The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-30

age bill means defeat. 1t means more:
II means continued disaster to our in
dustries and increased poverty to the
masses of our people. Under the Sher-
man law" he continued, there was
diminution of the amount OF free gold
in a gradually decreasing scale. but not
enough to cause any alarm. During the
entire year 1891, and the entire year
1892, there was approximately as much
gold as there was during 1884 and 1888.
IF the secret history of the year 1892
shall ever be written, ii will disclose
the fact which cannot be proved now'
but of which l have not the slightest
doubt, that the gold ring of New york.
which embraces nearly all the bankers
in the eastern and middle states and
the stock gamblers OF Wall street, con-
trolled the presidential nominations of
both the democratic and republican
parties. and had an understanding with
the managers, or with both the candi-
dates themselves, in regard to what
policy should be pursued toward the
finances. They contributed money for
the booming of Cleveland as the only
available democratic candidate and
they abused and ridiculed every other
democratic as a tyrant. There was
plain evidence to show that the presi-
dent himself had weakened tariff re-
form, and that the financial plank was
cunningly drafted so as to satisfy both
gold and silver men with the intention
that IL should be interpreted, If Cleve-
land was elected, as meaning the cessa-
ton OF silver coinage and the forcing
of a gold standard upon the people.
Whether the scheme was agreed to by
the president or not and whether he
bound himself in plain terms or not
will perhaps never be known. His
course has been answering in the alb
solute contradiction of his professions
and letter of acceptance"
There had been no trouble with the
gold reserve, the senator asserted, and
no hint of any loss of confidence in the
national credit, until about the time
of the last presidential election. Then
for the first time we got glimpse of
the conspiracy ITO which he had re-
ferred before Secretary Foster. he
said, gave the holders of greenbacks
and treasury notes the option of hav-
ing government paper cashed In gold
or silver, and as they all demanded
gold the gold in the treasury rapidly
the cry of the country going to a sill
yer basis and the first premonitory
breezes of the panic of 1898 swept over
the land and the conspirators foment-
ed 1t by every possible means.
The senator quoted from President
Cleveland's response to the committee
that notified him of his nomination the
last time and declared there was moth
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that the leaders of the democratic par
ty ignore the platform and treat with
contempt the trusted lieutenants whom
the people had sent to the national
capital to assist i'm shaping legislation.
The language would lead US to expect
the very reverse. How many" ne
asked, "of these reasonable expecta-
tions have been met? Whose advice
has he (the presidenD recognized?
None, but that of the boothcks and
sycophants who have crawled on their
knees for crumbs of patronage and
betrayed their constituents for the
offices In his gift. In the entire history
of this country, the high office of presi-
dent has never been so prostituted,
and never has the appointing power
been so abused. Claiming to be the
apostle of civil service reform, he has
debauched the civil service by making
appointments only of those whose
sponsors would surrender their man
hood, and with bated breath, walk
with submissive head in his presence
With relentless purpose, he has ig-
nored his oath of Office, to uphold and
| obey the law, and has paid out gold
| instead of coin, and issued bonds to
buy more gold, by both actions over
riding the law and giving no heed to
| the interests to any but moneyed
| friends-I might say his owners or
partners. To this besotted tyrant coin
has come to mean gold alone. He
cannot by his mere ipse dixit' change
| the law of this land and pervert the
plain meaning of the English Ian
guage The repeal of the Sherman
| law, IL was asserted, which was the
first point of attack of this 'unholy al
| lance was only accomplished through
| the aid and in conjunction with a ma
| jority of the republican senators. This
democratic president accomplished
what was not possible for any repu-
bhcan executive under the circum-
stances to have brought about. A
| change of the party in power had left
a large number of offices in his gift
| with which to buy votes"
| In discussing the honest meaning"
1 OF the parity of gold and silver in the
Sherman law, he said: The object
was to have them assist each other 20
| hold silver up by holding gold down.
and an honest secretary Of the treas
ury should have resigned his Office
rather than submit to the dictation OF
a besotted chief would have paid out
silver to protect the treasury from the
gold gamblers and bond gamblers, as
the law and his oath of Office required
| No wonder the senator from Massachu-
setts feels warranted in twitting US
| with dishonesty. He charges IL. how
| ever. in another connection and is aid
| ing and abetting this Judas from Ken
| tucky, who. after brilliant career oi
| 20 years and more, as leader and
l Of the silver has ir