People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — PLUTOCRATIC PLAN. [ARTICLE]

PLUTOCRATIC PLAN.

HOW THE MONEY POWER EXPECTS TO WIN A VICTORY. Tbe Money Power Will Hare Two Complete Machine*. One la Kach of the Old Parties, for Donning the Divided Reformer* of All Kind*. The main thing from the standpoint of the gold-bug money power is to prevent a union of the anti-monopoly element of the people. It is not necessary to unite the goldbugs in one party, if the silver men can only be held in the two old parties and kept divided. The tools of the money power are at work in both of the old parties, imploring the silver men to stay with the party in this crisis lest the other party win. Time enough to talk of reform, say the Republican heelers, after we have taken the administration out of the hands of the Democrats. When the party gets in power, it will be so strengthened that we can undertake anything the people demand, and the silver people will be heard Just as well after election as before —besides, we shall then be in position to do something in answer to their demands. As it is now, we are out of power, and divisions in the ranks will only perpetuate the Democratic party in power, and prevent our carrying out any policy at all. Democrats are Implored by the heelers to stick to the party, since it is in power, and if it were defeated now would have no opportunity to Justify its record and complete the work already begun. Be loyal Democrats and stand by the tickjet, lest the Republicans get the honor of working out the reforms the silver men demand and thus deprive us of the make our party solid. The majority sentiment in the party should rule, and all good loyal Democrats believe in the principle of majority rule. The main thing is to save the party, then we can discuss reform in a caucus Just among ourselves without asking any concessions from other parties. The result of all this is that the money power rests serenely confident that the anti-monopolists can be kept divided, and gold can control the leaders of whichever one of the old parties that wins. t The money power will have two complete machines, one in each of the old parties, tor downing the divided reformers of all kinds. The silver Democrats are gradually falling in line, stopping their, silver conferences, and devoting themselves to local politics under the plea that national issues have no part in a state campaign—and doing nothing to educate their party on national principles. They will postpone further discussion until after the local elections are over, and then advise a short campaign next year, so that their sleeping forces may not wake up again to the silver issue. Republicans hardly ever bolt their party, no matter what it advocates, hence the gold-bugs are perfectly safe in counting on the unanimous support of that party. All the Republican leaders have to do to keep their party in line is to whoop a few times, holler "Old glory,” and start a campaign band playing. The gold-bugs have begun to realize that the silver-reform-inslde-the-party agitators are doing more to help the gold-bug cause than they can do themselves, hence they will stop their fight, and let the silver men do all the talking, so that the voters may think everything is coming their way and rest easy, while the gold-bugs secretly their plans to capture the whole shooting match.