The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-01
GOLD DEMOCRATS.
WHY THEY SHOULD KEEP UP THEIR
ORGANIZATION.

silverites Still Arrogant and Defiant and
Will Tempt Fate Again Forces of FL
nancial Honor and Stability Must Re-
peat the Victory of 1896.
Some Of the gold Democrats are show
ing a little encouragement on account
Of their poverty in votes in the recent
election Thus in Massachusetts, their
vote was but $4,000, as compared with
IL, 900 last year, while the silver DEM
ocratio vote is 70, 600. In Kentucky,
where the gold Democratic candidate
and his friends made an active canvass,
and which state is the home of ex-Sec-
rotary Carlisle and of General Buckner
the vice presidential candidate on the
Palmer ticket of 1896, the vote was
about 10, 600, while in Iowa the gold
Democratic poll was only about 5, 600.
Last year Palmer's vote in Kentucky
was 5, la and in Iowa 4,516. The ex-
pectation was that in each of these
states the vote this year would be at
least four or five times as great as it
was in 1896. In Ohio and the other
states in which the sound money DEM
ocrats had ticket: their exhibit in the
recent elections was Disappointing
One fact is brought out clear and
strong by this poor showing of the
Cleveland Democrats, and that is that
they have not the faintest prospect of
getting control Of their party in the
near future. Apparently the elections
have given new hope to the Bryanites.
Senator Thurston is quoted as having
said that the silver issue is dead. There
is a serious mistake in judgment here.
Silverism will figure prominently in the
congressional election of 1898. If the
Republicans carry the house in that year
by good working majority, the silver
issue will probably drop into the back
ground.
If, on the other hand the Republic
ans get only small majority in 1898,
or if they lose the election, silverism
will be at the front in 1900, and the
battle of 1895 will have to be fought
over again. The Republicans, of course,
for partisan reasons, would be glad to
see the silver issue made prominent
next year and in 1900. It's effect on Re-
publican fortunes would be the same as
the continuance of the war issues were
in the reconstruction days and for a
dozen years later. 1t would make Re-
publican success certain and overwhelm-
ing
This is why the encouragement of
the gold Democrats is unwise. They
should keep up their organization and
renew their fight in 1898 and 1900,
either under their own or the Republic
an banner. If they drop into the Bryan
lite party, they will have to go to the
rear. The silverites are as arrogant and
as demented as ever. They are deter
mined to tempt fate again, and as they
consider the honest money men traitors
to the faith they will give no quarter to
that element 1t was inevitable that in
state canvasses the gold Democrats could
not display their whole strength. This
could be done only in national can
vass, congressional or presidential. Next
year, if they keep up their courage, they
can fight with effect. The Cleveland
and Carlisle men can no more hope for
favors from the Bryan and Altgeld party
than CROMWELL Roundheads could from
the administration of Charles ii. More
over. duty demands that they should
continue the battle for honest money.
The forces of financial honor and ma
tional stability are bound TO achieve a
decisive success in the next and final
struggle with the elements Of political
dishonesty and disorder, and the gold
Democrats ought to keep themselves in
a position to share in the glory of the
victory. st. Louis Globe Democrat