Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-06-18
TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1895

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In this connection we wish to call
attention to three of the answers
given by Geo. N. Lamphere of
the Moorhead News, as follows:
4. The Peoples Party is
squarely committed to free coin
age. Should it bring this ques-
ton to the front and relegate to
the rear some of the others that
weigh down it's platform it will
obviate the necessity of a new
party.
5. The Republican party will
adhere to a gold standard, will
profess friendliness to silver and
offer compromise like interna
tional bimetallism, or coinage of
American product, but will fail
to deceive the people successful
ly again.
6. I believe that if the Peo-
pies Party shall put it's transport
tation plank in allegiance, declare
for the destruction of all monopo-
ly, insert a plank for raising rev.
enue on true American basis,
and make the money question the
principle issue for the next cam
pain, it will draw a majority Of
votes to it's standard.
We had some private CORES
pondence with Mr.. Lamphere
over a year ago about this mat
ter. Mr.. Lamphere then be-
lieved that the Republican party
would finally adopt free coinage
in it's platform. Our opinion
was then it would not. That
free silver republicans would
either have to give up their prin-
ciples or leave the party. Mr..
Lamphere now admits the same
thing. AS to the Republican
party not being able to deceive
the people successfully again
we are not so sanguine. Never
theless we are glad that the able
Moorhead News editor sees that
there is no hope for free silver
from the Republican party under
it's present leaders, and the lat
er are of course in the saddle to
stay, Something like two years
ago when the great panic COM
PEELED us to study the money
question, and so to speak go to
the bottom Of it, for our own
satisfaction, we came to the pos
tive conclusion that neither of
the old parties would, or could,
solve it. We predicted then as
the readers of the New London
Times will remember. that the
Republicanpar would be forced
on to the gold standard pure and
simple, as is now being verified,
and that the Democratic party
would break up, the eastern
wing going into the Republican
fold. and the south and western
wing join in with the Peoples
party and free silver Republic
ans, to form another great party
the party of the common peo-
pie. After this we shall hear no
more about the North against
the South, but the west and
South against the East. 1t will
be the laborer and the farmer
the great middle class against
the moneyed interest, the pro-
Queer against the men who live
on interest, Democracy against
money aristocracy and Office
holders. Now this is the battle
that is on now, and every citizen
may as well begin to figure out
on which side. he will stand.
There will be no middle ground.
There will be a royal battle, and
to the finish for years to come.
The ablest leaders on both sides
will come to the front. as in the
struggle between the North and
the South, and there will be an
other Appomattox.
As to the position Of the PEG
pies Party, the radical wing of
the coming western party, we
can assure Bro. Lam phere that
it. has it's deck cleared for action.
nine tenths Of us we're Repub bic
ans or, Demo crats s. few years
ago. we left the I'D parties be-
cause our. cons ienoe com PEELED