The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-16

people, it is doubtful whether the Re.
publican party will be able to sur.
vive.
Ia the first place the resolutions
bear the ear marks ofthe same able
writer who used to serve in the capac,
! ny of Office cat for our esteemed
nrighbor contemporary; the same
writer who earstwhlle expanded copi-
Jus quantities OF ink ia lambasting
the Populists, and who in the Heralds
issue of September 4th, 1895, said;
"The Herald has never joined in the
demand so widely repeated for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to l, because we have
never been convinced that this law
would remedy the evils which we
know to exist"
But we return to the resolutions.
We pass over their glazing inconsist-
entcies and the falsehoods contained
in them and call the attention of our
Populist friends to the last clause of
the same, which is as follows:
9TH. We denounce the pending
tariff Legislation known as the Ding.
ley bill as an inexcusable robbery of
the common people Ia the interest OF
the trusts and wealthy and powerful
corporations OF the country, and we
demand that all taxation. national,
state and local, be limited to the de-
mands of the government when econ~
omically administered.
In the first place the Chicago con-
ventlon which nominated Mr.. Bryan
refused to join issue with the Repub-
leans on the tariff issue. AT that
time the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 10 to was the
hobby which the Democratic party
was astride of, and which it subse-
q uentlY rode to its death. How clear
ly is the milk and cider nature of the
Democratic party now displayed. In
their resolutions adopted last week,
they were as silent as the grave on
the question OF free and unlimited
coinage Of silver and have again taken
up the tariff
They have taken up the tariff be-
cause it is now their only hope. They
have learned that free silver will no
carry them TO victory, hence they
have dropped that and are hunting
around for some better means with
which to deceive the people. They
fad nothing better than the tariff
which shows that they are in the last
ditch.
But how does this suit our Populist
friends? The free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to
l is the chief corner stone of the Pop
ulist party. 1t Is for this that they
have commended since the birth of the
party. The Popuiist party is the
original Is to party. We warn our
POpulist friends now that the Demo
Gratis will soon put aside the silver
question and push the tariff issue to
the front. But how are the Populists
on the tariff question? Is 1t not well
known to them that Populist Sena>
tors are for a protective tariff that
is a majority of them? In the recent
vote on the Dlngley bill in the house
of Representatives. do We not find
nearly all the Populist Representa-
tives refusing to vote against the
Dingley bill? Certainly we do. The
fact is, the Populist party is in favor
of free silver at the ratio of 16 to /,
and is also in favor OF protective
tariff. Hence we submit to our Pope
ulist friends this question: How will
a Populist be benefited by voting for
a party that is ready to sacrifice the
question offree and unlimited coinage
of silver, which the Populists favor,
for the question of free trade or tar
if for revenue only, which the Popu-
lists are against?