The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-05-20

ucIp 0lcCL whoever the SOau men put up.
In this same speech Senator Hill said
that man could be good Democrat and
hold any views that he pleased on tho
money question. Now it is admitted by
all that the money question is the over
shadowing question of the coming cam
paign-that 1t is more important than the
tariff or any other issue. Therefore,
Senator Hill could have said, with even
a greater show Of truthfulness, that q
man could be good Democrat and hold
any views on the tariff that he saw fit:
or, in fact could be Democrat and hold
any views on any question that he saw
fit. That is, man could be high pro-
tectiOnist; rank gOld-bug; shouting
British tory; a subservient tool of, trusts,
monopolies, and combines; an ardent adj
mirer of John Sherman, and at the same
time be good Democrat. This Us the
correct view of the matter from the gold
bug standpoint, and the hope of the gold
men is to get the silver men, and those
who claim to be the friends of the people.
to take the same view, and follow the lead
OF the gold machine.
GOLD MEN WILL CONTROL.
A few weeks ago the silver men claim
ed they would surely control the national
Democratic convention, but every day it
grows more plain than the same thing
will happen at Chicago on July that has
happened at every other national DEM
ocratic convention-that u.s. that the
money power and the monopolies will
again write the platform and name the
candidate. But, fortunately, such action
on the part of the national Democratic
convention this year, instead Of being a
misfortune, will be blessing. 1t will
give the silver Republicans of the West,
npnncrafc n South
patriots everywhere, chance to get to-
gether under one banner and fight the
enemies of our country, who have in the
past to some extent, managed to hide be-
hind party name and a straddle party
platform. 1t matters not what the lead
ers do. The great masses of the people
in the South and West will support the
man nominated by the Peoples party at
st. Louis on July % and that candidate
will stand better chance Of being elect
ed president than Abe Lincoln stood
when he was elected in a three-cornered
fight.
THE TRUTH ABOUT MCKINLEY.
Editor Kohlsatt, who is pronounced
| gold-bug, and the editor of the Times
Herald, the leading gold paper in Chica-
| go, now comes out and says that he and
| the other gold men have been assured Tor
over a year from McKinleys own lips
| that he is opposed to the free coinage Of
silver, that he would not accept the NOM
| ination on free coinage platform, and
| that he would stand squarely with the So
called sound money crowd. Editor Kohl
| satt says that he is now at liberty to
make this statement public, inasmuch as
| Mckinley has enough delegates pledged
| to him to make his nomination sure. He
| explains that he has kept this infOrma-
| ton from the public 80 as not to hurt
| McKinleys chances with the great
masses of the people. But now that Nc
| Kinley is as good as nominated, he
wants to whole world to know where he
stands. This is the same game that the
| gold men and politicians have always
played in the past. They have found out
months, if not years, ahead just where
every candidate or probable candidate
| for the presidency stood on the money
| question; and whenever they were salts
| fed that they could own and control the
candidate if elected, no matter what his
past record was Or what he had said on
the money question, then they were ready
to support him. The only difference in
this program is that never before have
they let the people know where candi-
date stood until after he was elcted and
| duly installed in the White House. Then
it was too late for the people to protect
themselves. But now the people have
| timely warning before their votes are
| cast. The delegates from every state
that are pledged to Mckinley have time
ly warning and sufficient justification In
| not casting their votes for him. But IL
the delegates, in the face Of the direct and
positive information that Mckinley is
gold-bug, should proceed to nominate
such a man, then let no true American
citizen who loves his wife, his children
and his home cast his vote for such
British tory, and for such an enemy of the
constitution, and the prosperity of the
whole people, on next November.
SKINNER'S CIVIL SERVICE BILL.
The action of President Cleveland on las1
Thursday in putting the whole force Of the
government, by one stroke Of his pen, I'M
der the civil service, recalls the ELL which
COL Skinner, of North Carolina, introduced
month or more ago to repeal the whole
civil service law. The majority of the peo-
pie believe with the late Senator Vance, OF
North Carolina, that this civil service at
fair is a mammoth humbug and fraud;
and It certainly is as managed by the last
two administrations. What will be the re-
suit Of this last sweeping order Of the presi-
dent, only time can show; but it may be
that before long the people VIII demand Of
their representatives that they pass Col.
SINNERS bill to repeal the while outfit. !.
SENATOR BUTLER SHOWS UP SENA-
TOR HILLS FLOP.
Senator Palmer was making speech in
favor Of the gold standard one day this
week, and asked Il any senator would dare
to say that If we had free coinage of silver
that the bullion value Of the silver dollar
would be equal to the bullion value Of the
gold dollar Senator Butler arose and said
that he would be glad to answer the ques-
ton by quoting from speech which Sem
ator HILL of New York, made at Elmira on
December 4th, 1892 In that speech, Sen
ator Hill argued that free coinage woulJ
make the silver dollar not only by law but
by weight equal to the gold dollar in every
respect, as free coinage did before 1875.
Senator Butler proceeded to read the fol-
lowing extracts from the speech of Senator
Hill: tn
did ever anything but free bimetallic
coinage, down to 1873, make our gold and
silver dollars equal by every test? Did
ever free bimetall:c coinage, down to 1873
for one hour fail to make the silver dollar
equal to the gold dollar, whether at mint
or crucible, or at any market in the vide
. world?
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