Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-19

the house, but intend to have II con-
sfdered in the Republican caucus and
then railroad It through the house be-
fore Christmas under whip and spur,
under those gag rules which are q
shame and a disgrace to the congress
Of the United States. That's the pro-
gramme. They can carry Il out IL
they 50 elect. for they have 10 major
tty-the fatal 10.
But if they whip in all their men and
carry it out, while neither q prophet
nor the son Of a prophet. I'make bold
to predict that another Republican con.
gress will never sit In the capitol a.
Washington. for the bulk Of the Amer
ican people are opposed TO thor
oughiy establishing the gold standard,
opposed to retiring the g~reenbacks, op-
posed to a new issue Of interest bear
ing bonds and unalterably opposed to
farming out the paramount and dan
gerous power Of expanding and con
tracing the volume Of the currency to
any private persons whether natural
! or artificial. And, what Is more, they
viii find a way to make their opposi-
ton manifest
This Atlantic City bin viii broaden
the financial issue, Of which the free
! coinage Of silver has never been more
than a part-an Important part, It Is
true, but only a part nevertheless-and
viii place 1t on the high plane on
which Andrew jackson fought Nick
Biddle's old Bank Of the United States
and conquered It amid the plaudits Of
a grateful people, thereby adding to
his immortal fame as a soldier imper-
ishable renown as a statesman
Upon this broader financial issue Of
whether the government shall retain
the function of issuing money or shall
abdicate in favor Of the National Bank
association thousands Of honest and
patriotic men win rally unde. our ban
ner who fought us In 1896 These,
with Thurston's disgruntled free silver
Mckinley Republicans, will give Us
the victory, a contamination devoutly
to be wished.
Startling MetnmOrphosis.
As an exercise In mental philosophy
II Is interesting to trace the tortuous
steps by which the Republicans have
advanced from the position once held
by Senator William B. Allison Of Iowa
in favor Of the free coinage OF silver to
that Of Lyman ]. Gage In favor OF the
single gold standard without quAlinca-
ton and without disguise. Nothing in
the entire history OF the human race
more thoroughly demonstrates the
truth OF Alexander Pope's famous
quatrain:
vios Is a monster Of % frightfal nien
As to be hated needs but to Be ssea;
Yet seen too Of. familiar with her lace,
We hut endure. then pity. then embrace
The startling metamorphosis Of Re
publiesns from free silver advocates to
gold standard propagandists il not the
only illustration OF their capacity fol
s0~mersaulting. II Abraham Lincoln
William II. Seward and Salmon p
Chase could revisit the giimpses Of
the moon, they would fan utterly Il
recognize the men who are now run
ming the party as Republicans. The
plain, u~nvarnished truth Is that the Re
publican party resembles q hIl Of 20
tatoes more than anything else, for thu
best part Of 1t Is under ground. Thi
newfangled and un-AmericAn doctrine
of Asiatic Imperialism has led the Re
publican party into repudiating ever
idea for which Lincoln stood.
Forty-three years ago the great Coz
and Morality party started out to ex
tirpate "the twin relics Of barbarian
slavery and polygamy." Everybody
thought that It was definitely settled q
a place called Appomattox. In the stat
Of Virginia, In April 1aB5; that one o
the twins-to wit, slavery-was efeetu
ally and definitely done for. but tina
everybody was mistaken on that sub
ject is thoroughly demonstrated by thu
following dispatch from Washington:
GeorEs D. Gear, an attorney Of Honsl1lu, call
ed AZ the state departmsnt today to present
statement relative to The m trezfnsat Of cool.
labor in the Hawaiian IslandA He asserts thu
the supreme court Of Hawaii, By it, rulingA 4
sustaining q gatem Of nasery Of tbs worst kin
10 the islandA IN violation Of the esnstitutiol
Of ths BHited States He asked that the sttorne,
general b. requested TO declare whstha or 10
! the c0nstitution Supplies 10 The islands
So. after az years. we appear to b
going IN at the same hole we came ou'
OF. MOI fs Hawaii the only portion o
our new possessions in which the frs
of the twins fourishes, for In the realn
OF the sultan Of suln not only tina
twin fOurishes, but the other also; FOL
our treaty with that pygmy potentat'
provides that be shall be permitted Il
: practice polygamy and slavery within
his realm-whereyer that may be. How
are the mighty fallenl The early Re
! publicans deluged the continent fl
. blood to emaDcipate "our brother II
black" latter day Republicans pursu'
a policy which reintroduces human
slavery in the sulu and Hawaiian Is
: lands under the protection Of the Amer
lean hag. hitherto fondiy called Ii,
banner Of the free. / submit that II !
is wrong to hold a black man II
slavery 1t Is equally wrong to hold
brown man in slavery. If enforeet
seryitude Is a sin in America, It Is ais
a sin in sulu and in Hawaii.
P0Iygamy ProtecseS.
For half a century the American
people wsged q war Of determination
against polygamy in Utah. and nov