Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-09-25

| It may be there are many people in the
United States who will insist that Prince
Bismarck, the ex chancellor Of Germany,
the one man to whom the great unified
Germany owes its existence, is fool,
| Up to recent date no one would have
thought of thus referring to the man Of
iron and brain. 1t was Gen. Grant who
said that during his tour of the world
he had met three really great men-Bis-
marck, Gladstone and Lii Hung Chang,
but then it can be remarked by those
who take the negative side of the propo-
sition that Grant was not a Judge of
| human nature and did not know what
he was talking about. Bethat as it may,
contemporaneou history accords Bis
marck a high niche in the temple of
fame and ranks him statesman Of the
first degree Though shorn of nominal
power he is still the most important
factor in the policy Of his country, and
Yields power not second to that Of the
Young emperor He ie as much the pop
uIar idol a5 he vas the DAY he laid aside
the cares Of atHte, and no one will assert
taat his mental vigor is impaired or his
influence diminished. Ia all that per
| tains 10 the great principles Of govern
luouy he takes place among tho foremost
and his opinions have due weight. This
being the case, attention is called to one
Of his latest and most pregnant pub.lc
utterauccs. In response to IN invitation
from distinguished American citizen
as TO his views Of the question Of free
coinage in the United States, Bismarck
responded as follows:
Your esteemed favor has been dolly
received, / hold that this Is the very
hour t1at would be advisable to bring
about between the nations chiefly en-
gagged ia the worlds commerce a mutual
agreement in favor of the establishment
OF bimetal!sn. The United States are
freer by far in their movements than any
| nation of Europe, and hence if the peo.
pie Of the United States should find it
compatible with their interests to take
independent action in the direction OF
bimetallism, | cannot but believe that
such action would exert most salutary
influence upon the contamination Of an
international agreement"
Let the American voter read this well
and mark the contrast between the views
expressed in the letter and the cowardly
stand taken by Mckinley and his owners
and sponsors, the New York bankers.
The latter tell US that it would be tinan-
cial and political suicide for this country
to attempt independent bimetallism; the
sturdy, self-reliant old German states
man tells US that if this government
adopts free coinage the nations of Eu-
rope must follow suit, and that now is
the time for such action. In his decla-
ration there is no uncertain, half hearted
tone: it rings out clear and distinct. His
words are couched in the language of
diplomacy none the less are they en-
phatic. Let the United States set the
pace, Europe must follow" This is the
doctrine that all true Americans are
preaching during the campaign. 1t is
only the bankers and monopollsts who
assert to the contrary. In their greed
they have sunk patriotism, stiiled con-
science and are doing their utmost to be-
little the power and resources of this
land. To them and to all this message
from Germany comes with forceful eff
feet. 1t must inspire national pride
Read and profit by the advice of the
grand old chancellor. The United States
is able to 60 it alone. The way for the
United States to establish free coinage
ia to establish it, and that is the only
way to establish it.