The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-07-09
A VISION NOT VISIONARY.


nancial history involved in the com
ing campaign, for a man to ponder
along until his mind drifts off into a
sort OF trance in which float around
visions OF all the horrid and pitiful
results If the gold element succeeds
in its effort to defeat the financial
emancipation of the Drawn and mus
Gle OF the land and force the great
public into that condition where the
working and industrial classes and
producing elements can be looked
upon by the members OF the great
wealth trust with the same compa-
cency Ms, in good times, the cattle
king gazed on his vast herds-as Il
substantial resource from which arises
n certain and abundant revenue for
their luxurious tastes, without the
sweating OF brow on their part.
and from the yielding of which reve-
nues, ut the expense of most OF the
joys, pleasures and feelings of man
hood in their own lives, there is no
possibility of escape on the part of
the great mass Of the country. The
| pictures will continue to float about
and perhaps the dim cogitations fol
low this path: This is the most crit
lcal period since silver was wiped
out A tidal wave is swelling to at
tempt to restore it. The gold power
is desperate and is leaving no stone
unturned to stem the food 1t sue
ceeded in thwarting the honest men
IN the republican party and packing
the national convention with million
aires, corporation lawyers and the
agent OF trusts and monopolies, and
put out declaration for gold alone.
1t desires to do the same with the
other great party, but indications are
that it will fail. The whole power
will then concentrate on the man of
gold. Suppose the people of the ma
ton still fall little short of fully
realizing where they are drifting and
the man Of gold manages to squeeze
into the presidential chair. Wall
street has openly boosted that it had
resources and power the country
dreamed not OF. Suppose after the
gold man was in, an awful power was
brought to bear in order to secure
congress even though by the smallest
margin, and that then it was decided
best and soundest, by the men who
make the countrys finances despite
public protest, that our entire nat
ional debt be refunded and made
payable in gold; and that then the
gold powers were called together and
international treaties entered into
that no nation party to the treaty
should make silver primary money
except upon international agreement
"a la Boise Statesman). Hal hal ahal
Laugh, we demons, taught Squrm,
strike and struggle, now, We scrubs
Of toll! Howl, ye silver lunatics
Convince all now whom you may,
that the double standard is their sal
vation, it will avail not 1t is be-
yond the national power OF your land
OF freedom to admit silver to the
mints on par with gold without
breaking international treaty and call
ing down the navies of the allied
powers upon you. You, silver lu-
natics, with a mighty wealth power
crushing you within your own gates,
and behind them the foreign powers
fortified by international treaty, what
hope have we now9 Startled, the
mind plunges from dim speculation
into wondering il all that is so very
visionary after all That one class
of humans can find it in their hearts
to deliberately work untold woe on
other humans and that they have at
it, is proved IN the red and
bloody struggles that mark the pages
Of history. That many do not real
re the cloud hanging over the land,
We know, and tlat !, may be done