People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — CLOUDS ROLLING BY. [ARTICLE]

CLOUDS ROLLING BY.

TUe bow of promise is set in all its beauteous fainment in the fast clearing political sky; the straggle of the patriotic “old |ruard M to maintain the integrity of their organization has been successful and the great silver

cause that seemed to hang in th* balance has not jeopardized; divine inspiration is again radient in every line of the renewed declaration for human rights and by the grace of Providence the people of free America will marcti forward to such signal victory this fall as will place them far on the road to a complete realization of their fondest hopes. There met in St. Louis last week a mighty contending host that seemed, at one time, to be beyond th£ power of mortal man to harmonize; the prayers of a despairing nation were uttered for omnipotent aid and it seems that those prayers have been answered, for stubborn men have ceased to be deaf to the,appeal of their brothers, and they have reasoned upon the mighty matters at difference. The alliance which has been formed between populists and the silver forces for this campaign will be maintained; the power of British gohd will be unable to divide the masses of free citizens who demand with one vbice those reforms so fittingly represented by their chosen candidates, Bryan and Watson. The editor wof the Pilot has been so , busy during the past two weeks in attendance at the St. Louis convention and at the state convention in Indianapolis, that he has been unable to do justice to the work upon the paper. Now that the excitement of convention is over the real work of the campaign is on and the Pilot will be in the fight until the last ballot is cast in November and the already demoralized gold standard forces are utterly routed.