The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-11


tary groups representing some class
or special interest siich as already
make party government difficult in
most countries. It can not be dis
guised that already under the cry of
ireo silver new forces are raliying to
the Democratic standard ana aspiring
70 leadership il the party. whose
+ socialistic or even anarchistic utter
ances are as i.tagcnistic to lhe great
traditionalan andcouservative principles
of the party aud "a dangerous to re-
publican institutions as privilege or
/ Caesarisn would be.
But the interests of the country are
/ higher than those OF any party. and
the safety Of the public. It's honor and
prosperity more to be considered than
the successor even the life OF this OF.
that Organization. Indeed. parties
can have no justification for existence
or activity except a. they serve the
! State.
Hence we can not shat out the
larger We" "l the Pfooaole e'1ect On
/ the country of even the temporary
dpapooAiiieLl nE Lhe democratic party
u l'S rFdi lilisSl"H' - thr orieh0er OF
iliui ' "a '''';l liberty % local 9eLi-%oVerh-
iiiehL Oh equal opportunity an" the
ollieF Inspiring Poil'lea mat nave
given II q century oi hohoFaple. patl-
. Que eAl9tellce' ana drawn l" II lhe en-
/ 'ii''9@" sue alleSl SlaLce 90 mlillohS OF
/ NotA9' from iatiief /" son. l" dfop
al tiie9e permanent issues ana take
/ up me issue Oh nee silver. al ratio
ehtlreIH afllH'laI an" "f"lIrafy. Is 10
lh'i'e disaster whether IN" party SUE
ce'''9 OF '"Ii''
/ II Is MOI necessary I" question the
sincerity "' beiIei "i'h which MI.
hIahd ana olher leaders contend that
lree coinage D! Tue 1 niteu states at
!" 10 l VIII oflh% the metal 10 Il parity
aI iiial fauo IN "fGef 70 point out the
apPallLh@ disasters "ilich "ouiu lol-
10" Il lhe| were III error III mat oe-
. llei- All experience OF The past, the
general consensus and practice Of the
civilized world prove them 20 be ut
terly and fatally wrong. They take a
ratio which. duringall the years of its
existence. never did produce parity
and never did give us concurrent cir
culation OF gold and silver. and now,
when silver has 50 deprecated in
value that 1t would b. hundred times
harder to maintain that ratio. demand
that we should restore Il and calmly
tell Us that there l. no risk but I'm
speakable dement, IN the experiment.
Every debt Incurred by the United
States, the several States or munich
railtlcs. by corporations or indivId-
uals, since resumption of specie pay
menis January !. 1879. every dollar
borro"cd- every salary or wage ad-
Justed. every payment for life insur-
anee. every deposit III savings banks
or building associations. has been
with dollars equal to gold dollars.
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