The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-02-16
Parry POSSIBILITIES.

Is there a new party forming. or is
the latest formed party going TO be-
come dominant. after the fashion and
with the celebrity with which the Re
publican party gained Its aScendancy? :?
This Is a question not SO often sug-
gested in the public prints. but it is a
query often prOpounded of late in in
dlvidual breasts. Touching all our
current national and international in
terests there is an unrest Events are
bringing groups of statesmen and rep
resentatives of sections close together.
without reference to their past party
affiliations. The west for the first time
in the history of the country finds a
United States senate In accord with the
views and convictions of the west. So
far as that branch Of the national leg
islative body is concerned the east has
lost its dominancy forever. The house
will soon follow. The census OF 1900
will find the political power of the
country lying west Of the Alleghanies,
with the Mississippi valley its center.
In being for blmetallic currency the
west is also for protection. But not
for the schedule of the Mckinley bill
which offers only indirect results TO the
west. 1t Is true that In the protection
Of eastern manufacturers the west is
afforded a better and more enduring
market, but western interests have
found little or no protection on the
high tariff laws Of the past. And so
a western man for president will be
one Of the additional things of the near
future. The producer Of the hide Is as
much entitled to protection as he who
makes shoes of that hide. The raiser
of the sheep Is as much entitled to pro-
lection as the man who converts the
wool Of that sheep into cloth.
The old parties must meet these de-
mands, or a new one will. Analyze
the vote In the United States senate
on the silver question, of few days
since. There was the suggestive sight
Of Republicans and Democrats, in
about equal numbers, voting for sill
yer with PETER and Tillman. The man
who denies the significance of such
votes must be so blinded in his parti-
sanship as TO be unable to see the
truth. a new party can only be head
ed off by the old parties remaining in
tact. The old parties 10 remain so
must heed the power that made and
sustains them, not the power grown out
of and represented by wealth, but the
power of the common people. It's
common sentiments and opinions
which form parties, and there is a
community of conviction in the United
States senate today which cannot be
ignored by the east, its power or
wealth. Free silver and protection go
naturally together, and they are get
ting together. The more radical the
protectionist. the easier is it for him
to be for bimetallism, plain and simple.
1t seems equally true that it is the BIZ
metallistS and the protecuonists who
are the readieSt to stand for American
interests and American honor, even
though such stands means war with
England or with any other power.
These are the elements whose demands
must be needed by the old parties or
the new party idea may prove more
than a suggestion. The goldbug power
of the world is Great Britain. The
disaster in the way of depression and
ruination of values which has come 10
the United States, has come through an
enforced mOnometallism for which
England is responsible. England is
against protection. against silver and
against high prices, and England is
therefore against America, which fact
will unity the majority Of the Ameri-
can people in spite of party ties. and
and candidates should
take heed.