Show I 1 THE BATTLE IS ON i another ar issue 0 of f the broad ax reaches our readers we I 1 predict the great battle in the chicago convention will have been fought and woo WOD for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 at present writing the indications i ons are that the silver forces will have bave the necess necessary tiry I 1 two thirds majority so they can inace name the platform and the man mail there will be no straddle or uncertainty certainty certain tv in the declaration of principles and the voters will have a fair opportunity to choose between the god of gold and the goddess of liberty there will be but one is issue this year viz viz the question of money money it is 1 idle die to talk of tariff protection and free trade when the whole people are groaning under the incubus of a money famine there would be as much reason in making the slave trade the mexican war or the venezuela episode an issue in this campaign as the tariff question the conditions are such that all other quest questions ions i become collateral to that of the monetary issue the people are thinking each day more and more and the more the question is is studied the greater will the majority be against the gold monopoly we are glad the lines are to be sharply drawn and the fight to he be to a finish should the free silver forces fail this year the contest will not be abandoned but it will be kept up until s success s i is s attained our success in no event can be a dangerous experiment for if it is demonstrated that the coinage of silver is detrimental to the interests of the country it will be an easy matter to return veturia to the worship of the golden calf |