The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-30

have never voted with them
since. The party went down. 1t
is true they came to victory since
-but-then the country went
down, and, in our opinion, with
lis going dow, that branch OF
Democracy will go down forever.
Tlat is ur most devoted prayer
and ON faith is pre-emiAent that
God answe | ray er.
HOW DO THE PARTIES STAND?
The Republican rarty has
made a uniform record on this
point. In 1873 they passed law
nearly destroy ing the use of sill
yer by taking away a large per
cent of it's legal tedder use. They
say it was an unintentional act.
We can see plainly how that
might have been-but, when
they discovered the mistake or
play that had been made upon
them, did they ever try as par
ty to restore it? If so, we should
be pleased to learn the date.
Have they not stood firmly at
about 80 per cent. of their lead
ers against its reinstatement !?
And after the rank and file of a
party see the trend of their lead
ers and still vote for their re-
election, they endorse the theory
of their leaders. Furthermore,
has there ever been a time sirce
their wrong that a moderate mai
ority of their ranks would not,
with the Democrat vote, have
made large majority in its
favor in congress? 1t has been
a deliberate act of the Republi-
can masses and they can not
shirk the responsibility ; and
they, with the rest of our people
are reaping the dreadful reward.
They have sowed to the wind and
they should reap the a0hirl,0ind;
but it is unjust that those who
have done right should suffer.
In the South this party has prac-
tically, no hope Of electing any
man to office. Wealth and polit-
ical maneuvers control such por-
lions of all countries when their
forces are sent to conventions.
The South will come up with
nearly a solid gold delegation as
a resdlt of this peculiar situation,
to the next Republican conven-
vention; and this would be
en9ugh-if her strongholds in
the North were not welded to
this ruinous theory-to govern
its elections. The Republican
party hold out no hope or relief
to our distressed nation. 1t is
securely pledged to the careful
protection of more than the
rights of the rich; and as care
fully disregards the equal rights
of the people. In it zoe haze no
hope. OF course, here and there,
for political position, they will
promise better things-but it is
the promise of the selfish slave
knowing that the master will
deny the call. This being the
situation in one party, we natur
ally turn to that party that has
been more favorable to silver
the Democracy, and ask how
they will, or can give relief to
our unfortunate situation. 1t is
plain to the least observing, who
know anything of the past polit
ical history of our nation, tha+
instead of their weakness and in
ability to send silver delegates
their national convention from
the South, the situation is re-
versed. In the North the Dem
ocracy possess the same inherent
weakness that Republicanisn
does in the South. 1t is true
and it would be unkind to say
otherwise, that the Democratic
party, except in national conven
tons where this weakness holds
sway, has always sent a majorit.
delegation in favor of silver
while the Republicans have a
, uniformly sent the opposite
Democracy never cast a majorit.
, vote against what the most rad
; ical friends of silver deemed it
best interest, but once. Tha
was in the case of the repeal o
, the Sherman law. In that cas-
different ideas of results ant
obedience to party dictatiol
caused them to cast a doubtful
/ vote. Over the larger portion
of the nation, however, now the,
f are making atonement for tina
I one memorable crime. Once in
lifetime-not always like our Re
publican sinners-have they var
, led from the line of rectitude i
, their political march. And the,
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