The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-04-25
SCIENCE uP 10 lAIE.
From Sketches Taken at The XstdAun
Observatory.
(By Professor LEoNIDAs LYR1, for the
KErcHuM KEYsrOnE.l

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[By Professor LEoHIDAs LYR1, for the
KETcHuM KEYsroHE.
SILVER MOUNTED war CLUBS IN THE AIR.
The political horizon i just now dim
med by fogs and clouds, but it can 10
penetrated with the aid of Our new Z rays
1t the Ketchum Observatory. Tho ting
of.war teams are getting in harness and
blowing up their muscls. A few weeks
more and tho tension will be on and the
pulling begin.
The struggle this year will be the
greatest since the old whig and democratic
rallies half century ago. But there il .
difference in the contests. Then it was
honest contest for party supremacy, and
after it WAS over one moved out and the
other moved in, - the case might b, and
affairs went along - of yore, the ins and
outs each having the best interests Of the
patton at heart. 1t was an honor in
those days to be political leader, for he
WAS supposed to be guardian of the
nations honor and integrity, and to de.
ceive the people was then considered to
be sin objectionable and brought with
it general distrust and political degrade
ton.
Now the battle il altogether different.
Instead of being an honorable political
strife for the honor of administering the
affairs of the government in unison with
the wishes and interests of thef country,
it has assumed shape of struggle for
life on the part of the hard pressed mass
of the people against tho usurpation Of
governmental power BY tho few. On the
one hand it il battle for the maintenance
of our republican institutions and the
perpetuation of our democratic form OF
government, and on the other it 10 to
force the nation into subsection at the in
stance of few gold bond ringsters who
have not the love of country 1T heart nor
the good of the many in view.
A few, high in power, subsidized by
foreign gold, insist that gold shall he the
money standard OF the country, and that
silver should have no rights that gold il
bound to respect. So you can see that it il
the gold monometalists, or one standard
forces, against the forces Of tho bimetal.
lists or those in favor of the equal rights
OF the two money meta's.
1t has 1t last come to DO IN issue where
really there would seem to be no cause
for issue. For over twenty years silver
has been demonetized. The country WA
then prosperous, tho nations treasury wa
full, and it Was complaint urged that
we had too much money in our national
treasury. The Shylocks then saw An op-
portunity to make money OF the re-
sources of the country; they called t.
their aid the representatives of tho ma
ton and put them into the secret with
promise of share in the profits. At
time when the people we're not suspectinl
any mischief, their representatives .
Washington with but little ceremony cut
out silver and left gold unsupported
From that day to this our country hal
been on the decline, until it 10 now in ths
shadows of financial bankruptcy and thu
people hesitating between slavery anc
revolution.
1t would seem that no one could fail t.
discern the cause OF the national and in
divilual poverty that has gradually come
upon Us. Every one who IL not in sym
patby with the gold bugs and their plan
to impoverish the country must conced'
that no relief can come except through
the reconciliation of silver. This Is th'
time and. occasion to make tho fight
Every where the silver forces are uniting
their armies, and if every friend of silve
will stand by his banner the cause viii
he sustained and the nation viii again b
free and the people happy.
According to history, At the time tn
great Romau empire, supposed to be In
vincible, went down before the hosts Q
oppressed subjects, eighty men or les
controlled the wealth of the nation. b!
. system of usury and heavy taxation 7
support the rulers in their prohigacy
carried on through generations, the none!
WAS concen trated in tho hands OF thes'
few, and they also owned, through tn
titles and foreclosures, oil the lands o
the realm. When At last forbearanc'
ceased to be virtue and patriotism VA
smothered BY poverty, the common people
bee anne ~ exasperated that they come t
the conclusion that no change could make
their condition any worse. SO they d
with one accord began the work OF des
truction, and although their government
was in the end ruined yet the spirit !"
freedom prevailed and made the ruins
brilliant under the torch Of liberty.
Under like conditions, history will re-
peat itself. The past should 30 guide
to the present.
There is a mao within the bounds Of
this republic to day who is posing -
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