The times., 1897-12-07
TUESDAY. DECEMBER :. 1897.
The RcnnhIlcnn challenge.

The mcu WHO own the Republican
party have deareej that the greenhack
currency shall lie destroyed. They are
the men who organized 4nd controlled the
financial siringemcy'' which gave to Presi
dent Cleveland his excuse for ordering
the repeal OF the wo-niHlion-a-month sill
yer coinage act and next induced him to
demand ana use every iota u Ills enor
NOUS official power 10 ring abouJ the re
pealo Of the sherman sHve- purchase law
They ere TIE men who wrote the last
Republican. platform Il st. Louis and after
ward raised a funa @ sts,een million do
lars to curry the PresidontiaI election in
seeming Endorsement Of it,
Thcy are Tie men whose associates ana
ooparta~rs in England ana Germany have
made tire mission or the Holcott silver en-
bassy Streaming farce.
Thrn next proposed achievement is the
destruction OF TIE ereenback- Secretary
Gage has openly adviseGit. The President
adro:Iy refers 20 It in MS naessa ge in phra ses
Of possible double meaning.
Just as ly EVASION, peryersion ana dis
tortion 81 words and phrases SILVER was
drn.one'ilod in 1873 80 sreenbacks are
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The conspiracy. wicked as it is, cruel
a. it is. to every man VINO earns his living
by his CaiIy labor, VIII succeedif it be not
Instantly met 10y determined and uncon-
querabl. opposition. Thereisno power that
can prevent it other than the Democracy
the partg that cast q year ago over six
millions Of votes for Bryan and American
financial independence.
The controllers Of The Republican party
nave chosen tIreir batue ground, and there
tney must be met and defeated, OF the
result there can be no aoubt, ii the Demo
cratic forces can be aroused and mobiIized
in time.
The critical moment is the present.
TIE issse should lie at once accepted and
made Sc clear tl.at 10 solitary voter need
10 be in douat as to which slide he bclongs
or on which SIDE he VIII fight.
The rroney of the people is silver, gold
aud Sno,nhacks- The il,oneyo Of the Inonopo
lisl is gold alone he has, by practically
destroying silver, given 10 his oae gold
dollar the purchasing power Of two.
II he can destroy the now exist
ing four hundred millions of green
bac IS he can raise The purchasing
powes Of that one gold dollar % three.
Evcl ything, land. houses. the products
OF labor and labor Itself VIII shrink in the
same proportion. The scheme is auda
cioUs, ',at tie prize is great. The people
wiz sc financially cnslayed. Int we shall
lie able 10 feast our eyes on bnlionaires
who have grown 10 be such in the lifetime
Of ore man
Tijs is rot merely a question of party
From the very necessities Of the case the
Deiaoaratic patty VIII nave TO form the
line of dcfense. Bot aligned with it should
lie, aye. win he, thousands aid hundreds
Of thousands Of men vtr, TN now have
always cas- Republican ballots.
A million men voted in November, 1886.
for Mr. Mckinley who wos.la not have done
so if they lad not belieFed he would be
Just to siIver-that out Of his election 4
restoration Of silver would be effected
They are steadily and fast becoming gaware
Of their credulfty and folly.
THE GKEENBACKs ARE TO BE
STRICKEN DOWN. A great struggle is at
hand. rhe purity, the patriotism. the
courage Of the people are 70 ne tried. Those
who can speak FOR them their own un-
bought and unpurchasea hle representa-
tives-ough; to he brought togethei rhe
gold men control the legislation OF the