The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-20

en- image which they have Sc. up, but
breathed out threatenings and slaugh.
ter against the greenbacks and treas
ury notes.
b" An attempt has been made in
some quarters to push the tariff ques-
ton to the front, but l do not think
that this effort can be successful. The
! tariff question is no more important
now than it was during the campaign,
and it was not important enough then
to keep the gold Democrats within
the fold. To be sure, some of the
gold Democrats are criticising the
Dingley bill, but the moment the Re
publicans turn their attention to the
money question all complaining will
cease, and the gold Democrats will
be found in the front ranks fighting
shoulder to shoulder with the Repub-
lican leaders. If the Republicans at
tempt any further degradation of sill.
yer the gold Democrats will be their
allies. If they attempt to retire the
greenbacks and treasury notes, direct
ly or indirectly, they can rely upon
the earnest cooperation OF the gold
Democrats.
PARAMOUNT ISSUE OF 1900.
Both the regular Democrats and the
gold Democrats know that the money
question will be the paramount issue
Of 1900, and it is folly to expect that
either branch Of the party will give
any material assistance to the repre-
sentatives of the other branch while
this great contest continues. Know
ing that they will fight each other
three years hence, is it reasonable to
suppose that they can be political
friends in the meantime =?
When the gallant Democrat,
Colonel Watt Hardin, was candid
ate for governor of Kentucky, two
years. ago, many gold Democrats
would not support him because they
feared that his election would
strengthen the silver cause, and there
is no evidence that the gold Demo-
Gratis have lost any of their sensitive
ness on this sebject.
I" Is it probable that the silver
Democrats will exert themselves to
give political position and influence
to men who will use their position
and influence against bimetallism in
the next great battle /? When l say
that political friendship is impossible
between the regular Democrats and
the boilers, do not mean to say that
there is, or ought to be, any personal
hostility between the members of the
two organizations.
RECOMMENDS TOLERANCE.
On the other hand, l affirm that
there should be the broadest charity
and tolerance. Republicans and
Democrats have in the past mingled
together in society and in business
circles, although they have voted
against each other at the polls. In
like manner, there can be the friend
liest personal relations between the
regular Democrats and the boilers,
but there can be no harmonious po-
litical association between them.
The regular Democrats and the
boilers now have separate and dis
tinct party organizations. No matter
which is regarded as God and which
as Mammon, no one can serve both.
1t is as impossible for a person to be-
long to both Democratic organiza-
tions as it is for person to be both
Democrat and a Republican at the
same time. No Democrat who be.
lieves that the gold standard is con-
spiracy formed among the money
changers for the enslavement of the
producer of the wealth can act with
the gold Democrats, and no gold
Democrat who believes that the res.
toration of silver will ruin the country
can act with the regular Democrats.
COMPROMISE FUTILE.
If any who now believes in free
coinage hereafter becomes converted
to the gold standard, it will be an
easy matter for him to transfer his
allegiance to the boiling organization
if any who now believes in the gold
standard becomes convinced of his
error, the way is open for his return
to the regular organization, but any
attempt at compromise will not
only be futile, but will be disastrous
to the regular organization. Bimetal-
lism can only be restored by affirma-
tive action, therefore any compromise
must be at the expense of the advo-
Gates of bimetallism.
"There can be no permanent
peace, not even a truce, without
cessation of hostilities, and cessa-
tion of hostilities means tine preserva-
tion of existing conditions. In other
words, harmony between the regular
Democrats and the boilers means the
mainten ince of the gold standard as