The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30

Tho Organs of Goidocracy Once More
Bssy Publishing Notices Of the
silver Questions Demise.

nerrily on. There has hardly been a
day during the past three years that
we have not been told by the esteemed
gold organs OF the east and their cuck-
COS in other parts of the country that
"silver is dead" Every turn In the
affairs Of the government, foreign or
domestic, and every event that can be
construed as having any political bear
ing whatsoever, has been hailed as an
other evidence of the great fact-the
death Of silver. That the issue, with
the lusty vigor of youth, persisted in
kicking out of its ready made, gold
plated coffin, made no difference with
the esteemed doctors charged with ed
ting the Wall street newspapers. They
had said II was dead. and dead il must
be, II they had tc keep on Killing II
every day.
Especially vo!uminous and vigorous
have been these declarations of demise
whenever democrat of any promi-
nence opened his mouth TO discuss any
other question. Such conduct has
been taken as proof positive that he
had abandoned silver, whether the
question he discussed was the tariff,
the crops or the weather. 1t made no
difference TO the doctors. For him to
think of anything else than the silver
question meant that he had aban-
doned the position he took in the last
presidential campaign; for him TO talk
Of anything else meant that the entire
party had abandoned the issue which
gave life TO that campaign and showed
to The world that the party was still
the party of the people.
When the democrats of congress at
the extra session manifested differ
ences on certain phases of the tariff
question and discussed them. the sill
YER question was pronounced deader
than ever. The fact that all declared
themselves as firm in their belief in
silver as ever made no difference with
the critics. nor did the more impor-
tant fact that democratic conventions
everywhere were indorsing the Chi
cago platform. Silver was dead-the
doctors said so-and that settled 1t!
There have been many manifesto
fions Of JOY over the difference Of opin-
ion among democrats on the question
OF territorial annexation, and this diff
ference has been hailed as further evil
dence OF the death of silver" Here,
for instance, is the New York Evening
Post. chief organ of the gold gang, as
well as OF the tories and traitors who
Lave tried TO injure their country dur
Ing this war. which says:
,..trl- a. .~o1., = 80 % ,is- 4
horse. This action IN Missouri Will be &C
cepted by democrats in other parts OF the
country a 5 evidence that silver is no longer
the leading issue in politics. The question
may be asked. what is the leading issue
II Is easier 10 ask the question than &c
answer II. II the democrats drop silvei
and go in for territorial expansion and 9
big navy. the republicans will accuse them
OF stealing their thunder. Consequently
there will be no issue.
The Evening Post is just as close as
ever, and no closer. The cause of sill
YER restoration is just as dead as ii has
been the hundred and one times when
the Evening Post has chronicled its de.
mise, and no "deader." The action OF
the Missouri convention meant the
abandonment of the party position or
silver just 10 this extent: Resolutions
were unanimously adopted ENDORSING
the Chicago platform and specifically
indorsing the party position on the
silver question.
II the actions of the democratic
conventions of Texas and Missouri on
the question of territorial annexation
mean anything. it is that the demo
cratic masses 60 not propose to be
drawn away from silver as the over
shadowing feature of the party faith
1t must be borne in mind that all
Of this discussion among democrats
was precipitated by those who thought
Il the duty of the party to go on rec
ord against territorial expansion. II
was the effort on the part of some
democrats at Washington TO make OPP
I, position to Hawaiian annexation n
party issue that precipitated the dis
cussion of the territorial question, and
the effort to make the democrats of
Texas assume similar position
brought on the discussion there and
resulted in the convention taking q
position in favor of the reasonable
and sensible expansion made neces-
sary by the war.
However much they may differ on
other questions, the democrats of
Texas and Missouri. and Of every other
democratic state of the union, are a
unit in support of the position taken
BY the party on the silver question.
There are differences on details Of tar
if legislation, and there are differ
ences on this question of territorial
expansion; but there are no differ
ences among real democrats on the
question of the immediate and indie
pendent restoration of silver TO its
place beside gold in a system of genu-
inc bimetallism. They believe in 1t.
and they will continue to fight for It.
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