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Show THE PRESIDENT AND BOUNDS. The late arbitrary and unwarranted action of the president in regard to the last iesuance of bonds and their Bale to the bankers both of New York and Europe, should not be passed unnoticed by the people. It is true the transac-tion;has transac-tion;has been noted,bat not in a formal "y way. Just why he should have sold the bonds at the price and upon the terniB he secured is a very mysterious affair. If any other officer of the government gov-ernment had made such a deal, he would have been called to a speedy accounting ac-counting for the ac, and we do not see why the president ought not to answer as well as any other servant of the people. peo-ple. Of couree we do not mean that Mr. Cleveland should have peddled these bonds about seeking for the best price obtainable, but there are officers of the government whose duty it is to see that the beet price obtainable was secured.Bonds sold at 104)2 which were eagerly sought after next day at 112)4 and every day since, indicates eome-thing.and eome-thing.and we fear that something is not at all to the credit of the American government or some one of its agents I or officers. Efforts should be made to J thoroughly sift this most remarkable deal to the bottom, and if .wrong has been done, which now seems perfectly evident, let blame attach where it will and let whoever may be involved be punished and punished severely. If tke sale of gold bonds has been made simply as another effort to flank the law which provides that the bonds shall be paid in coin instead of gold, then the affair becomes far more reprehensible repre-hensible aa an awkward attempt to juggle the gold standard upon the nation na-tion without its knowledge and consent. con-sent. "We, democratic and all as we ere, regretfully attach to this act of a democratic national administration administra-tion the severest blame, but with all that, democrats dare not be silent when such attempts have been made, no matter by whom. We can j no longer avoid the conclusion that Mr. Cleveland is acting with the gold speculators to place this nation upon a gold basis regardlesss of the consequences, conse-quences, and in his determination to do so, and in face of the developments in congress as to the temper of that body, as well as the people of the nation generally, against the policy. The effort to do this should be met in a way that would teach all future presidents that they must -not deal with the people in any such way. Mr. Cleveland may have passed his word to the effect that at the very least he would issue $162,-000,000 $162,-000,000 more gold t earing bonds, but is that any good or sufficient reason why the people should ratify the understanding. un-derstanding. Congress should have called the transaction in question immediately im-mediately and let the blame fall where It belonged. It was robbery and the robbers should be punished even at this late day. This matter will be more talked of and more bitterly condemned ten years from today than it is now. Faces will burn and men will blush that an American who has filled so large a epace in the public regard and who haB been so honored, could find it in his heart to thus sell out the very men who have etood by his side so loyally through both evil as well as good report. re-port. It is a Bad. sad affair, and it marks a decadence in the public morals mor-als which makes good men everywhere shudder for the undeveloped future. Is it any wonder that Vest, when he understood it all, declared that he had come to the parting of the ways with the president? The whole country, in-c'uding in-c'uding the democratic party, has also arrived at the parting of the ways with Mr. Cleveland. The party cannot can-not and will not tie itself down to this miserable policy. Should it do ho, it would be beaten for all time, and it ought to be. |