Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1896 — DEMOCRACY IS DEAD. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRACY IS DEAD.

POPULIZATION OF THE PARTY CAUSED ITS DEMISE. * •" 4 i Can Never Make Another Fight on ■ JFrjfe Riots and Repudiation The Silver Issue Will Not Be Revived— Grover’s Attacks on Soldiers. The Democratic Party. The declared- policy of kune of the feryan Democratic clubs In the Eastern States to prevent the return to the party fold of all Democrats who voted at tlie late .presidential election for McKinley ou-'Ralmer lias caused a great deal of comment on the part of the, press. As the Democraticipafpers which opposed Bryan are included iy the proclamations of outlawry, they are ly taking a liVely interest in, the subject. The Macon (Ga.)'Telegrapli says that the ouly asset left of the ancient party Is its name, and that unless somebody codifies Its principles ami puts them upon a sound basis very soon the organization will break up and forever disappear. Another Democratic journal, the Sun of New I’ork, has declared tfiut eren tlie name is worthless unless there is a reorganization. -This journal argues that the party leaders in the Senate having passed a protective act, and having renounced the time-honored Democratic principle that a protective tariff is unconstitutional, the ouly principle left, besides the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, is the income tax’. As that has been declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme, Court;, it ■an scarcely be called left—unless “left” is used in the slangy sense. Moreover, the late election shows that a very large body’of the party will not support freecoinage at 16 to 1. Hence that is not au available principle. It Is perhaps a waste of time to discuss this matter. The potent fact in the Populizatiou of -the Democrat®.is that it has lost a large number of voters who will never return to it until it is reorganized. The silver Republicans are bound to return to their party in time, Cor the reason, principally, that there is no other place for them to go. Thus, with tlie dissatisfied Democrats added, the Republican party will he greatly strengthened. So it would seem that The -outlawry talk -of the Bi-yaniies is suicidal. Tlie middle of tlie road Populists will not join them, the gold Democrats have left them and cannot get hack, the tariff issue lias been sold out and is dead, the income tax eaunot he revived, and it is pseless to make a fight on free riots and repudiation. Talk about what is to become of the Democratic party under tlie cireumstianccs seems idle. That party appears to he dead, anyhow. Outlawing a few members of it more or less can"make little difference to anybody.

I arge Increase in Circulation. Bradstreet’s states That the increase of the money circulation ia the United States last "month was 23 cents per capita,, estimated on the basis of a population of 72,030,000, which makes (he total per capita circulation, as estimated by treasury experts, s2.2,Bfi.pDuring the year ending Nov.' 30 there was an increase of over 852,000,000 in the money circulation, which includes an increase of nearly 836,500,000 in gold coin. The following table- gives the total stock of nioncy coined or Issued and the amount of each kind of money in circulation at-the beginning of this month: - -General „ Amount In stock coined "'"Circulation or issued. Dec. 1, 1896. told coin $ 634,287,157 $ 516,729,882 ■standard silver dollars 441,466,141 58,493,845 Subsidiary silver 75,803,546 61,233,348 iold certificates 39.433,139 38.616,749 Silver certlf.... 367,903,504 356,312,121 .treasury notes, " act July 14,’90 121,677,280 50,147.901 P. S. notes -340,65i;016 274,705,483 ,'urrency certitl- ■ . eates, hc“t June ■ ——— 8, 1872 38.510,000 35.470.000 N'atl. b'nk notes. Totals ...-. .$2,301,100,073 $1,646,444,740 The money coined and in circulation : s| steadily increasing, and if this great big nation was only receiving sufficient •evenues to enable it to pay .expenses he confidence of the people be more nearly restored, and the usual letive season for a new year would And labor and business more.energetic ind prosperous than for several years mst. More money is not so necessary is more labor and business to bring die money We have into active circulai»:lon. This Congress could so provide, but the same members and the same lolicies that have caused , the unequalled hard tim#s of the past four years tre still blocking legislation. The peoile of the United States should unitedy demand that Congress proceed to business in tlie only manner by which the iaboY and business of ail the people •an be restored and maintained.—Des Moines Register. * -

Gold Democrats and Protection. There is a. report abroad that ttie-sil-ver men ‘propose to divide the sound uoney men by supporting a,tariff bill. I'bey hope by-assentlng to Republican _kunaud-frfbr a protection act to irritate the soumtrsnoney Democrats who are now lensued with the Republicans. The plants astut£, but It win not be a auecess. The sound money Democrats who. assisted McKinley either by supporting him outright or by voting for I’a liner, appreciated that they were aiding the election of a Republican and a protectionist.- They cannot expeet -tho Re—/publlcarfs their-belief -.a protection, nor will they be apt to be driven awajr by tlmt policy. They went into the alitanaee, if such lt'"may. be called, with-their eyes open, and—will not now claim tliejj have been deceived.' Tlie silver menmiay plot as they ple%e„ but their day is gone and they can never gain such strength as an organization as they did in the late election. The Republicans propose to enact a protective tariff as soon as possible, but tliey. have no purpose whatever of alienating the.support of injuring the feelings of Democrats. There Is to be no extreme protection leglsluyon, but.itu aet yvtH Constructed that will give its the requisite protection and revenue at the same time. It will be scientifically drawn ahd prove beneficial. With the revenue question disl>osed of and Industries stimulated by protection, the prosperity that Will fblloyv will destroy the silver, agitation and leave the field free for the eonsld-_ era 1 1 on of remedial currency leglsht-

tlon. That cannot be had yet, but the discussion of'the question will be Advantageous If agitation Is avoided. The silver men will find they have little reason for, existence, and that the organization that now stands for national honor and safety will not be dismembered by the tactics proposed. The union will be coiftiyhed until It is required no lojnger, and even then many of those who supported McKinley this year will remain in alliance with the Republican party. The good feeling bptween Republicans and gold Democrats will npt soon disappear.