Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-09-04
A GILT

In the Associated Press dispatcha
published yesterday, concerning the |,
d%ianapolis convention, note was made
the fact Of the prevalence Of gilt in Nd
decorations of the convention hall. Tn
decorator doubtless had directions |.
spare no money in making the cony.
ton hall a fit place for millionairp
bankers, Rothschild agents, attorng
for railroads, trusts and monopolies
sit in, and he carried out his instrd&
tons with lavish hand, for the press -
port states that; "There was q pn
fusion of flags and bunting, trail4
smilax, Spanish moss and ported howen
but the most noticeable feature was ii
prevalence of gilt, symbolic of the spin
Of the convention"
The Associated Press probably did nd
intend the remark to be taken as sarcas
tic, as it has been ind ustriously boomird
the little band Of plutocratic conspiraton
who represent nobody but themselvsIA
and a few of their dupes. Yet the SEM
tence we'll describes the spirit of the
convention. Gilt things are generally Il
frauds. The thin coating of glitteing
yellow is but a sham used to cover up
and hide the baser metals below. Truly, |
it was ''symbolic of the spirit of the con. I
vention." The convention was conceived
in dishonesty and carried out ii
the same spirit. With a loud tiourieh II
rhetoric its spokesman declared thetH
met to preserve in their purity ancieLg
democratic principles which had be:.a
disowned and dishonored at the Chic8eE
convention. Yet its members tool Il
pains to disguise their anxiety t. II
nothing to injure the chances of McNitH
ley's election. For a considerable GIm
il was openly debated whether it you
not be better to make no nomination II
ell lest such action should take voted
away from Mckinley. 1t WAS finally (
cided that this effect need not be fcare B
ae most Of the gold standard democrat
in their crowd would vote for Mch " e} {
anyway, and the nominee of their Dl \
vention might catch a few votes Of Lg-
who could cot be induced to vote Nc
republican ticket and might otherw III.
60 to Bryan.
1t is a safe bet Ihat 90 per cent n
the delegates TO the Indianapolis COD d
v@ention will themselves vote "a
Mckinley instead of their own nomile#
Making loud professions of their II
votion to democracy AS they underst al h
it, they openly declare their purpos.
be the defeat of Bryan and the elect.
of Mckinley and triumph of republics.I
principles. Prating about an "honest
dollar they are scheming to preserve ii:
power to reap where they have nC|
sown, by collecting a dollar of greatel|
purchasing power than the one the!
loaned. Denouncing the Chicago con
v%ention for criticising the supreme court
these are the men whose howl reached
high heaven when the income tax Law
was passed, and who never rested TILL
by means best known to themselves
they persuaded one Of the supreme
court judges to change his mind aIa
vote to reverse his former decision, thus
enabling them to escape taxation. These
are the men who, fresh from cutting
down wages to starvation rates and call
ing in the militia to aid them in over
awning any demonstrations Of disap.
proval, now profess to be lying awaks
nights worrying about the poor working
man, fearful that free silver may resul;
in abridging the purchasing power Of biz
wages. Truly, the prevalence of gilt was
symbolic of the convention making LOUD
pretensions to superior virtue, which
formed a very thin veneer over the mos
detestable of motives. 1t was a conven
ton representing a~varice, greed apc
falsehood, and all the fair exterior was /
sham and IA lie.