The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-12-14
Some Timely Questions As to
the Future of the Free
Silver Cause.
BOTH PARTIES ARE THE SAME.
VIII Statesmen Heed the Potent
Arguments advanced by
the Tribune.

1t IS un derstood that Mr.. Reed
Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Mckinley, Gen
Harrison and Gov. Morton are all
prominent candidates for the nomin-
alton of president next spring. On
the other hand, Mr.. Cleveland has
been spoken of; so has Mr.. Whitney,
and there may be others, like Mr..
Russell of Massachusetts, and Mr..
Carlisle, secretary of the treasury. IF
any one of these candidates on either
ticket has up to date formulated any
reasons why he believes he would
make successful administration of
the government, we have not seen it.
Mr.. Cleveland would of course. stick
to the dogged policy which he has
marked out, and which he assumes
the same ownership as though he had
invented it. If Mr.. Reed, or Mr..
Mckinley, or Gen. Harrison, or Gov.
Morton has any idea what he can do
to secure prosperous four years to
the people of this country, except
through readjustment of the tariff,
we have not seen a word from either
which gives any hint of what they
have in thought.
This is the situation after all the
depression, congestion, loss and un-
rest which has been on the country
so long. One would think that a.
mong them there would finally dawn
the thought that something else
must be sought for; some other rem
edy supplied in order to insure pros
perity and peace to the country.
The truth is this: The imports of
the country amount to sl00,00O,O0O
more than the exports. We owe so
much money in Great Britain that
the interest every year amounts 20
one-twentieth part of all the gold in
the world. Farming has become so
in the United States
that the great central farming re-
gions are not increasing in popula-
ton, but the cities are growing alb
normally fast, which shows that the
young men and women of the coun-
try, utterly demoralized by the hope
less work before them, are fleeing to
the cities to live by such work as
they can obtain.
The ratio of suicides and of all
manner of crimes has increased dur.
ing the last ten years to an alarming
extent. The number of paupers has
increased in the same ratio. The tel. !
egraph is burdened every day with
such stories of terrible crimes as
were never heard before. Now.
crime, insanity and domestic infelc
ty come oftener from poverty than
from all other sources combined
The moral sentiment of the nation,
despite all that the churches, the be.
1evolent and humane societies have
been able to do for the last ten wears
las been visibly broken down.
We have exported this year more
pounds of food, more yards of cloth,
more of all the things that we export
n bulk, than we did last year, and
till the proceeds from these exports
AVE been less than last year, and
his has been the rule for the past
en- years. In this situa ton. what
|oes Mr.. Reed, what does Gov. Nor.
on, what does Gov. Mckinley, what
oes Senator Allison, what does Gen.
harrison, what does President Cleve.
and, what does Secretary Carlisle,
What does Mr.. Russell propose to
etter the situation?
They must admit to themselves,
ach one of them, that the country
'resents a shameful appearance. We
ave ihhnite resources; we have an
Ingenious and energetic people; we
ave every variety of soil and every
'ariety of climate that is found in
he temperate zone; we have no