Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-01
THE SILVER ISSUE.
ALL OTHER ISSUES MUST BE
SuBoRDINATED TO 1T.
TIC MissIsn OF the Great Pepalist Party
Ia Szz~a as a Separate Organization
Follow Example of Abe~IEtionists-
Ansio-Ameriean League.

From the Silver knight Waterman.
The mission of the Peoples party is
ended as much as the mission of the
Abolition party was ended after FIRE.
mont's campaign. and our .middle-of-
the-road" men will find they are bark
ing up a tree where there isn't n
coon. When the old Abolition party
found they had fired the Northern
heart they let go their organization
and jined drives with the new Repuh-
lican party. The Republican party did
not adopt the Abolition platform in
full. They made the slavery question
the paramount issue and declared for
no further extension OF slavery. and
BY that sign they conquered. The mex
Democracy did not adopt the Peoples
party platform in full; they adopted as
much CT il as the people are ready for.
They made the money question the
paramount issue and made the silver
question the key. The platform OF the
new Democracy is as much Popnlistic
as the Republican platform was anti
slavery.
There is no solid standing room for
three parties. The mission Of a new
Or third party is 10 bring 10 the front
2 burning issue that existing parties
are afraid Of. Keep up the organiza-
ton until the people are ready I take
sides on the question, and fail in with
the party that takes their side.
When the Democracy swallowed up
tie old Greenback party the people
were not ready to take sides. and the
aen sao got rich by swapping dollars
controlled the Democratic party the
same as the Republican party.
The Peoples party grew up o. the
grave Of the old Gresnback party, and
kept up the agitation until the money
question vas thrust into eyerybody's
face and eyes and in the late prestden-
tial election more than $500. 600 votes
were polled for the free coinage i sill
ser at Is to /.
The Republicans did not give up the
fight or change their platform when
Fremont vas defeated. They plays ed
On the same figure and elected Lincoln.
Inc silver question is a live crit
ter" 1t Is world wide. The whole civ
liized world is furnishing for ali the
silver there IS in the Rocky noun
tains. The cause OF the depression
everywhere Is the appreciation OF the
standard OF vaiue-the growing gold
dollar The silver question has passed
out Of the hands OF the Peoples party
and Is in the hands Of the people.
The new Democracy has stolen the
thunder Of the Peoples party. the
same as the Republican party stole the
thunder Of the old Abolition party. and
the same as the United States Supreme
Court stole the thunder Of the old
Greenback party.
The Peoples party cannot stand Up
in the fight that is now on as a separate
organization.
The Republican party has been rein
forced Oy the gold Democrats and has
lost q million free silver Republicans.
The Republican party to hold its new
allies must bring about conditions thai
will keep the dollar growing from rear
to year.
The Democratic party. shorn Of it's
gold standard leaders, reinforced BIZ 4
million Of Populists and a million or
free silver men from the ground tier of
the Republican party. can and will re-
monetize silver and stop the appreeia-
ton Of the gold dollar. Cleyeland'g adj
rninistration was so unpopular that the
Democratic party was dead, but after
the Chicago convention. when its head
me vent into the Republican party. II
became cry much alive and poIIed
more votes for Bryan than any other
Democratic candidate for President
ever before received.
In 1856 there were some stralgat
Wings. There, were none in 1850.
There will be no stragglers in 1900.
The silver question cannot be side
tracked any more than the slavery
question could be sidetracked 10 1860.
The first step in monetary reform il to
restore the law as it stood from the
foundation until 1873. The free coin
age Of silver will stop the apprecla-
tion Of gold and give to the country
such a measure Of relief that the peo-
pie will come to the new Democracy il
such number as they fiocked 10 Jack
son 10 lis fight against the old United
States ban1.-Soiomon Chase.