The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-25
THE POLITICAL !RENA.
Wounded Birds, Still Flutter-
ing-Decay of Organism.

ing-Decay of Organism.
Benton county popocrats equal
their eastern brethren in trans
parent bluffs. The coming of
Mitchell and Hermann frighten-
ed them. They directed their
batteries against the senator, cir
culating extracts from his
speeches favoring silver, accus-
ing him of trimming" incon-
sistency, ofice-seeking and other
things familiar with themselves.
The Corvallis organ of popocra
cy saw something pitiful in "a
great man like Mitchell crawling
onto repugnant platform, and
attributed his advocacy of Nc
Kinley to a desire to be re-elect-
ed senator. They all profess to
believe that Mitchell's speech
and Herlnan's address made con-
verts to their cause. If so, they
are very ungrateful lot to in
dulge in so much abuse of these
gentlemen. In truth, the COM
ing of those highly esteemed
public servants played havoc
with the Bryanite cause and the
popocratic fellows know it.
Had Senator Mitchell "crawl-
ed onto" the Chicago platform of
free trade, free silver, free wild
cat banks, free mob law, states
rights, a subservient judiciary,
and the spoils system, he might
Justly be accused of inconsistent
cy. The senator does not con-
slider that he, a lifelong republi-
can, is doing anything unusual
in supporting the republican
ticket. In his speech here, Sen
ator Mitchell did not evade nor
ignore the financial question. He
said among other things:
81 have always been a friend
of silver. The republican party
has ever favored legislation look
ing toward the largest possible
use of the white metal, consls-
tent with safety, and it is to the
republican party that thanks are
due for the vast amount of silver
currency in the United States to-
day.
"There has been honest differ
ence of opinion among republi-
cans as to how far this nation can
go alone, under the present dis
parity between the market ratio
and the coinage ratio, and the
republican national convention
has declared that this country
cannot safely undertake the free
and unlimited coinage of silver
without the cooperation of the
leading powers of the world.
The republican party further
pledges itself to promote an i'll
ternational agreement to this
end. 1t is absolutely absurd to
ask a republican to desert his
party and endorse the obnoxious
Chicago platform on the plea
that the latter is more favorable
to silver. The republican party
acts considerably. 1t is practl-
cal and observes natural laws
and business principles.
"There seems to be an i'm
preston abroad that the adop-
ton of the St. Louis republican
platform, and the election of Nc
Kinley, would mean that silver
is to be entirely ostracised and
eliminated from our financial
system. This is most eggregi.
, Gus mistake. While the repnbli,
can platform declares i'll substance
and effect against the single gold
standard as a desirable perma
nent policy, only insisting that il
must be maintained until the bi
metallic standard can be secured
through international agreement
to labor for which the party
stands pledged, it in no 1nanne1
insists on eliminating silver from
our monetary system. What ha:
the democratic party ever done
for silver? What recognition
has ever come from the demo
cratic party? None whatever
Mr.. Mitchell reviewed the his
tory of the republican party anc
the beneficial effect of repub1i
can rule. He upheld the indie
pendence of the judiciary ant