Willmar tribune., 1900-01-03

~ 20 patny IS q Y n0s s meTlcan people,
,alyi the interest and sylnpa thy of the
resent admit inistra tion 81 the Americar
,eople. Not one true American but
.ympathizes with the Beers, and moi
en- people in hundred. take them Al
Tou find them, are with England.
Hurrah for the Beers, Lord General
Soberts! 5Sss
And Canada, too, sympathizes with
he liberty fighters, SO much SO that q
serious schism is said to be on foot in the
Canadian government. and rising tide
f opposition to sending any more troops
o South Africa. Glad to know it.
In London concert halls the taking
hing is the waving of the American
md English flags, while SINGING "God
save the Queen" in recognition of the
Jobs in which both countries are en-
gagged, of killing out the spirit Of
liberty.
True to their colors, the leaders of
the Silver Republican organization,
rowne, Teller, Pettigrew, Cannon,
Wilson, Hartman, Shafroth and Du
Bois, embracing those who departed
from the St. Louis convention, are out
in an address denouncing the Repub-
lican party for its open espousal of gold
and the surrender to the banking mon
epoly in the financial bill. Events have
justified, the address shows, every posi-
tion taken by the silver men. The
hangers they forecast have been real
;zed. The hypocrisy Of international BIZ
metallism is fully shown. and all the
wickedness of the pending bill exposed,
which would destroy the greenbacks.
perpetrate a national gold debt, and
erect great money trust more power
;ul than all the rest, which are even
now overshadowing the republic. The
address thus concludes:
"Thus, fellow citizens. the scheme we
denounced in 1896 is nearing consum1na-
ton The policy that was denied by the
Republican party in that campaign st tlnds
now confessed. Millions of you who yot.
ed the Republican ticket in 1895 wou!d not
have done SO had yol believed your party
WAS destined so soon to be the agent of
the forces that now dominateit. Millions
Of you were bilnetalli;ts in 1895 ana re-
main so TODAY. Now that the promis"
then made you ara clearly seen to hav ,
been insincere; now that, as a Consequence
est confidence, your country is about tn
be handed to the owner hip and control
Of the greet speculative hanks and their
associated trusts and combinations: may
W. not appeal t. ou to come to herescue
of the liberties of tho reople and the i'm
periled institutions? In the sprug OF
S97 the under signed took the stems lead.
publican party. Ag einst the betrayers of
the Repuolicanism Of Abraham lincoln
that parry resolved to wage urendir'r
war Today the necessity for it's work j.
more evident than ever. Come with us
and help us. We believe that the highest
devotion to the Republicanism you once
venerated demands that you oppose to the
uttecnOst the present tendencies of the
party which still wears the name, but has
forsaken the principles of it's heroic days" :"
Was it the glowing prospect Of Dem
ocratic success in the presidential cam
oaign in 1900, or was it the passage of
the gold standard bill by the Republi-
can congress which shook the conf
dence of the investing public to such
an extent as to cause the panic in Wall
street?
Twin City bankers, discussing the
sanic, "gave the whole snap away" as
when President Raymond of the Mir.
neapolis Northwestern said that the
trouble was largely due to the South
African war, for, said he:
''The financial interests of the United
States are so closely allied with the Eng
lish that whatever affects the markets on
one side inevitably affects those on the
other" IL
: And also Banker Foss of the Nicollet
National, admitting the same thing
that
Nov comes the heavy demand from
Europe for money. London money has
been Tightening and keeping gold ut
home, and now they are coming over hero
and paying a premium for ours"
Thus the British financial system
which we follow, and it's gold standard,
are at the bottom of it. And our lower
house of congress rushes through the
gold bill, and the bill placing full con-
troll in the banks, and the senate fixes
an early date for consummating the in
iquity-all by the Republican party, at
command of the gold poweri
Secretary Gouge remarks. in apology
for forcing the gold standard legisla-
tion, that many Of our citizens. shave
long had the desire for restoration of
the double standard" Right you are,
Mr.. Gouge, and they still have the
same desire. and now know how to
realize on it.
Well put ana timely were the re.
marks of Hon. $. M. Owen, E. S. Corser
and Senator S. A. Stockwell, in connec-
tion with the b ankers' interviews. If,
said Mr.. Owen, this condition follows
the greatest COLA production the world
has ever seen, from the mere stoppage
of $70, ZOO, 900 Of South African gold,
what disasters may we not have ex.
pected from continued loss of one-halt
of our primary mon ey (silver) during
that time? The reduction of gold, large
as it is, cannot keep pace with our in.
creasing activities. The worlds dis
tressing conditions would not exist il
silver were supplementing the worlds
trade as basic money, says Mr.. Owen.
The struggle for gold is the primary
cause of the troubles and conditions.
Mr.. Corser added the point that ou,
supposed improved conditions are
largely overestimated, and that moi
only will the further fixing Of the gold
standard upon Us be injurious, but the
proposed surrender Of government SOW.
'ereignty over~its money to the banks
will, make tinancial panicss certain o.
occurrence, and unspeakably hurtful.
Mr.. Stockwen gave as the cause o1