The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Chase County Leade.

Ottawa Times II the day ever comes
when the State militia Is under Fed
eral control, ofiicered by West Pointers,
the liberties Of the people will be gone,
and this fair republic will have become
monarchy ruled by martial law.
Medicine Lodge Index: From this
distance 1t Is hard to see what the
Populist national committee is doing to
preserve the party integrity. The COM
mlttee should be reOrganized and none
but active, honest workers should be
selected.
Chicago Express: No people can be
self-gOyerned who are denied the right
TO vote yes or no on every law by which
they are to be governed. This is direct
legislation Work for it and vote for
IL; and give that party your support
which has brought that question to the
! front.
Yates Center Advocate (Pop): You
cannot deceive the people by bowling
against trusts and mOnOpOlies unless
you can tell them what you propose to
with the trusts. There is but one rem
edy for trust ownership of the nation,
and that is national ownership OF the
trusts.
Lyons Eagle: We would not have
thought President Mckinley would have
recommended wildcat banking. But he
did, and yet there Is no one thing the
party has more ridiculed in the past than
that relic Of Democracy which the head
OF the party now adopts-unsecured
bank notes for the use OF the people.
Mexican Herald Mexicos finances
are handled with admirable caution and
sagacity and whatever may be the fu-
ture policy Of the government regard
ing the currency basis, there is at pres
ent no thought of changing from the
silver. standard which is contributing
to the growth of manufacturing and
other industries.
Galveston Tribune: Postal banks
would conserve small savings, but would
not contract the currency On the con-
trary, the would attract the petty hoard
ings that now lie in hiding and would
furnish certificates Of deposit that would
pay interest and actually circulate as
money. AT any rate the certificates
representing what would otherwise not
be in current use would certainly not
contract the currency.
lola Register (Rep.): There are OBJ
jectiOns to the annexation OF Hawaii.
But suppose after we decline the offer
she should make overtures to England
and be taken under the paw Of the
lion. Would that not make our present
objections seem rather trifing? If the
dusly republic could retain its inde-
pendence 1t would doubtless be a great
deal better for us to let the present
status continue. But il she is bound
TO fall into somebody's arms-and it
begins to look as IL that must hap
pen--then there seems to be little op-
tlOn for us but to do the embracing.
American Banker: 1t Is believed that
IL the Republicans in the Senate will
hold together for currency reform they
may be able to secure a sufficient num-
Der of votes from the Democratic side
to pass measure having that object
In view. Several Democratic Senators
from the East are expected to give their
support to measure Of that sort. II
II Is the lack Of an adequate bank cir
culatlon more than the want Of free
silver coinage which has caused so
much opposition to the gold standard in
the South 1t ought not to be difficult
to secure few Democratic Senators
for banking measure from that sec.
tion.
Aarper's Weekly: Croker having
publicly notified Hill that he recognizes
Murphy as the Democratic leader in
New York State, Hill Is now, 1t seems.
entering upon contest with the ruler
Of Tammany and the city for the pur-
pose of retaining his threatened lead
ership. To this end he is seeking the
assistance Of Hugh Mclaughlin, the
Democratic boss of Kings county, who
will, Of course, support the leader who
will profit him and his organization the