Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-04-11
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Abandoning Protection.

Only two or three years ago the
populists party was jeered at because
In it's Platforms it made the financial
questions paramount issues. To-day
we find the democratic party in sew
eral states arranging to hold conven-
tions to square itself upon the money
question. Nothing is said of the tar
If, so to the republican press is talk
ing finance, The two articles from
prominent republican papers, show
where large element Of that party
now stands, The first is from the
Kansas City Journals;
1.-The country is undergoing the
agonies Of the hardest times ever
known. Many are the causes to which
these hard times have been attributed,
but 1t is plain to even the most casual
observer that they are primarily
caused by unstable and unsettled
monetary affairs, The demonetlza-
ton Of silver is primarily the cause,
for the reason that it has enhanced
the purchasing power Of every dollar,
yet made that dollar very much more
difficult to obtain. In other words,
the condition Of the country makes it
hard to get money whether you have
agricultural products or money to
sell.
1.-THE farmer, mechanic, laboring
man in any capacity is interested in
an improvement of the times. A ma
tional campaign will be on within
year, and the Journal is deslrous of
placing the truths Of the situation
plainly before as many voters as pos
sible before they are called upon to
cast their ballots. The Journal is
entering on campaign of education,
and in order to get to the ears Of the
people has placed the price Of the
paper at such a figure that none need
be without it,"
And the second from the Atchison
Champion:
When chairman LELAND told To-
peka newspaper reporter that he
stood squarely upon the Kansas re-
publican platform Of 1894 upon the
silver question, he expressed the sem
timent Of nine out Of every ten repub-
licans in Kansas.
The real issue today in the United
, States to the money question, The
next election will turn upon the ques-
, ton unless the next Congress is
brave and wise enough to restore sill
yer to it's old place, as money metal
, in the United States. Congress has
played the role Of cats-paw for the
British Agent at the White House
long enough.
, If Governor Mckinley really made
the utterances regarding silver, cred
tied to him in recent dispatches, he
must either withdraw them and CON
TESS his error, or he is an impossible
ity as q republican presidential can
, dldate. The rank and file voters Of
the republican party are determined
that there shall be no further shut
fling and twisting and turning by
party leaders and candidates. They
have been starving nigh unto death
upon broken promises and glittering
generalities. The issue is here. II
cannot be avoided. The people are
ready for it, The party candidates
must fish or cut bait and do it pretty
lively too.
The infamous duplicity of the past
must not be repeated. The little, i'm
pecunlous fellows who have by an in
scrutible Providence, been permitted
to gain seats in Congress, where they
can draw one salary from the treas
ury and another salary from Wall
street, will be retired to the obscurity
they have won by their base betrayal
Of the people.
We regret more than we can ex-
press in words, the unexpected atti-
tude Of Gov Mckinley, but the sal
walton Of the republican party IS far
more important than the personal ag-
grandizement of Maj. Mckinley. The
restoration Of the principle that
American money is made for the use
OF American citizens and the up
building OF American homes, is far
greater than any party needs; and II
conventions, leaders, moulders OF
opinion, delegates and representatives
do not realize this truth and heed it,