The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-09-19

II It were now possible to restore
Olmetailism as it existed prior to 1873
We would not need to 60 to Mr.. BRYAN
ana his coadlutors for either the dis.
position or the brains to accomplish
the task. The Republican party had
never lacked either the intelligence
patriotism, or courage, and it would
establish free coinage as soon as pos.
slole to do so. Organism did not mean
Olmetallism; it meant change to sill.
yer monometallism; it meant a lean
from an uncOmfortably warm frying
pan into fire in which prosperity
would be consumed.
Free coinage was not the only issue.
The Chicago platform stands for hos,
tllity to protection, while a restoration
OF the policy Of protection would do
more to restore prosperity than any
other measure within our power to
adopt. Bryan was preaching the gospel
OF hatred of capitalists and asserting
that this was fight of the masses
against the class. The man who
sought to array labor against capital
was doing a mischief to the latter.
The owner of dollars, whether we liked
him or not, had as good legal right to
prescribe the terms on which to loan or
invest his money as the worker had to
prescribe the terms on which he would
work. The workman can say 81 don't
like the pay or the work, and propose
to lie on the grass" and the wealth
can say Il don't like the security and |
propose to lock my dollars up" There
There is no power to enslaVe either
men or dollars in our land. Capital
is coward and flies to its strong boxes
at prospect of unsafety. Bryan's
election would lock up more money
than twenty years of gold monometall-
ism and infiiCt unreasonable dis
aster on the country. 1t might be true
that the business of the country would
adjust itself to silver monOmetalllsm,
but the transition period would be
terrible. "There is good sailing above
and below Niagara, but it would be
HI going over the falls" Why bring
disaster upon the workers of the land
in order to putt the White House the
young man whom the rainbow chasers
in ChicrgO in fit of emotional insanity
nominated for the Presidency?
Bryan's election would bring panic
and disaster, and it would not restore
bimetallism, but would only transfer
us from single gold standard, which
is bad, to single silver standard, which
would be worse.
MCKinley's election will restore con-
fidence, and induce capital to invest in
mines and canals and railroads and
furnaces and factories, and the policy
of protection would be established
aud prosperity would be restored.
Then we can take up the fight for
restoration of bimetallism and con-
tinue it until gold and silver shall once
more, reign as equal soVereigns.
Mr.. Fitch had no word to retract or
regret in all that he had ever said for
bimetallism. He should continue to
favor free coinage, but he did not favor
free trade or free contempt Of court,
and he did not propose to be driven in-
to the Democratic corral or market
with the Bryan branding iron, nor did
he consider it would help free coinage
to abandon the Republican party and
vote for every Democratic candidate
who was hoping to brawl his way iuto
office by yelling his devotion to free
silver. Bryan would be OVerwhelm-
ingly and utterly defeated, and the
speaker predicted that the Democrats
would then drop free coinage, as they
dropped their support of irredeemRble
paper currency after Seymours defeat
and as they dropped recognition of
of the ConfederacY after McClellan's
defeat. They had never kept even
their promises for evil. Silver would
be remonetized, because it was ever
lastingly wrong to demonetize it and
the nations would see that they erred
and would retrace their steps. The
Republican party would settle this
question as it can settle every other
financial and economic question, in a
way to best advance the honor and
solvency and prosperity of the Ameri-
can people.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELF.