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Show "S.MISSISSIFPI COS- Louis is the q . t matter, &nd beb0J7 three month.. For many days, but three m weet vvae ora nriorto,4 3wie;ui'" ! years puw u . nf it to tne yprc8peroas from e en of t other. BuBineS9073n K lines ot trade-Mareins trade-Mareins vfere good m all m anic8 whUethetarmerB.laborere bu8ineea and, in short, w?JvFere prosperous, men of &UuQ happy. Since the f a-cooAea a-cooAea was developed in the brain of John Sherman, and the republican party of the nation demonetized silver, the west baa become just what the gold bugs of the east determined to mate of her, the hewers of wood and the draweis of water for the east. The west, although the greatest possible eufferer by this selfish policy, has yet etood most loyally by the republican party in its determination to perpetuate perpetu-ate the degredation of silver. For what reason or upon what theory no one can say. Our people hava gone up to St. Louis to endeavor to do something some-thing for silver just after voting, by enormous majorities, to restore re-store that party, the party of demonetization, to power. Wnat infinite in-finite cheek doeB this exhibit 1 Were the people of that city to say to them, "Get ys back home and undo your woik of the 6th of November, then come back to ub and we will consider your free coinage plea," they would do nothing but what would be considered logical and fair by ali unprejudiced people. So long as we continue the fatal policy of perpetuating republican power In the west, will silver remain dishonored and oar silver mines remain re-main closed and our silver smelters be 6llent, as voiceless as the former homes of the Cliff dwellers and as unproductive unproduc-tive as . the salt fields on the shores of the Dead sea. We must act reasonably and logically if we would have others help ns. We must quit voting into power that Tarty which - struofc - .i FiUviiai industry, at. the n.oney of the world and of the ' ages, if we would ask help of reason able ana sensible men. It is true the western republicans deny having been the cause of the deg-redation deg-redation of silver. But there are christians who have denied that Jesus was the Christ; and with about as much reason. One thing, however, is certain; cer-tain; if we Bee the restor-ation restor-ation of silver and the former prosperity of the west, we must all join hands and vote and work together not oniy ior tnat sacred object, but for the destruction of the republican party. A thistle will not bear pomegranates, nor a thorn, figs. The republican party will never, can never rettore silver. sil-ver. It isn't that kind of an institution. institu-tion. What is the use, just after casting an enormous majority for the party of demonetization, for us to go to St. Lo'us at no small personal discomfort and much expense, to ek our fellow westerners to help to restore eilver? They, and the world will laugh us to ecorn. The way to help silver, we honestly believe, is to beat republicanism. Beat it east, west, north and south. When that is done we may then do eome efficient work in the way of re-monetizing re-monetizing silver, but not till then. |