Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-12

not be the first man TO experience a
change of heart on coming in contact
with the Rothschilds or theT agents.
John Sherman, as far back as 1867,
came in contact with the house of Roth
child and experienced change of po-
litical heart, the result of which was
that he struggled through Congress the
demonstration act. He has acquired a
very pletheric bank account. Later,
Mr.. Carlisle came in contact with j.
Pierpont Morgan, one of the ROths-
child agents. His conversion was so
complete and satisfactory that he now
has no thought of drawing checks upon
banks where he has no funds to his
credit. In fact, his testimony was so
clear during his incumbency as Secre-
tary of the Treasury that, from being
the trusted agent of the United States
for the sale of bonds, he is now the
trusted agent of the men who bought
the bonds. Some jaundiced advocate
of silver may hint that when the Roths-
childs bought the bonds Mr.. Carlisle
was included in the purchase, but Sill
verites are not entitled to be heard.
They should have no day in court. In
view of the above facts, the desertion
of the cause of silver by the Senator
need astonish no one.
Considering the present constitution
of the Senate, it is remarkable that the
people have any friends on the floor of
of the Sugar Trust, the Leather Trust,
the Oil Trust, and the scores of other
robber combinations, with almost I'M
limited means of acquiring wealth
without effort or any other risk than
political existence, it would be re-
markable if an occasional Senator did
not betray his constituency, especially
when that constituency appears to be
growing day by day less able to aid
him or to help itself. So far, howev-
err, the purchase of leaders has not
been attended with the desired results.
The Gold Trust acquired Mr.. Cleve-
land, who, for the second time, became
President. In it this acquisition
thought it had erected an insurmoun-
table dam against the rising silver tide
in the Democratic party. To-day he
is political outcast. He has no more
political influence than if be were at
the bottom of the Atlantic ocean; but
he has a more satisfactory bank &C
count than he possessed some years
ago. John G.. Carlisle, from being the
interest in the breasts of his Demo-
cratic fellow citizens than an Egyptian
mummy. Hill is as If he never had
been. William r. Morrison is scarce
ly memory. The political corpse of
Roger Q. Mills awaits the action of the
Texas Legislature to remove it from
the Senate chamber. Breckenridge,
Brice, Lindsay, Whitney, Villas and
hosts of lesser lights, have crossed
over the political Styx. Their re-
mains faint the atmosphere. Still the
tide for financial reform rises just the
same as if these men had never lived.
The Gold Trust no doubt wonders why
its new acquisitions die as rapidly as
choleried hogs. 1t will learn eventu-
ally that the might OF right is stronger
than the might of policy and all the
powers of Mammon: that the silver
cause can no more be smothered than
can any other measure necessary for
social existence; that, like flame, it
will burst out where it is least expect
ed, and that the money that has been
poured out so lavishly has not gained
the object sought.