Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
ARE AGAINST SILVER.
That's All the National Bimetailist Cares
To Know About Men and Things.

Thats All the National Bimctallist Cares
to Know About Men and Things.
Some of our contemporaries seem to
be laboring under a misapprehension
with reference to the position of this
paper and a word of explanation may
not be ill-timed.
The National Bimetallist has moth
ing but kind words and kind feelings
/ for all who are laboring for the remon-
etization of silver.
1t is endeavoring to educate the peo
/ pie to the very best of its ability and
what is more, it is not seeking TO make
any money out of it.
/ If ii can do some good, and just pay
expenses, the ambition of the manage
ment will be more than satisfied
We also desire to say once more and
in the clearest possible way that the
National Bimetallist does not repre-
sent the Patriots of America" or any
other secret political organization
whatever. It's work is being done
openly, honestly and in the great TO
rum of the American people.
Referring to a suggestion lately made
that the National Bimetallist strikes
Democratic gold bugs only, we desire
TO say that we really did not know
that Mr.. Sherman was, or ever had
been. Democrat. Our recollection is
that we have struck him few blows
and one page OF each issue Of this pa
1t,Ix fp1f "a f,f
man and Carlisle.
An attack upon sherman is in effect
an attack upon every other Republican
who agrees with his views.
We very freely admit. though, that
our heaviest blows have been aimed at
Cleveland and his Democratic cuck-
COS That, however. is merely because
the Cleveland administration is now
in coutrol Of our finances and is the
great power that Immediately confronts
us.
Our structures upon Cleveland, Car
Isle, Herbert, Morton Eckles and
Preston have been called out by their
recent utterances and relate to cur
rent events.
If they were in private life we should
have paid no attention TO them except,
perhaps. as their utterances might have
10 nshed texts upon which We could
have advantageously laid the true doe
trne of bimetallism before our read
ers
The silver question cannot be settled
-, 4 Ii.
ing whole magazines of ammunition on
the manner in which silver was demon
etized twenty-five years ago. What We
want chiefly is 10 show that it is for the
best interests of the people that 1t
should be restored. whatever may have
been the method of its decentralization.
In conclusion. and for all, We desire
TO say that the National Bmetalist
stands upon absolutely impartial
ground 1t will attack Republican
just a" readily and as strongly as it will
a Democrat. But the prominent Re-
publican anti-silyer men have been "ly-
ing low" of late. When they emerge
from cover our guns will be trained
upor them, and'if they don't get hurt
it VIII be because the National Bimet-
allist is not able to bring the necessary
force to bear.
This journal makes the cause Of hi
meyallism paramount to every other
question and will strike with all its
power any man or any party that is
opposed to the complete restoration OF
silver. But it does not intend 10 waste
its shot upon these who are in hiding,
whether they De Republicans or Dem
/ ocrats National Bimetallist.