The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-10-12
"The Harvest is Passed, the Summer
is Ended and We are not Saved"


/ The danger in allowing time to slip
bv without forming party whose dis
tinct aud only object is the remoueti-
cation of silver is shown in Ohio.
The Democrats and Republicans of
that state hive held conventions, ad-
opted goldbug platforms and nominated
candidates for Governor, both of whom
are of decidedly godbng principles.
Now, there are newspapers in that
state that are advocates Of free silver
and would, no doubt. support free sill
yer candidate if they had an opportun-
ity to do so, but they are obliged to
choose between the two old parties.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is one of
lhese. Oae Of the most fearless advo-
Gates of free coinage in the United
States, yet, under the above conditions,
Obliged to support a goldbug candidate
or none.
The result is that the goldbug ele-
Yates his aristocratic nose degree or
two higher, assumes a pompous attitnde
and complacenily remarks, as he points
to the Ohio campaign, Pooh, the silver
craze is dying out"
l. is to the interest ofthe goIdbugs to0
prevent consolidation of the silver
men. They are an inscriptions gang
and use every means in their power to
gain their ends, be they ever so mean
and unjust. For instance, they are con-
tinually giving Us taffy, saying We are
all right. but that the time is not
vet ripe for action, that it is too soon to
act independently. They advise us to
wait and doubtless one or the other of
the two old parties will declare for free
silver. They are liars. They neither
wish nor expect it. Their object is to
keen the silver men divided until after
the nominations for President are made
in 1896 and then tell us it is too late.
They will appeal to all the political
preiudices Of the voter, telling him that
there is no chance for the silver party,
and, if a Democrat, ask him, all things
being equal, if he wouldn't rather see
Democrat elected than Republican, or
if Republican, vice versa. They are
not a bit particular just TO long as they
can down the silver party. Their
scheme is so transparent that, che who
runs may read"
We do not believe that the remonet-
izalion of silver will ever be accom-
pished by either of the old parties and
we are borne out in this belief by the
conduct of the parties in the East and
South, Mississippi alone excepted. The
Democrats in Kentucky, with all their
boasted zeal for the silver cause, swal-
lowed goldbug platform at the crack
of the whip of Ring Master Carlisle.
Ohio followed suit with Cuckoo Briee
acting as master of ceremonies, and the
worst of it is that he rank aud file Can
do nothing but follow heir leaders.
The only hope for free silver advo-
cate is men elected as such, and until
we can find men who are willing to run
as Tree SILVER uleu "ieh""V et'"S''"e
the caudal appendage of Democrat or
Republican, our hopes for the white
metal are very small indeed. We want
men who do not care a continental for
the Shermans, Clevelands, Carlisles, or
any other man who will deliberately
destroy the prosperity Of the country
by class legislation, and it is only
by consolidating as silver party, with
the aim in view to cirucmyent these
despoilers of our country that such an
end can be accomplished. If we don't
do this we will have to take up that
doleful cry, in November '96:
"The harvest is passed, the summer
is ended and we are not saved"