The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-02

ental and axiomatic. Consequently
,ey need no proof. The others can
e established on principles of com.
ION sense, by human experience, by
ne opinions of philosophers, statisti-
ians and every political economist
hat ever lived.
A TENET OF DEMOCRACY.
Bimetallism- Bimetallism now, not
n the distant hereafter, honest, genu-
ne bimetalism-absolutely the same
Of both gold and silver at
he mints Of the country is part Of the
Democratic creed. As q Democrat, I
lOnt propose to be showed, bull,ed,
,ushed or tolled off Of the real Demo-
ratio platform. II anybody must get
N It, let II be the other fellows. But |
do not want anybody to get on.
There ID neither sense nor policy in
Democrats climbing down from their
own platform and crawling onto the Re
publican on the money question or Ou
any other. There Is no sense In Il, be-
cause it's wrong. There Is no policy iu
It, because We gain nothing thereby. The
Republicans have already pre-empted
those fiancial Bad Lands. for, let 1t
never be forgotten, that they demone-
tized silver. They erected the gold
standard. There may be room enough
under 1t for one great party, but,
certain as any proposition in Euclid.
there is not room enough for two. /
am sick and tired Of seeing Democrats
masquerading around, proud as . dog
with two tails, in the cast-on garments
of Republicans. Some Democrats seem
TO feel safe only while walking in the
footsteps Of Republicans, and when
they come to the dead ashes Of Re-
publican campfire and yell Justify,
"Come on boys; We know We are on
the right road now. Here's where
they camped last night" II gold
mononetallism is right, then We owe
It to John Sherman and his coufeder.
ates in the crime Of 1873 to 60 dowr
on our marrow bones and humbly &C
knowledge that we are the most reck
less set Of liars since Ananias and
Sapphira had that ill-starred lane
transaction, and the most pestilen
dsmagogues that ever cursed the eartl
with their presence. For twenty-five
long, weary, disastrous years We hav'
gibbetted them before the civilize'
world - Judas Iscariots and Benedic
Arnolds. and now to adopt and deisn,
the measures which they enacted is 4
do for ourselves what the immorta .
Dogbsrry ordered his clerk to do.
A. TO RATIOS.
The principle Of bimetallism 10 fund
amental. and exists In the very MATURE
Of things. II 10 imbeddsd in the Con
stitution, and is vital tenet OF De
mocracy. Ratio Is an arbitrary crea
tion-a matter Of agreement. In time
past it was changed for good and SUN
cisnt reasons BY the greatest Democrat
whose deeds illumine the pages OF his
tory. 1t may be changed agaia fol
reasons satisfactory to the majority o
Democrats-for il must be constantly
borne in mind that IN the Dcmocratil
party the majority must rule. NJ
other idea can be for one moment toll
Grated. Anything else means anarchy
ruin, death. have no sort Of dOnb
that ultimately all bimetallists will &C.
toessher inside the Democratic pant,
on some feasible acknowledgements
bimetallists, Republican bimetallisti
and populist bimetallists-for the Dem
cratic party is the natural home Of bi
metallism. Neither have I any doub
that were the single question Of b'met
allism snoomplicatcd with other issue'
submitted to the people . majorrty il
its favor would be returned 10 ever
county west of the Allegheny 1oun
tains, and IN great many east Of them
Those who advocate q change Of ratio
are the ones who, under all rules o
logic and Of evidence, should produc'
the reasons - convincing reasons =
therefor. The burden IL on them
The ratio is now 16 to L. 1t has beer
that for many years. 1t should not be
changed for light and transient reasons
It Is the highest ratio at which the two
metals were ever coined IN the histor,
Of the world. 1t Is the historic ratio
1t is popular in the minds of men. A
that ratio gold and silver were KEEP
practically at parity SO long IS the,
were treated justly and impartialiy. Il
would keep them at parity IL they wer'
treated in the same manner now. The
bullion In silver dollar was worth 10:
cents In gold when it was demonetizet
in 1873. Silver went down then. Il
went up when the Bland Allison acI
was passed.
1t went up when the Sherman Law
Of 1890 was passed. 1t went dowI
when the mints of India were closed
against it. 1t went down still further
when the Sherman law was re
pealed IN 1898. II decentralization pu
it down, won't reconciliation put Il
up again? There is an unlimited de-
mand for both gold and silver; henc,
when treated alike it is inevitable tina,
both will remain at or about par. Al
the talk about an over production q
silver is twaddle Of little weight. Their,
never was, there isn't now. and there
never can be an over production o
either money metal.
Experiments in the direction O.
changing ratios are futile. We offere,
the single gold standard men unlimited
a