The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-23
Mrs. Walter Baxter is danger

ously i'll.
NJ. A. Brown has gone to New
York on business trip.
The water in Salmon river
fell nearly 10 inches last Friday.
VIII Challis celebrate the 4th
this year /? We might have a
picnic and ball.
| Geo. MCGOWAN, Jr., and Thos.
Turnbull, returned from Logan,
/ Utah, last week where they
have been attending school.
Il Grover Cleveland has at last
been heard from, and deplores
the fact that so many states are
declaring for silver at Democrat
ic conventions. We feel sorry
/ for Grover. His walls are dis
gusting in extreme, and he pleads
with his party to declare for
Sound money" thereby to con-
tinue fastening the chains of
bondage more securely around
the necks of the masses. but the
reign of Cleveland, Carlisle and
Rothschilds has been one of dis
aster and corrupt legislation, so
much so that in some Democrat
ic conventions that the mention
of the administration is met with
a storm of Kisses. He parades
as being a true blue Democrat,
but the fact is that he has not
one principle of Democracy. He's
only plant tool for Rothschilds
and that gang of pirates, and
he viii retire from his high Off
cial position as one of the most
dishonored men the nation ever
placed in the presidential chair.
Read what the Shylocks of Wall
street has caused him to publish
to check, if possible, the rights
of the people
II have made no figures as to
the probable action of the dele
gates already chosen TO the Dem
ocratic national convention, but
refuse to believe, when the
time arrives for deliberate ac-
ton, that there will be engrafted
upon our Democratic creed a de-
mand for free, unlimited and in
dependent coinage of silver.
cannot believe this because
know the Democratic party is
neither unpatriotic nor foolish
and because it seems so clear to
me that such course viii infict
very great injury upon every in
terest of our country which it
has been the mission of the Dem
ocracy to advance and will result
| in lasting disaster to our party
organization.
There is little hope that, as a
means of success, this free silver
proposition. after its thorough
discussion during the political
campaign, will attract majority
of the votes of the country. 1t
must be that many of the illus
ions influencing those now rely
ing upon this alleged panacea
for their ills will be dispeIled be-
fore the time comes for them to
cast their ballots which will ex-
press their sober second thought.
Adoption by Democracy of this
proposition would, I believe,
give TO our opponents an advan-
tage both in the present and
future which they do not deserve.
My attachment to true Dem
, ocracy is so strong that / consid-
; er its success as Identical with
the promotion of the country's S
) good. This ought sufficiently to
account for my anxiety that no
mistake be made at our party
: convention. In my opinion no
effort should be spared to secure
such action of the delegates as
/ will avert party Generalization.
1 1t is time for consultation and
| comparison of views; and those
: Democrats who believe in the
f cause of sound money should be
4 heard and be constantly in evi.
D dence.
e "A cause worth fighting for is
r worth fighting for to the end. Il
? sound money Democrats wavel
e in their support there is danger
e of a mistake being made. Such
e danger should stimulate their
e activity in averting it instead OF
e creating discouragement. l an
t very far from arrogating to my.
i self a controlling influence upor
= the policy of my party, but, as
S an unfiinching Democrat who has
y been honored by his party and
S who desires hereafter no greater
/. polite; / privilege than TO occupy
: the place of private in the
: ranks, | hope 1 may be not blam
r ed for saying this much at tbs
time in the interest of the grand
old organization. so rich in hon.