Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-09
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Reg!ster-DemOcrat. II

Reg!ster-Democrat.
A goldbug newspaper, fearful that
the Democrats may win this year, ad-
vises the party to "cut loose from the
pops, side-track silver, throw o9er anti
imperialism, and then 60 for the
trusts" How beautiful! No, thanks,
we happen to know how to run our
own business. The pops and the sill
verites and the anti-imperialists are
going to make Democratic success u
certainty this year. Just you put a
pin right there. There are about two
million voters in this country who are,
at heart, "pops," and if the Demo-
cratic platform is right, (and it's going
to be) they will vote for Bryan. As
for silver, that's live issue still, and
no Republican editor will ever preach
funeral sermon over its remains until
it is settled right, until the mints are
re'opened and the silver money of the
constitution is restored. Besides, sill
yer men realize that demonetization of
silver is not the only crime sought to
be accomplished by the conspirators
and their tools in Congress in the pass.
age of the iniquitous single gold stand
ard law. They realize that the New
York National Bank Trust, of which
the Standard Oil Trust is a prominent
factor, seeks to secure undisputed con.
troll of the entire money system of the
country, taking to itself the right to
issue the paper money and expand and
contract the volume at will rs best
suits its criminal purpose in wrecking
every industrial enterprise which dis
putes its right to be the giant CONNER
cial dictator OF the nation. Silver
men not only understand the silver
question, but they understand the
"money question" as well and can
clearly see what is in store for the
country when the giant Money Trust
once gets death grip on the people
through the agency of the villainous
aud wicked financial bill just passed
by Congress. AS for the anti-imper-
ialists, they too will vote the Demo-
cratic ticket because they are patriot
ic, sensible citizens, and there are
about million of them who voted for
Mckinley in 1896. They realize that
this republic cannot hold colonies"
and remain republic. They can see
the abyss into which Mckinley and
his imperialists are plunging the coun-
try. To them the policy OF the pres
ent administration is of such an
alarming nature that they openly and
most vigorously oppose it. Indeed
they declare that all other issues are
trivial when compared with this one,
the adoption of which they claim will
overturn the republic and usher in the
empire. These are The forces which
make Mr.. Bryan's election u certainty
next November, and the Democratic
platform will invite their aid to rescue
the country from the wreckers. The
Populists demand peoples money
made up OF greenbacks, and gold and
silver on equal terms at the mints /;
postal savings banks, government
telegraph; suppression of the trusts,
and public ownership of monopolies;
election of Senators by direct vote OF
the people, and direct legislation.
These reforms have already become
the faith of the New Democracy, and
they will unite on Bryan to see them
given the vitality of law. The party
will make sincere declaration
against trusts and will prove that the
Republican party with its protective
tariff has nursed the trusts until they
have at last assumed gigantic proper
tions. The Republican declaration
against trusts, while the said trusts
are at the same time appealed to
for princely donations to swell Re-
publican campaign fund to bribe
voters and corrupt the ballot, will not
be taken seriously by intelligent peo-
pie. No, the Democratic party needs
no advice from the dishonest Repub.
lican newspapers. The party will
make q platform which will appeal
to the heart and patriotism of the ma.
ton. 1t will be heroic for the right
for justice and humanity. And the
party will nominate Mr.. Bryan by
Reclamation for President of the
United States. His election is already
foregone conclusion.