The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-23
THE sITUETIoN.

A grave question for those wht
are in favor of reinsta ing thu
former system of minting ant
circulating silver coins, is nov
presented to the real friends of
more prosperous state of affair.
in our nation. That freer ust
of silver would bring about thai
prosperity is evidenced from the
fact, universally admitted, except
by those whose interest dictates
its denial, that, as silver goes ur
to its original standard of the
world, so are prices advanced
and as the reverse takes place
there is fall in prices, and con.
sequent stringency in our mark
cts. Those who deny this propo-
sition are to few and evidently
to lily informed or base to be re-
garded, and we shall not stop to
daily with their ignorance or
Rreed-if we may not designate
their claims by some more severe
term.
But the question is, howp Who
can do this work? 1t is admit
ted by all that, in form of gov
eminent like ours, the people
can do it. Their supremacy is
admitted, and, yet, that fails to
solve this all-absorbing question.
They could do it, but-can thew?
Will they? Our nation has be-
come too vast in it's territory to
assemble them in one mass AS
could be done in an Indian tribe
or In former errors of the world.
Even old Rome, that could do it
once can do itno more; far less a
great and populous nation like
the United States of America. 1t
would no be impracticable to at
tempt even, to carry out, any
united action, except by delegat-
ed powers. To do that organic
alton must be established. In
that-deny it as you may-free-
dom OF thought and purpose can
not at all times be carried into
execution. Often, ah too often.
communities whose aims are ali
in the right direction are SO far
circumscribed in their ability to
take part in combinations and or
CARNATIONS, through lack of pecun-
9ory means, that far less people
dominate the action of delegated
bodies. 1t will ever be so-until
the world is better ruled than it
is now. Until man is governed.
in government affairs, less by
seltshness, and more by the
spirit of patriotism. But we
must yield to it. We have to
organize. And, although more
wealth and excessive cunning
may frequently award unkird
victories over right; although
the rat nature may be supreme
and patriotism may be clad in
mourning, in great nation like
ours, 1T is our remedy, our only
hope. And still, we, as people.
nave to decide how we will ac-
complish this end. That it will
be brought there is every reason
to believe;and that it rests in the
formation of political parties.
Delegated conventions with a
purpose of uniting to one end is
the legitimate result of all ex-
perience. Reason would guide
us in that line if we had lie armed
1t from the other source. We
must, then. act with some party
and must consolidate all forces
to the end to be accomplished.
We can not; we dare not, as one
would regard his own salvation.
falter in harmonizing every reas-
enable element of strength to
accomplish our object. The past
few years have taught us a les
son of sorrow, of distress, of
weeping, of commercial and
business wrecks, of hapeless life.
OF unrequited toll that has shock
ed the world; and for a nation
that should be as prosperous as
ours, we have made o. page of
history that is dark, indeed.
WHAT PARTY 4?
The result of all our reasoning
then. leads to what party shall
we take ? For our own part we
announced. through the columns
of the MESSENGER, long ago.
that we would go with the
party and people who would
unite to reinstate silver" 1t had
been our fortunate, or unfortun-
ate as one may be pleased to ]
term it, lot, to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket ever since our early
manhood, but when the Demo ,
cratic coventions we're about to ;
De held in 1892 we made 1t public !
that we could no longer support
any party that would not sustain ;