Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-09-02
IRONTON. MO. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1907
Silver Refuses To Stay Dead.


claim "a dead issue. II free silver i
| so dead as they have been asserting l
is for the past forty days. why doe:
everyone of them persist in having The
corpse dug up every morning Sd tina
it may convince itself by post NOR
| tenn examination and assure it reader:
that there Is no shammiDg-th lift
is really extinct.
The fact Is that the subject of the
cOpious obituary notices OF these gold
ite editors is not only not mOribund,
but there was never a time when the
silver issue was imbued with more life
than it possesses at the present time.
A glance at prevailing political con-
ditions will convince anyone that the
advocates of bimetallism in ali the
States in which elections are to be
held this fall are united, aggressive
and confident of success.
In Iowa, Hon. Fred White, the Dem
OCIdJlC uOlntuGC lOI bOh q uOI' bo1o a
ready sounded the summons 10 battle,
and the whole State is alive with en-
thusiasm and hope for an overwhelm-
ing triumph for the cause Of bimetal-
lism. Nebraska is arming for the
fray. Three monster conventions.
representing the sentiment of the Dem
ocrats, Populists and silver Republi-
cans of the State, will assemble in Lin
coin on Wednesday next, nominate a
Joint ticket, reaffirm their faith in BIZ
metallism and record their determiua-
tion to fight for the reconciliation of
silver. Organization in Nebraska is
perfect. Fusion is an accomplished
fact and the voters will reassert their
devotion to silver by larger numer-
ical majority than they did last fall.
While the result in Ohio is more
clouded by uncertainty than it is in
some of the other States, owing to
many causes-principal among them
being the enormous corruption fund in
the hands of the Republican managers
and the influence and patronage OF the
publican national administration at
their disposal-stilI the Democrats are
prepared for vigorous and aggressive
campaign and have strong expectations
of winning by pronounced majority.
Although the home of the President
and some of the biggest trusts in the
country, Ohio can not be considered
reliably Republican. In the past it
has been in the habit of going Demo
cratic in off years, and has several
times during the last quarter of a CEN
tury elected a Democratic Legislature
and sent Democrat to the Senate.
State pride caused many to vote for
Mckinley last year who will vote for
Horace Chapman this year. The la
Dor vote, that was cajoled into sup
porting the Republican ticket then un-
der promises of higher wages, can not
be driven to bestowing their ballots
upon a Mark Hanna Legislature next
November. There will be no appre-
ciable diminution in the bimetallic
sentiment of the rural districts. Iu
addition to these favorable conditions,
the Democrats can count on the vest
pocket votes of many Foraker Repub-
licans, who prefer to aid their political
enemies in gaining a victory rather
than to confirm in power one who will
use it to crush the leader of their fac
ton.
There are other issues, of course.
that will enter into the pending cam
paign in the several States where cleo
tions are going to be held soon-gov-
erument by injunction. the robber
tariff, subordination of State courts to
the Federal judiciary, the restraint of
the trusts-but these will be subordi-
nate. In every battle silver coinage
Will OS tuS pdTdtuOuub ISSUE It's sue
cess is linked indissolubly with the 9th
er reforms for which the people are
striving. If it fails, they will fail If
it succeeds, their success will follow.
It is here to stay.
As Governor Leedy has truly said,
The reconciliation of silver will re-
main an issue among the American
people so long as there is left one man
to argue its righteousness and to ar
que the correctness of the economic
principle it eufolds." The Gold trust
thought silver was buried in rs, and
it has been burying the white metal at
regular aud stated intervals ever since.
Bimetallism can not be buried until
this government is taken formally and
substantially out of the hands of the
people and placed in the hands of a
monarchy or an oligarchy.-K. c.
Times.
Owing to over-crowdiug aud bad
ventilation, the air of the schoolroom
is often close and impure, and teach
ers and pupils frequently suffer from
or,1