The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-05-01
WHY "A NEW PARTY7

The Populists Number Two Million Voters;
what's the Matter with the Peoples
Party?
The following editorial article is
from the Philadelphia American, of
which Mr.. Wharton Barker. banker
and a noted silver advocate, is editor:
The action taken by the members of
the Manufacturers club on Monday
evening last in passing resolutions OPP
pooling any independent action on the
part of the United States looking to-
wards the restoration of bimetallism
and demanding the maintenance of
the single gold standard until such
time as Great Britain may deign to
give us her permission, and extend to
US her cooperation, in restoring BIZ
metallism, has cleared the political at
mosphere. The same manufacturers
who passed these resolutions would
have scorned to even SO much as listen
to an industrial policy suggested by
the grasping trading and moneyed
classes of Great Britain, yet they hum
bly, declared the United States SUBJ
servient to England in financial mat
ters, and declared themselves ready
and willing to accept financial policy
at the dictation of the British moneyed
aristocracy.
1t was in the power of those manu-
facturers believing in bimetallism to
have forced the republican party to
stand for bimetallism and protection;
but, lacking the courage of their con-
viction, they hesitated, and the oppor-
tunity has been lost.
The Philadelphia manufacturers, by
their action at the meeting of Monday
last, have shown that they were either
unable to appreciate that bimetallism
and protection cannot be separated, or
lacked the courage to stand up to their
convictions. They have taken sides
with the men who declared that the
United States must adopt goldmouo-
metallISm; they have taken action that
means the disruption of the repu blican
party; they have put aside in most
offensive way those who strive to
paintain an American policy-a policy
that gives protection to all classes of
our people, farmers, miners, manu-
facturers, in fact to all those engaged
in productive industries
Having declared they will support
British gold monometallism they will
find it hard to defeat British free
trade.
This is not the time, nor is this the
place, to present any arguments in
favor Of the American policy of BIZ
metallism and protection or against
the alien policy of gold recommendation
and free trade. For many months
these questions have been fairly, and
we believe, exhaustively presented in
the American.
The action of the Philadelphia man
ufacturers makes it clear that the self
appointed and place-seeking leaders OF
the republican party, the men who
control the St Louis convention, will
be permitted to make the platform OF
that party declare for the gold stand
ard or for eowardly straddfe that
can mean nothing but the gold stand
ard The democratic party will do
no better, for the president and
his allies will surely control the
action of that party at the
Chicago convention. 1t is not
worth while for those republicans and
democrats who believe that bimetal-
lism. must be re-established by the
United States, to longer wait upon the
action Of their respective parties. They
must not waste time. The country
can only be saved from the money.
lenders, from the dealers in credit, by
the formation of new party. II
should be called the American party.
This party standing for American in
terests; the interests of all engaged in
productive industries; the party of the
plain people, cannot fail to command
great majority of the votes of the
people at the election to be held in
November.
It is, therefore, the duty Of those Of
all parties who do not hold principle
subservient to political expediency,
aud who put patriotism before parti.
sanship, to come to . common under.
standing among each other, unite on q
common policy, join in the promul9a'
ton of definite policy, and unite and
at once organize for political action.
There should be an early conference
of those men who must take q leading
part in the move ment for freeing the
American. people. The watchword
should be. mo foreign dictation-'
The new party will be the party Of