Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-15

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gresham of Georgia, who stood to-
gether with other Populists true and
unfinching on the Omaha platform,
talks to free silver republicans" and
"free silver democrats" and shows
plainly the inconsistency Of their re-
naming with their old parties. He
says:
Is there anything that need be said
to a free silver republican further than
that his party is openly and aVowedly
the party Of contradiction, and has
burnt more money since the civil war
than England itself ever destroyed.
From McCulloch to John Sherman the
record is one "damnable iteration" Of
bonds, burnt greenbacks, resumption,
contraction, gold reserve, demonetiza-
ton of silver, panics and ruin.
To the free silver democrat is there
anything that can be said more con-
vincing than the record Of his own
party a record so recent the ink is
scarcely dry on it?
Throughout the land go orators and
editors preaching free-silver democ-
racy: Bryan here and Bacon there!
Walsh here and Howell there; Bland
here and Voorhees, yonder,-what does
1t all amount to?
Nothing:-llterally nothing. It's the
coolest trail that ever was barked upon;
the stalest wine that was ever drunk;
the shabbiest, threadbarest political
coat that ever was donned.
Free silver in the democratic party
is back number, tale that is told, a
song that has been sung, a cold dish
that no cook, however cunning, can
warm over again.
Can Bryan make better arguments
for silver than Carlisle did? Can Bacon
declare more zealously for silver than
Gordon did? Can Howell write more
forcefully for silver than he did in
1892?
Can oratory and penmanship make
the democratic party more overwhelm-
ingly in favor Of silver in 1895 than 1t
was in 1890, 1891 and 1892?
Wasn't the party well-nigh unani-
NOUS for silver in 1892?
Can it ever be so again?
Even If 1t could, can anybody be-
lieve that it would any more enact a
free coinage law than 1t did in 1892?
If a democracy apparently unani-
nous for silver slaughtered the Sher-
man law, how on earth can any sane
man ask the country to trust democ-
racy again when 1t has so emphatically
proven its profound antagonism to
Jeffersonian bimetallism?
The republican party dominated by
the capitalists of the east and the
north offer no hope for silver-no hope
to the south and west.
The peoples party is the natural
rallying point Of the producing sec
lions, and the friends Of free silver
Should Join us. We have been tried
and we have been found true. We
voted in congress as we talked on the
hastings.
We were faithful to our colors amid
jeers, insults and temptations. We
have borne defeat rather than renounce
principles. We have suffered ostracism
rather than betray trust. We have
used the English language not to con-
ceal our political creed but to declare
It.
We have been manly enough to say
what we believed, and constant enough
to stand to 1t.
The democratic party can never unite
the friends of silver-its machine and
its record forbid.
The republican party can never unite
the friends of silver-its machine and
its record forbid.
The peoples party CAN unite them
It's machine $50 far it has one) and its
record are in accord with its plat
form, and It's platform neither straddles
nor lodges nor turns somersaults.
Would that the friends Of silver could
unite with us, and inaugurate a move
ment which would liberate the pro-
auctions from the fearful tyranny of
the parasite sections-the east and the
north.