St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-06-26
BlMETALLlsM ECR NATIONS.
The scnndaIous Farce1sf TIC GeIdbua
ChaFintans.

Charfatans.
Not all the concentrated gall and held
blufing spirit which ruled at the st.
Louis convention was strong enough to
carry the republican party through the
programme which in reality lay at its
heart. The choice spirits which pulled
the strings and moved the puppets We're
as rank monometallic goldbugs as could
be found in Lombard street or in the
Bank of England directorate.
But there was just enough political
sagacity to guide thsse master minds to
conceal their hand in the adroit shadow
of bimetallism by international agree
ment. During the campaign 1t was no
easy task for the speakers to recollect at
all moments the wide difference be-
tween the principles close to their
hearts and the dogma of the platform
set forth as sirup to catch Ties. OFTEN
and often contemptuous expressions as
to any coinage of silver except as token.
money would bubble up from the heart
to the lips. The American Banker,
Bradstreet's and the literature spread
| broadcast by the Gound Money league
could not be bridled, but broke out in
open sneers at any plans OF bimetallism.
| The ruse worked too wella and many q
voter who meant well for his country
was caught in the specious rhetoric. of
the stump and cast his vote for bimetal-
lism by international agreement. The
fight was won by the aid of these mis-
| guided boilers who forsook the demo-
cratic party, the only honest advocate
of bimetallism in the country. The pre-
| tended bimetallism won and now reap
the fruits of their victory in fat Offices.
| And now comes the hard task of re-
moving the mask. The people are not
asleep and the victorious party finds an
unaccustoraed disposition to hold the
republican party to its bargain. The
| bimetallic commission has been APP
pointed, and, so far as the personnel
goes. it is exceptionally good.
But there is as much practical value
| in this commission as there would be in
one appointed to make men fly by inter-
/ national agreement. If one wishes to
get q true estimate of what these gem
tlemen will accomplish, all there is to
do is read the English press. Without
restraint the London papers scott at the
very name of international bimetallism.
The thrifty gentlemen who loan rloney
in London know their business too well
to join in any plan to curtasi their
profits by increasing competitors IN
their business. These gentlemen who
i sit in the seats of the money changers
of the world have us just where they
want us. They have the volume of the
currency admirably under control
They will hold it there.
! The fun has just begun in this high
\ comedy in which the actors are grave
senators and lords in parliament. The
play will be worth watching, and we
propose to keep the lights turned on the
stare until the curtain is at length rung
down upon the last act of the play
4 AS it falls the American commissioners
will be seen boarding a steamer fo1
home, with very downcast looks. A dog
caught in a strange sheep corral would
look more cheerful than they.
4 But after the farce is over we shall
have real American programme sill
yer coinage by Americans for America
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