The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-31

ing the administration OF President
Grant, as the Republican supreme
court" throwing out the inference that
the safest bulwark of liberty in this
country is a mere aggregation OF political
tricksters, set up by one political party
or the other to do it's political dirty
work. He assailed the chief executive
OF the United States as a dishonest be-
trayer OF honest purpose Q I'd extolled
Eugene " Debs and John Il. Altgeld as
two OF the most courageous and incor-
ruptiblc individuals in the United States
today. He dubbed Mark Hanna IA
tyrant toward labor, II dishonest and
scheming politician, repudiator of pub
lie taxes and consort of murderers,
while he held up Anarchists Schwab and
Neebe as outraged patriots until Frater
assured his auditors that during the
past thirty years, up TO the present
hour, our governmental institution,
from the chair OF the chief executive
down to the fellow who sweeps the steps
OF the capitol, had been and is inhabited
by "scabs" whom the people should
drive out OF Washington. In spite OF
these astounding assertions, however,
Mr.. Witt did not reach the climax OF
his "eloquence" until he sprung upon
his unsuspecting audience the informa-
ton that his party elected Lincoln and
was compelled TO clinch its victory with
eaden missiles.
THE DIAMOND DRILL will hazard
the taunt OF the admirers OF
Mr.. Witt by refusing to lend dignity TO
his harangue by joining issue with him
on any Of the above assertions, save the
last. In that connection we wish TO say
that il any such an individual as Mr.
Witt had anything TO do with the inn
mortal Lincoln they, played that part
in Ford's theatre at Washington, aud
that, il any OF Mr.. Wits way OF think
ing had anything TO do with the "little
unpleasantness of 1S61-65," they we're
identified with that little band Of
patriots" which Gen" Quantrell
piloted through the swamps The DIA-
MoND DRILL believes the doctrine Of the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver, at
the ratio Of 16 to l TO be diametrically
opposed 10 honest money and good gov
ernment, yet we are not SO eXtravagant
in the estimation OF our own opinion as
compared with that OF our fellow Amcri-
cans as to believe that all who are
! friendly TO the new Democratic ruse are
anarchists; hence, we do not grasp the
necessity OF exploiting anarchy as
dealt out by Mr.. Witt in order
to urge the free silver cause
The people OF Crystal Falls went
to the court house on Tuesday evening
TO listen TO discussion OF the financial
question from the standpoint OF free.
silver and not to be harassed 10y incen.
diary rot Of the most virulent kind
lnasmuch as this is what they received We
believe that the speech Of Mr.. Witt has
effected more injury to the cause which
it attempted TO advance than any mum
Der OF Republican speeches could pos
sibly accomplish. IL may therefore b,
true that Mr.. Hanna actually did nego
tiate for the services OF Mr. Witt, as The
latter has asserted. II Mr.. Hanna. die
not, he ought TO, for Mr.. Witt Is surely
contributing literally to the SOUND
money cause.
During the course OF his remarks, Mr.
Witt was confronted by several peril
nent questions 10y Messrs. Adolph List
field and Thomas Conin. Tho ques
tions OF Mr.. Conin were very ieebl,
lodged, while Mr.. Lustiield's question
was not answered at all.