The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-31

see it repealed. They fought long and
we'll, produced reliable statistics to
support their cause, and in turn prom
Used prosperity to the country should
their banner be waved triumphant.
They argued conclusively that the de-
probation of silver was due to unwar-
ranted legislation, and that with the
decline of that metal correspondingly
declines the price of our products.
Upon another hand were ''free silver"
(p) democrats who held that republi-
can legislation has been so ~nefarious,
that they would listen to no item of
legislation until they had stamped ie
publicans with their condemnation ~
wipinp a certain section of q certain bill
off the statute books. Notably among
these were Daniel w. Voorhees,, Roger Q.
Mills, David b. Hill, Congressman Will
son, Springer and others who had time
and again pledged themselves to the
double standard. They had no war to
make on the white metal, as they
claimed, but before they listened to any
thing else the Sherman law must be
repealed. They had not forgotten
how the damnable bill had been passed
over their heads by a republican house
and senate, signed by q republican
president, while they were exhausting
their mental faculties for free coinage
of silver. All these men we're demo.
Gratis with long and envlable records.
These had the endorsement of the ad-
ministration and we're therefore sad
ministration democrats" They were
sometimes termed gold bugs but that
was only a matter of convenience in
designation.
But there were some other men elected
to the two houses. Though nearly
everything ven democratic that year,
there were a few states that the fool
killer had not visited; and then there
were some republicans who had been
elected a year or two previous and were
serving their unexpired time. These
gentlemen allied themselves with the
administration democrats" They
saw a chance 10 accomplish their de-
sired end, and of course took advantage
of it.
John Sherman took advantage Of
the democratic vocabulary and called
his W law a "cowardly makeshift"
and with bis assistance it was buried
after having served its purpose-that
of almost bankrupting a happy country.
And thus with these combinations the
fight begun.
Two years ago the republicans assisted
by some democrats wiped" the law Of
the statue books. After this was done
the country was to awake from her
lethean slumber and 60 on her way re-
joicing. The farmer was to get one
dollar per bushel for his wheat. The
day laborer good wages for bis hire ;
money was to dow into the channels OF
trade. Men who had never seen q
dollar, to become rich, and everybody
to be happy.
This administration faction was given
tn, reins and now behold the country
Markets tumbling, money scarce, inn
ports go up. exports 60 down. Three
bond issues, a wall street syndicate
paid $11 ,OOO, 900 to sustain the nations
integrity for Eve months. The gold
r ,serve dwindling for the fourth time,
Tais is not all the cause OF the repeal,
but still it is the nonfullfllment of ex-
travagant and unwise promises. The
| Sherman law has only been repealed
two years, 80 brethren let's be reason.
able. Let's join with the "administra-
ton democrats" 10 their irridescent
dream at least until we can rally our
forces and make prosperity q reality.