The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-17
LATEST GOLDBUG SCHEME.
The Gold Ring Pretends That It is
Not Satisfied With Mckinley
All Eyes Turned Toward Teller-Significance
of the Oregon Election-PiIips Labor Com
mission Bill a Doubtful Measure-Hill
Trying to Rob Citizens Of a
Trial by Jury.
Special to The Representative:


been before the House committee to which
it was referred. A large majority Of the
committee are opposed to the bill, while
only four members of the committee are
in favor Of 1t. The gold Republicans and
gold Democrats; who compose majority
OF the committee, are still hesitating
whether or not to pigeon-hoie the bill and
let 1t de In the committee, or to report 1t
to the House and vote it down. II it Is re-
ferred to the House there will be minor
ity vote favor.ng the bill, and the first vote
Will have to be taken on this minority re-
port. This will lead to some discussion of
the question, which the gold men are anx-
ious to avoid. They were SO badly worst
ed in the discussion in the Senate that they
fear the effect of debate in the House upou
it.
But whether the bill dies in the commit
tee or is killed in the House by vote will
be of little difference, because the voters
OF the country will place the responsibility
for the failure of this bill to become law
where it belongs-that Is, upon the Repub-
lican House Of Representatives This &C
ton Will make the Republican House Of
Representatives equally responsible with
Grover Cleveland for every other bond
that is issued. 1t will make them equally
responsible with him for the secret bond
deals Of the past, because in spite of Cleve-
lands outrageous and Infamous conduct in
this matter, they insist on leaving him with
the power to repeat the same instead of re-
ferring this important matter to Congress
for action, where it belongs
Senator Butler, in closing the debate in
the Senate on his BILL said: This meas
ure will pass the Senate; now let the House
nf rfot;u hofo
journs and save the country from another
issue of bonds and another load of debt
piled upon the taxpayers for the benefit
OF the gold gamblers of Europe" He
asked, "can it be possible that any Con-
gresham will say that he would rather
trust the President, in spite of the record
that the President has made, to decide
when money shall be borrowed, and how it
shall be borrowed, and for what purpose It
shall be spent than to trust Congress, the
representatives Of the people who are elect
ed to transact such matters and to guard
the interests of the nation?''
Senator Teller made speech on the But
Ter bond bill just before the vote was taken
in which he paid his respects to certain
class Of silver Republicans. He said that
the test of mans loyalty to silver was
proven on the recent vote in congress to
take up the tariff bill with free silver
amendment thereto. He said that those
who refused to vote for a free silver
amendment on the tariff bill showed that
they placed the question of tariff above the
financial question, and in doing that they
took position along side of Sherman and
the other gold Republicans. He said that
this class of silver Republicans who took
John Sherman for their leader could no
longer fool their constituents by making
them believe that they were true to silver
and to the people.
LATEST SCHEME OF THE GOLD
BUGS.
AS we have said in former letter, the
same gold ring that put up an enormous
fund to nominate and elect Grover Cleve-
land has now put up an even larger cam
paign fund to nominate and elect Nc
Kinley. But his gold ring has recently
become alarmed at the rapid growth of
the free silver sentiment, even in the Re-
publican party. They have become
alarmed lest the whole West
will revolt against Mckinley I'M
der the lead Of Senator Teller.
They now realize that it is impossible to
elect Mckinley unless they can fool a
large number of free silver men into sup
porting him. Their latest scheme is to
do this. 1t is being worked in the follow
ing manner: The gold papers of the East,
acting as the mouthpiece of the gold
ring, are beginning to say that they have
doubts as to McKinley's being sound on
the money question. Some of them even
go so far as to threaten that unless they
become thoroughly satisfied that Nc
Kinley will stand squsrely for the single
gold standard after he is elected they
will not support him. This is being done
by the very men who are putting up the
money to nominate and elect Mckinley
At the same time the Republican papers
out West where the free silver sentiment
in the Republican party is very strong,
will follow the lead of the Eastern papers,
and saying to their Western leaders that
the fact that Eastern men are dissatisfied
| with Mckinley is the best possible proof
that Mckinley is friendly to silver, and a
good reason why all silver men should
support him. A few years ago a scheme
like this would have worked nicely and
fooled millions of voters, but it will fool
nobody this year except those who de-
sire to be fooled. 1t Is true that num-
Der of politicians who expect to get Of
flee under Mckinley if he is elected will
seize ON this scheme and use it to try
to fool their voters at home but the
hope of the country is in the votes them
selves, and the voters this year are too
much in earnest and too we'll informed
to be fooled, even by the leaders they
have trusted and followed so long. The
fact that the gold men have been forced
to resort to this scheme is proof that
they are beginning to get uneasy that
Mckinley and the Republican party can
not carry the country on next November.
Let the voters remember that this gold
ring used the Democratic party in 1892,
it is now using the Republican party.
and in 1900 it will raise campaign fund
to control the Democratic conventions
and elect gold bug Democrat for presi-
dent. Let every voter remember that the
only hope to restore financial reform, the
only hope to defeat the gold ring. the
only hope to restore prosperity is for
every patriot to get out of these two old
PARTIES, both of which have served the
gold ring so long and so faithfully, and
to join hands with the Peoples Party at
st. Louis on July % and nominate and
elect an American patriot for president
ALL EYES ARE TURNING TOWARD
TELLER.
One of the most interesting characters
in the political arena at this hour is the
Hon. Henry M. Teller of Colorado. He
was one OF the first men of national rep
utation in the old parties this year to
declare that the time had come for every
patriot to put patriotism above party, and
y - to- b.