Hutchinson gazette., 1896-06-11

ldAA " W. Mdhy q NAAAhG
been committed in the name of democ-
racy. The dollar of contract Of the war
debt was changed under the specious
plea of honest money" The gold bugs
are now waging a relentless war under
the banner of Sound money" Among
the pOpulists are mon who talk of
union of forces on the fundamental
principles" of the Omaha platform. 1t
is we'll enough to know what is regarded
as fundamental principles. If it does
not mean the platform, how much Of it
does it mean?
Mr.. Terry, of Arkansas, was asked
what the southern states would do if
goldbug were nominated at Chicago.
Perhaps" replied Mr.. Terry, II can
better answer your question by relat-
ing the situation in my state: We have
two democratic candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination. One Of these
gentlemen announced recently that IL
Rothschild wrote the platform and the
devil was the nominee he would sup
| port the ticket. The other said he
would bolt If a gold man should be nom
mated. The man who threatened to
bolt has been making tremendous
strides ey1r since his threat was ut
tered. think that tells the story 10
far as Arkansas is concerned. I can't
! speak for .he other southern states, but
/ shall asiume that the circumstances
are identical everywhere in our coun-
try"
In enc county in Arkansas where the
democrats pOlled 2,10S votes, only seven
votes werA for sound money" SO
called. ,fhe state platforms Of the
southern atates will be for free silver,
no difference what the national plat"
form Is
Ignstius Donnelly, in a recent issue
of hiE paper gives some very good adj
vice in the following words:
Let every delegate who goes to St.
Louis, take an OATH before he leaves
home. that he will not be stampeded
by any camp-meeting excitement and
hurraA: and that he will stick closely
| to the ideas which have grown up in
his mind during months and years Of
serious thought in the quiet of his home.
Let US leave the torch light and brass
band business to the old parties--for
them they are an excellent substitute
for reason and knowledge-whicht they
will never possess.
Stand by the fundamental principles
of the Omaha platform-not the words
--for VIC are not fetish worshippeI 81
but the ideas and purposes"
While the people are cool and clear
headed they are not apt to make any
mistakes, but the willy politician al
ways manages to work the conventions
I'D TO wild enthusiasm first, and then
get in his work What the delegates
want to guard against at the st. Louis
convention is losing their heads in the
exhuberance of enthusiasm.
Senator Dubois has introduced, for
campaign purposes, we presume, che
following resolutions:
BE it resolved, ETC., That after the
date of this act no bonds of the United
States shall be issued by any officer of
the United States. under any existing
law, until the president shall have COM
municatel to congress, in a message,
the facts showing the necessity for such
issue of bonds, and the amount of bonds
required for such purpose, and until
congress by the passage Of a bill or
Joint resolution shall authorize such
bonds to he paid"
Of course it will go into pigeon hole
and that will be the last of it. it is
safe to say that more than half the bills
and resolutions introduced in congress
are for tho purpose of strengthening the
authors of them with their constituents,
and that there is no intention of seclr-
Ing their passage and enactment into
law. This is sort of comedy which
congressman understand and in which
they assist each other.
We clip the following from the Poo
plc'g Party Paper:
In 1898, a democratic congress
passed bill giving to each member
Of the house a clerk, during the ses-
sions, at 500 per month
Last week this democratic law was
extended by the republicans so as to
give to each member a clerk every
month in the year, whether congress is
In session or not.
"As a rule congress is not in session
more than half the time of a members
term. During all this period when con-
gress is not in session the member has
no congressional work to do.
by the act passed last week, the gov
ernment will now not only pay the
member S416 per month for doing moth
ing, but viii furnish him clerk at 800
per month to help him do it."
And the PEOPLE will pay the freight.
follow the band wagon, and yell like
Comanche Indians for the candidate Of
whichever old party they belong to. oh,
it's fun to pay taxes and wear rags, just
for the privilege of yelling for our
grand old party. isn't it?