Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-12-15
THE PLAIN TRUTH.
NEWSPAPERS LED
Blythe NOSE.

REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS LED
BY THE NOSE.
A Few Facts in Political History Briefly but
Plainly Stated-fiow Easily and Readily They
Flopped from Silver Advocates to Gold
Standard Defenders-A Few Cold, Hard
Facts.
Register Democrat
The Republican newspapers began
yelling prosperity" as soon as it was
known that Mckinley was elected.
They have kept it up in sunshine and
in rain ever since, no matter how ri
diculous they often made themselves.
1t was part of the general program
otlined by Hanna for great cry to 60
up about the wonderful prosperity"
enjoyed under Republican rule. 1t
has been one stupendous humbug and
fraud from first to last. These same
spouters and political mountebanks
howled calamity during Cleveland's
last term when it is matter of fact
that the times were good then as COM
pared to the present. But it was not
Cleveland's fault that times were no
worse. He repudiated Democratic
principles and joined hands with the
forces of organized greed which had
controlled the Republican party.
Cleveland assisted in the assassination
OF silver, and when he went out of Of
flee was to all intents and purposes
fairly representative Republican OF the
plutocratic order. Along lines affect.
ing the welfare of the industrial peo
pie of this country, he was in accord
with Mckinley and the forces of mo.
nopoly behind him. Mckinley car
ried out the iniquitous financial pol
icy of Cleveland and in addition has
inaugurated policy of Imperialism
hateful to every thoughtful lover OF
his country. Cleveland was bad. but
Mckinley is worse. Under the for
mer we had a panic, prearranged by |
himself and the New York National
Bank trust as an "object lesson" to
compel repeal of the silver purchase
law. And we had hard times follow
ing along swiftly in the wake of this
crime. Under Mckinley times grew
constantly worse until the d"yo of
Cleveland were finally remembered as
a picnic in comparison. During the
past year there has been slight inn
provement in business conditions,
caused mainly by an increase of about
As per cent in the worlds gold supply
and the stupendous preparations OF
war, which latter has taken many
men from the overcrowded labor mar
kets of the country. But SO far as
bettering of the general condition of
the masses by reason OF the election OF
Mckinley to succeed Cleveland, it is
the most colossal falsehood ever ut
tered. Both were champions of the
British gold standard-a system which
has reduced to pauperism and indus
trial slavery the laboring people of
every nation which has adopted it.
The trying times for the people inaug.
urated under Cleveland have been in
tensified under Mckinley. To the
wrongs set up by the former we have
the added disaster of imperialism and
disrespect for the Declaration of Inde-
pendence under the latter. Under
Cleveland, Great Britain dealt our
government a powerful blow in secur-
ing legislation for the single gold
standard. Under Mckinley, she Sc
cures with this nation a partisanship
in "criminal aggression" to stamp out
the life of Christian people battling
for liberty and self-government.
These are the cold, hard facts. and no
Republican newspaper in the land can
successfully deny them. All this fuss
and noise about prosperity" and ma.
tional greatness is but the drunken
yell of the party slaves who obey their
bosses first, last and all the time, and
under all conditions and circum-
stances. 1t is the dishonest yelp of
/
fellows who follow the band wagon for
what they can make out of it. The
fellows who switched from free coin.
age to single gold standard as soon as
they read the newly made platform.
The same fellows who never had any
convictions, and would not have the
courage to support them if they had.
To them it is gold standard and
"prosperity" because the party bosses
say so. They cursed Cleveland for
opposing high protective tariffs. To-
morrow they would favor free trade
and the free coinage of lead Il Mark
Hanna hut said the word. These are
the chaps who print Republican news
papers and pose as educators OF the
people and moulders of healthy pub
lie sentiment. Bah! They make us
tired. Talk of an independent press
Go maui rails for a living. Be a
white man. if you die in the trying.
As we'll steal horses as to make your
life living lie from the sanctum to
the grave.