The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-20
: AN EARNEST V|RGINlAN.
He FAVORS A UNION OF ALL
FORCES.
He Thinks We Should Crush Plu.
tocracy First and That Will
Open the Way for All
Other Reforms.
THE LESSON OF THE ELECTIONS.

THE LESSON OF THE ELECTIONS.
Editor Representative.
Though the thing made evident by the
returns is that there is no hope of sue
cessfully meeting and Overthrowing the
monster-gold ometallism-excepting
by union of all elements, or the larger
part at least, of those opposed to that gi-
gantic combination which yields power
which can only be throttled by the dis
play OF the greater power of an indignant
and outraged people united for the pur-
pose of accomplishing it's overthrow.
That cannot be done by any union upon
other issues. 1t is the deep policy of the
enemies of the people to keep them divid
ed upon all possible subjects and the Pop
ulists cannot hold convention in which
the emissaries of the goldites will not ap-
pear, to secure declarations which will
effect division and diversion. 1t is their
cheapest way next to corrupting men
elected to represent the people.
We believe poll of the people would
show three to one against gold monomet
alism.
1t would not show one to four in vote
at present with the full knowledge we
have of the danger of increasing the fed
eral patronage in support of demand
for government ownership of railways
and telegraph lines.
The lesson Is plain, presented to us in
the returns made Nov. 5th. There must
be no division upon any union issues, but
a union of hearts and hands to save our
country and all we hold dear from de-
struction.
The dying out" song so persistently
urged, is in evidence. Honest men sing,
when, delving and fighting the wolves at
their doors-debts-have seemingly dis
played less activity than usual, but he
who says interest in the subject has abat-
ed, or hatred of the bold, bad, sacriligious
attempt to so impoverish the people as to
make them powerless is in any degree les
sened is guilty Of falsehood or grossly ig-
norant.
In all the states it is evident that party
lines sat loosely Nov. 5th. Greater faith
was felt in the abiding of the Republican
party to establish and perpetuate the gold
standard by the goldites, and they evil
IDENTIFY concentrated their strength upon
their ticket. But it must not be forgot
just as ardently opposed to free trade as
Democrats are for it and they saw no bet
y ter way to rebuke the wanton, reckless
usurpatiOn of power and disregard of law
by the party in power than to vote for it's
overthrow. In violation of law the pres
ident has borrowed money and greatly in
creased the public debt to pay the ex-
penSeS OF the government. His newspa-
per organs loudly assert that not a dollar
of gold has been so applied. Suppose he
did not directly do so, but openly invited
the exchange of gold for treasury notes
and then SO applied the money derived to
the payment of expenses.
What asininity to deny the violation of
law
Is American manhood and courage so
wanting as to tolerate longer such fla
grant disregard of law, and the assump-
ton Of power which no crowned head in
Europe would dare attempt?
Is it any wonder that the American
people wanted to bury by an avalanche
Of votes the party which numbers such
traitors as Cleveland, Carlisle Mills and
others in its councils. Persisting wan
tonly in their policies after the signal re-
buke administered in Nov, 1894, which
left to private life so many of their rene
their constituents in congress, the recent
verdict makes plain the duty Of southern
and western bimetallist Democrats.
But is not the lesson applicable to Pop
ulists?
No matter how they long for this, that
and the other reforms, there is but one
way to make any reform possible and that
is by an overthrow of the gold ring. The
one issue of monetary reform is enough
to task the energy and will of the Ameri-
can people, for the money is on the other
side and to obtain the future control of it's
volume is the declared purpose of our OPP
ponents.
We are under bonds now which it will
be found hard to break. How will 1t be
when they are frightened and the chains
riveted?
=, A vast, body of voters are ready to act
with Ills who are not ready to add hum
dreds of thousands of government en-
ployes to the present federal machine
which its management of railways and
te1egraphs would involve. Let us at least
be as wise as the enemies who would op-
pose us. Free trade Democrats assert
that they will vote for Republicans who
are for. the gold standard before they will
follow their party's lead for bimetallism,
and Republican goldites say the same.
Those who would be free
Themselves must strike the blow
]. w PORTER.
Charlottesville Va. Nov g. 1896