Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-11

we peiieve that the best money IN the woriu |
% none too good to be assured by the govern
ment to the laborer as the frnit Of his toll and
to the farmer as the price of his crop. |
s. We condemn the continued agitation for free
silver as calculated to jeopardize the prosper
ity Of the country and to shake the confidence
Of the people in the maintenance. Of a wise
financial policy.
We particularly condemn the unpatriotic eff.
forts Of the free silver agitation to array class
against class and section against section.
We declare that the interests of all classes
and of all sections of our country alike de-
mand u sound and stable financial system.
For Gold Monometallism.
most heartily congratulate the Ore
gon Republicans ON their candor and
their courage. There is no hedging
about their pronunciamento. They are
squarely for. the English system Of
finance. They blurt ont the real senti-
ments of the leaders. 'We are in favor
of the maintenance of the present gold
standard is a sentence which leaves
no room for hairsplitting. I'VE are
unqualifiedly opposed to the free coin
age of silver is a statement which
should cause the scales to fall from the
eyes of all bimetallists who have been
training with the Republican party.
On that platform the Republicans
carried Oregon, a state which goes Re-
publican as regularly as Massachusetts,,
whereupon a great cackling arose in the
Republican camp. Great claims were
made about increased majorities-all Of
which, while apparently true, are really
false. In Oregon in 1896 there was an
exceedingly large goldbug Democratic
vote. This year most of that vote went
to the Republicans; but, as a matter Of
fact, the Republicans pol1ed no more
| votes than they did in 1895. The gold
standard vote was massed for the Re-
publican candidates, while the bimetal-
lie vote was divided; hence the appar-
emit increase for Republicans. Had
there been a complete fusion of the
friends Of silver they could have swept
the state. Any one who doubts these
| statements can convince himself of the
truth by analysing the Oregon election
returns for 1896 and 1898.
Where the Republicans Of the rest Of
the country are putting themselves in a
hole is by adopting the Oregon plat
form without having the large Oregon
| goldbug vote to draw from, which per.
Torrance is likely to cause them to du-
| plicate Mr.. McGinty's unfortunate his.
tory by going to the bottom of the sea
All Pretense Abandoned.
So at last no nan outside a lunatic
asylum can deceive himself. All the
pnderbrush has been cut away. All
pretense is abandoned. 1t is one thing
or the other-the hard, cruel, unpatriot-
ic single gold standard or the wise, con-
| stitutional, patriotic, humanitarian BIZ
metallic standard bequeathed to us by
our fathers. On this parties will divide
intelligently and deliberately, and on
this the vast majority will be for BIZ
metallism genuine bimetallism-the
sort that blessed the country for 100
years of our existence as a people.
"None are SO blind as those who will
not see." If the foregoing citations
from current events are not enough to
| convince any rational being of what is
the trend of things, I recall the sad oase
Of Hon. William F. Harrity Of Pennsyl-
vania, who was erstwhile chairman of
the Democratic national committee.
Mr.. Fl. loved G. g. not wisely, but
too we'll. Claiming that he voted for
Bryan, yet using his official position Of
national committeeman to defeat his
party and resolutely refusing to resign,
| though often invited SO to do, the ma
| tional committee, at the request of
| Pennsylvania Democrats, took him by
the nape of the neck and the slack of
| his trousers and set him outside the
| picket lines-in plain everyday Amer
| lean, "fired him bodily" 1t was loud
ly proclaimed in certain quarters that
the action aforesaid would rend the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania in
twain. Another prediction gone glim-
mering! The bouncing of Harrity never
created a ripple. There is nothing to
mark the spot where he sank beneath
the waters of oblivion. The Democrats
of Pennsylvania recently held their con-
yention, reafirmed the Chicago plat
form, nominated a ticket, transacted its
business and adjourned-without being
at all disturbed by the ghost of Harrity.
He does not appear to be any close blood
relation to the late Mr.. Banquo, whose
ghost would not down.
Pious John wanamaker.
But, to offset this, we are told that
the Pennsylvania Democrats are making
their campaign on state issues. Well,
suppose they are, then what? According
to John Wanamaker-Pious John-and
others who stand high in Republican
circles, the state affairs of Pennsylvania
are in a most deplorable condition and
need immediate attention and rectifica-
ton.
Indeed Pious John vociferously as
serted in June that the Augean stables,
which have been a theme for oratory for
centuries, were clean, wholesome, airy
apartments when compared with the
official quarters at Harrisburg. More
over, he stated repeatedly that if the
Quay gang of reformers-God save the
mark!-should control the convention
the honest voters of the keystone State
would rise in their might and repeat the
apparent miracle which they performed
to Beaver and Delameter. Well, the
Quay reformers did control the conven-
ton, and Pious Johns prediction is in
a fair way to be verified, SO that the
Democrats of Pennsylvania, after re-
affirming their party allegiance, do well
to pay great attention to local issues in
q campaign where NJ president is to be
elected and in which a United States
senator, a full complement of state Off
GERS and 30 congressman constitute the
stakes.
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