The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-04
SPLENDID.
A Great Republican Paper Leads
off in Sending Delegate to st.
Louis for the Free Silver
Convention of July 22d.

L dO NAOO1 AO0u D0AAy ANOW0S 0CO1kC
n. Lamphere, editor, has long been
one of the leading Republican papers
of northwestern Minnesota. The edi-
tor is an old soldier and has been
lifelong Republican; but he can
stand the gold-bug domination no
longer. In his issue of February 18th.
he sounds ringing blast for indepen-
dent action, which will be but pre-
Jude for the gathering of the hosts of
reform. He speaks right out in
meeting; he burns the bridges behind
him; and says:
The prospect of a union of the Populist
and free silver parties in st. Louis, when
the convention Of the two parties meet in
national convention, is good. The News
rejoices at this, as it sees in it a hope for
the speedy betterment of the times. The
editor of this paper has long been an ag-
gressive and persistent believer in free sill
yer; that u.s. the concurrent use of gold and
silver and their free coinage at the minis
of the United States at the ratio Of Is to ],
independently of any other nation. Other
nations will join when they see the neces-
sity therefor, which he believes would be
within very brief period. AS early as
the spring of 1891 he urged this and pre-
of producers, while the gold gamblers and
money loaners would be the only prosper
Gus classes if silver was to remain demon
etiZed. And yet he does not believe that
restoration of bmetallism alone would
result in abolishing all the expressions, all
the inequalities and all the abuses from
which the people of this country now suf-
fer. He believes that two other acts are
equally as necessary as the restoration of
silver, and these are the repeal of the ma
tional banking law and the issue Of all
notes or substitutes for money by the ma
tional government alone RELOCATING the
banking business to it's proper and legiti-
mate functions of dScOuntng prOmisSOry
notes, bills, and loaning its own money or
that of it's depositors; and declaration for
the destruction by legislation of monopoly
wherever it may exist and in whatever
form, all monOpolies eventually to be own
ed or controlled and managed absolutely
by the government for the benefit of all
the people without discrimination.
These three cardinal principles properly
and clearly expressed are sufficient to
make platform, and we cannot see why
all men who honestly and periodically de-
sire plenty, prosperity and happiness in
this country. to see the greatest good to
the greatest number, to see the uplifting of
the masses and the multi-millionaires re-
duced, which now constitutes a menace to
free institutions, cannot accept it and rail-
ly around it and vote in together with it's
accompanying candidates into living en-
titles. There are many issues and hobbies
abroad in the land, all godd enough in their
way, but they weigh down a national
rents of the others. Let us restore the
money of the people and Of our fathers
and declare that monOpolies shall no
longer be managed so as to Cypress the
people and reduce them to poverty, and
in the midst Of the splendid prosperity
that will "a sire n follow ran Oo-
cosion permits, take up other reforms, one
by one, and carry them into execution.
The News has reason to believe that
the leading reformers in this state would
be satisfied with such platform. If the
silver party will be willing to add to their
platform a declaration for the destruction
of monopoly and make it's utterance on is
sues of paper money little clearer, so
that there can be no ground for constituting
it to mean national banks may issue notes,
there will be grand union of forces at st.
Louis that WILL on the nomination of the
right candidates, carry the country. Let
the Minnesota delegation of the Peoples
party and of the Silver party go to ST.
Louis as a unit thoroughly committed to
such a union on such platform, and the
people will begin to see a light, a ray of
hope to give them courage to encounter
and grapple with the duties and trials Of
life. Now they are almost hopeless. This
is true of farmers, of laborers, of mer
chants and business men, or property
owners and manufacturers.
The promises Of the old parties to re-
store prosperity by demonetizing silver by
reducing or increasing tariff duties and by
maintaining confidence and credit through
additions to interest bearing debt, all have
failed to afford relief, but instead, have
steadily aggravated the distress and inc
qualities of the people, destroyed values,
paralyzed industries, created armies of un-
employed, and have so changed the boun-
ties of nature intended by God to bless
mankind that in some instances they have
been almost curse.
This is nobly said. Mr.. Lamphere
need have no fear that the Free Sill
yer Convention at St. Louis, on July
22d, will compound with the national
banks so as to perpetuate their con-
troll of the money of the country.
Even if they might be here and there
a man weak enough to wink at such
conclusion they will be overwhelmed
by the sentiments of the masses fresh
from the people. The State Conven-
tions everywhere should instruct
their delegates On this vital point.
We welcome Mr.. Lamphere and his
paper as most valuable acceSsions to
the great work. We want to hear
now from Frank Day-and John Lind.