Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-12
The Plan of the Goldbugs.

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hln. nA1' I" -pur th. Republican:
and t4' e a...'~. the Cleveland " Dem
"r't'-. - renewed and persistent ac
i.a lrrcilAr lrttc. from the Ex
.'.., Committee IL tn" Monetary
convention. CONFUSED 81 representa-
3.,- 81 Euarl- ii Trades. Chambers t"
r.mm"rc, and kindred organizations
lAt.uc t. headquarters ut Indianapo
IT,. ll- com" into our possession, anC
rom Z ". gather knowledge OF tn,
iA,t that 4 vigorous >;i.l-hunt is hcin.
mad, g. secure sufficient congressional
Presentation t. finally rntrcnch gold
l,h.uI hglwark, OF imprcgnahlt
-t"u.ih. The circular says " 1t would
uo. l,c profitable or wise to enter into
all the details Of the various method,
considered ior dealing with this great
principle 81 necessary reform" 1t then
proceeds to state that, after very sex
luu-titr labor, the committee had
d,i'ruin,d upon Il plan of action
Wh.ch may secure "a greater step in
the right direction than the business
men OF tho country had reason to OK
pcct." Verify, it may be said, For
ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain" the goldbugs can outrival the
" Heather Chincc" and give him
points in the game. The law of 1873,
to corner the currency, was passed
10y stealth. and when its effect became
known, was vigorously condemned by
nine tcnths of the people OF the whole
country. Foremost in this condemna-
ton was this same old Republican
party which has now become the sub
servient tool of monopolies and trusts.
Almost every step to rivet the chain of
absolute control of American citizen
ship has been done "quietly," just as
is now proposed to get majority in
the United States Senate and remove
tho only bar to their insuffcrable AFRO.
gancc and selfish greed.
The value Of organized effort" is
cxtollcd, and this much, at least,
should commend itself to all bimetal-
lists. The strength of the movement
to reinstate the white metal as a law
full and equal measurer OF values and
medium of exchange, in 1896, was
found to be in that thorough organiza-
ton which discussion prompts and
unity promotes. The contest was car
ried by the money spectators just as
was the decision against the income
tax by organized wealth, the one by a
bare majority of the people and the
other by single vote of the Supreme
Court, and it is a recognized fact that
the judge who gave the casting vote
had halted for some days between two
opinions, one prompted by honesty
and justice and the other by the influ-
ences which wealth can bring to bear
when the promotion of purely selfish
interests is the incentive to use them.
The majority which decided the popu-
lar vote was swayed by just such influ-
ences, and innumerable evidences of
the corrupt use of money were appar-
ent when the returns were made.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that a
strenuous effort is being made to
quietly delude the people into the be-
lief that the currency issue is not be-
fore the people; but occasionally the
secret orders to the party leaders fall
into hands they were not designed to
reach, and although worded in diplo-
matte language there can he read be-
tween the lines a determination to not
only maintain the vantage ground al
ready won but to prosecute to COM
plete victory the leading issue of the
last campaign.
1t is said that to be fOrewarned is to
be forearmed, but knowledge will avail
but little unless the issue is squarely
met and the weapons used and the
battle fought with the determination
which a righteous cause always enlists
when understood by the people.
Trust not the delusive promises of
an enemy which has never shown
quarter when in command and which
now flies the flag of truce only to
strengthen its mode of attack. The
whole history of the juggling methods
pursued by the bond sharks forbids
reliance in the effort made to divert
attention from an issue that was
fought with vigor that laid the Sc
crets OF the heart OF Avarice bare to all
who would read the lessen of the hour
when six ard one-half millions of vot-
ers registered sheir protest against the
hSSTesslOnS OI wealth.
SENATOR Mark Hanna has given it
out for publication that the silver is
sue is absolutely dead and that all
hope OF international agreement on
bimetallsin is futile, at least for the
present, and for these reasons the
Republican party would make its
campaign on the issues of the war.
That is just what might have been ex-
pected from the experienced campaign.
err. 1t is the old plan of throwing dust
INTO the eyes of the people, while the
order goes forth "Claim everything:
concedc nothing"
HE steamer Farallon, which ar.
rived IN the Sound last Wednesday.
from the Alaskan mining regions,