The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

and unlimited and Independent coinage
of silver at the rate of 16 to l with a
deprecated currency and cheap money.
After prating of sound business in
terests" by which he means the thugs
of Wall street, who have helped to
ruin the country, this treacherous
wretch flddles the tariff string, trying
to make political capital for himself
by denouncing the Republican tariff.
Cleveland continued:
In the meantime the allied forces of
calamity, encouraged by these malign
conditions are still active and aggres-
sive. They confidently speak of the
encounter in which they failed of sue
cess as only the first battle and glad
ly hail every untoward incident and
every added pretext for passion and
resentment as new and unwelcome allies
In the continuance of their crusade"
Here is a sample of his monumental
gall:
Il began by saying that this was an
N~oSAAOioASO III pdIIlOClC L
hope my sympathy with it's high aims
and disinterested efforts will not be
suspected when 1 confess that l have
brought here sturdy partisanship and
devoted interest to the principles of
true democracy. l should, however,
not be here to make this declaration if
by partisanship I meant adherence to a
party organization merely for the pur-
pose of comprising government control
and the distribution of the spoils of
party victory among greedy claimants.
The partisanship I mentioned means
the support of certain principles and
theories of government and a co-opera-
tion and association in political effort
and activity with others who believe
in the same theories and principles. for
the purpose of accomplishing their
practical application and enforcement.
Is not that fine preaching for a vile
thing that betrayed not only his party
but his country?
The people whom true democracy
would serve are all the people of the
land. Those whom it would restrain are.
on the one hand, the vicious and tur-
bulent who defy the laws and on the
other hand those who with conscience
less greed and in abuse of their oppor-
/ tunity wrongfully oppress their fellows
and eat out their substance.
himself and Wall street in that last
sentence?
Above all things true democracy in
slsts that the money of the neople
should be sound, stable, neither shriv-
cling in purchasing power in the hands
OF the poor nor by it's uncertain value
driving enterprise and productive ener-
gy into hiding.
Say, Grover, don't you know that the
poor have no money and if there is anv
shriveling going on, it is in the hands
of the millionaires? But, they. and Won
their tool, are working, not to have the
dollars shrivel, but have them double
and treble in their hands. while the
lands and products Of the people 'shri-
vel'' into the control of these heart1ass
usurers
The rest Of Cleveland's speech was
frantic appeal to reunite the democ-
racy (of course for the sole purpose
OF nominating this-thing for president
four years hence.
| The lmpudence of this-even the pen
refuses to call him man-is monu-
mental.
With all the banking of office and
almost the entire administration. he
ana his crowd polled a paltry 13314S
votes for another traitor, John M Pal
mef, VINO as candidate for U. S SEN
ator In Illinois solemnly pledged his
vote and influence for free silver and
against the banks and then BETRAYED
his constituents and became the nomi-
nal leader of Cleveland's treasonable
gang.
Yet with backing of 133.14S votes
this crowd proposes to capture the
Democratic organization that po,led
6,5O2 1925 votes.
Benedict Arnold after betraying his
country ran away to England to escape
the gallows. Judas Iscariot after get
ting the thirty pieces of silver hanged
himself; our modern traitors brazenlv
try to make themselves rulers of the
country, after having been ignominious-
ly kicked out of office.