Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-13
SrOp TILT MASpuERAnE.


Tho Omaha Bee takes for a text the re-
mark Of Mckinley that Party disscnsions
shoull no longer divide or rack the pub
lie mind and approves the same In an
editorial in which 1t urges that Every
body should accept the decision Of the ma
jority readily and uncomplainingly, for
that /, the duty Of the good citizen under
our form Of government"
So far as accepting and submitting to
the fact that Mckinley has been elected
president Of the United states for four
years from March 4. 1897, that has indeed
been done. The people voted on November
3, and as Mr. Rryan aptly put It their
will Is law" The silver men are patriots
no, rrvolutionlsts But submission
to the policy which McKinleys election inn
plies is another thing. The
appeal OF the gold standard candl-
date TO cease dlssension and discussion falls
on deaf ears.
Stop the discussion-that is exactly what
the gold power desires. In the absence Of
all public discussion and criticism is its
surest hope Of success. 1t only asks to be
let alone. 1t prays for silence while it is
fastening foreign financial policy on the
republic. 1t deprocates discussion while
trusts and corporations are seizing all the
property in the land. 1t begs that dis
scnsion be avoided. while it is allowed to
transform free country into an oligarchy
of organized wealth. We tell
The Bee and all organs of this plu-
tocra.ic policy that so long as there is
any danger Of the contamination of this
monstrous conspiracy against the rights and
interests Of the masses Of the people. Just
so long will this discussion go on.-Denver
News
Is it not about time for the silver
bullionaire press To stop that masuucr-
ade! DO they imagine that they can
Keep on forever playing upon the Gre
dulity of the masses by ranting against
corporate monopolieS, trusts and pluto
crats, while they are playing right into
the hands Of the Silver trust. cOmpoScd
OF plutocrntS who have amHSscd colossal
fortunes out of the toicrs who have
uelved among the grauite-ribbcd noun
tains of Colorado. Nevada. Montana and
California? Who among these silver
kings has ever been known to antagonizc
corporate mOnOpOlics and trusts! Who
among them has ever grnpplcd with the
y l''''' '-''' ~ Nil'li II w tlS EflllllE
the better of them In some scheme of
spoliation of the common people? Who
ever heard Henry NJ Teller. who was
elected as Il Union Pacific senator. strike
Il blow at corporate mOnopolicS. land
GrabberS or trusts since his advent i'm
the councils of The nation? When did
Senator Stewart ever grapplc with the
Central Pacific octopusE Has he not
been the right hand bower of Coils T..
Huntington in all the land grabs. sub
SidicS and dcbt-SCalirg schemes that this
king of plutOcrats has had in hand before
congress-
Did ever anybody hear of Senator Du-
bois making a fierce attack on the rail
road power unless it was done to throw
dust into the eyes Of his Idaho constitI.
ents? Who is there among the leading
howlcrs against puloclacy out in Col
orado, barring always the genuine popu-
list, that is in dead earnest about crush
ing out corporations. monopolics and
trusts? Surely not Tom Patterson or
any other of the gold standard pulvcr.
izcrs. And the most transparent thing
in this crusade is the anti-monupOly mas
Wcrade OF the Denver News. which for
years was the recognized. if not sub
sidzrd, organ of the plutocratS who held
Colorado and the whole country west
Of the Rockies in their iron grip.
SO far as The Bee is concerned. its
attitude toward trusts. monopulicS and
plutocrats has never been cquivocnl. 1t
stands today just where it always has
stood, the answering opponent of all
corporate or individual combinations to
rob the producers or brrad-winnrrs ana
the advocate Of restriction and rcgula, ion
of common carriers and of such lcgiSla-
tion as will protect the people against
excessive cXactions or deprive them of
any right or privilege which belongs To
them.
The anti-monOp0ly crusade which is
being agitatcd by the silver millionaire
press is however, n sham and Il fraud.
Its leaders and organs are insinccrp.
They are simply trying to make capital
for Il cause that has been repudiatcd by
the American people by mnSguerading
as anti-monopoliats because public spnti.
mcnt is known To be hostile to corporate
combines and the rule of milionaircs.
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