The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-04-04
DON'T WANT IT.
CORVALLIS, March 26, 1895.

EDITOR GAzETTE:-In your issue Of Mar.
l4th you make most strenuous and per.
sistent effort to funload your republican
monstrosity (Fhe Oregonian) on the populist
party-this, too, after having so vigorously
sought to rob it of its main thunder, the
free coinage of silver. 1t is a most afro
clous, cruel and unjust apprec citation of the
party which was the real and true incubator
of the free coinage agitation, l6 to l, with
out restrictions. 1t must appear to you
that the populists are deserving of more
charitable fate than you prescribe. You
party was first propagated as result of
corrupt and unjust financial legislation by
the two old parties, and entered the field of
political reform, they were looked at and
bitterly denounced as ''cranks,'' ''nfation-
lists, calamity howlers," and everything
else except their true name, THE PEOPLES )
PARTY, and were still denounced as such
until last November, when they serenely
popped up to nearly two million voters, in
some localities leavIsg the demolition party
poor third and coming coed second to
tho grand order of prosecutors. This unex-
| pected growth of the new rival was a COM
! plete sumner to the twins" 1t very sud
denly appeared that the people were to be
no longer trifed with, and something had
to be done and done quickly. Hence the
clamor and necessity Of a silver plank In
their platforms to avoid being distanced in
the next race. This is clear case of death
bed repentance which cannot always be re-
lied upon. While there are very few un-
/ prejudicsd persons who care under what
name these measures of prosperity and
| equality are brought about, SO they come,
could it bo wondered at if the yictimized
voters should discredit their sincerity or in
terest of purpose after having been BAN
hoozed so many years with their false and
deceptive issues, which you fully but re-
luctantly admit were false by now grasping
and advocating the very issue you SO
strongly denounced short time ago. II
you are really in earnest ard sincere in
your seeming effort to come out in the in.
tsrests of the people and do away with your
machine politics for all time to come, and
down the great financial schemes that have
brought US to this state of idleness and
want, you will add to your accessions the
initiative and referendum and the suprlant
ing of all money in use by tho people, aside
from gold and silver, with legal tender cur
rency issued direct from the government
and not redeemable the next day after ii
comes into circulation in gold coin as is now
the practice. then you would be strictly or.
thodox in politics. Your sincerity would
not be questioned, besides you would be a
very fair popuhst yourself.
| Now do not wish to direct your unques
toned generosity and kind heartedness, OF
which you appear to be abundantly en-
dowed, toward your fellow man, but sin.
cerely entreat you to be more grateful to
the parent of your only hope In lS96-the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold Is to l, legal tender for all debts
public and private without restrictions.
However, should our consciences so trouble
us ON account of the evils contemplated as
to make our lives unbearable and we should
desire to be buried to depth beyond all
possibility of res esurrection, we will then
accept your kind proffer to solicit and urge
the support of the Oregonian.
w. I. HOFFMAN.