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coinage as soon as possible to DO so.
Organism did not mean bimetallism;
ii can a change to silver monomet-
allism it meant a leap from an uncom-
fortably warm frying pan into a fire
in which prosperity would be consum-
ed.
Free coinage was not the only issue.
The Chicago platform stands fer hos
tility to protection, while a restoration
of the policy of protection would do
more to restore prosperity than any
other measure within our power to
adopt. Bryan was preaching the o
pei Of hatred of capitalists and assert
ing that this vas a fight of the masses
againet the classes. The man who
sought to array labor against capital
was doing a mischief to the latter. The
owner of dollars. whether we liked him
or not. has as good a legal right to pre-
scribe the terms on which he would
loan or invest his honey as the worker
had to prescribe the terms on which he
would work. The workman can say II
don't like the pay or the work. and |
propose to lie on the grass" and the
wealth owner can say Il don't like the
security and | propose to lock my dol-
Lars up" There is no power to enslave
either men or dollars in our land. Capt.
tai IS a coward and flies to it's strong
tboxes at a prospect of unsafety. Bry-
ans election would lock up more mon
ey than 30 years OF gold recommendation
and iHtlict u~nmeasureable disaster on
the country. IT might be true that the
business of the country would adjust
itself to silver monometallism, but the
transition period would be terrible.
There is good sailing above and below
Niagara. but it would be HI going
over the falls" Why bring disaster
upon the workers of the LAND in order
to put in the White House the young
man whom the rainbow Chasers in Chi
cago in a fit of emotional insanity NOM
mated for the presidency?
Bryan's election would bring panic
and disaster. and it would not restore
bimetallism. but would only transfer
us from a single gold standard. which
is bad, to a single silver standard, which
would be worse.
Mckinley's election will restore con-
fidence, and induce capital to invest in
mines and anal and railroads and
fur,,,,e ,rI f,ntDc;o, ,rl tLn ,,I;,.,
of protection would be restored.
Then we can take up the fight for a
restoration of bimetallism. and con-
tinue it until gold and silver shall once
more reign as equal sovereigns.
Mr.. Fitch had no word to retract or
regret in all that he had ever said for
bimetallism. He should continue to
favor free coinage. but he did not ia
vor free trade or free contempt of
court, and he did not propose to be
driven into the democratic corral or
market with the Bryan branding iron,
nor did de consider it would help free
coinage to abandon the republican par
ty and vote for every democratic candi-
date who was hoping to brawl his way
into office by yelling his devotion to
free silver. Bryan would be over
whelmingly and utterly defeated, and
would then drop free coinage, as they
dropped their support of irredeemable
paper currency after Seymour's defeat,
and as they dropped recognition of the
confcderacy after McCellan's defeat.
They had never kept even their prom
ises for evil. Silver would be remone-
tiled, because it was everlastingly
wrong to demonetize it, and the nations
would retrace their steps. The repub-
lican party would settle this question
as it had settled every other financial
and economic question, in a way to
best advance the honor and solvency
and prosperity of the American people.
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INDIANS ARRESTED AND FINED.