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Show Expansion -OF- 1 "PLAIN TRUTHS," i Tbo financial question Is, anil will i lenextyoar, the main politic I Issue." j Thegnld.standard party would hnvo Si tlilok othnrwUo. They wish to ' treat that question as tattled and litlil I upon tho shelf wllh other volumes of ' ancient hlstorv. Thoy seem to believe tbl not only have tholr arguments cftablisticd the gold standard tlmorell-tally tlmorell-tally in such a fiishlnn thut tho great Diultltudo of bimetallism who Hindu tho race so close and so uncertain In 1800 ire both vanquished and convinced, but thoy point out also that an overruling over-ruling Provldenco has assisted In topping nil froo-sllvor mouths and In lilenclng all "silver-tongued" orators by uncovering so much gold thut there Is an abundance of money without the white metal. Anyoue can see why those who are tied to tho gold-standard for personal tod political reasons shouid attempt to make the btmetalllsts Nel thut their i.ynk&-nro so depleted and demoralized Hf tbat they aro nothing but a shadow of wtaat was unco a host. ' It lvnot so nasy to understand why to-exiled Independent journals tnke the nme easy tono of relegation to the pail when speaking of tho flnauolal ue while tho very same ch:iutlc and cod trad I dory policy and administration administra-tion leave the same evils unremedied whloh these very Journals havo In-reighed In-reighed against with u righteous Indlg-oitluu. Indlg-oitluu. Homo of these Journals stand 10 blgh In our esteem that wo cannot Iblnk ihey wilfully mislead their read-en read-en or soek to befog the issues of the day. It tuny be thby are tired of the money quostlon and profer therefore to codQdo themselves to tho Fhlllpplno problem. It Is truo that many also of those who pressed the BO-olled sliver question ques-tion to tho forefront In tho last campaign cam-paign aro uow discussing other questions ques-tions as if willing to adopt othor issues. There aro two possible reasons for such t course whloh occur to our minds ttnd wblcb we will refer to whon wo expaud our second proposition. It Is said In regard to trusts as an la-rue la-rue that no paity will defend them, that all aro opposed to them. If thut It true why do not all parties unite igatnst tbo national bank trust? Tho great trust Is the money trust. Tho cation Itself Is fostering this trust and paying the bankers Interest on tbo bouds which cnablo them to do a national na-tional bnnklng business, pledging the credit of the nation lor the security of ' tbc banks, the banks at the same time dictating tho Quunelal policy of the ntlon almost without regard to the letter of the laws passed fretu time to time by congress. Does tho oil trust oppress the people, putting down the price of oil where a man Is opening a veil of his own to 11 vo cents a gallon with lamp wicks and chimneys thrown la until tho man is bankrupted of means to carry on his llttlo enterprise tben putting It up to a prlco that Is a heavy tax on overy consumer? Similar aro tho tuctlcs of the money trust. Why should nob the nation adopt a system of finance that would sake a "corner" on money impossible loitead.n.f allowing a scarcity at times tbat will affect oveu sucb powerful bus-loess bus-loess combination as the railroad corapanles,literally eating up tho small lock, holders at will? If trusts cannot ta made an Issue, it Is not to our oplu-Ion oplu-Ion because all parties aro opposod to licrn, but we shall hope at least to seo liiues Joined on this Immenso trust In the coming oanipalgu, since It is part tad parcel of tbo gnaucial Issue, whloh will not bo settled and set aside until It Is adjusted In a nannor which the reading and thinking intelligent mass-sot mass-sot Amorlcatucan see and understand tod also experieuco In the practical noduotof affairs to bo Just and oqtii- 14ble. ' But again we can no moro agreoUhat tbequesttou of expanalon, or tho poll, jtjot the government In dealiug with m Philippines wfil be the" Issue of tho kmpalgn tbau tbat trusts will not be jut Isnuu. I Did not tho United States Congress, IMlhoui distinction of party, voto tbo tads for prosecuting tho wur? Did Pt men spring forward at tho call for Ihlunteers from ull parties? I l nut the nation so committed that IJcannct draw back? There will no p)Ubt be continuous discussion and lotlderablo differences of opinion ocernlug tho national policy in tho llmlc acd Puelflc islands, hut to our lad8 there Is nothing to indicate a od party dlvlslou. While all men ecato the killing of Islaudors thoy 8ard the situation nud necessities of 'the case from different standpoints, U is highly probable that before campaign of 1000 Is fairly on the htlDg win De ondcj nnd feeDg ,,n w question will havo passed the UU tttUKO. Jibe Very exP'l,,slon f our territory l1 responsibilities will, however, only rendered an adequate treat- of the problems of national" ncfiiho moro imperative. I ""hcic.jmpalgn of 18M the Ropubll. V cans professed to fnvnr bltuelalhni by lnteriiiitlnnal mrrenmrnt. The old-stnndiinl old-stnndiinl tnbn must havo had n pretty clear Idea of how much this was worth judging from tho support thoy gave the candidates, and the subsequent hc-tlnn hc-tlnn of tho administration In fastening en far as possible the gold standard upon up-on the nation. There were, hnwovcr, many sincere blmetallHiB who voted with them thinking International njrreenn-nt a safer 'ond than the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 Afhhnut the consent or co-operation of any other nation. All the discussion had has not. been in vain. Men's Ideas aro somewhnt clarified. Tho financial problem Is fxtuillarized to the peoples' thnutibt. Many things demand attention and hc-lion. hc-lion. This question Is more or Ichs entangled en-tangled with all others and remains of prramnuut Importance, Like all other questions It Is not settled until It Is settled right. |