Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-12-04
CHANGING BASE.

"a CHANGING BASE.
81 During the campaign al the news
&aners OF the east told us of the dire re.
ults that would follow the election Of
Bryan and, per contra, the era of pros
berity that would Immediately set in
mon the success of Mckinley at the
Hollis. The burden of their ~oft-repeated
- ong was that the election of the repub-
,cen candidate meant the maintenance
II the single gold standard, and that &C.
8omplished there could be no bar TO
~ ood times. With loud acclaim this was
#bjnned into the ear Of the w%orkingman
! n the east. Large concerns we're closed
Flown and men thrown out OF employ
Spent on the plea that the conditions Of
krgdo did not justify their being oper-
ga ted, and these acts were coupled Nth
HE declaration that when Mckinley was
Injected work everywhere would be re
Tumed, The fullflment has in 10 wise
lieut. pace with the promises, The gold
n tandard scored a winning, but the
#eboring men do not appear to he shsrers
N the benefits to any appreciable extent.
"a few mills have been reopened, but be-
A3ond that nothing has been done,
All Short as has been the time between
0lection day and the present the gold
Shriekers have begun TO real,zo that
Where are other and graver questions TO
WSe met and that the perpetuation Of the
#Sellow metal cannot bring relief - the
haEsoa. What to do Is the question that
sSonfronta the v%ictore, ard upon that
sfhoy are a divided house, All agree
Hthat they must get money How TO get
S1t ia what bothers them. The impress
1ion ia now widespread that McKinley is
#De manufgcturore' candidate and that
liz influence will be exerted in securing
legislation in their behalf, Here is a
epecimen criticism from Il Boston paper
stbat may be worth reading:
The f%oeling appears to exist through
sout the United States that organized
WeaIth ia exertiug altogether 100 much
htiuenca upon legislation We believe
sz6e Wool and Cotton Reporter may
ahirly claim the credit Of performing
Spod and original service for the repub-
NHcan ticket in the recent campaign But
nnow that election is over it seems to us
6pportunc 10 recognize the fact that If
H. Chicago convention had left tho free
0inage Of silver and the attack upon
o. supreme court out Of its platform
M out of sho subsequent speeches OF
its Candidates, Mr., Bryan would have
bean elected by an overwhelming ma
FORTY. Patriotic citizens without re-
spect t. party are everywhere talking
about the great danger 10 the American
republic Of this superior influence OF or
genized wealth in obtaining Iagialt lion.
Honce the demand for tariff revision
would better come from the farmers and
wooi growers rather than from nanu-
facturera,"
Another ~iourna! that did it's foil share
Toward the election Of Mckinley WIS The
Me- York World. It zoo, ia becoming
alarmed at the possibilities of the Nc.
Kinley regime, especially in reference
10 t1e parg Hanna and the trusts are to
play in it, Ia speaking o. the suggested
appointment OF Hanna as secretary OF
tn treasury, the World says;
40 put such 4 man at the head II the
haaEury department you'd be p pcbbc
tame and scandal, Could ho recon-
memo revenue laws without reference t.
IL claims for tariff bOunties OF the rici
manufacturers to whom he has PLACED
himself aud candidate unIer obligations
Gould he conduct q bond issue indie
pendent OF the influence of j.. Plerpon'
Morgan and the other Wall street mag
nate5 to whom, with obFGse indiscretion
be hasteneJ for advise and contribution:
or his first otIicia. visit - New York;
Il is not pleasant to refer 10 suct
Comments, yet they are true, and ar.
made by those who lent their best Ell
deayors to elect the administration they
no. seek to indirectly discrodit. Tht
character of Mckinley was well known
Isat the date OF his nomination, Tit
( etarge that he was a mortgaged candi
cate could not be denied, but in spite O
that he WAS elected with the aid OF sue
papers rs those from which We hav'
quoted. 1t is in shocking bad taste TO
Mem now to turn upon the man the,
sided in creating, Because they hav.
changed their opinions, il does not fol
Wv that Mckinley must O. can. Ih
Contracts to which he Is d party, wor
Drawn by men who Will q that the,
are not broken.