Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-12-28
POLITICAL.
Review of the Situation.
Senator Mitchell to Take Personal
Chargc OfHis Campaign.

given IL up. They nave appeared
him TO come home from Washingto
at once and take charge of his re
election campaign. Indications poin
to a complete deadlock in the legisla
ture. Mitchell has certain numbe
OF votes pledged to his return. Thes
pledges will stand. But they are no
enough to elect. The gold member
will make a bitter fight. Sincere bi
metallists cannot vote for Mitchell OF
an equiyocal platform.
If Senator Mitchell would offer the
goldites the most profound assurances
of the perfect sincerity of bis conver
sion to the gold standard, they would
not believe him. They have men OF
their own for material TO make Sen
ator of that kind. Indeed but few of
the goldite leaders but are secret as
pirants to the senatorship. The fight
in the legislature is narrowed down
toa square fight between the adyo-
Gates of the single-gold standard and
bimetallism or government money in
stead of bond-holders and national
bank money. The slngle-gold stand
ard means contraction and govern
ment bonds. Already the corporations
print in their waybills that freight
must be paid in gold. 1t will be
noticed that all the European money
centers rejoice at the triumph of the
gold standard. The foreign vote of
the large cities went TO Mckinley.
The Southern Pacific, and the other
corporations, that collect revenues for
foreign bondholders were all for the
gold standard and want gold stand
ard senator from Oregon. The S. P.
is for Mitchell for senator on two
propositions: that he recant his free
silver views and vote for the funding
bill that will put hundreds of millions
into the pockets of these corporations
and release all government control
over them. The latter proposition is
more dangerous to the people than
the former. They might in time elect
--sss'--5cHrS py ipeacefuI political |
methods unlock the grip of the Pacific
railway octopus on the people and on |
our institutions. The issue in the
legislature is gold and corporate cor
ruption against the people. How
many OF the representatives of the
people will stand up for bimetallism
and against the Wall-street gold-bond
syndicate they so strenuously de-
nounced when they went before the
people last spring? How many will
kneel In the dust and worship the
calf and corporations on jan
nary II and abandon their principlesP
The JOURNAL believes it vas Sena-
or Mitchell's intention to secure his
lection to the Senate without COM
promising his silver views. THE
oURNAL believes If he could now Sc
ure votes enough to elect him at the
ands of the bimetallists in the legis-
lture he would go back and stand up
II the peoples interests of the gold
'nspiracy. On plain issue, stripped
politics, tariff and other considera-
ons, the people Of the west will
ever vote for the gold standard,
md policy, as originated by Grsver =,
leveland. y
The people OF the west want gold, v
lyer and paper as national currency c,
equal terms without depending on a.
Q gold lords. The government O p,
e people must be on top or the sa s
'thschild-Morgan syndicate will ey
ltinue to dictate terms. There is WI
real question at issue. AS far as bo
people OF Oregon are concerned, bl'
s is the only issue In the election ~ ~
a senator. Shall we maintain a -
piles government with sovereign ns' De'
YER through congress over the lnl
lncial system and corporations or SpIl
ii the people abdicate in these ZIP
at questions of public policy? Me-
dis
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