Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1897-03-19

the senate he pursued tne same lrlehuly
attitude to the creditor classes Of Europe
and America and antagonism to our pro-
ducing classes, save when constrained by
press of circumstances to make at least
the show of bowling to the mandate OF
those who, suffering grievously from the
enhancement of the dollar and fall in
prices, rose up ever and anon 10 voice the
protest.
But while bowling, or making an ap-
pearance of bowling, before the mandate
of our producing classes, when to boldly
oppose that mandate would have endang-
cred his political future Sherman has at
heart been with the advocates of the dear
dollar. He has thus brought himself to
look through the colored glasses OF those
whose vision is bounded by Lombard and
Wall streets, and who look upon the rest
of the world merely as furnishing a
source from which to draw tribute. And
the interests of these men, who are bent
on euriching themselves by increasing
the tribute under which the rest of the
world lies to them as their debtors, being
antagonistic to the interests of our pro-
ducng classes who are their debtors,
Sherman has come to be the protector OF
alien interests as opposed to American
interests. And so it has come to pass
that we have Secretary of State who
must he prone to look upon every ques-
ton of international difference from the
point of view of the moneyed interests Of
LON bard and Wall streets, which is not
how does honor, how do motives of hu-
manit>, or how do the interests OF the
American people demand Its settlement,
but how will it's settlement affect our
pockets.
So we may look for a surrender Of
principle. of national honor, when the
pockets of the moneyed interests may be
hurt by the pursuit of a bold policy, for
we have Secretary of State who. as
shown by his later acts in the senate.
may be expected to put the interests of
aliens and those with alien interests
ahead of the interests Of America in
questions Of politics, just as he has for
years in questions of finance. And hav-
dictation of the moneyed interests at
home and abroad, we may expect Sher-
man to 20 one step further and take his
stand by Gage in urging the shaping of
our tariff system in accord with the views
of foreigners. Then the policy of gov
erning our people in accord with the
desires of foreigners, of suffering their
dictation in matters industrial, as we'll as
financial and political, would be rounded
out in the person of Sherman.
We have then, IN the selection OF Sher-
that American interests will be conserved.
but quite the reverse, the promise that
the new administration will pursue. un-
remittingly, course calculated to grind
down our producing classes to poverty,
and build up on their impoverlshment
the enrichment of the favored few, who
feel they are entitled to dictate the policy
of the administration IN consideration of
the money contributions they made to
the Republican campaign, and which
they look upon as equivalent to a pur-
chase of McKinley's election, and the
right to dictate the policy of his admin
istration in all matters affecting their
interests.
From Sherman we turn to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury chosen by Nc
Kinley. In Gage we find exemplified all
those qualities, all those trains of thought
and expression that we would expect to
find IN the honestly convinced gold
monometallist. He evinces no dlsposi.