Every day there may be seen in the silve...

Every day there may be seen in the silver monometalic press charges iterated and reiterated as to President Cleveland' s recreancy to democratie principies in his efforts to prevent a slump to a silver basis and his general financial policy. Now as it is possible to teil a lie and repeat it until it comes to have all the force of trath to the one who repeats it, it may be well to examine the last official utterance of the national democracy on the question and compare it with the recent manifestó of the silver democrats of Illinois for the purpose of detei-mining who has betrayed the democratie faith. Surely the comparison does not convict the president of deserting the party platform. The two nlanks are as follovs: National Democratie Platform. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money oí the country ,aud to the coinaireoi both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal, or charge for mintage, tuit the dollar unit oí coinage of both metais must be of equal imrinsic and exeliaiiïeable value. or be adjusted by Ínter national agieement, or by such saleguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parlty of the two metáis, and the equal power of every dollar at all limes in the niarket, and in the pavment of debts.and we demand that all paper currency be kept at par with and raaeemable in such coin. Illinois Free Silver Platform. Resolved, bv the Democrat s of Illinois, in conveniion assembled, that we are in favor of the uee of both gold and silver as the "standard mono.f of the Uuited States, and demand the free and unlimited coinage of both metáis at ihe ratio of 16 to 1, without wait Ing foT the action of any othpr natlOD, and that such coiii8 shall be a legal tender for all debts. both public and prívate, and that all oontracts lieieaftor executed for the payment of monev, .vhether in gold, eilver r eoln, may be discharged by any money which is by law legal tender. The Michigan legislatura during the five months it was in session pased 539 bilis and 510 of these were for the city of Detroit. A goodly numbei of the remaining 29 provide for offices for the republican faithful. The governor used the veto 19 times and most of the bilis thus disposed of were the few passed in the interest of the people. They allowed the bill for the protection of skunks to become law, how ever. For this crumb a gratefnl constifruency will no doubt be thankfal.