Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-03

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Hor 2dwara 5elps, oE.ninistor
81 @ has gao following
lctte nwhieh he ursos al lue Douo
crats 10 join q defeating Che candidates
who stand on tAo an Democratic plat
fern adopted ct Chicgo,
Iragard th8 pendin presidential elac-
zion Is presenting The nct dangerous
crisis that tlds country has ever cncoun-
tered. 1t does not, III my Judgment In.
volve any political controversy nor amy
question Of the supremacy Of party, for
such considerations are lost sight of IN
the far greater gravity OF the situation.
The real issue is one upon which all
patriotic men and all who are interested
in the prosperity and welfare Of the
country should find themselves upon
one side and opposed to a common en-
envy. The attack that we have TO resist
Is not upon the policy but upon the life
Of the nation, for they would take its
life who destroy the mea by which it
lives-the business of many thousands
and the industry of millions. On these
we are all, whether rich or poor, high
OF low, alike dependent. Those who are
Independently rich are very few in pro-
portion to the 20, 900, 900 of American
people, the vast majority Of whom gain
their living by some form or other Of
useful employment. That there should
be prosperity in some of these employ
ments and not in others, or among one
class of people and not among others, is
impossible, for they all rest upon a
common foundation and are affected by
the same considerations. Business" is
q generic term and comprehends all
lawful industries. When it is stimulat-
cd, all profit; when it is depressed, all
suffer. No part of the body can escape
the effect of a general paralysis or fail
to get the benefit of general good
health. When business flourishes, the
laborer is in demand; when it declines,
he stands idle in the market place.
Business of whatever sort III a coun-
try like ours. rich in resources, full of
CINlky UIlQ vitality Will III Id NGSLS
everywhere ready for the sickle, rests
chiefly upon two factors-publlc conf
dence and a sound and stable currency.
When either is-and much more when
both are-impaired or even gravely
threatened, business suffers, general de-
preston comes, labor declines, and the
wolf approaches many "a door. Without
Dnnfdanaa fhnrA 0aga Ia NO araA1N M
enterprise. Capital is boarded, sent
abroad or lies idle, and all industries
diminish or cease, ana the surest way
the world has ever seen to destroy conf
dence is to debase the currency and to
make it uncertain from dag to day how
much q dollar is worth and how much
it is going to CONT for in the near fu-
ture--to take away, as is now proposed,
one-hal1 its value 20 begin with and 10
set tie other half to fluctnating 90 al
indef lite extent, with the rising and
the setting Of the sun md tho approach
Of every storm.
There is, therefore, IN nay Judgment,
10 man more criminal CT who isa worse
public enemy than he VINO engages in
or -countenances that Infamous and de-
structive attempt, because the less .
man has, or the less he earns, the more
necessary 1T is to him that the value Of
that little should be maintained and
made sure, and that the few dollars in
his pocket should be- as good dollars as
there are. AS we'll might the Storage
passengers in q vessel in nlidocean,
weary of their privations, be melted by
some mischief maker TO scuttle the ship
in order TO drown the inmates of the
more luxurious cabins, unconscious that
they themselves must be equally the vic
Tins Of the common calamity.
The party is already hopelessly dis
rupted Oh the issue presented. We can
not follow both its divisions at the same
time, however desirable it might be,
since they are moving in opposite direc-
tions. On the one side are the old time
honored principles of the party, under
which all its great traditions have been
generated, and which all its illustrious
leaders have advocated. Chief and fore
most among these principles always in
times past has been the maintenance of
sound and honest money, of dollars that
are dollars, Of a national stamp upon
them that does not lie.
On the same side are its most trusted
present statesmen and leaders, and a
very large proportion Mt the least Of its
better and most instructed element.
Which way shall we 60. then. since we
cannot go both ways? With it's states
men or with its camp followers? With
its principles or with its organization
stampeded and graded by it's enemies?
In which direction lies the future of the
party if it is to have any future? And
who are they who will control it here
after, when this tyranny shall be over
past?" Let no man be afraid to be right
on this question, for it is the right that
will triumph in the end, whether it re-
forms the party or destroys it.
DEAFNESS Not the Goal.
The silver men give away their case
when they say that free coinage will