Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-05-19
TUESDAY, MAY 10TH, Il
THE SILVER CRAZE.

THE SILVER CRAZE.
We hear a great deal now days
about the so called silver craze,
and about it's dying out and all
that sort of talk. But the fact
remains that the silver craze is
spreading, and Notwithstanding
the enormous pressure that is
brought to bear on leading west
ern republicans to give up the
craze, they simply do not give it
up but at most keep quiet while
the screws are on them. Take
Senators Pettigrew and Hans
borough as example. It was
heralded just after the republi-
can conventions in the Dakotas
that these silver crazed senators
had been squelched, But not so.
Now they are asserting their sill
yer views again, Now why is it
thus? Undoubtedly because they
cannot Suppress for any length of
time their true convictions. No
man can do that for any length of
time. You remember the story
of Galillio. He had demonstra-
ted to himself that the earth
moved. He had seen it through
his telescope, and demonstrated
it by the most irrefragable proof.
Those who had not seen and
pondered over the proofs of GAL
illio's theory, and did not know
that it was really true, compelled
Galillio to recant his views. Yet
no sooner had he recanted, than
he stamped his foot in the ground
and said 1.-The earth does move"
So it is with the wavering or re
canting silver ':lunatics of the old
parties. The party lash may COM
pei them for the moment to
waver. But as soon as they get
out of sight of the political thumb
screws, their silver craze breaks
out fiercer than ever. The rea-
son of this is obvious. They
know, and thoroughly believe, as
matter of principle, that the free
coinage of silver at the old ratio,
is a vital, and we may say, inalien
able right of the people under
this government. They know,
and every we'll informed, and i'm
partial student of history knows,
that the right to have silver
coined as money at a reasonable
ratio with the other money metal
was surreptitiously taken from
the people of this nation. All the
specious augmentation by gold
bugs to the contrary cannot OBJ
scure this fact. The leading
statesmen of the nation of both
political parties are on record
protesting that it was done with
out their knowledge and consent.
No statesman of any standing, or
regard for his character. even
though he may be opposed to the
RECOMMENDATION of silver to-day,
will defend the demonstration in
1873. The fearful depreciation
of property in this country and in
the world since then, and admit
ted by the recognized authorities
on such matters to be due to the
halving Of the world supply of
money is also undeniable. The de-.
preston of business and industry
in general, and universal reign of
bankruptcy are landing and ir-
REPUTABLE arguments that great
and pervading cause of this con-
dition is at work And no other
can be shown to account for this
state Of things. Thinking minds
are coming to the conclusion, the
conviction grows stronger as
events passes by, that it must be
the demonet ization Of one half Of
the world s money metals. The
silver craze is IN fact a prof found
conviction. It cannot be argued
outof a man 'srmind Much less
can il Be ridiculed away. Like
Bangus ghost il will not down.
Like fire ii q coal mine, .it may
b snothe red for while by chok