Mohave County miner., 1895-04-20
the small proprietor everywhere into

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bankruptcy.
The whole conservative force Of the
world protests against 80 violent and
despotic change. We protest against Il
'he more because We know enough of
politics to fear tho reaction spains, sneh
extravaganza. We see the risks to which
'he gold mania is exposing rs. We have
reason to know the popular feeling, and
we DO not believe that the single gold
standard can long be maintained. We
want real e,--coin---carrying in,rio.
SIC value; yet II England succeeds in her
obstinate effort To destroy the value Of
silver Tor coinage, nothing can save US
from paper. England may we'll succeed
she seems alreadv TO be on the point OF
success greater than her governmet want.
ed; and, IN that case, irredeemab ble psper
fiat money Us square in tbe
face.
something, then, must he decided. and
quickly, for delay itself is likely to be de-
cision. The republican party must either
fix the single standard on the nation or
reject IL. This time We can no longer es.
cape the issue, and whatever We do must
Do done openly. Where great pollcy is
70 oe entered upon, the straightforward
path 10 the best. The republican party
held power for u whole generation, and
during all that Time made only one fatal
mistake. Under the influence OF the
banking interest, acting IN what was then
believed to be the true interest of the
country, the party fell into the foreign
conspiracy for making a single gold stand.
ard, and, what Was worse, did it with q
foreign air Of conspiracy. We can not af
ford to repsat the error. The time has
come for decision and the decision must |
be open. No such moment can recur. |
You can act with confidence that your
judgment is at least as good as that Of
other men. Neither the banking interest
nor any other interest has, for the time, a
right to claim superior knowledge or wis.
dom. In view Of the ruin they have
wrought, and the vaster ruin that they
threaten, no risk tina. in their opinion you
may seem to run can cause q moments
lear.
Even those who oppose the return of
The republican party TO its old principles
will admit that these principles would
give 1t power for another generation. We
heed only be true TO ourselves; we need
'Dly assert and maintain our own conyic-
ions and no other party, born or unborn,
IAN take the field from us as long as we
choose to hold It. No other party can
epresent as We 10 the whole national in.
tinct; all our industries, all our popular
all our conservative caution.
As long as the republican party holds to
Is duty Of representing the whole nation,
must hold sway unless something great.
II than the nation can be found to over.
brow It.
The task before rs is to restore normal
ctivity to our industry; to break down
he barriers Of secti On alism to check the
Increasing tension between the rich and
'oor; to relieve agriculture, ami to ssve
he small farmer and m .nufacturer-in q
vord, to smooth away the threatening
angers of social discomfort. The repub-
can party alone has the power to do this
nd to carry on our society for at least
ne more generation without further dis
ster. You have only to adop. plat.
orm Of four words and to take your stand
n it firmly, coursgeously, with honest
determination to be true to it, The party
rs always maintained the national prin
ipsl Of high tariff. You, whose deepest
nd best interests depend upon its success.
ave alone the power to add "free sill.
er." Very truly, yours,
J. d. CAMERON.
X. HUMPHREY, Esq, b
Secretary National Republican League, h
'enver, Colo.