The times., 1897-12-16
THURSDAY. pEcEMgER Ie. 1897.
Democrat- and ereenhnclss.


The country VIII feel sense Of salts
faction iu consequence 0f one of the de-
termins uons reached 10y the House Demo
cratic caucus ou Tuesday night II Is
agreeable O. witness the sight Of Repre-
sentatives responding 10 the sential mt OF
their party, a. expressed IN its recognized
organs. and that the national urgaalza5ion
is determined 10 fight for the preserva-
uoH 81 tl.o preenbacks Is TOO Notorious 10
require 81 g5iTDeut. The action 4 the caucus
IN this respect viii bring hope ana en-
cOura cement Il millions, who We're de
dressed by tho appearance Of Democratic
EupIneuess IL the extra session The stu
alton aud the danger are acute. Mr.
Hanna. and other ma enates OF the Repub-
hcan Administration. are confident that.
in some way, the vast amount Of money
they can control 10 influence legislation
viii enable them 10 destroy the peoples
currency al tins session. If such thing
We're possible the Democratic party might
as well dissolve; because IL is certain that
without Democratic assistance in the Sen
ate, nothing OF the kind can be done.
it equal is true that a repetition nf the
action by which aid was gwen to the
Republicans t. pass the infamou, trust
and monopoly tariff hnI would sink De
mocraCy out Of sight al he next general
elections.
ON the sth instant The Times editorialiv
printed The following:
The men who own the Republican
party nave ucCreed that the greeBfsacE
currency silah be destroyed. They are
.it -LieH H ~ organized and controlled the
financial struEenC Y" which gave h PreSi-
oeul Cleveland his excuse for ordering
lNe repeal or tie WU-uillfgu-a-fuouth sill
NeI coinage act ana next induced him 10
demand ana use every lOta OF his enor-
nous official power 20 hring about the re-
peal or the sherman silver purcna 81 law
Iney are the men " no Wrpfe the laSf.
hepuhllcau platform al ST. Louis ana after
" ara raised "a fund Of sixteen million dol
lars 70 carry the Presidential tlectiou-Iu
hecuIlng lndOTsemeut Of IL.
iheg are the men Whose associates and
c0partners 10 England and Germany have
made the mission of the WOlcOtt SILVER enl-
hdrSg q screaming farce
Their next proposed achievement is the
destruction or the greeuback. Secretary
dage las openly advised T.. The President
BurOluTrefeTN 10 it ln his message in mira saS
OF possible double meaning
Just as 10y evasion, peIYeTSiOn and dis
II
oemOnetlzed IN 1873 SO Ereenbacks are
DOW u De stuCker down.
The conspiracy licked as il is, cruel
- II is 10 every in,-Ii who earns Iis living
By ms Gahy labor, 1vlll succeed If il be not
instantly met by d determined and unCOn-
QueTaBle opposition. THERE'S no DOW that
can prevent it other tiIan the Democracy
the party that cast year ago over six
millions OF votes Tor Bryan anu American
financial independence.
The controllers or tie Republican party
have chosen their battle ground, and there
iheN huSi De met and defeated. OF the
result there can be no doubt IL the Demo-
cratic forces can be aroused and modified
o. time.
The critical moment is tie present.
he issue should be at once accepted
ana made SO dear that Nc solitary voter
need TO be in doubt as 10 which side
he belongs or on WITCH side he VIII fight.
IN adopting the bold course they hav
on this question, the House Democrats
have done no more than their duty: but
In these days of cowsrdic or worse, men
who do their duty attract universal .t-
tention. The issue is simple one.
Again referring 10 our remarks on De
oember :, the case cannot be put in
palmer terms than those then used We
said:
The money Of the people Is silver, gold
AM GTeelilacks. The money of the IlionoDo-
llSt Is gold alone He has nv pracflca1lv
destroying silver, given 10 his one gold
collar the purCia sing power of two II
De can destroy the now eN ing four
hundred millions OF greenbacRs he can
raise the puTcAa sing power OF that one
gold dollar 10 three. Everything. land
houses tie products OF Ia Dor ana Ia bor
ITSELF VIII shrink in tie came DruDort ION
1he scheme Is auda Cious, but the prfze
ls great. The people VIII be finaDciaUv
enslaNed- but we shall be able To feast
our eyes on billiuuaires who have grown
To De such IN tie lifetime OF one man.
rms Is not merely Qnesfi ion of marty
Prom the very necessities Of the case the
DelnOcrauc party viii have to form Tie
!ine OF defense. But aligned wfthft sIould
be. aye, Will be, thousands and hundreds
81 thousands OF men VITO till now have
always cast Republican ballots
A million men voted in November I Sq6
Tor Mr. Mckinley who would not have done
- lE they bad not believed he would be
Just 10 sllYer-that out OF his election a
restoration of silver would he effected
AheE are Steault and fast becufuing q ware
OF their CredulUy and folly.
THE GREEABACKS ARE To RE
STRICKEN DOWN. A great struggle is Al
hand. the purity, the patriotism the
CUuTsge Of the people are TO be tried Those
who can speak for them their own an.
bought and unpuHchasabie representatives
ought 10 be brought together. The gold
men control the legislatiOn OF tie count rv
They may lot dare TO do all tlIey wa nt
done but they Will 10 4 far ana as fast
Es they deem II safe. They are Shrewd