rule to
silver men who prefer principle
to party. They r most hostile
to a silver man who will not sub
scribe to their party creed than
to a gold man, whether he be
Republican or Democrat. Ifany
elector in the silver states has
voted the Republican ticket with
a view of advancing the cause of
silver, l advise him to watch the
doings of Republicans in and out
of congress and the Eastern press
for the next two years, and if he
is not satisfied that he has been
duped by designing men, his
stupidity will be incurable.
| have maintained for many
years that there would be no
legislation in this country favor
able to silver until the West de-
manded it and placed the silver
issue above party obligations.
So long as party ties are strong
er than the silver sentiment in
the West the gold standard will
be maintained by both the old
parties. Nothing but the danger
of a loss of power will have the
slightest influence upon Eastern
gold men in either of the old
parties. If the two old parties
can be kept intact while they
support the Rothchilds' combi-
nation, there will be no relief.
The people may growl, protest,
and do anything they like, short
of rebellion against party rule,
and no attention viii be paid to
their dissatisfaction other than
false promises to delude them
and keep them in line.
1t is unpleasant for the real
friends of silver to be constantly
told that the West is conserva-
tive and will submit to the gold
standard rather than to give up
old party names which have been
disgraced by the wicked legisla-
ton which has brought ruin up
on u common country. If the
West continues to support the
two gold organizations of Wall
street, silver men throughout
the United States will lose heart
In the contest and surrender
without further effort. The last