Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-31
The REPUBLICAN JONAH.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage Is
the Great Jawsmith of
His Party.

of profanity among them. He is de-
feating them for reelection, and they
know it. Hence the curses both loud
and deep. They would like to kidnap
him and throw him to the sharks. He
is the worst hated man in Washington
which is saying a great deal. This
hatred is confined exclusively to repub-
leans, for they regard him as tyro, a
neophite, an interloper, an upstart.
| They would forgive him for this, if he'd
only keep his mouth shut; but there's
the rub. That's precisely what he will
not do. AS a jawsmith he ranks with
Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons.
Like Tennyson's brook, his tongue
| goes on forever. Lyman thinks he has
a message to deliver, and is delivering
it every time he gets a chance; if he
can't get an opportunity naturally, he
makes one. Every time he opens his
mouth he speaks the doom of the north
western republican congressman or
two-sometimes three or four. With
his own jawbone he is doing nearly as
much execution among the Phillistines
as Samson did with the jawbone of an
ass. Indeed there is wonderful SINH
larity between the two deadly weapons.
More power to Lyman's inferior maxil-
larry!
The democrats are decidedly cheerful
ly regarding Lyman. They are in
clined to regard him as a blessing in dis
guise. At first they abused him for
rating and treated him with contume-
ly; but, now that he is avenging them
upon his enemies, they are disposed to
laugh at his antics and to bid him God
speed in his self-appointed and laud-
able task of eXterminating the repub-
lcan party. What is the matter with
Lyman! Why do western republican
congressman revile and despitefully
use him, and continually consign him
to Pluto's black realms? What sin has
the secretary of the treasury commit
ted? He has committed the sin I'M
pardonable in republican eyes-he has
told the truth-a habit he formed while
a democrat. Lyman cast aside all
subterfuges about international BIZ
metallism and declares that this bill has
for its purpose ito more thoroughly
establish the gold standard in the
United States.'' Thus he wrote the cpl
taph of republicanism on this CONT
nent. He tore the masks off the ashen
faces of the trimmers, the double-deal-
crs, the good Lord, good devil repub-
lican statesman and dragged them out
into the light of day, exhibiting them to
a heartless and cruel, jeering world as
goldbugs of the yelIowest kind. They
can play double no longer. Gage has
rendered that utterly impossible. The
moment he declared in the room of the
committee on banking and currency
that the paramount object of his bill
is Ito more thoroughly establish the
gold standard in the United States" he
irrevocably fixed the issue for cam
paigns of 1898 and 1900. It's the money
questionable free and unlimited coin
age of gold and silver at the ratio of
sixteen to one without waiting for
anybody's consent. No other question
will be considered. All others will be
held in allegiance. The truth is that
the American mind is so rugged up that
it can wrestle with only one great prob
lem at one time-and until it is settled
right, which means settled our way,
finance will be the resOunding theme of
every tongue, the mediation of every
brain. We thank Lyman for thus play
ing into our hands. He bullied more
wisely than he knew. He so nailed the
republican Artful Dodgers up in the
market place that they are like Othello,
for their occupation is gone. They can
dodge no more. They were elected I'M
der false pretenses as bimetallists-not
one in ten of them could have won in
any other name. Now the world knows !
them for what they really are-gold- |
bugs-and the halls of congress will |
know them no more forever. Verify, |
verify, God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform. In the 60 |
odd years which Lyman trained with |
US he did us little good. In the one |
year in which he has been in the enc
my's camp he has been to US tower of |
strength. If it had not been for Ly-
mans brutal performances the repub-
licans would have gone on telling the |
same old ie--being all things to all |
men on the financial question, in the |
hope of winning some say. 1 say bru-
tai deliberately, for it is a thing impos- |
sible to teach old dogs new tricks; and |
it will be tough on the old stagers who |
in 1896 swore they were better bimetal- |
lists than we were, to be forced now to |
hunt for some neville that will tide them |
over. Why did Lyman do this wonder
full thing for Syrianism? Why did he |
hamstring his own party? For this
reason: He is multimilIionaire bank
er; by using his opportunities as a sec
rotary of the treasury for all they are
worth he is making money hand over
fist; he becomes thoroughly intoxicated
with his own success, and in his exuber-
ance of feeling he let the cat out of the
bag, exposed the rats in the meal tub
and uncovered the niger in the wood
pile. Cussing will do the republicans
no good. What's writ is writ; what's
done is done, and it can't be undone.
BY reason of Lyman's linguistic per-
formances the republican party lies
sprawling in the dust.
'All the kings horses and all the kings men |
Can't set Humpty Dumpty up again.
Thank God for that. On it's tombstone
will be written: Talked to death by
Lyman ]. Gage, renegade free trader,
who was hired to join the republican
party by being made secretary of the
treasury. Requiescat."
HON. CHAMP CLARK.
With what a jealous eye Marcus
il. Hanna must look upon that lump
appropriation of $50, zoo, 900, to be ex-