Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-07-24

Wneie you CouIu Slep IISnt III Win AS
surance of clear sailing. Such is not
the history Of progress. Ii the great
men of the past 900 years had al
, ways waited for Il new home to be
: fixed up for them we would still be
savages a man who has not the
courage o! his convictions sufficient to
step out in the cold, even if he stand,
alone, with no political home, no po-
ltical party. is certainly very weak
1t is because we have been electing
such men to Office tha. We have be-
come the prey of Shyloc..
The history Of the world is that
every party in power in any country
has fallen, sooner or later. under the
control of Shylock, and has opposed
the masses, and the history of prog.
ress is the history Of the lives of men
who have fought the party in power,
whether it be church or State. From
Christ to Lincoln, we see in every age
that small army of progress who have
faced the faggot and the flame of the
dark ages and the sneers and abuse
of modern times and we are now lis
tening to the sneers OF the band-wa-
gon patriots who say Where will you
go?"
Alter using every power at the COM
mand of machine politics and organ
lied wealth, and after controlling every
action of the st. Louis convention
they smilingly say to the silver men.
'' Now where will you go?" They will
find out where the people will go.
Pioneers of thought and action are
not made up of wesklings who when
confronted with condition that de.
mands decision will say, al see no
place to 60" They see a place to
go. They will go against the enemy.
This is not a time for band-wagon pa
triotism, it is time for active work in
the cause of the people.
am told that the true test OF Re.
publican is tariff and reciprocity. l
do not see that the true test of Re-
publican has anything to do with this
case. 1t is what is the true test OF an
American citizen. Are you big enough
to lay your old party prejudices aside
and work for the cause of humanity?
What we want is protection against
the receiver OF the Republican party,
Hanna & Co., and reciprocity in the
actions of the friends of true Ameri-
canism. We are told that we want
free trade on the necessities OF life, the
poor mans table, and high tariff on
the Injuries of life, silks, diamonds,
etc. Who pays the tariff on the silks
and diamonds of the rich? There is
not dollars worth of wealth in exist
ence that was not created and pro-
duced by the labOrer, and there is not
dollar in the hands of rich man to-
day that he has no. taken as toll
taker, standing between the producer
and consumer Except those who have
found it in mines). If the rich man
must pay more for his diamonds, he
must have more interest, more divi-
dends to pay it with. Who paid the
81 100000 to marry Vanderbilt girl
to an English dude? 1t was the work
ing men OF America who have paid
the freights on the Vanderbilt systems
of railways. / believe i'm tariff and
reciprocity, but believe in tariff and
reciprocity that is fair to the people as
we'll as fair to the corporations. / be-
lieve in tariff that is dictated by the
business interests of the masses of the
American people, and not a tariff die
tated by manufacturers and trusts.
European countries do not buy
dollars worth of American products
that they are not compelled to have.
We do not buy from European coun-
tries dollars worth we cannot get
along without, yet with all this advan.
tage we cringe like hireling, and ask
them how much money and what kind
we can use. Lot us have MI interna.
tiOnal disagreement, and when the
smoke clears away we can talk about
international agreement.
Leave out the silver question and |
cannot vote the Republican ticket.
1t is in the hands of Shylock. 1t is I'M
der the control of money kings, it has
abandoned the cause of the people.
When it was apparent that Mckinley
would be the most prominent candi- |
date in 1896, Shylock said let the peo-
pie name the man, we will dictate the
platform and administration If elected |
For the past two years it has been very |
certain that no Cleveland Democrat |
could carry this country again and it |
was not thought necessary to control |
the Democratic convention at Chicago. |
This was mistake. Goldbug papers |
said the silver craze was dead. but it |
has proven a lively corpse. 1t gave
the common people a chance and they
sent delegates to Chicago and they
were silver delegates. Wall street
Chat is the Safeguarding, money
specializing centers of the East) saw
the mistake too late; they tried to
stem the tide, but like men in quick
sands every effort only sunk them
deeper, and while they not only failed
they showed by the elements that sup
ported the gold standard greater rea.
sons why the people should stand firm.
But let the result be as it'msy, duty
dictates but one course to pursue, one
line of action to follow. Stop looking
for a political home, cast off party pre-
JUDGES. fight Shylock wherever he
shows his hand, and join hands with
the people in putting down the power
of gold and greed.
o. l.. MILLER.
Another Recruit Under the stand