The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-22
WILL NOT BE DOwNED.

VI buC OuuhtiJb ous1 INV WV ~h'
mans turtle, the pesky thing will
not stay dead. One by one the
Democratic conventions of north.
ern and western states are reattirm-
ing their allegiance 10 the Chicago
platform and endorsing the match
less Bryan for the nominee of the
party. As evidence of their unal-
Logged faith in the dea.h apd de-
struction of the money question as
au issue in the national political
contest of 1900, this Republican
Igoldbug contingent is engaged in a
ceaseless warfare against the silver
sentiment of the country and in
trying to force some other question
to the front, The brains and mon
ey of the party are actively at work
to compass their object, but with a
persistency that is born of the con-
viction of right and justice, the is
sue stands forth in bold prominence,
refusing to down at any mans bid
ding. Only the past week there
was called IN the city of Omaha by
prominent goldbug "money con.
ference" in which both sides of
the great question was represented,
and the instigator of this conven-
ton admitted it's object to be to
dispel the wave of silver sentiment
that still sweeps over the country.
AS being significant of change
mong the gOldbugs as to their
recognition of the honest and abb.
ding qualities of the free silver SEN
timents of the people, it is recalled
that in contrast to the meeting OF
the past week the Indianapolis con-
yention of last year did not accord
any attention or consideration to
other than sound ~ money adher-
ents. A mistake has been made,
in many instan ces honestly so in SO
far as the Individual goldbug was
concerned, in characterizing the
advocacy of the restoration Of the
white metal to it's just and equita-
BILE rights az craze that has 10 deep.
or significance than the bowls of
political tricksters and will perish
with the first adverse wind that
blows. The great principles that
underlie this question are too close
ly interlined with the material wei.
fare, peace and happiness of the
struggling masses of the country
to be of ephemeral Importance or
transitory existence. We do not
undertake to explain the intricaeies
Of the monetary system, but 1t Is
plainly reasonable to any man of
Ordinary intelligence that any sys.
tenn is wrong IN principle and hurt
full In results that makes the inan,
ces of country bend to the ma
chinations of any one man or set Of
men. 1t needs no philosophical
mind to grasp the truth and reality
of the proposition that any plan OF
political economy is ubiquitous that
does net tend to general prosperity
rather than the creation of single
class. 1t comes within the grasp
of every reasonably intelligent man
to know that a monetary system
that gives to one class the power to
congest for purposes of speculation
the entire money supply of the ma
ton is antagonistic to every wise
principle of a just governmental
polity and can end only in the COM
mercial, social and political slavery
of all outside of the line of the ia
vored few, One has but to study
the history of this government for
the past twenty five years to clearly
see the perniclous working Of gold
bug-monopolistic prin ciples, and ii
is this that the people have de-
clared must be remedied. Like
the mighty waves of the sea that
start from the mere rustic of the
wind, but with their progress gaths
err their Impetus, sweeping away
every obstruction that binders their
advance, the so.called "silyer craze"
has been brought into play by the
sad realization of the crime commit.
ted against humanity when SILVER
was dethroDed of its rights as q