Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-06-25

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was there throttled by the relentless
hand of the rapacious money power
and flung in the filth and mire of greed
and avarice.
Patriotism had no place in that con-
yention. The question was not what
are our principles?" but ''what do the
bosses want?'
The bosses wanted Bill Mckinley as
the presidential nominee for the reason
that they know they can depend upon
him to be ''all things to all men" be-
fore the election, and be true to the
interests of the monopolistic east after
election, should they succeed in float
ing him into the White House on a sea
of yenal gold.
They knew that Mckinley wanted to
be president, wanted it so bad that ne
was willing to bow and cringe before
the allied inonied interests of the
United States and Europe in order to
receive the nomination.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
republican party has time and again
declared in favor of bi-metallism; in
favor of the use of both silver and gold
as primary money, it has now taken OFF
its mask and come out openly as the
champion of the single gold standard.
Can any honest friend of silver re.
tain his manhood and support that
ticket? He cannot.
All honor to Henry NJ. Teller and
his republican co'worAers in tue Cause
of humanity.
With a patriotism seldom witnessed
In these degenerate days they have
proven their manhood, their love of
country, their loyalty to conscience and
ing masses in bravely walking out of a
convention that bad been sold to greed
and prostituted by avarlce. The record
of that act will be the brightest page
in their life's history. They saw ''the
parting of the ways" and bravely took
the road that led them from the party
of their choice, and thousands Of hon
est, conscientious men will follow
them.
It is our hope and our belief that the
democratic convention to meet at
Chicago IN a short time will be COM
posed Of men holding the same:patri-
otic views upon the money question,
and who Will arise to the needs of the
hour and make all honorable conces-
sions, meet all reasonable demands
that may eventually lead to the unit.
ing of all the patriotic elements in q
common cause.-the defeat of blatant
gold -bugism and cowardly Mckinley.
ism.
Should this occur, the country will
be redeemed; should it fail-then the
Lord have mercy upon the laborers
the producers, and all Industries thai
depend upon their efforts. For, should
gold monometallism prevail in thi:
campaign our people would be reduced
to a plane lower than the serfs of any
nation, and the eventual result would
be untold suffering and defiance o.
laws, and most probably war and re
pine. A free American citizenship
could not exist under the grinding hel
of the money power that would theI
be set upon our industries.
Every friend of the free coinage o.
silver, be he republican, democrat ol
populist, should show his appreciation
of the high sentiments that the fre'
silver republicans exhibited when they
walked out of the st. Louis conven
tion, by usiIg every effort to unite th'
friends of bi-metallism for might.
battle against the wrong and injustice
the indescribable crime against ou
glorious land, attempted by the repub-
lican party of today.
Patriots, arouse! Awake before i
is too latel and break the gallin.
chains that the yellow, glittering devil
gold recommendation, is attempting Il
fasten upon your industries.