Show 1VHEX THE FIRE IS RAGIXG Some of the whilom Democrats who have joined the McKinley forces are giving themselves an undue amount of credit for pure patriotism a credit of which they are not at all worthy They are simply worthy of their hire nothing more A Democrat of prominence who is for McKinley and the gold standard is exGovernor Waller of Connecticut He sa sIt s-It is not a time to discuss who is to blame when the fire is raging and life and property may yet be saved This can be better done when the fire is extinguished ex-tinguished and the peril is ended And the more sacrifice a Democrat makes in marching with Republicans even if they are disagreeable when they are both marching against the same enemies ene-mies to the country the more honor they do to their patriotism as true Americans It is very important to discuss who is1 to blame for starting the fire when It Is proposed to put In charge of the fire department those who started it This fire was started a quarter of a cen j 4 I tury age when that train was laid which led to the demonetization of silver I sil-ver in 1S73 And it was laid by some I of those very gentlemen who are now so eager not to discus the question of who is to blame not only by one John Sherman of Ohio The people do not propose to hand over the management I manage-ment of their affairs to those who started I start-ed the fire the fire that has parched un the prosperity of the country a > d laid I waste the homes of the people What 1 I they propose to do is to put out this fire that Is now raging with what the I gold men are pleased to term a flood I of free silver |