Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-16
Some Remarkable Conversions.

messed some very remarkable pOlitica
conversions. At one time they be
came so frequent as to partake OF th
nature of a revival. Could the partie
who experienced change of heart il
regard to silver have been brought to
| gether the resemblance of this politi
| cal upheaval to an old-fashioned spir
| itual awakening would have been com
plete, even to The noise that attend
such joyous occasions. It is singular
that this spasim of political reform
should have affected only the tall ced
ars of Lebanon in the Democratic par
ty, leaving the Republican party yer,
much as it was, and that the rank ani
file of the Democracy have been Who'll
ly uninfuenced by it.
The time when the political con
science of these gentlemen was quick
| ened will be found in most cases Il
have been shortly after the second in
auguration of President Cleveland. /
was at this time that John G.. Carlisle
was brought to realization of the er
ror of his political ways. Mr.. Carlisle
is shining example of Mr.. Cleveland:
powers as a financial preacher. Fol
long years he had lifted up his voice
against the iniquity of 1873. When be
was seeking the Senatorial shoes ol
honest John Beck he assured the Far.
mer's Alliance of his State of his con.
tinued loyalty to the cause of silver,
and led the rank and file of his party
to suppose that his convictions upon
this subject were as firm as the rock
of Gibralter: but he fell under Mr..
Cleveland's persuasive eloquence, and
at once set his face toward the Zion oi
Wall Street, carrying poor old Henry
Waterson's Star-Eyed Goddess along
with him. Now note the present state
of felicity this man enjoys. Instead OF
being looked up to by an admiring
constituency, with feelings of pride
and satisfaction, he is being beamed
upon by the Money Kings of Wall
street in manner that fills his heart
with rejoicing. Instead of being
cheered by the common herd, he Is re-
ceiving the plaudits of millionaires,
and may dine with them every day, if
he likes. He has had no need, we as
sumo, since giving in his adhesion to
Honest Money, of the adventitious en-
dorsement of a constituency too ignor-
ant to understand financial matters. p"
John M. Palmer is another brand
plucked from the burning. When he
was seeking a place in the Senate it
was heartiess laceration to his feel
ings to suggest that he was not favor
able to Free Coinage. He led the two
members of the F. M. B. A., whose
votes were necessary to his election,
to believe that he was as far from the
single gold standard as the east is from
the west. But when Mr.. Cleveland
was inaugurated he found himself get
ting old, with friends and relatives un-
cared for, and that he was about at
the end of his political career; SO he
sought shelter and pie under the pro-
tecting wing of the administration.
Josiah Patterson, recently among us
imparting the light, for considera-
tion. is another example of Mr.. Cleve-
lands converting power.
Catchings of Mississippi was also one
of the redeemed. and for time was
shining light in administration circles.
Since his State gave forty thousand
majority in favor of Free Silver he
seems to have fallen off the planet.
Mills of Texas spent years of his life
in advocating Free Coinage and de-
nouncing in unmeasured terms the
perpetrators of the crime of 1878; but
he fell in with Mr.. Cleveland, and, as
far back as 1891, when he went to Ohio
to pull Jim Campbell from his plat
form. he began to see the light. The
closing of the mints IN India completed
the work so ausplciously begun. We
pause to remark that il the acts of the
English Government can so profound
ly affect US, and we are SO utterly un-
able to help ourselves, as Cleveland,
Carlisle, Mills. and other seem to
think, We should at once knock at the
door of her parliament for representa-
ton Since hearing from Texas Mr..
Mills appears to be on the point of fall
ing from grace.
Uncle Dan Vorhees fell from grace
Immediately after his last kinsman
was provided for, and we were placed
securely upon the gold basis.
But why continue the enumeration?
There are our own John L. Thomas, Ri
ley Hall, John C. Tarsney, David r.
Francis and Col. Dick Dalton-all
these have seen the light-have turned
their backs upon depraved and de-
based constituency, and are now en-
joying the Beulah land provided by
the Plutocracy for the faithful, prepar-