The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-31
Whom WIN the People Trust
SPECIAL TO the Citizen,

AQEauEE AA4E At4ASC aoa
the campaign, il the quiet Of these
dog DAYS. it msy he well TO reflect
cody and seriously on few simple
facts that !. ay eniighten us Is 10 the
degree Of confidence 10 be repOsed ID
those who daily profess such jealous,
such an eleemosynary, such seif-sac-
aificing interest Ia the political welfare
of The .-plain people, Of Mar. land-
The Chicago platform certainly r.
fleets the views of vast constituency
perhaps OF ihilty-fiye millions Of free
beings, acting through their represent
aiIres in convention duly assembled
M enc has as Yet accused the majority
OF that body OF betrayal OF eonpromise
of the trust coDfded 10 Il 6y the plain
p4uple." The campaign which culmi-
mated in that convention had been
fought by the losing SIDE behind the
iulrenchmenis IF iasioDal party ma
cllinery, federal patronage, the stern
purpose OF an administration as coura-
geous Is the President himself, aud a
rigid. exactipg, press censorship, uD-
paTallelled in the annals Of American
journalism
The proceeding Of the majority were
so unconventional, 20 remarkable for
the absence OF Nire-pulling, iOg-rolling
and the many other huiEiliatIDg tut
familiar signs and features which
Iighieued the laboTs Of the veteran 10
lisiral reporter st st Louis. That day
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was 10 organization. that ali was
Chaos The truth i, the winning
side that lined up for the final conflict
al Chicago had uo organization save its
fixed single purpose OF euuneiatIBg
Certain principles based upon the most
profound convictions. aud of selecting
candidates who would not forget them.
Though il ise mere IDLE speculation.
| often wonder " betheT We know all
the history OF that convention
whether We shall ever know all of it
whether the record would not prove as
creditable u the forbearaBce and in
corrUpiibIlity Of the majority as il
would b. characteristic of the well
known methods OF q small set Of poll
ticians who assumed The leadership of
the minority.
Ii should be steadily borne in mind
that the Marylalid advocates of free
coinage were first met by the stern
suppression of all news indicating the
real strength OF the silver sentiment
throughout the country. Every defeat
OF gold was denounced "a the single
voice OF spleDelic. senatorial cabal !:
wherever the result was ia doubt II
was heTalded as an administration
victory
Now that coucealmeBt Can iujure Us
no more. they tell Us that the truth is
mighty and must prevail" and that
We are 10 have an educational cam
paigB.
Ii should not be forgotten that the
Lexicon II Billingsgate has been long
since exhausted III abuse of the advo-
Gales Of free coinage: we are now warn
ed that our own arguments must Tee
subject To the Limitations of decency,
constructing and the ethics of-detafe.
For many months il has been made
10 appear by the leading gold stand
ard paper in this State that the bank
tr= represented the only interest that
need be consulted in matter of su-
preme Importance to every man, wonI
All and child in Maryland; the advo-
Gates of free coinage are now forbidden
To appeal 10 class. or To provoke d
quarrel betwe cen the rich and the poor
Ii should not he overlooked, however,
that the history OF this C ,unrry records
no instance where the poor have en-
croached upon the equality of the rich
befoTe the law, or have sought or
avoided a cOEfiics with them.
A month ago we were informed BY
the Maryland opponents OF silver that
they plainly detected the presence Of a
negative pregnant with silver in our
Sta: e platform. and they have since
said that Trey We're opposed to the
free coinage ofsilver at sixteen to one
or any other raiiO.n They now say
that We want bI-netaIlism, but do not
know how to get it.
We have been invited to calm, log
irai discussion of the money question.
Be it so. The opponents of free COIN
age should then constantly remember
and not so persistently forget, that:
No. l. If they do not want fiat
money, they should not run Us into
debt in order To maintain it, Fiat
money is a luxury of bard times that
We will freely relinquish.
z They should not pledge their
honor in ''dOllar worth one hundred
cents" no such dollar or unit of value
exists to-day.
g. If they speak of ''silver dollar
worth but fifty cents" they should ex-
plain why. aud in what it is worth
but fifty cents; and they should on the
other hand explain by, aud in what
the gold dollar is not worth two
hundred cents. Otherwise they will
not only be obscure to others but will
not understand themselves,
4 When they oppose "infiation,''
they should explain their process for
increasing financial leverage without
imitation.
D. When they ask US why we are
not in favor of the free coinage of con-
per, iron and flour, they should tell US
why they do not urge the revival of a
late plan for the free coinage of bank
assets-they are far more valuable than
gold or precious stones.
8. When they say they favor sound
money" and an ''honest dollar.v they
should not be vain enough to imagine
that they occupy position of solitary
grandeur in the republic.
Ii has been protested that the Chi
cago platform contains an assault ON
the supreme Court, and must there
fore De revolutionary; that it denoun-
ces "srbitrary interference by federal
authorities in local affairs as a Violation
OF the constitution, aud it must. there
fore, be anaTchistic. 1t should be re-
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