Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-26
The Decoy Duck.

The decoy duck has become a fea-
ture in the politics of this country that
should attract more attention than it
usually does. When the people be-
come aroused upon any question vital
to their welfare, and begin TO take
such action as the Money Barons think
inimical to their interests, and when
it becomes necessary to the preserva-
ton of the special privileges of these
people that the attention of the public
should be turned away from them and
their doings, then the decoy duck is
called into requisition. 1t is of the
utmost Importance to the ShylOcks on
both sides of the Atlantic that the silver
question should cease to be agitated
by the people of this country. Various
plans have been devised to allay the
agitation, but still it goes on with in
creased vigor. The road which the
Rothschilds and their acolytes in this
country have passed over to the
achievement of the single gold stand
ard is lined with the corpses of those
who have met their political death
from doing their bidding. All expe-
dients have so far failed. Now the
decoy duck is to be used in connection
with the prosperity dodge.
The decoy duck is no new device.
In this State the paint was so quickly
and completely knocked off the imita-
lions that they have been retired from
active service and new ones are being
looked for. Up in Iowa Ex-Governor
Boies is being used to attract Demo-
Gratis within range of the Plutocratic
shotgun. We doubt if Iowa's Ex-Gov-
ernor will be any more successful than
was Missouri's Ex-Governor in this
role. Governor Boies has a plan of
his own to solve the silver question.
He desires that the United States &C
quire silver bullion and issue silver
certificates thereon; that each silver
certificate shall be backed by suf-
fcient amount of silver at the market
quotation to make it as good as gold
dollar. This sort of rot will deceive
no one who is conversant with the sill
yer question. The contention of silver
men is that both metals shall receive
precisely the same treatment at our
minis; that when this treatment is &C
corded to silver it will be found that
the old ratio of 16 ounces of silver to
one of gold will be the true ratio. 1t
will be seen that Governor Bosses
scheme of free coinage does not con-
template the coinage of silver.
Governor Boies's political career
began as Republican. The political
drift in Iowa became strong against
Prohibition and Protection. The Gov
ernor become a Democrat, was nomi
mated and elected Governor OF that
State. He gave Cleveland's policy of
Federal interference in local affairs
and government by Injunction his full
est endorsement, and for time it was
understood that he approved of Cleve-
lands financial policy. just prior to
the Chicago Convention he came out
for silver fiatfooted at the ratio of I6
to l. and was doomed for the nomiua-
tion along that line. But the conven-
4iop haconipo aaouafnfafs ,-;st a. q, -
that he was willing that the President
or the officials of the Federal courts
should blot out State lines whenever it
was desired by some corporation, he
ceased TO be possibility as q Presi-
Dental candidate. Now he is playing
the role of decoy duck in this years
Iowa campaign. It is needless to add
that the decoy duck is dead duck.