Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

ences, and are content to let st. Louis
wallow in the mire of her own politics.
But if one single move more is made
toward turning the party over to the
men who betrayed it in 1896 and again
in 1900. there will be another Pertle
Springs cyclone. At present the mon
ey question is in allegiance. The guam
titive theory of money, for which the
Democracy contended has prevailed
and all our fnanciers appear to have
adopted it. The production of gold
has been stimulated to such an extent
that conditions which Democrats
wished to produce by free coinage.
have been approximately realized.
Should the production of gold not
prove so large as it is now believed to
be, or should there be any falling off.
silver would at once be forced to the
front Should gold production be ex-
panded, great watchfulness would
have to be exercised to prevent legis-
latlon to restrict its coinage. It will
take year or two for the situation to
become clear. So far, the advocates
of silver have been victorious in com
pelling our fnanciers to recognize the
correctness of their contention that it
is the quantity of money in circulation
that controls prices, and not its quality
The Independent believes that there
has been forced accumulation of gold
in this country with view to divert
ing the attention of the American peo-
pie from the money quention and that
other parts of the county are sufferers
on account of this policy. The events
of the next few years will prove wheth-
er we are correct. The land question
and the money question are the two
and economic liberty. A monopoly OF
land interferes with the liberty of the
Individual; a monopoly of money in
directly does the same thing. The
Democratic party is an anti-monopoly
party. It was brought into existence
to fight monopolies; when it ceases to
do this, it will cease to exist and an
other organization will take the stand
ard from it's dead hand. Many men
like the editor of the Banner, seem to
think that the party was only organ
ized to give certain PEOPLE office; that
any principle must be accepted or
abandoned if it tends to secure that
end. IF, az Bro. Holmes seems to in
innate, immediate success in obtaining
or holding Office is all there is in poll
tics, the Republican party would never
have been formed before the war. and
the Democratic party would never
have been reorganized after it. The
North would have submitted to the
fugitive law and the South would have
submitted to reconstruction. If men
should quit fighting for the right, after
a defeat or two, Washington would
have quit after Brandy wine; the Fed
erals would have abandoned the war
for the Union after the seven days
battle; the Stuarts would still be on
the throne of England and all liberty
would long ago have disappeared from
the earth. The editor of the Banner
will find that all men are not slime
servers" that the rank and file of the
Democracy of this State don't care a
penny who holds the offices OF this
State, if Democratic principles are not
to be pushed to the front. There are
a great many politicians who cannot
rid themselves of the idea that the
machine is everything and principle
nothing in politics. These men will
know more after 1902 than they do in
1901. The rank and file of the party
in this State are not going to permit
it to be turned over to gang OF pluto
cratic monopolists to lead them in a
fight against monopoly, even If they
are compelled to resort to another
Pertle Springs convention. II they are
forced to such a measure, the editor of
tho Ron,,er will he on hand with a