Gunnison news-champion., 1904-03-18
TIE PARAMOUNT ISSUE

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honesty that haz alNass character
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lAn g. was expressly deeiarei ua
lo 1e the Taramagui issue bai that
IT, an i--sg b. raricrfly ctIaoHt ia
auy ue wha wIl read Che paTCr
1ahlshed bv fha ra1rrauizer- Tho
papers show tha they regard che
maury question a- au i--He in twa
WAYS First they make thai the tsst
n Che saieetim ID cud5lur- The
man may favor aiEl trf r aW
auT ar BE- may have uH opinion a.
I'D an tae mrif lJes.IHu bH Dr.
mast baIeve un tbe EIli standard
uI bs willing tH a..aU obj. hHm.
Iar- tI d. BE- thinking DR. b.m
Aud s1 utH atlfr mu#r Hues-ll-.
Hur uu Gle money question: tlc can
hIHr taaiflH favorable mention
must he sound according % Wall
street standards This proves chat
with the huaueIers Che MONEY ques-
ti1u - uHt only aue al tbe issues but
thf paramount ISSUE Second why
are fha r-arganizar- So alarmed when
silver b. mentioned, ID 30 Is a dead
issue. why make such fuss over
every reference o. It3 II % has no
supporters, how can it justify con
seryative democrats in boltlnr9
The very fact that the reorganizrrs
are So afraid Of the money question
is proof that there Is life enough in
1t 90 prevent its burial by It's friends
The truth Of the matter is that the
reorEauizers are trying 10 deceive
the rank and file Of the party and it
makes them mad to be discovered
and exposed They know that some
phase Of the money question is al
ways before congress and lacking
the courage to meet the issue honest
ly they seek an advantage under
cover Of deceit. They also know
that back Of all the surface issues is
the controlling one, namely, whether
the money changers of the govern
ment shall control the people. To
surrender the money question would
not conciliate the reorganizers. Take
the result in Ohio. Tom johnson
expressly denied that he favored free
silver and vet he was as bitterly de
nounced as il he had been an origin
al silver man Whyy Because he
was opposed TO the rule OF corporate
wealth Mr. Clarke the democratic
candidate against Mr. Hanna for the
senate, was against the party in
1896: he helped the republicans in
that year and last fall avoided the
money question Was that satisfac-
tory to the inanriers2 Not at all
In spite OF the fact that all the re
pub1cans papers reproduced his
speeches against free silver he was
beaten worse than any senatorial csn
didate IN recent years. Whvexperi-
.ment longer? Concessions and com
promises are not expedient even if
they were right. Try {, draw a plat
form without reaiiirming the Kansas
City platform and see what the re-
suit will be No honest statement
OF the party position can be made
without endorsing the position taken
in 1900 The whole aim Of the re-
organizers is TO secure an ambiguous
platform with which to fool the peo-
pie and a presidential candidate un-
der secret pledge to the money mag
mates
Mr. Bryan will not cooperate with
them IN this effort and therefore he
rs the recipient of their abuse and
malice. But neither abuse nor NAL
lclous misrepresentation will avail
The issue must he met