Meanwhile, democrats who ought to
make their influence felt in finding a
ronicdy. are squabbling and hesitating
over matters of detail that do not affect
the main question at all. They are wor
rying tl omsalves about the ratio, when
i‘. r> Si-nsibk person knows licit the
ratio cannot be fixed nt all until there
is sonieitoiig to fix it to. To fix tile ratio
before free coirago has settled what, it
shall be is like tiying to draw water
out of a well without windlass of whorl,
rope or chain. In the Brussels confer
ence oiv. h):!b says it ought to be 20 to I,
another 10 to J, and another says 151-2
to t is the logncal ratio. There is nothing
togic tl that has no logic behind it, and
no coinage ratio can be logical without
coinage.
Justice (b-mandd prompt settlement of
the . liver queslio,', but apart from this
it Is a vital question of parly policy.
The fieuio; vats will have to satisfy lhe
farmers of the country on this issue,
'i'liri'u' reform is someihiug, but if. is not
nigh. It v.ol give some relief, but
there can be no real relief as long as
the country is tied to the golden chariot
of flic money monopolists.
Tlio mugwumps are few in number, but.
they are very rank.
■J’ho Thir l Party Whips the Fight.
The Soldiers’ Home bill is dead!
This is what the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill means.
It is impossible to regard it in any other
light than as a. triumph of the third party.
In the last campaign that party made a
strong fight on tho home, and made it
a leading issue.
