The Irish standard., 1898-11-19


the sustaining of McKinley's "war pol
icy as political issues
The silver men, however, have cause
for rejoicing. In spite of the war
policy" issue, they almost gained con-
troll of the national house of repre-
sentatives. The Van Wyck men of New
YORK We're unable to gain victory
without the hearty cooperation of the
silver followers, and were repulsed be-
cause they treated silver so coldly by
ignoring the Chicago platform in their
| state convention. The only danger is
that the administration and T. B. Reed.
if he is elected speaker, will crack the
whip over the Republican members in
the house, and probably force the Gage
Dill through congress, giving to the
banks the absolute control of the cur
rency-transferring to the banks one of
the foundation stones of the American
constitution, and fundamental right
| of the people. Should this he done, and
the greenbacks and treasury notes be
retired from circulation, the banking
institutions can contract or expand the
currency, and hence can create tempo
rarlly, apparent prosperity, or the dark
est panic and severest adversity at their
own sweet will; breaking financially all
kinds and classes of business men, dis
possessing and wrecking all mortgaged
farmers and others, and sending the
laborer to tramp. However, it is to be
hoped that such obnoxious legislation
cannot be forced upon the people during
the next two years, and in 1900 when
there viii be no "war policy" to be sus-
tanned and the American people, abused
to the soul by the silent and subtle sys-
TEN of robbery that constantly ap-
preclating gold dollar furnishes, and
realizing that there is no difference in
the gold standard, whether admins
tered by Cleveland or a Mckinley,
and that it only tends to debase the
morals and weaken the intellectual fac
ulties of the people, retard civilization
and progress, will then rise in their
power and strike death blow to the
unsound and dishonest money system
that has for 25 years sapped the re-
sources of the toiling millions for the
benefit of few gold gamblers, and
debased the manhood and womanhood
of this nation and the world.
Commenting on state matters, the
people of Minnesota have cause for re-
Joicing that they have wrested the
control of state affairs from corporate
dictation and robbery, by the election
as governor of that friend of the peo-
pie, honest John Lind, and the Irish
Standard is to be congratulated for the
stand it took, and the sledge-h hammer
blows it dealt to the party and candi-
date of plutocracy.
Out here in Montana the silver forces
failed to unite in their state conven-
tions, on account of the political ambi-
tions of a few alleged silver men who
were for Republicanism and self first,
and silver afterward. Here as else
where some of the most honest and pa
triotic of men style themselves silver
Republicans, for example, your own
great commoner mentioned above, John
Lind, and that other sterling hero of
silver, Chas. A. Towne. who, the dis
patches say, is again defeated for con-
gress, but who will surely triumph the
next time; but in this state few de-
signing politicians got control of the
silver Republican and Populist parties,
and purposely divided the silver forces
in the state conventions, IN spite of the
advice and protest of our honored and
trusted congressman, Chas. A. Hartman,
silver Republican. But the people
saw where the hope for silver lay, and
took the bits in their teeth, and an
chored Montana safely in the Demo-
cratic column for the future. 1t is
to be regretted that our secretary Of
State, Hogan, allowed himself to di-
vide the silver forces for congress and
be sacrificed on the altar Of others am
bitions, but when men get into the way
of great measures, they must go down
to defeat. This state is now ana will
be hereafter for the principles of Jeffer-
son, Jackson and Lincoln in the re-
formed and regenerated Democracy of
Bryan. John Il. Casoy