The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
VERY SIGNIFICANT.
A LEADING DEMOCRATIC
PAPERS ADMISSIONS.
A Foot-race Between Democrats
and Republicans to Steal the
Populist Platform.
The Tariff Issue NOwhere-A Fraud
to be Practiced On the People
By the Gold-bugs.
Preach Free.Silver and Work For
RothschildS.

Preach Free.SllVer ana work fOr
Rothschilds.
We clip the following very signifi-
cant and suggestive article from that
excellent Democratic journal, the
Minneapolis Times. 1t is amusing to
observe how cody it discusses the
struggle between the two old parties
to see which will first capture the
Populist platform, as to free-silver;
while at the same time it ignores the
Peoples Party with its 1900, 600 votes.
1t requires the cheek Of lightning
rod pedlar, or the hide of govern
mcnt mule, to do this. No one read
ing this article would imagine for a
moment that there was already a
Frec-silver party in existence in Min
nesota, which gave its candidate for
governor, last fall, 1000 more votes
than the Democrats gave theirs, max
ing it the second party in the state
and the Democracy the third. But
read the article and see how rapidly
events are moving forwards.
The Times has expressed the
fear that the successful party
in the next presidential cleo
tion will be the party which
goes into the contest on a free silver
and bimetalist platform; and it ven
tured the prediction that 1T will be
the Democratic party. 1t begins to
look, however, as though that opinion
were open to revision. The Demo
cratic party may be making a lively
hustle for the free silver band wagon,
but there is no denying that the Re-
publican party is good second. In
fact, it is possible that the A merica n
people may be remitted to futile
choice in 1896 between Democratic
free silver coinage on one hand and
Republican free silver coinage on the
other
The Republican state convention of
Michigan less than three week age
declared squarely in favor of bimetal-
lism and pledged the party to res tore
silver to ''its historic position in the
United States as money metal" In
Republican Massachusetts the Legis-
lature has adopted a resolution de.
nouncing the gold craze and calling
for the remOnetiZation of silver at
the old ratio of l6 to l. The "Chicagc
Inter Ocean," the leading Republican
organ of the West, declares:
ut is growing movement, this sill.
yer movement, and nothing can check
it that does not remove the cause fol
it. 1t is taking the shape of the
cause of humanity and has been ac
celerated by the determined efforts OF
the bankers at Baltimore and by the
tinanciers of the present administra
tion to retire greenbacks and destroy
silver as legal tender, making al
debts payable only in gold. Such ac
tion portended widespread bank
ruptcy and was enough to startle
even a more patient people than the
Americans. 1t has intensified the
feeling for the restoration of silver tt
its old place in reality as we'll as il
theory. Political leaders and states
men must make up their minds thai
this issue cannot be lodged, nor viii
it long be temporized with. The Re
publican party, which has always lee
the people of this country safely an(
wisely out of every trouble, is onc'
again to have it's courage and it's wis
dom put to the test in sight of all th
world"
Leading Republicans, too, are show
ing decided inclination toward fre,
silver. Tom Reed, who expects to b,
the next Republican candidate 70
president, has expressed subs tantiall
the same views as those of the Inter
Ocean. J. S. Clarkson, chairman o
the Repu blican national committee
is outspokenin in his championship of sill
yer, and Gen. A. b. Nettleton, Harri
sons assistant secretary of the treas
ury, does not hesitate to say that tn
presidential candidate who is not
strong advocate of bimetallism Nigh
as we'll pull down his lightning ro
and fold up his tent. Gen. Nettleton
if we may judge from the recent &C
tion OF the Massachusetts Legislature
is entirely correct in saying that 9TH
bankers Of even conservative BOstO
are facing about and preparing to we
come the inevitable return to TIL
double standard" He says further:
ga few days since friend of min
had occasion to confer with half
dozen bank presidents in that cit
and to his surprise every one of ther
expressed his readiness for tn
change, and several went so far as
say that if it were to be choice b.
tween a continuance Of the presen
condition and going to a silver basi
with gold at premium for TIM
they would prefer the latter. And
believe the end is near. After Marc
4, 1897, all departments of our govern
ment will be aggressively friendly
the double standard"
Gen. Nettleton predicts that the R
publicans will sweep the country K
free silver and protection, and renal
in power for at least a generation
The known attitude Of SO many lea
ing Republicans is having the effe'
of increasing the eagerness OF IL
Democrats to maintain the lead
the race for the free silver line. IT
Times believes that the free silver SCI
timent is growing, and that the wi
ming party next year will be free 81
yer party, whether its name be Dem
crat or Republican. Should both pa
ties declare in favor Of free silver
which does now seem by any NEAR
impossible-the voters would the
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