Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-12-15
SILVER AND THE FOOLS.
THE MONEY POWER CONTROL
ED THE WAR.
For Some Reason There has OF Late DCen
a Change Of Sentiment In tho Money
CentOrs on the Question of Expansion
and Acquiring Territory.

during the summer OF 1870 When Inc
masses OF the democratic party were in
revolt against Grover Cleveland mud
his Wall street pals, and were choosing
tho delegates TO tho national convcn-
tion through which they were 10 make
new declaration OF independence,
and TO appoint leader who would
honestly represent them instead OF
representing their enemies, the blind
and infatuated dcvotees of Cleveland
were constantly voclferNting that the
silver issue was dead, 1t was then
that the anlmalculc Of politics elevated
himself to the full height OF his small
stature, and announced TO the world
that the advocates OF the free coinage
OF silver had abandoned tho field, Cal.
low youths fresh from the schoolboolSs
shapcncd their first pencils In jour.
nalism, and informed the world that
the great silver issue was dead. All
through the summer and until the ma
tlonal convention had assembled, the
air was full Of this, Not until the ma
tional convention had tossed Cleveland
In n blanket, thrown David Is, Hill out
Of the window, aud sent William @.
Whitney bacls TO Wall street defeated,
did the money power and It's buz2lng
insects realize that the silver Issue was
not dead, but that II was the only one
before the people, With the election
OF Mckinley by well known Infamous
methods the shouting Of the same
formula was resumed that the silver
issue was dead,
We look In vain for tho trophies
which were supposed TO have been car
ried Off by the money power In the
"First Battle" for silver In 1906 1t is
true that Mr. Mckinley WINS obliged TO
expose his own perhdity by defeating
international bimctalllsm-the policy
upon which he was elected. This was
easily done when he thrust his special
message into congress In favor OF the
gold standard report Of the Indianapo-
lis goldbug convention, just In time to
DO cabled to London for the purpose Of
disabusing the minds OF the British
ministry of the idea that he had been
honest in his professed friendship for
international bimetallsm. We chnl-
lenge any friend Of the President or OF
the money power to show that he has
done anything which Wall street elect
ed him TO do beyond this disgraccful
net OF defeating what he had promised
the American people he would pro-
mote II elected, The whole nrmy OF
chottering idiots who try TO earn their
meagcr stipend0 from tho money power
by saying something in its behalf have,
since the recent election, exhibited the
barrenness of their feeble minds by
ugain droning out their dolorous song
that the silver issue Is dead,
1t Is very true that neither the free
coinage question nor the gold standard
question has attracted much attention
during tho summer and autumn, be-
cause the people have been interested
in the war with Spain and the negotia-
tions which haze followed IT, But In
this fact there Is no room for rejoicing
on the part OF the money power II
ever any set OF men were absolutely
set down on and smothered, II was the
money kings Of both hemispheres when
war was declared between the United
States and Spain. These men felt So
cure in the possession OF n President
and House of Representatives sub
ject to their order They decided that
there should be no war VITA Spain
President Cleveland had been the coad-
tutor Of Weyler in Cuba, because IL
suited the worlds money lenders to
protect the Spanish government In the
possession of that island, so that the
Spanish bondholders might realize its
revenues which were pledged to them
40 security for four hundred millions
of Spanish bonds. President McKin-
ley proved himself as ready to serve
them As Cleveland had been. Like
Cleveland he had fearful words for the
Cubans, bnt supplies for Spain only.
When the Spanish authorities In Cuba
blew up the battleship Maine, every
official mouth was instantly muzzlcd
TO prevent war, and everywhere the
word was passed that the buttleship
had been destroyed by accident which
could only be attributed to culpablc
carolessncss and neglect on the part OF
our officers. With hat in hand the
president npologized TO Spain for the
accusations made by Americans that
she had authorized, permitted or con-
doncd the dastardly outrage. For
weeks the President, under the direc-
tion of the money power, brayed the
rising storm OF national wrath, and,
In Hatod with his official power, under
took to prevent the war; He and his
tasknasters were rudely brushed aside
and an opposition Senate drove him