The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-11-16
Don't Give UP the Fight.

Under the neadlng Don Z
Give up the Fight" the New
Orleans Daily States, laments
over the fact that Col. Waiter
son, of the Louisville Courier
Journal announces his intention
to drop the alleged Sound mon
ey' ranks and go with the true
Democracy-the Kentucky Dem
ocracy; the National Democracy;
the American Democracy; the
Democracy of Jefferson and
Jackson, and, aside from little
differences on tariff, the Lincoln
Democracy. In brief the Dem
ocracy of the whole of our better
class of statesman from the
earliest day of our government
up to the present. A few money
sharks and men who think by
lessening the money of the
world they will have greater
power and perhaps, by their ad-
ded power, may wiring from the
hand of toll greater benefit
than they would otherwise have
lit is true have tried to prevent
the control of the Democracy and
turn the currency of our nation
into the hands of bank robbers
to plumber and burden the peop-
lie. The whole scheme is to ruin
the masses, that they, the hold
ers of gold and gold contracts,
may unjustly thrive, while the
American people, generally, fall
victims of their money plans and
banking wrongs. 1t may be that
Col. Watterson begins to see the
deep wrong of this unfair man
agement. 1t may be he is like
the most of the Southern states
men, he believes in going with
his own State when the question
is fairly submitted, as it was on
Nov. End, 1897. And it may be
that he, seeing the sinful path
he has become penitent and has
concluded to repent and turn
from his evil ways and walk in
the paths of justice and mercy.
We are inclined to the latter
view, as he was the very man
who wrote the ailver plank of
the first st. Louis silver gather
ing. But says the States, '.the
champions Of sound money are
not discouraged" No, we believe
not They have no more hope
of carrying Kentucky than they
have of going to heaven before
death-but they do hope, through
their spite, because they cannot
carry out their villainous schem-
es under the sacred name of
Democracy, to turn their brave
State, and, perhaps, the nation,
into the ranks of those who have
brought our people to desolation.
More murders; more suicides;
more insanity; more tramps;
more poverty; more starvation
and hidden sorrow from the eyes
of the world than the mind OF
man can comprehend, all, sir, by
your traitorous villainy. And
your angel, Col. has bent his
powerful brain and pen and able
paper to aid your cruel schemes.
1t is meet that he should repent
in sack cloth and ashes. And it
is more than time that he should
commence his devotions for
pardon. His past aims of treach-
cry were open enough to be seen
by children; but he can not car
ny them out--no, not in Ken
lucky Not in the United
States The late elections
shows the seal-to their doom.
But for Democrat, to call him.
self q Democrat; to pretend to
immitate Democracy, as you lit
tie clan of disorganizers have is
enough to make the past patriot
Democrats turn over in their
graves, at your treachery; and
the living Democrats, to have
the utmost contempt and loath,
ing for your degraded actions.
1t has been the invariable rule OF
the Democracy since the child.
hood of men, now grown grey, to
require a two-thirds vote at their
National nominating conventions
and you, sirs, have always claim.
ed loyalty toward the rule. Ano
at the last Cleveland nominating
convention, you held to it. II
was favoring your plans; and,
although there were millions
who disapproved of his past ad
ministration in regard to the
management of financial matters
the Democrats of our nation
true to the rules of the past
gave this base plotter their
votes. But, wnen the Democratic
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