Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1898 — DRIFT OF OPINION. [ARTICLE]

DRIFT OF OPINION.

ItTThe democrats of two western states having pronounced tor Bryan and silver, the call again becomes urgent for a national beard of health. — J udge. C7Hoke Smith is pleased with the success of the bond issue, but he is not making any comparisons with the other issue a few years ago.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ICT’Some of the democratic leaders in Michigan have declared against calamity howliug and in favor of forcing the silver issue to the rear in the pending campaign. In other words, they throw up their hands. —Indianapolis Journal. vention indorsed sixteen to one, but it put two gold democrats on the state committee and refused to continue ex-Gov. Altgeld in that body, leaving the party organization In the hands of the friends of Mayor Harrison, The Chicngo Record’s report says that “delegates in the convention said to each other ‘free silver will be out of the fight.’ ” That Is the interpretation of the action putting ex-lfepre-sentative Cable, goldlte, upon the state committee by a vote of the convention. —Indianapolis Journal. E7The desire of the gold democrats i« to punish the Brvanites us severely as possible and to beat It into their heads that they cannot win victories and get Into power as long as they ding to the infamous doctrine that the government must debase the money standard in order to enable debtors who are able to pay in full, but do not want to do so, to get off with the payment of 40 per cent, of what tjiey owe. The heavier the republican majorities are the sooner will the free silver democrats get over their mania of dishonesty. Chicago Tribune. bonds wl'l pay old debts—great improvements that have been stopped may now go on.” joyfully ex claims a New York paper in speaking of the bond issue just made by the New York city Tammnny administration. The paper seems to think the debt is wiped out forevef. It make* us think of the Englishman who had n troublesome note for *SOO In a lionl:. He went tt> the bank, gave a new note. and. taking the old note that was handed to him for destruction, he tore it up nml exclaimed: “Thank heavens, that debt is settled." There is another Interesting feature about this bond Issue, Tammany has supported the Chicago platform, and according to that pintform the Issue of bonds is an awful crime, but Tammany lias now Issued $23,000,000 more of “gold” bonds I lowa State Register.