Show AGITATING FOR SILVER When the proper time comes there Is no reason In the world why there should not be a renewal of the agitation agita-tion for free silver That time is when there are congressional elections on hand It will aID be proper to continue theagitation four years hence It is l Very amusing to read the comments com-ments of some of the antisilver papers pa-pers on the question further agitation agita-tion in favor of free silver Thus we find one paper declaring that it was to put a stop to the silver agitation and the threat of cheap money that the people went to the polls and elected McKinley that they intended their verdict to be absolute and final and to silence those who have been advocating the restoration of silver Thlg paper further states I that It is like arguing a case after the court of last resort has acted upon it If the theory here laid down were true then it is a crime against the country for a defeated party to attempt at-tempt to regain supremacy through I appealing to the voters If this theory I be true it was very wrong for the Democrats to go before the country with Mr Cleveland in 1SS4 He having been elected It was equally wrong for the Republicans to go before the country coun-try with General Harrison in 1SS8 A few instances and a little reflection show how absurd is the theory of those who say there must be no further agitation agi-tation of the silver Question Without qualification we cannot accept ac-cept the theory that when an issue of so much importance and one so closely related to the material interests of all classes is thus fully considered and conclusively determined it should be dropped by the defeated party in deference defer-ence to public opinion as a matter of j common patriotism What would have become of the Republican party after the campaign of 1S56 if it had accepted I such a theory I i It is the duty of all the people to j bow to the will of a majority of the people when they have declared their will through the ballot and this the friends of silver have cheerfully done I But this cheerful acquiescence in the I i will of the majority does not imply that the minorlty have surrendered I their right to renew the agitation in favor of their views at the proper I time They are perfectly content to give the policy for which a majority of I the people have declared a full and fair trial and to do what they can to I make it successful If it succeeds none will rejoice more than they if it fails I the majority that was against silver will turn into advocates for silver and I thus start the agitation anew Surely no one can object to this |