Show I 1 I 1 ai 1 I 1 at fm NOT DODGE IT SILVER CANNOT SE BE EVADED EVADE r WITH SAFE SAFETY TY THIS YEAR tuf visa sucre party will a fr volan olaa i ca C la in re if platform plat borm 4 old id parties are ar getting bely to I 1 straddle every day the question Is asked what will the next national conventions of the republican and democratic parties do with reference to silver silve r to answer this question definitely now ilow la 14 of course impossible tor for tho situation may very materially chango change during the next few months but it is about as certain as aa any future political event can be that both will endeavor to evade the direct issue with this probability strong before us silver men should sleep with at least one eye open in both parties they have been frequently deceived the framers of the platforms have played the part of linguistic acrobats they have formulated declarations so ingenito ingeniously asly worded as to be acceptable to both sides the pledging of a party to bimetallism cism without defining it coupled with sentimental demands for or honest money good money the best money in the world the maintenance of parity ty one dollar as good as any other dollar in intrinsic and debt pay ing power are expressions through which the bimetallists of the country have teen been frequently betrayed and if it happens again it will be their own fault those qualifications are intended simply as loopholes through which to escape and avoid doing anything no matter what proposition of sliver silver coinage may be brought forward it can always be antagonized upon the plea that parity will be disturbed and one dollar lose that grand quality of being equal to every other dollar tho the democratic party has a stronger silver wing than has the republican party but in view of recent events with an administration bitterly hostile to any step slop toward the of silver allver the press pres cressand and sand the money power on the same side it Is almost too much to hope that the silver men can dominate the convention it may declare for the equal use of both metals as standard money and the coinage ot of both without discrimination against either in one and clause but there will certainly be some other clause which will quality qualify and destroy it if either convention is in favor of restoring silver to the exact position on it occupied prior to 1873 a declaration to that effect cah be made in ifil three lines of print that no human being capable of reading can possibly misapprehend perfect bimetallism can only be reached by placing both metals upon an exactly equal footing before the law in the matter of coinage and legal tender there is a simple formula that everybody familiar with the course of this discussion perfectly understands the free coinage of both metals at the ratio of 16 to 1 with full legal ten der functions accorded to each that covers the ground and nothing less will satisfy any man who fully understands the question and Is determined that it shall be settled the friends of silver restoration may be certain cartain that any ambiguity which finds a place in a political platform is a cunning device of the enemy and that every out and out gold mart man will plant himself upon it while every half heart ed silver man will make it an excuse for an adverse vote bear this in mind m ind and stamp anything else than a flat footed unqualified declaration for free coinage at 16 to I 1 as a fraud for you can rest assured it will be so intended and not only this the candidate named must have such a past record as will make it certain that he can be relied upon to carry out the declaration in good faith nothing less will do |