The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1897-11-25

- sOS,env cS te4ee throughout oht
IcQMhtry, considerable interest i
awakened as 20 what the leaders o
the Democsney viii choose as th.
basis offuturr principles upon which
10 go befsHe The country and tI,,
voters Of the Uni,cd States. Not .
little CD. iss;ty is manifested here y,
to tho exact stalls of the new pnlit
cal p.rts which is said to be IN state o.
organization and which III denomin-
atsd the Naficnal Paper Money party
which promises primarily to devote
Itself exclusively to the curranc,
question 40 TO he first aud greatest
issue before the country. Tho tariff
question il To- be relexatcd to th,
rear and all til. other issues whicl,
have 'seen the Mainstay Of the old
Democratic party are to be side
trackde as side issues of only minor
Importance
u is we'll understood Ey close OBJ
servers, aud in fact by all intclli gent
readers Of the newspapers, that the
wing Of the Democratic party whicl,
last year adopted free silver a~ it its
cardinal principal has been gradually
disintergatiDg owing to tn. growing
unpopularity Of the silver cause. aud
that while some of it's supporters
stiilscliDg to the free-coinagc idea, q
large proportion Of them are castiug
about for another issue which will
be more likely 10 take with the pee
pie AS ca.npai4.f issue in the fight
OF 1900. A preliminary mcc,ing of
the New Paper none. party wa. re-
comfy held in Chicago aud arrange
IneDts made to enter the Cungress-
iohal campaign. of next year. 1t j,
claimed that the new movement has
made some headway in the Wcstera,
Statee, ami that clubs have been or
ganized la San Franci.cO, Kansas Cisy
and other western cities. Pure
6atism no metallic basis of curranc,
and NO r..demptiUu. ia announce
NJ the motto Of IN. new movencn,
This resolves itself int" oi.itim"
pure and simple, a ii
will doubtless find many snpp'rser,
from the ranks at the lverites WHO
have always believed in yrecubak
lem aud have tolerated silver si,npv
as . means 10 the emf The new
party promises to devote itself to the
single plank Of grecnbackisn,, dee
mantlinx Government paper. issued
and controlled entirely bv COngrcss,
legal teuder for all debts aud not re-
deemabls. Congress will be called
upon to stop issueing all gold, silver,
and bank paper money, aud to issue
only national papcr money for the
use Of the people. The money now
in circulation in the country Willie
recognized for it's. face value, but no
moro of the kind will he issued.
Ex-Coverner Altgeid is said 10 be in
favor Of the movement. but expresses
the doubt that the people OF the
country are not ready to accept the
dat scheme in toto; in other words,
tina. they are not yet educated up
to It. Frequent declarations were
heard during the campaign
of Z last year that free silver
was but necessary stepping stone
to tho true moEey of the country,
viz, paper currency. 1t was fire.
euently asserted during the last Cain
paign shat Altgcld was more Of n
greenbacker thau = sAvcrite, and the
following words Of the Governor
would seem 10 corrol,0rate the claim:
Agitation in the paper money .dircc-
tton is good: and IL may OILY take
. spark To cai,se The tide to turn, bu,
4 think Il will take . lung time 10 ed
ucafc the people TO adopt the correct
% stem. Il is the purpose OF the new
party 10 coMiH.nc.. the work Of edu-
cation immediat@ly, and the hope is
that much of the disInembered De-
mocracy viii De united uader the
standard Of true 6ati.m aud imitation.
What tie new movements will re-
suit Ii will be iutcrestiug to waicl
That dlieiutegI alton 10 steadily going
% In tho Democratic aud silver par
tics q beyond q..ssaiun. but what
new phornIx will arise from the
ashes 40 ons can u this period tell
The followers af Bryan, under what
ever nsnse, still ass.ss { sat there has
been no real revival Of prosperity III
the country or Improvement in busi-
meas. business men know that It Il
not 80, but thorn sre = great many
people ssho have no suell personal
experience 70 guido them. A million
FOR more laborers whose wages havs
|bsen incteased OF who hays found
snployment aftsr long idleness know
| fiSt this ls not "a. hut there may be