The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-08
CONES BACK TO DEMOCRACY


H-nayer halt say Il i tAs Dattas q
Ryan Aeainst Gage, q Dsneerasy
Aeainse Hall and Plutocrasy.
From the Spokane Wash. Chronicle.]
The interest in the political cam
paign for the present year 10 increas-
ing rapidly. The silver republicans,
the populists and tho democrats are
becoming alive to the Importance Of
the question and several meetings
have been held. That there should
be such ! disposltion to grapple
with the problems ten months be-
fore the election is quite remarka-
BILE. If the campaign continues to
grow in interest in the way it has
opened it promises to be very warm
ct least upon one side.
AS to the gold republicans they
are on the anxious seat. For them
to organize now they know would
be foolish. And yet they watch the
efforts of their opponents will i'll
disguised uneasiness.
OF all the politicians in Spokane,
the views Of but few are of more
interest to the public than the opin-
ions of III. N. Belt, ex-mayor of the
city, with whom the Chronicle was
favored with the following inter.
| view:
DEMOCRACY VS. HELL.
"Mr. Belt, what should be the issue in
the next campaign2"
1.-THE democrats against hell and plu-
tocracy." And then he added: "YJu need
not put it that way if you don't want to.
Perhaps it would be better not to"
"By hell you doubtless mean the re-
publican party, Mr.. Belt7"
''That's it; that's it. We never had
much hell in this country until we had
the republican party. We have had it
ever since and are likely to have it as
long as the republican party exists"
"What will be the parties in the com
ing campaign2"
BRYAN AGAINST GAGE.
"Bryan! Bryan and his crowd against
Gage and his crowd"
"What will be the chief issue2"
1.-THE Chicago platform explains one
side of it, Mark Hanna represents the 9TH
er side. am with the Chicago platform"
"But what 10 the most important ques-
toni"
"rhe money question is the great issue
the all-important ISSUE"
|. "Will there be any trouble about the
silver forces in the state unitiDg?''
~ don't anticipate any. 1t is only q
question of methods"
OPPOSITION DON'T COUNT.
"Will there be any opposition to q
union of all the silver forcesf"
II anticipate none that will amount to
anything. The silver men may have a
difference of opinion on plans, but think
the sentiment is all right"
'.What will the middle-of-the readers
do2"
at is hard to tell. But I dom, look
for any difficulty"
GIVE EN- BIRTHSTONE.
"And if there is an element that don t
want to unite2'
swell, suppose perhaps we may have
to give them little birthstone and let
them 60 off and start little hell of their
own"
M'KINLEY's HYPOCRISY.
care the people of Washington as
much in favor of the silver cause as they
were at the last campaign7"
1.-THE sentiment, l think, is, if anything,
stronger than ever before. The hypocrisy
Of the republican administration on that
question think has about had its day
with sensible republicans. They ought to
to know by this time what they ought TO
have known q year ago-that interna-
tional bimetallism was gotten up to catch
suckers"
''Will the silver forces stand together
as we'll this year as they did in the last
campaign in this state2"
Il see no reason whv they should not.
One thing would seem to be clear The
single gold standard is not calculated to
develop the resources of the west"
evil you be in politics next fall?''
II don't think so. If able to speak I
may make some nolse."
'.And what should be done about the
three parties of silver men2''
ut is my own opinion that all should
get IN and support the democratic party.
That's what we did do when we voted for
Bryan and don't see why We cant still
do so.
WARN AT THE DEMOCRATIC FIRE
81 wish some wise populist would tell
me why populists shouldn't support the
Chicago platform. The only fault found
with it was it was too much populist. As
l understood it the populist party was
organized chiefly on the money question,
and when the democratic party says the
same thing, / guess I am democrat as
we'll as populist. As the democrats
have the biggest organization, the biggest
party, the biggest house and the biggest
fire, can't see why shouldn't get in
and warm by their 6re."
False Republican Promises.
When the New England cotton
mills first began to feel the compe-
tltion of the south the republican
DOliticians asserted ahameleaslv