Graham guardian., 1897-04-09

and the people been
eft TO cast their votes according
10 their natural instincts, he would
have been literally hurled beneath
an adverse majority.
Hence, there is nothing discour-
aging in thspolitical situation. 1t
mus, be remembered that the first
campaign involved bringing to-
gether of Heterogeneous elements
elements that had never acted in
harmony before, and between
which there was some friction even
then. They had nothing to bind
them together but devotion to one
great idea, and yet with all the
wealth of the country concentrated
against them and entrenched at
every vantage point, they poiied
nearly 100000 vctes-aoout
100000 more than any successful
President had ever received up to
that time.
The gold standard campaign was
fought upon the theory and the
promise that the election OF Nc
Kinley would at once restore con.
fidenco in the integrity of our
monetary system, and with such
restoration prosperity would i'm
mediately dawn. Four months
have gone by, and not the faintest
streak of "a dawning" has appear
ed. Banks and business houses
have continued to go down by
hundreds and thousands, and the
old familiar cry Of "hard times, Is
everywhere heard in the land.
The prophets of the gold stand
ard are still explaining" why the
guaranteed prosperity has moi
materialized, just as they have
been explaining" for 10! these
many years. We are now told te
wait until the new administration
has had chance. Well, we are
waiting, quite as patiently as those
who are telling US to wait; but WI
expect a steady continuance of ex
plantations.
There is not q sign visible to in
dicate the approach of prosperity
There is not the slightest probabil
ity of an international agreemen
| for the restoration of bimetaIisn
being reached, and the effort beini
made on that line Gift be an effort
will be productive of no result e2
cept to establish the fact that bi
metallism is absolutely essential t
our welfare.
| Under existing monetary COZ
ditions no revision Of the tari
can bring anything like genera
and permanent prosperity. Wit
money constantly rising in value
which simply means everything els
falling in value, the wealth of tn
country must, in the nature {
things, be monopolized more an
more by the monied classes, an
under such circumstances all tn
tariffs ever devised cannot brin
prosperity to the producer.
| Production is the base of a.
business, and if the produceris no
fairly paid for his produce ther
can be no genuine national pro!
perity.
We shall welcome better time
from whatever source they ma,
come. But we do not believe tina
there can be any material and last
ing Improvement until the none
tary system Of the country is g.
adjusted as to preserve something
like fair ratio between none,
and the other forms of wealth.
We do not believe that an,
other measure will be so strongl,
conductive to that end, aud at th
same time be so conservative an,
safe, as the complete restoration
of SILVER to the position which i
formerly occupied by the side o
gold. So, while waiting and long
ing for the good things so lavlshl,,
promised by our gold STANDARD
friends, we shall continue our labo
in the interest of bimetallism, firm
in the faith that the army whicl
met defeat in 1896 will march t,
glorious victory in 1900.
The Feminine Observer,
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