The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-22
SILVER DOWN SOUTH
Money Sharks and Subsidized I'd
iforS Oppose II.
But the People in Overwhelming
Numbers Are For It-southern-
ers Thoroughly Understand
the Question in All It's va
rlOus Important Phases.

A trip through north Alabama finds
the people, as in other portions Of the
state, practically solid for free silver
and as determined to continue tho fight
until il wins, writes a Nashville CORE
spondent Of the New York Mercury. In
Tennessee there is scarcely d division on
this question among Democrats while a
large portion of the Republicans are
| equally pronounced in it's favor, but
as rule the southern Republican has
no opinions on political subjects that
are not subsequent to the demands or
rather commands Of the party leaders.
Really they are not a material factor in
deciding political contests in the south,
except as to few congressional dis
tricts
One thing that particularly attracts
the attention Of the careful observer of
the situation in the south is the differ
ence in the character of the people who
are divided Oh this important question.
The gold standard adherents are made
up OF large portion Of those interested
III national banks, note shavers, corpora
ton attorneys, money changers, bucket
shop manipulators, federal officeholders
and expectants, postmaster editors, sub
sldlzed newspapers, huckstering politi-
cal scavengers, who are at all times
looking out for a job, and here and
there cuckoo, a fowl rarely to be
found i'm this region.
Many leading bankers and many brsi-
ness men, manufacturers and eminent
members Of the different learned pro
fesslons are earnest and active advocates
OF free silver. In considering this ques-
tlon they rise above the narrow creek
lessness of selfshness'' and prefer to
take chances to make money of pros
porous, and not an impoverished, mort
gage ridden. sheriff bedeviled people.
On the other hand, the friends Of free
sllver-the money Of the people, guar
anteed to them by the constitution, are,
rank and file, the bone and sinew OF the
land-the solid, substantial, liberty lov-
ing, law abiding citizens. With rare ex-
ception--and that exception generally
easy to account for-the great and hon
ored leaders of tho Democratic PARTY,
o"Aooo fAAo Ia VIC lU CSSIUCu GIl6 Country /
with eminent distinction in the cabinet.
at foreign courts, in the councils of the
nation and other high positions of hon
or and trust, are now found standing
shoulder to shoulder battling for the
rights Of the people in this great strug-
gle The great mass of the people them
selves are undoubtedly more thoroughly
united than they have been at any time
since our forefathers fought for liberty
and to free themselves from British tyr
amy.
The people of the south understand
this question. They are thoroughly
educated" as to what it means to
Them and to their posterity They know
hat the success Of the money power
means bondage to British cupidity
md greed, more lumiliating and de-
grading and destructive to their rights
Is freemen than that which aroused our
revolutionary sires and inspired them
With the invincible and uncomfortable
pirit of liberty by which our independ-
nee as q nation of freemen was