The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
PLUTOCRATIC CHEEK.
MULTITUDE is TO BE DIS
POSED OF.
A Plutocratic Paper Tells How 1t
Will Be DOne.-HOw the Poor
Devils Are to Be Side
Tracked.
(FrOm the Denver Road Populist.) J


There is something refreshing
about the manner in which the Globe
Democrat disposes Of the silver ques-
tion. In discussing the proba bility of
a silver issue in 1885, it says:
"Both Republican and Democratic
free coiners will make their threaten
ed demonstration in the national
conventions. There is no loom for
doubt on this point. In both conven-
tions they will be beaten. This point
also can safely be considered settled.
From this time onward to the conven-
tions the Republicans will have no
trouble with the question, for when
the league at Cleveland muzzled the
delegates from the mining states all
chance for disturbance in the Repub-
lican ranks on the question this year
ended. In the convention the crush
ing process will be substituted for the
muzzling, and the silver incident in
it's present stage, SO far as it concerns
the Republican party, will be closed" )"
Hallao, Carter! Alloy, Dubois!
Hist, Teller, how do you like that?
You see now how it is going to be
done. You were 'muZZled' at the
meeting Of the National League, but
you are going to be crushed in the
convention. Then what are you going
to do? Sneak back into line and vote
for the crushers? That is what you
have always done.
Where is your manhood? Where is
you backbone? Where is your patriot
ism? Willy be slaves or will you be
men and patriots? But how about the
Democrats? Listen, here is what the
same paper says about them:
"The Democracy, though, will not
get OF so easily. Taking all the states
together the Silverite Democrats out
mum ber the other sort Of Democrats,
but the other sort have the brains, the
discipline and the courage. These
qualities beat mere numbers in poll
tics, war, and wherever else they come
in coflct. In all the western and
southern states which hold conven-
tiOns to nominate state officers there
will be fight between the two Demo
cratic elements, and some of the states
which have no officers to nominate
may get up conventions to fight on sill
YER and nothing else. These wrangleS
and this expenditure of energy will
hurt the Democracy for the time, and
perhaps for the whole campaign, but
it will have no effect on the national
convention. In the convention the
silverite Democrats will easily be
beaten as they were in 1883 and 1892; a
straddling platform will be framed
and a man will be put up for Presi-
dent vino will, if elected, veto every
silver bill that gets within his reach" :"
We will bet four dollar dog that is
just the way it will be done. That is
the way it has always been done. The
West and South have never counted
for anything in national convention
These sections have always allowed
the East 70 dictate both the plat
forms and the candidates. And they
will do it again. Now let us read
what value the CD. puts on your
manhood. 1t says:
But what will the free silver Re-
publicans and Democrats do when
their parties turn them down in the
conventions? They will do as they
did in the previous Presidential years.
Some will Sulk and others will buster,
but all, or nearly all, will vote the
ticket. A free silver Democrat can
gain nothing by voting for an anti-sil-
yer Republican: 16 to l Republican
will not help his cause by steering out
from the Republican Scylla and get
ting swallowed up in the Democratic
Chary ybdis. There will be free silver