| Show THI THE what hat city of refuge is there in which that political anomaly the bryan or silver republican ean can hide bids his diminished head this is a question which is agitating not only the individual most directly concerned but the political concern from which he be apostatized and whose concerns ate aie declared to no longer concern him ile he has been made the butt of nearly en eiery cry post election joke by republican party organs but the only advice given him has been to either repent and promise future amendment or go hang himself neither of which alternatives does he be seem inclined to accept while he occupies the position or of a political refugee and will forever be considered an outcast by his former patty associates who march under the yellow banner of mark hanna still they saem quite anxious to prevent his entire defection at least to that extent which will pel mit him to ali alin align n himself fairly and squarely with the party in whom lies tile the only hope of free silver aud and while ho he may never hope for political preferment within the republican party they try to frighten him out of the democratic ranks by the assertion that this will be his fate there the formation of silver can clubs is is regarded with joquan amity but the entire repudiation of party principles and desertion to the camp camp of the former enemy is a horrible possibility they do not care to contemplate and will do all they can to prevent every silver republican who will sit eit down and carefully figure out the situation for himself will it seems to us lia he forced to the following conclusions first the party machinery is in the hands of the goldbug wing of the party second neither nationally nor locally can silver republicans hope to elect one of their own number third that any hope he inay may have entertained of securing bimetallism by international agreement through the efforts of the republican party has vanished in the face of the avowed hostility of the party leaders who now declare that tile the feeble ante election pledge must be read in the light of the glorious victory in november which is said to have been the voice of the people raised in favor of gold alone if he reaches these conclusions as he inevitably must it will then be in oriler order for him to ast ask himself whether the free and unlimited coinage of silver is or is not paramount to all other issues combined lahe if he considers cor sidera siders it is why should he play ioto into the hands of the gold goldbas bu ns s by b attempt ing to nominate or eest impossible candidates if he be thinks other issues are greiter greater and the republican party best represents them why did ho he quarrel with it lie ile can expect no favors or rec c agnation cg nation from eitnier party if he belongs to neither we do not believe that he deserted his party with rith the hope or expectation of political reward but that the natural motive desire to better his financial condition and patri patriotism patriotic oti is in I 1 in the desire to see his couil country try freed from a bondage to great britain which is becoming just as oppressive and galling as the bondage of colonial times inspired hini him this is the great tissue before which all others fade into insignificance and its only hope lies in the democratic party parly the necessity of raisin raising sufficient money for the support of government and the payment of the immense annual interest tribute to england entailed by the single standard of the past twenty y three years will trill effectually prevent the republican bu bugbear bubear D bear fl diee cc tra keep import duties at a higher rate than tho the most radical protectionist would have aked r some orne years ago while theries differ er widely upon this point the practice must bo be essentially senti ally the same duties cau can not be materially lowered because we must meet the above bills they can not be materi alir aliv raised without bp coming prohibitive to make his note ate effective in the highest degree he should join the party pledged to tho the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and vote with it until this becomes an all established principle of government overn ment it will require a firm union of all the silver forces forcee to accomplish this and nil all should unite with the most defective eli active body if the republican party could lie be beaten upon the strength of thi issue in every ni rational at ional state county and municipal election its policy would soon change and n hen it became firmly established the silver r Ke publican could ret return urd with b honor r and added dignity to the house of his first love instead d of sneaking in at the back door f like a whipped cur or doing the prodigal son act in the denio demo ratio erotic house he will receive a warm welcome whether as a temp temporary orar lod lodger loder 2 er or life tenant |
