The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-31
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every man who is entitled 10 ca st a
ballot ought 60 do 50. Since 500
there has been no graver ques ton
presented to the people for a sci he
ment than the ono with which we are
confronted to-day,
Past party utilization should ID flu
ence no man to depart from The
dictates Of his better Judgment and
conscience. It matters not whetll b a
man was once d Republican OF 4 lem
oceat, whether lie voted Tor Oh az, inst
tile Democratic ticket last ~elecFid ~ il
he is now in favor Of nee silver and
believes as we believe, that the cbndi
tion Of the country viii contlnu 9 in
its down-hiIl course, as long a we
adhere to the present gold starr dard
system, then it is his duty al an
honest man. rs a patriot, TO vot for
the party that has declared fol free
silver. If be honestly aud cons Glen
%tiously believes that free coinag will
bring about a condition Of pd verify
aud distress worse than * SIS at
present, then it Is bis duty to VI te for
III ..al
This is no time for any va ter to
assume an ar of indifference. either
free silver is the good thing th at the
advocates of free silver claim it is, or
it is the bad thing that tie opp nents
of free silver claim it is.
The arguments on both sides have
closed and the verdict of a jury com
posed of the whole people will be- given
next Tuesday, The person that has
not made himself familiar with the
arguments ON both sides is apt 10 gain
very little additional infOT nation
between now and election day. If he
needs more study before MAX ing up
his mind how. to vote he is certainly to
DO pitied.
But if there is such a person 10. this
parish TnE COURIER asks bin h, as a
friend, to panse long enouglh before
casting his vote to consider The ele-
ments Of society that are str juggling
for supremacy. 1t asks him # every
enemy he has can cot be found advo-
eating a continuance of the gold
Standard If every Trust, every rail
road, every corporation is uu t using
every measure, righteousand hriglite-
GUS, to thwart the tree silver move
meut, and defeat that noble sta tesman,
William Jennings Bryan Z II asks
them if they can, as honest n len and
patriots, ally themselves 18th TIT
Republican party-a patty chat hal
departed from its past traditio ms, and
whose only hope of success is through
: a dangerous resort to coerclo b, brib,
cry and other foul methods that stinl
in the n@ostrils Of every hone st Rman
who stops long enough to give til,
! subject serious thought.
The question to decide is whethei
the people will continue to rule thiI
government or not. II any o. you are
} tired Of a government by the people
and for the people, and want to make
J this a government by tho tt usts ant
for tue trusts, then there i but ON,
course for you to pursue and tLat i
g TO vote the Republican ticket. TIL,
G Republican party was the creator o
: the trusts; but it is now thec teature .
the trusts. Under Republican rui,
! trusts were born and have grown 81
strong that they are now slronge
! than the party. They die tated it
! change Of base on the money question
and now with their capita / Of man.
millions they are trying I'd hoist il
J creature into power again. VIII you
as al integral factor ID thin govern
ment, donate the sacred ] light tia
would never have been you . under
trust p~rotectorate, to help place j
control the mercilsss money powerq
On the other land if j on bellev
that our free institutions are bein.
undermined hya financial system tina
! has wrought nothing but $ OrrOw an,
distress, that has robbed tle wealt
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