Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-09-25
Confirmed by the Record.

the past % years; after the explicit
and uncontroverted declaration oil
such men as Senators Beck, Voorhees,,
Thurman, Conkling, Howe, and
Representatives Bright, Holman,
Burchard and Kelly, in a debate in
Congress in 1878, that silver was de.
monetized by stealth, Sherman now
denies that there was any advantage
taken and declares that the measure
was fully discussed by Congress and
commented upon by the press. An
echo OF this big gun" of the party was
heard in the report of the walking
blunderbuss in Olympia Theater Fri
day night.
Tits proposed to settle this matter
beyond dispute by quotations from
the speeches OF all these witnesses in
our next issue, taken directly from
the Congressional Record of the date
of the controversy on the subject in
1878.
Here is a specimen brick of the ma
terial of the structure we propose to
rear. 1t is the testimony of Senator
Beck, Jan. 10, of that year.
ut (the bill demonetizing siIver) never was
q " that with f1ll EnOW1edOo of the fncf No
newspaper reporter - and they are the most
yigilant men ever saw In obtaining informs-
tion -- that it had been DONE
nth Congress, second session, page go.
THE SILENT PARTY.-The Socialist
Labor Party of San Francisco have
adopted plan for averting difficulty
with the police, similar to that OF the
the Brshmin devotee who stamps his
prayer on papyrus and hangs it to the
bed-post with Q supreme confidence
that his deity will regard the silent
petition with all the consideration OF
verbal prayer. The Socialists embody
their principal objects of grievance on
banners, which they carry in process
sions, halting on street corners, where
they are allowed to remain five min
utes and, if they tarry longer, are or.
dered by the police TO "move on"
When questions are asked them they
remain silent but gravely point to the
inscriptions on their banners. This il
in marked contrast with the principal
characteristic of modern reform
parties, and is, in some respects, to be
commended. The Socialists have q
candidate for President -Chas. H.
Matchett, of New York.
If there is one thing that is sillier
than another it is for candidates for
positions requiring only clerical ability
or whose duties are perfuuotory in
their nature taking the stump to dis
play their profound ignorance upon
the fundamental principles of the great
issue now before the people. There is
valid excuse for the candidates whose
service is to consist OF "jawbone" to
give some indication of their proves
as verbal acrobats, but for men who
if elected will have no higher duty
than to occasionally sit" on a corpse
or superintend the removal OF wrecks
from our harbor to state their views on
finance, il the height of absurdity. We
use those Offices for illustration be.
cause neither of the candidates are act
ing the role of teacher. No man
should attempt speech.making unless
he really has something to say as we'll
as the ability to say it.
"FoR my part" says Col. Robert G..
Ingersoll, Il do not ask any inter-
ference on the part of the government
except to undo the wrong it has done.
l do not ask that our money be made
out of nothing, nor do l expect that
prosperity may be born out of paper,
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