The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-27
NOT TO Be TRUSTED.
-. MCMILLAN Party uaworthy os the
peoulc's C0nfideuce.

Peoples NOouueuSe.
chairman Isabcock. OF the republican
confessional committee. who has been
studying American politics in Europe
suriur the last :our months. is ro-
,x,r,ed as saving: "ln the last house
81 representatives out OF member
hin OF one hundred and twenty eight
or the republican side there were only
Gfteen free coinage men. and they
held these views simply because their
districts demanded IL of them"
Only fifteen free coinage men per-
haps. and perhaps they were sacrific-
ing their political convictions merely
10 hold down their political jobs. but
how many more were prepared TO
,acriiise their convictions in like man.
ner for like purpose? How many
were prepared 70 make any kind OK
dangerous financial experiment in
order to keep few doubtful mining
camp states in the republican column?
How was it in the preceding con-
gress? Every body knows that con-
cres was republican in both houses
and everybody knows that that con-
rress passed the Sherman act. which
destroyed the stability OF the standard
and brought on the panic Of is93.
Perhaps not more than fifteen re-
rublicans then were free coinage men,
and they may have been free coinage
men only because their districts de-
handed il OF them II so the case is
al the worse FOR the party. A party
is not to be trusted when it's repre-
sentatives sacrifice their convictions
for the sake of party advantage.
This is precisely what the rcpub-
lican representatives. in the Mckinley
congress did il they were not in fact
silver men. Jones of Nevada laid down
the ultimatum Of the avowed free
coinage republicans to their party as
socates- lie said in substance: "You
must pass this silver purchase bill
which the house has just passed.
Furthermore Won must come To our
terms or we will turn our silver
states over to some other party at the
next presidential election"
These threats prevail over the al
legged convic tions of republican sena
tors and representatives. The trade
was made. The sherman law wa:
passed in July and the Mckinley rob
Der tariff law was passed two and {
half months later in pursuance OF ths
bargain. Can the people trust "A party
which thus trades off its professcs
convictions for votes for a robber tariff
law and for electoral votes needed Z
fasten that law indefinitely upon thu
vic,imized people? II is not likely
that they will
True. when the president convened
the next congress in extra session
many republican senators voted to re
peal their silver legislation. Appalle'
by the panic which was spreading dev
astation over all the land and whicl
they knew was produced Ivy their owl
legislation, they for the moment cd
mitted their fault and voted for repea
But not on that account are they L
be trusted. They have been insisting
ever since that their silver Legislation
did not cause the panic They hav
been insisting, in effect, that tn
American people struck thcmselve
with panic by voting the democratic
party into power A party which viii
thus retract its own confession the me
ment immediate danger Is past, part
which will thus Islander and insult tn
people. cannot be trusted to act in &C
cordance with its professions. Thi
party will not only put the countr
back into the mire OF McKinlcyisin
but il will make any kind OF trad
with the silver fanatics and plung
the country into another panic II
can see any prospect Of partisan gal
by the operation
1t will do this without hesitation
trusting to its phenomenal ability
lie of the consequences OF its ow
political crimes upon the democrat
party. It is unfit TO be trusted.-Ch
cago Chronicle.
In DnaK Time.