Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-16

} Rtor or member Of congress, whereup
on Hale, with polished sheer, interpo
lated that they would gain experience
in the field, a remark whose apparen
cynicism is diminished by the fact tina
Hale's son had already beer provided
for in the diplomatic service as secreta
~ Of legation at Rome.
"These examples will stimulate tht
, patriotic young farmers of the west,
who are urged to enlist as privates fol
$40 q month, to migrate to the seaboard
as rapidly as possible, become the SONS
= Of great men and members of Mammor
clubs as the pathway to distinction.
They will inspire the veterans of the
service, whose lives have been spent In
loyal discharge of duty amid the hard.
. ships and privations of the frontier,
with renewed devotion to the flag as
they see the just rewards of fidelity be-
, slowed upon the incompetent.
;, ~ Himothy V, s, But If any provide
not for his own, and especially for those
OF his own house, be hath denied the
faith and Is worse than infidel. Inf
deity has not been prevalent since April
ID, 1898"
As ] said once before, the Washing
ton Pest claims to be an Independent
paper, but has a decided partiality for
things Republican, especially for this
Republican administration. Whatever
else it may be, The Post is not idiotic.
It is here en- the ground. It is a close
observer. 1t forgets not the frequent
and startling mutations of recent poll
tics. Ii is successful in a financial way
and therefore does not feel under obi
cations to lie about Democrats in order
to live. as do many Republican organs.
This being the case l commend the fol-
lowing editorial from The Post, head
lines and all, to any and all Republic
ans who may g this, urging them to
remember always that The Post has a
strong bias toward Republicanism in
general and the Mckinley administra-
ton in particular. Here is its warning:
Who Is Responsible7
Referring to senators who oppose
the issue of bonds and propose to print
paper money wherewith to defray the
expenses of the pending war, the In
dianapolis Journal says:
"'These demagogues should under
stand that they have led the country to
suspect that their noisy war fervor con-
ceals g. sDeaking purpose to force the
country into some financial difficulty
which will paralyze the government in
its efforts to break the power Of Spain
unless it accepts the financial heresies
Of the I~sryanites Tho Kansas City Star,
an independent paper which oftener
supports the Democratic than Republic
an policies, thus arraigns the so called
Democratic opposition to an issue Of
bonds:
'Th country is now witnessing the spec |
tacie Of 4 great party trying to embarrass the
government in the midst of an acute emergen- |
cy by opposing bond issues and striving to
weaken the finances Of the nation by forcing |
an issue of demand notes. They are delaying |
tho entire revenue measure because Of this
effort TO force tho government into "a danger |
GUS financial expedient- No nation ever I'M
dertook to raise funds to carry on war by the
issue Of paper money without bringing disas- |
ter on the people. The experiment has been |
tried repeatedly, and it has always resulted in |
derangirg the finances of the country which
tried it,
MANY other Republican papers are
much more incorporate than The Jour
nal. They are making a disgustingly
liberal use Of 'oopperhead, traitor and
other ugly epithets that characterized
the politics of the wartime a genera
ton ago, but there is far less excuse
for passion and bitterness now than
there was In those sad but glorious days,
for this is neither a sectional nor q par
tisan war. All the sections, all the
states and all the people are in favor of
prosecuting this war TO an honorable
end, and, although parties and factions
may disagree as to questions of finance
and revenue, there is no doubt that the
means to carry on the conflict will be
provided.
A Pertinent Question.
"But it seems pertinent to ask the
Indianapolis Journal to scan closely the
last two sentences of its approved eta
ton from the Kansas City Star. What
party is responsible for the fiat money
heresyf Granted that it was necessary,
as a war measure, in the time of our
great national upheaval, to issue a kind
of currency no authorized by the con-
stitutiol, was it necessary, was 1t ex-
pedient, after the war was over, to have
the authority to issue such money dis
covered In the constitution? Is not all
the trouble that this nation has had, is
having and is bound to have over the
fiat delusion clearly traceable to that
baneful legacy of our civil war, legal
tender paper? Granted that the green
backs rendered great and Indispensable
assistance to the government in the
struggle for the life of the Union, was
1t best to make 10 abnormal q thing nor
NAL? What prevented the recognition of
the issue of paper legal tenders as irreg-
ular after they had served their pur-
pose? Why could not that recognition
by h supreme court have been permit
ted to stand? Why was it deemed abso-
lutely and imperatively necessary for
o larger court to find in the constitution
the authority for congress to coin mon
ey' out of paper? |,
"Jusj S long as that decision stands
shall have demands In politics and
In congress for fresh issues of legal ten
der paper. And we think our Republic
an contemporary at indianapolis will be
candid enough to admit that the Repub-
lican party is primarily and plenarily
for that delusion. While
.ondering over the responsibility Of its
party fer this inexhaustible source Of ,
trouble The Journal will, perhaps, re-
call the initiation movement of 1874, Of
which Senator Morton was the ~illustri-
ous leader, and this glance at the past
may temper its Judgment of the infa-
of 1893. Meanwhile The Jour
nal will do well to restudy the last two
sentences of its quotation from the Kan
'as City Star. They are full of meat" s
Concerning G~reenbacks. ,
These be significant words. They
that people have not forgot
ten the history Of their country. but
The Post is bashful, gentle and forbear-
ing In the foregoing editorial. In fact,
ID tells only half the truth about tho