The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-07-15


deprive the Democrats of Ohio, Iowa,
and Maryland of a large number of votes
in the coming fall election.
The Southern Democrats, who held up
their hands in holy horror when their
most progressive men i'll Congress voted
for protection, have recovered their equa
nimity in a remarkably short space of
time.
Newspapers of all sections and ali politi-
cal parties and business men without re-
gard to political afiliation report decid
ed improvement in those lines related to
manufacturing, agriculture, and rail-
roads
The local conventions of Populists in
all parts of the country are declaring
against any more fusion with Democrats.
A fusion which fuses only the votes
and gives all the desirable offices to the
D emocrats IS no longer popular with Pop
ulists.
To pass tariff bill and institute nu-
merous other reforms within four months
OF the Inauguration Of a President whose
party controls but one branch of Congress
Is thing unheard of in political history
until President Mckinley accomplished it.
Pooh Bah Butler of the Populist Nation
al Committee thinks Mr., Bryan insult
was altogether ''too light. A PROPOSE
ton to purchase the support of great
party By contribution OF 81, 800 to its
CT mpaign fund is altogether unbusiness-
like-as to the sum offered
\ paper currency to be issued by the
Government in quantities to give per
capita Of so all around is Tom Watson $
latest proposition and he expects to knock
our free silver and substitute this as tie
chief pla-dz Of The platform OF the Popu-
list Convention this week.
Business men who are now expressing
confidence and cheerfulness regarding
the immediate future base much of their
confidence upon the fact that the young
Democracy is coming so thoroughly into
line for protection that there is little
prospect of another revision of the tariff
tor many years.
Tue old soldiers who have found them
selves bafiiel at every turn by hostile ex-
aiming surgeons in their pension claims
during the past four years are not threat
ening to vote the Democratic ticket be-
cause President Mckinley's Commissioner
of Pensions has dismissed about five
hundred of that class of Office holders.
II must be rather discouraging to the
advocates of tile free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of IL to ! to see
that erstwlle champion of their cause.
ex G oyelnor Boise of Iowa, come out in
favor of paper currency based on the
market value of silver bullion. Uncle Hold
has been a shining light in the free silver
party, but his new proposition shows that
lie has lost faith in it.
Even Mr.. Blyan's personal organ. the
Omaha 'World- Herald" refuses longer
to follow him in declining to recognize
returning prosperity. That paper, hich
has published many articles on this sub
ject, calls attention IN recent issue to
the fact that there is a marked activity
and general improved condition in the
stock business and stock markets of the
west and predicts that this improvement
will continue.
The 'otatisticians'' who furnished those
exciting tables of prices for last falls sill
yer campaign by which they protested to
show that wheat and silver had kept pace
in rise and fall since the ''crime of 49,
are finding little market for their tables
this year. The fact that wheat has
steadily advanced in value while silver
has steadily declined during the past year
has taken the edge off the popular appe-
tite for that sort of mental fodder.
The four months since William McKin-
ley was inaugurated have been big with
events. No other administration ever did
so much i'll so short time, and none was
ever able to accomplish such results under
such adverse circumstances. The people
who are inclined to grumble because four
years work have not been completed in
four months in the face of an adverse ma,
Jorlty n the Senate do themselves. the
country, and the President injustice.
Money talks. The mine owners are the
men who have put up the cash to keep
the silver campaign running, and they
look upon it as their right to determine
who shall lead the fight for which thew
are paying. They are perfectly cold
blooded about it, and since they see that
Teller or Towne would be more useful to
them than BRYAN thew hava NO boS;+o+;o,,