The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-10-05
A Review of the Republican
Forces Shows the Party
Without Il Leader.
SPAIN IN A PECK OF TROUBLE.
The Receivers of the North crn
Pacific take Lay-Ott.
New Ones Appointed.

The republican party is in danger
of being divided against itself, not
because any real differences exist be-
tween republicans in different sec
tons Of the country; not because
western republicans are not firm be
levers in protection, for they be-
lieve in protection as firmly as their
eastern brother; not because the
interests of the west are best pro-
noted by policy that must work
injury to the east, for the interests
Of all sections Of the country are
identical and best conserved by a
common policy; not because east
ern republicans are opposed to BIZ
metallism, for they are not, but be-
cause eastern republicans are mis-
understood and misrepresented by a
timeserving press and place seeking
politicians. The manufacturers are
almost a unit in favor of bimetallism
and in spite of gold daily press
that Systematically suppresses the
truth and prevents free discussion of
the. monetary question, press
whose verv news dispatches are BIZ
ased in favor of gold-mono-metallism
the farmers and wage-earners Of the
east intuitively withhold their sup
port from the gold standard and lean
| towards bimetallism. They. only
wait to have the facts placed before
them and the question of bimetall ism
VS.. gold-monometal]ism thoroughly
discussed to become an ardent ad-
vocate of the prompt restoration of
silver to its place as money.
The great masses of the republi
can party, both east and west, stand
on the same ground, believe in the
same principles and should unite on
a common policy. Yet republicans
of the west and east misunderstood
each other, and almost on the brink
of the most important election held
since the war, the party is on the
verge of dividing against itself and
sacrificing victory by discord. Led
to believe by the TRADES of the east
ern gold press and by the uncertain
attitude of vacillating and hedging
| politicians that the republican party
in the east is a party inextricably op-
posed to the restoration of silver to
its place as money side by side witt
gold, the republicans west of the
Mississippi, firmly convinced that
propserity cannot be restored unit
| the appreciation of gold is checked
are ready to sacrifice protection, at
tached to it as they are, if by so do
ing they can secure reconciliation o
silver. This they are more ready t.
do when they reflect that protect
i've system cannot be effectivel,
maintained SO long as we adhere t.
gold-monometallism, and that pro
: tective tariff is a mere sham protec
ton against the competition of silve
using countries so long as we blindl
: offset such protective duties as W
impose by deliberately paying ou
competitors bounty of 100 pc
cent. or more in the shape of pre-
MUM on gold.
Under an appreciating gold stan
dard the protective tariff is of littl
:. avail, and therefore western reput
licans can more readily reconcil
themselves to voluntarily sacrifcin
it if by SO doing they can hasten tn
restoration of silver. Better, the
! reason, to abandon protection an
secure bimetalIism than to build II
: protective tariff and then destrc
it by adhering to gold monometal
ism. Better take ohe evil than tw
- Gladly would they rally und
n the banner of bimetallism and pr
is lection, but never under the bann
N of gold monometallism' and prote
ton, for they see protection and go
5. monometallism are incompatible
So they are preparing to aband