Show afta AFTER THE BATTLE now that the smoke of the recent po lotical battle is clearing away it is well to scan the horizon orizon li not merely to determine tho the cawes of the great landslide but also to determine what is to be the linea lines on which new political forces are to bo be it is very evident that many republicans did not agree with their party in its views on the tariff nor did they fear the democratic party on account of its tariff views N nr doubt but in some localities many republicans voted with the democrats but but by far the greatest diversion of former republicans was to the new populist party and an impartial canvass of this fact must reveal to the tile honest investigator that the now new p party a arty must present to these voters some more acceptable policy in public affairs than either of the old parties to bo be candid what are tire chief differences that are presented by kv the new now party undoubtedly they arc are its demands for a chance chanze in the government policy of finance transportation and lands of these the one that took the strongest hold of the people was unquestionably the money question that our great nation needs more money but few will deny to secure this the new party by its platform demands tho tile free and unlimited coinage of both gold and sil silver ver by the government for any and nil all citizens who may present these metals at the mints that each shall be boundo made a full legal tender and coined on the present legal ratio of 16 parts of silver to one of gold in addition to the volume of money thus created tire new party demands the issue by the united states treasury of a sufficient amount of full legal leal le al tender treasury notes to swell the total volume of money up to at least fifty dollars per capita of population of the merits of this policy we will say that it would be infinitely preferable to tile threatened return by the democratic party to the old system of state bank or wald cat currency besides under the constitution the nation could not legalize any uch such issues the tile legal tender of tho tile government is much eater safer than a currency based on the unstable system of state banks it |