Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-05-14


M time for the display Of exaggerated
.,ovalty TO the grand old party" II II
Is not TO be loyal to as. II We wish 10
keon the q. O. p. out of the camp OF
tho ultra roldbugs, we certainly can
not do it by meeltly putting our
chandler 70 the wheel to help It along
nm the road. Better let 1t mlre down
until il is willing to try some other
course. That will not take long
Nothing appeals so promptly ana
strongly to the professional pol'''-
clans as loss of votes.
And fear not that what the gold
bugs call "the silver heresy" VIII die
out. 1t isn't that kind of heresy.
II is the kind of hercsy for when
Galillo was burned-founded on eter-
nal truth. once let II man fully
understand the matter, and know
why we want free coinage, and nOth-
ing.can change his views, because they
are right, and he knows they are
right, and he knows exactly why they
are right. TIE free silver sentiment
is growing, and it will continue to
grow until its purpose is accomp-
lished. Then shall we help to delay
the good time coming by voting to
send a secOnd-rate goldbug to con-
gress? VIII not some more of the
"brethren" please give their views?
DAVID BURR CHASE.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The appeal of Mr.. Chase to the sill
yer Republicans is well written ar
ticle. But it overlooks some facts
that are important. The platform
Mr.. Tongue ,ands on Is a bimetallic
platform, adopted by a convention
that voted down single gold stand
ard anti-free-silyer resolution. 1t Is
the Minneapolis platform Of 1892 that
has never been tried yet, but which
recognizes the principle of bimetalism.
The people are progressive The
stock argument about protection Is
familiar to the people. They are
more interested in newer questions.
Foreign immigration and the Mica
ragua canal are vital issues to the
Pacific coast. Our wheat and fruit
must seek the worlds markets by the
shortest, quickest and cheapest route.
without lower rail and water rates
there is nothing but low prices in
store for the Pacific coast producer.
The people are as much interested in
these questions as they are in silver
and protection or any other two SUBJ
jects linked together. While the p0r
iticians and oilice-holding classes have
been rapidly being converted to
the single gold standard, the
masses of the people have been
going the other way and uniting with
the silver cause. 1t is easy for men
drawing salaries or who expect to
make money out of politics to join
their political fortunes with the
money power. The one flatters the
other, and both live off the producer.
We believe at heart Mr.. Tongue is a
friend of silver, and silver Republi-
cans have no one else to vote for.
They want to see Ellis elected in the
first district and Mitchell returned to
the senate, and they denounce the
Oregonian for running "sound
money" candidate. Our election
comes off in Oregon before the ma
tional Republican convention is held
in st. Louis. A silver Republican
has no excuse TO leave the Republican
party until it declares for gold.
If silver Republicans defeat Mitch
ell and Ellis and Tongue, on June lst,
what word will they send back to the
national convention and TO the Re-
publicans of the United States? viii
it not be a verdict for gold monomet-
allsm? viii it not be saying the Re
publicans repudiated their own candi-
dates on account Of silver?
What Surar waV IN driva votara