Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 November 1898 — Page 1
"Weekly GTmifirf
VOL. 41.
JASPER, INDIANA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1898.
NO. 9.
OVERSTBEET BILLYS 1?h tile bill pro
lOKLIfHKO KVKKV KKI DAY, AT JA9-Pi-.k. OOBOlf OOVSTT, Indiana, by CLEMENT DOANB. KFK K 1 COVMU BuiLOIXfl m Wwn Sixth Bnumr.
PRICE OF 8UB8CBIPTIOH. .... . it , .: I 41, Al1 I . r i.l I . llru r I llr M I aar Til I pi- Year. -' Nuinlers, Postpaid, l.oO.
Dangerous Scheme Designed to Es tablish the Gold Standard
M uiertimein proportion. KATKS (F ADVERTI8INÜ. For legal MhWtiMMttli legal raten; 10 linen fl.00 fr first insertion ; 50e. each subsequent insertion. For vearly advertisements liU'ral contracts will .' tuale to regular advertisers. ÖOMMKRCIAl. AM JOB WORK Of all Kind I'n .mftly anl Neatly executed at UHHI pbices. We invite insiwction am! business.
t i . -1 if (...l.lbuga ami riir.r llliea. Taking iuto oonsiderat mm the herculean efforts of the Republican party am) those who have acted under it. Baptl f to bring about what the gol.lbugs denominate comprehensive tod enlightened HMMtBtJ legislation" by IMMHIO . people who attach value to fuel, will be prompted to investigate carefully Jo
tempt to ti: .1 iiieir w;iv out of the inawv
fo t in- .iue.ii in, whit
p ice? it Uould be Haid
its purpose in to copy the law of Kng-
land, trance, Germany and oilier couu-tr.e-.t 1 1 I eib!i.a in in.- United Stat. , regardlesn of ail inter, sts, except the interest ot the rich, a gold standard. Aud Ihii gold standard l scured in tne first section .,f the bill as follow: "That tbfl tan-lard f' nnit of valua shall, as now. be the dollar. ani shall consist ot tw.-iity-tive and cight-teutns grama of gold, nine-tenths tine, or tWHtyttara an 1 twenty-two OM hundredttic grams of pure go.d, a represented by one-tenth part of the eugle." That is the gold standard, if the bill beconi. a law, ami a law it will bee me anteM tin- Dm H-ratir party defeats the Republican party at the poll in November. That there shall be no misunderstanding rrgardiug the gold standard, whuti
KOFKSSIONAI. (' AKDS.
. M. VI
M. A. SWKKSKV.
attorneys at Law, JAMPKK, INI).,
tun! the facts which will nable t h.-m to
arrive at rational conclusions relating S-cti-.11 1 establishes, the fact u clinched
to the schemes of ColdbtUM and their loliowtl
lhat all obligations lor
paymeut of money shall be per-
' f,.r.
- .1 1 .1... . . .
"ar w.o. are u, mm luuuoj. , proVuJed for ,u McHoll 1 The pioneer advocates of this "OOOt- Htjnj u w tha j provlde, preh.-usive and enlightened m .netary a K,d anuari aud .-et 1011 2 provides scheme to erect a gold standard, degrade that all obligations f.r the pavmeut of
money shall bo in accordance with that
oil,... l,wir.Mln,r..nt III,. ..... an, I foi.ll BCCtlon 4.
HOI' T WVSV.U'tli' .' I" "I'c a -, . u Z. .1.. ... the pai
. J formed in i oiiforuntv with the standard
tin- .lies' w;.f.rs. stan'.iug armies, and nil the repaired machinery of oppression, but urn map ed ignorance and degradation and a v ist population known a" proletarafs, men who have no in r.voire in rontroling public affairs than M many horned cattle. They are the victims of conditions which the gold standaid advocate-. .t trying to i-staii-lish in the I'uited States, and which wi . Is ! ted should Mr. verein et'. bill, now pending in congress, heroine a law, because every lim-, paragraph an 1 si i Mou has bat one purpose in view, which is to establish in the L'uited (states, up in the sp.-cions plea of a "comprehensive and eiil g iteiied menetary" WfKtm, a gold standard system of tiuauce. To recapitulate the Ov. rfre 4 bill, which is au issue in the Indiana campaign, it is seeu that 1. It makes gold the tandard of value. I It makes the silver dollar a subsidiary or minor coiu. 8. It declares that no more silver dollar shall be coim d
a.lVoD'na- oiinti
ru Milli-etlnns
pjysOr I R turkmn Oui.,,1. Ounty Hunk.
liver aud give the national bunks un
limited control of the currency, hailed from Indiauapilis, and the "monetary
II nritit-ee intlie i '.urt of liiii.ie ;inl coll veil tloti . Wtllcll tliev Ha'l ttie gre t
, u'-r.n, K MUHfMtiou 0f organizing was made up h()1(riJ
st., ppfiait the of d'-legates, as me title page ot its report shows, from "boards of trade.
chambers clubs aim
bodies of the United States." Aud it is
. ttopngvr Jt I.avjP uuereauu kj ooio uir reo. ri- Mates lor the payment or money now , ' cultural interests and the great labor exi-tiug or hereafter to be entered into J ASPKK, IN Dl AN At interests of the country were not in- shall, unlis hert-aft.r otherwi- exProseciititnc Ati.irii.-v f .r tbe nth Judieiai vited to send delegates to the "monetary pressly stipulated, be redeemed aud cireuit, and willearwtaUv attend to any civil cuveution " nor were there any repre- held to be payable in gold coin of the
im i i-iiir'i.i.ii 1. 1 iiiiii : 11 an county in , - - tbe circuit. setatives of these great iuu rests in the offl.-c iiispay.r buiuing on Public square convention. As now organised, "boards
OT. E. COX.
gold standard. I des. section 2 destroys existing contracts between the g ,verument and
At present all Rov-
erument b ud are payable, principal and interest, in "coin." either tri ld or
of commerce, oommercial nlxw or Dut 8ecti.)u - of tue bill other similar commercial ,,.i, ,...t,,i,.,.. . .
uuiK a oumuv.iiiiiou r-caya
"That all obligations of the United
That convention was comp sed of men Viuli of American Trade Methods. who had supported McKinley in lbM, Anyone may obtain the consular audits work received his especial com- report- ittUed bv tl:o Lureau of rueudatiou iu his message to the last foreign OOfOmeitM, dCMltHMNlt of . ogress; the leading factor in the Indi state, bf application (o the bureau, an apt) lis m netary couveotion, Hugh H. J wmilii lie well if every merchant Hanua, isa prominent candidate for t ho took sdvtH(affl (A the 'opportunity senate should the Republicans controlallonl.-d for the stu.lv of continent our legislature; the Convention s bill was tr;i,,. . onditiona through the agency nur .tucd in the house by Uverstreet ,, ,,tiular investigation, of In Uum, who i- once more thur can- 'J,6 liU.t rapor () Marshal Haldidate for congress and whoso reuomi- ..(,; f ( ((,1SU tn Birmillgbuil, is an uatiou as urg, d at the tune by the Re- mter-ting document. It is dev. .ted publican manag- uent on the ground to t he faults of AmerioaD trade that he stood for this currency legisla- ;lliel .js The jewelry and fancy tiou; the bill slightly amended has been ffa nianufa. turers of (ireat :.. .,bly ..-pored by the h m-e com- Hritai iak,. article at taM "forty mittee who reiotnmend its passage; this . , ... . repotted bUI te know, as HL H. No. lme sc1' an hitrary Hy8tem of Ih.mi, and the actio., of the house cmi- auienient. In the nn-a.-ure for mitt. e iu reporting it for passage estops th'' cwininon metals a line in 1-12 of tin- party from disclaiming it BOW; their uu ii eh, a&d in the Jirecious metals action was manifestly the result of a a line is 1 - i I of an inch. The consul iucus and a. most .very Republican, fee, .1 1 1 1 1 s all i nci lent ill which a Hi r momber sign, d a petition askin for its . .... m.nifaMnHiv ordered
4. It makes ad government bonds, report, l.dea, Mr. ttecUre U American manuLcturcr cow outstanding, tiavable iu gold cm. k a ouMic i iter that a caretul poll of . , 5. It makes all obligations of the tie- house s.u.ws that ti.e Irieodt ot ' "l IndeetTOCUbll! pear), giving United Sta-es payable in gold . oin. I "sound money'' will support the meas- 'I"' HH asuretnent in lines. .Not ( . It makes th a.iuago of gold fiee'nre. knowing what lines nieant to the and unlimited and denies to silver tue This currency reform was conceived fancy trade the American, without coinage rights accorded to gold. ; by a cuveution ot ' uusiuess meu," it jmi.ijng itujiiii v, had recourse to 7. In the interest of bondholders it remaiu BOW lor the common people, to (M. m,.trj(. HVht",.m H a r,.M,lt tl,w acrks to destroy the contract between pass judgment ou it. It will not do to j . t returned to hit i tb.governm.,, and the bondholders, "and i.ily by and await the a, uon of 8 ' 1 J , ' ' )( j ! wnicn under the law makes United congr-ss. U t.,at Ooograsaia l.nU ishman i a mo e OOn-
. . nrpumn an u ristais'ii v - i . . i - l l if.' Ii aa I i I ' ' i i.1 t States bind-payable m "coin, gold or f, ,,it v. nv., 11M .. . . .......
silver, naval,!... ...lv in "irol.l ei.in '" J" .0" . . " " T l" ' l" ' "''oo not IUI
. a j j r. our i i i i no, i.i i soan u.'.ise to .. si.ino- . . . . . mil )
i ' .in i i o 1 1 . Illings. i ii i
IS
defined in the staud-
w s.
I unter.
W. A. Tratvlc.
TRAYLOR & HUNTER, Attorneys at Law, .lASlKlt. INDIANA, Will pra. ti. . ,n tt e I'mirta o( Oubois and trtj. . i nit count , ear-, irtlc over Inil.ol County Stute Hank April . N3.
uf trade, chambsirs of coin morel, com
mercial clubs and other similar com
United Stat.-s.
ard aforesaid. "
In this is seen the hand of the bondholder. Ho was suffbieutly BOteatteJ
i , , , , . In the lndiauap dis mouetary conveumereial bodies include gamblers on . . . .. . . .1 . . U . 1... 1 ..... 1 , ...
'change in all agricultural products, stocks, bonds aud gold. To have in the "monetary convenHq" ouly delegates from commercial luul.a. Mnr.1, (, Vl.Vll tum. l.n.nA.1 ivi.a
strictly in accord with the goldbug ida :a"uld frwo lUlie ia old' u8
of nuance of the superiority of wealth
tion to provide that his bonds, prn.ei
pal aud interest, now payable iu "coin.' hall be payable in "g'-ld coin," and his influence was felt to the extent that be had it inserted in the bill that there
BRUNO BUKTTNER,
over men who produce wealth; of gamblers on 'change, men who 'corner" commodities; bucketshop statesmen,
frAtmatr a4Y T za tmt who have iu their nomenclature such
And Notarj Public,
follows:
Section a. Tnat there shall continue to Ik- free coinage of gold Into coins of the denominations, weight, fineness and legal tender quality pra scribed by existiug laws."
The bill deals curtly and con tempt n-
I A8PKH, INDIANA, Will prartier la th Courts of Dulx.is and Perry cotmtiea, Imliiana Jan. t, MM P. E. WOODS, D. D S , OPEKATlVi; HEN T 1ST, JASPER. " INDIANA. s.oo air Or- rirr. Ba.oo .i i 1 r,,mn na RrMg-r ..rk 0M fillioc
Ipmallr bat. I mrlbwdn f flttin arliflrlal irrth
4,1 araft fSSVeasNS Trrm- Kcaoiiati r Sturm aa4 nry' Hard arc tlora sarui It. laaa ly
laug as "put," "call" and other gib-
bensh, quit as intelligible to the "plain onslv with the silver doll,r. to the e
j people" as the slang terms used by tent, if the bill the convention concocted knights of the jimmy" terms which and which was mtrodu .-.l in c , tigress au honest farmer or au honest mechanic by Representative Uverstreet becomes a could no more understand than if tliese law. as S.v. 8 provides, delegates to mouetary Conventions were "No SlUrr H,.Hr. Khali IS llereaflT to Bat the "click" of hotteutots. toin.i."
It is important in discussing the la- In so far ae the bill relates to metallic bors of sucn men aaoomposed the mom - currency, it culminated in the declaratary cotiventiou to know, not their per- tion that "no silver dollars shall be soual autecedeuts, but their business hereaft'-r coined." If the bill becomes
oBic latus, or employments, associations, a law. which will be the ease if the lieetc They were goldbugs, as devoted to publican jiarty wins a vietnry at the I the gold standard as avages are to their noils iu November, bimetallism will
, -tmt wTi ni Iet-cn- ana regarded the 0,500.000 cease to exist in the United States, ami J 2 H"P" t- fi -A.-W-T Amencans who voted for llry.iu and the gold standard advocates, the plutrvbimetalhsm as "idiots," "anarchists," cratic class, will have won a victory
"lunatics." demagogues, and dangerous far-reaching and disastrous to the weito the peace and welfare of the country, fare of the country. Why? 1 - . ause aud that for some inscrutable riMsou one of the primary, original, irr deemuiembers of boards of trado, gam! ler able coins ot the country will have lieeu in grain aud gold, should meet in cou- struck Jowl and struck oat of existence ventiou and prepare a bill to be pre- as primary r.ioney. aud gold substituted, sen ted to c..iigres to bring about a which by increasing the demand for "comprehensive and enlightened mone- gold makes it dearer, and by reducing t.trv " system of finance for the nation. ! the demand for silver makes it cheaper. Wheu the Fifty-filth congress met in What is meant by tne incteased value its second session there was a flood of , of gold cotisequeut upou the deuiouetibills introduced, all bearing theimpnal zation of the silver dollar ? Thia quesstampof goldbagistn, as for instance tiou is answered by Mr. Shafrotn of
' perationa first-class as reiummende! there was the Walker bill, 5.181. Then! Colorado in bis speech iu congress. May
-all work guaranteed. Specialist on! Mr. Walker of Massachusetts, not con- W. lb9S, in whicü he saya:
taut with introduced bill 10.20, "Iho lucrttase iu the value of gold aud, not yet satisti -d. introduced bill j cauuot I si estimated in dollars aud 10 333. This due. Mr McOleary iu-1 t"1-- " l lno umt of uieasure-
tr.wlnee.l hill 9 .25. "tir.-narM hr th- ,up,,k- iu ra.uru umy
Under such circumstances it is not an) . n.n hv u ... ..I.. r, ,i,
aaipttelog that the Republican press of able in g.,l;, shall siak la the b v.-i of d iiioii-t rated by the IM t t DM it U the state does not want the Uverstreet m re tokafl ooia. It uiean tnat the only within the present year it bi.ltobean issue in the campaign I volume of our standard money shall bjs ,uv within the present vear and the Indianapolis News, than wkiOB ( .e - d, making gold the solo money I , f there te no Kepubli-an pa,.er in the of reoemption. It n.eans maain, our ' l ' V ' 1., ,. , in r. . , , public dein, now navable iu coin, a m o.ii' nils leen uuopted IU täte more devoted to the gold atandard b(e u aloue lt meana England. aees distinctly that the Uverstreet bill uu. a,.,,",,, , ot uur KoVeriiiueut cur-j i ,, , mttmhm Mr H.lsfe-ol is fraught with danger to the party. r,-ncv .ml i.i-substitution of a national ' ' ' K , . 11 A an expression of g 1 Ibug s. iititnents bank currency to tak, its place a cur- k- T-' K 1 "!) ot tountain pens the Uverstreet bill haa less circuml.su- r.mcv vi b m VolaUBM cm be absolutely .were i,l I ark to an American intnn and jagadery in it than is found eOBttttiied. t iiat can be expanded or cou- terior eitv. The purchaser paid . I - i ... ...... i ..... ... i . . , i - i
iu auv other bill upou the subject m- .-a'-,o
tuslnced in coiiltms or PJ,11''
rr. . . . ..... III.ISS.
ine um. as nas iHen saia, is me pro- . . Umm .,. ..,. ,..- ,i,'nie- II,, ...,,t tl,..,, I...b beeno-n
d-act of the Indiauapo.is monetary cm- ,, tlUs l..glat. ami then in he"kne hk public and knew he inion. but the ludiuapohs News, uiy attOtapt to ohrDgt it or repeal it, , , . ,,' , Bow that the people of Indiat a begin w will be met with tn.: old argument ;' ' t i " "WW UUUg. to compreheud the monstrous, if uot in- of "v.-il riglits," with whuui the Hi I stead a80 finde it nerisfiuiojH, provision of the bid, declares ui 'iu y p w.-r has defended all of us sary to call attention to the fact that
tnat the lb publican partv has never iu- nsurpatious. p .t,iL'. tr im the I'niteil Slates to . 'Pl... ....... ... . ta. . . 1, ,n la nnu,. ...... I
dirsedit. Aca.rdiugtoTheN.-ws.no. . ? ,, : , rrt:,.,H" Enland u 5 cents. The numher
b xly fcveTii8 to have ludotwd the ( v. r-
m - m bUY. I uu U W I 1 I ut 1 . I i Led at will f. leading to pecBtetjoB lh b(?tt thai! were line, iiitl.it; on or bankruptcy of ih.- .- . , ... es at ttie pleasure ami pi .:u of tue ordered and were not like tue sam-
X 111' llllie I. p.-.l OUl IB HOW, .111.1 , . . , I -
lll.nl. the laslle 1 II 1 1 ell.ll M if 111 tills .dee. ! ll.l IS . , ..Ills.
tion, we may confidently appeal to men ' Aniei.can merchant I who affig
aLw ssst-WBasMZssMasaagWWaatBl IfBtaBf 7
. anitav- aaa sv i oinni, uw s.'va 10 im u ----- . street bill not even the convention that of Yuu Iu (V u. a ..lul(ltUo onv a ,t,ni, is n-tnarkahle. n.m.natedMr. (iv, rti.erasacaudi.iate of the nad" l'opuhst aud disinclined to U ' inirM doubl he il.diei.MlfV in for congress dared to tailors, the Over- accept bimetahistn as the best solution " 1 "' (,,,l'h" IH in atreet bin. And yet The News .ays: or the end of the financial question. In P W gel the letter Otlt Ol the "Mr. Uverstreet deserves great -r. dit this campaign we are both fighting for . mail.-. Therefore ymn Knglishman for introducing the commission bill iu our lives, fighting to the end that, in has a poor opinion of the American co.-.gress. It is a carefully prepared 1WO0. we may be able to renew our M,,.r(.,Kmt mafef attention to measure, the work of men skilled in struggles for our respective ideas, lue . . 11 , 1 finance and economics, and is probablv hnal triumph of gold redemption, the ,,,'a" Would stimulate American supported bv a wider and m ire Inflate 1 demonetisation of theooim d silver that trade. tial coustitueiiey thau anv other meas- ia left us. aud the establishment of ua-l are of cm r, tier reform that has yet beeu tiutial bauk currency which will bo In the disgrace uf Algerifffl the pr pised." achieved in their proponed "currency Denioeiacv has no pait, That b N .twuhsunding such commenda- rebiraa. wj" J jj ' loDgfl in kte entirety to the Kepuhlitions, The News, with all of its goldbag CU1 ,llsn 'alu- , Jf us stand to- h .... . . , , 1 , , i.i ..i I gether. Let us uot lose a vo'e. let us nil art. i lie spirit ot the pillpncl.v t ,.s. is afraid th.it .he tteeaasma ol waste a shot m defending ourselves toeraev. uf Hann, manifested itself of th- bill will work e.isa.ter to the H.- (h.. further BUcroacllmeuta of ;.. ,.:,,.,. ... ;. n publtoau patty and to goldbugism gem bauku.g power. ? n ' ' " " ÖW ! 1 ' erally. The News on that p nut is right. Are you u Republican? Well, yon millionaire Secretary Oi W ar, ftp. All that is re.puired is to get the pr .v.s. may uot be prepared to accept bimetal- pointed by a 'resident elected hy
n .1 ...,. u ... , , t , , I, I, Mr , m . . . 1 '
L it the coming eUs-tious. Hut yon sur.dy tribute patfUDftge and to. award contlie Kepub- do uot want out volume of standard trai ts to favorites. Republicanism,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
oath side of Public square. Spsyd Hl.. k JAHPEK. - INDIANA
Ions of the Uverstreet bill fairly b fore Usui, un-i p-rti i.s tne iree coinage oi millionaires, a ted alter PIS Kind 111
th.-pe- ple of Indiana; this done, it will "1,T'r OOBW not be r.-st. ,rei un.ler tins ..j,,., j w,,r 00jy c,anceS to (lis
traupir- that, us The News dare
indorse it as an issue, and as
nca ii convention uareu not 111.1 rse it as ,.,.... ,,......1 .till m,.r,- ,,r..l- i i... it i:.
............. . " - IH-M-IIII-H III I I .1 II II I. I I I'll an issue, and as the OMgrMairMB BS do uot want to see the money function , .... .... ' ..ft(,r volition. wMota nominated Mr. Uvor- taken awa- from the silv.-r dollars al- : Wnj' J I l,ter al1; atreet for congress, dar. d not tud .rse it r-ady coined by making them a mere nOUIO Bnytuing else he expecteui as an issue, the people at the p.. II- m subsidiary coin, redeemable in gold; The party which surrend.-rs Con-
November will not indorse it uor anv of "or-iy no uoi want to sen our ua w -.1 a , , m a.-..
it. tfHi,. .,,...., .1 K-.,lt lionai uei.t. luesi oi wnicn was cram
aw . t . . a, . tiui ivuwi fan sa, , UlOUfi
ou a Kreeiiback basis ami all of which is
14 press to the sugar trust and tmptMWI, 2 tariff taxes ioi the benefit of oon-
Crown and Bridge work. Owe. V I stA y. HE XT 1ST R Y
lr. H. A- MOH1IV, Resident Den. ist, HUNTINOUUIt, IPWI3.
T n 1,-rs hm professions! services to all Be.l.iiK aujr work in the .lental line, and et t give it his etoaeat saassitkm, plate work spM.-islly aoli.-it.-.t. anil II urk arranted. Apr. 1, 's.
Ihtinhrh.Ke Touusliip Tru-
tee's Notice. The undersigned. Trustee of Hainbridm lownsbii,liitiis county, aid atl nd to Township business on Saturday ran wek, at Frank Itet.'s ofKee on Keith Main street, between Kighth ami nth. in Jasper. The Township Library and Indiana School Books are at ami-place. Wii.t.t am Sun. ik, Trust.-e. Aiif. I.i, lM7-y.
special subi otumittee of the bauking
power provisions. Q qu a oom bittjg am, nilT(lbi iu trihutnrs to its campaign funds lt is a ch.enng sirii to see such a either our coined silver or gold, made ohevits instincts when it seilM upgoldbug Kepubl.can sh.et as the hid.- payable ia gold alone;you surely do uot ,,, and unsrU,h uar as a auapohs News nlaying crawfish back- want to see oar government retire ita f iuu down and backing out und pro- pajr money simply that the nanoual m,';,ll 01 nioney-inaking. IU testing that the Uverstreet bill, con- banks may lasue th. ir currency to tuke leopard cannot change its spots,
be estimated by moreased uurc iasiuit octcd bv uoldbuss and introduced in its place, i pon tnese issues we may an. 1 the tree must, hear truit alter
s t n -ii a m
ana currency coiumiuee. riuauy. .nr. 1 mhi.sini now.-r i. th.t it bsiwa m,.r-
Uverstreet ot Indiana lin.-.sluoed bill , uf comnmditiea and property. That prepared by the board of trade , means that the owner of contmoditiea delegates to the ludiauap.ilis monetary ! aud property must yield up more of
piwo-. What we meau by increased congress by a goldbug congressman. Is
not au issiie in the campaign, because, forsmith, the bill was uot mentioned in
certainlv agree, and these are the liv
ing issues of this campaign. These and not matters of iarty pride or colonial
its kind. N. V. Journal.
coiiveution. the bills offered by Mr. Walker and Mr. McCleary, though their authors sought by cunning worthy of a fox, by playiag tricks with words equal to a juggler haudliug cups and ba.ls. and by duplicity, worthy of a M ach i a v.o. could not obscure the real purpose they had tn view, which was to establish goldbugism ou au eudurtug basis in the Uuited States, aud it may
them in order to obtain a given quau
tity upou the gold valuation than before the iucreaae in value of gold, ami that means he must sell at a loa prios." Suppose a farmer has a mortgage on his farm for fl.OOU, which is due and must tie paid. It la not the contention that tbe gold standard has increased the amount of ten debt, but that the increased value of gold by the demoneti-
ext.ansion or tin-fflorious reminiscences Kepublican papers are hracglUK
Conventions, though the infamies which of a war. go to determine the suocess of about the big IUrplUS in th United it advocates were BMBtioued aud in- your life aud the nroapenty of your st.n.-s Treasury and cite it as I dorsed. Such crawrl. hing aud protest- business. . f . ' . t a ii ing only shows that the Republican The present mission of the Demo- proof ,,f the M..eriority of Kepuhh-
party. which lacks the courage to stand franc party, tne ooject to De aitauien uau ruivt. nww na nie uwjmr; bv its own Isaacs, ought to Ie defeated, by 1 v.no. nitte M0OTM in the ooming ,,.. l,y this Mfl surplus? Solely
REPlCLICiK CURRENCY REFORM.
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be said that the monetary convention , . . - . . , , . . .... . .... . . . for the farmer to obtain the gold to pay
off his mortgage. liefere tbe increase
ÄN
OCCASIONAL
ADVERTISEMENT
AND AN OCCASI0XAI. MEAL Are Alike in that Neither Does Very Much Good. COHTINTJOÖS REGÜLARITY 18 TBI RULE FOR BOTH.
Overstreet'a bill, which it ia proposed to
examine, in frankness of declaration iu favor of all goldbug hereaie vas much more in consonance with stratghtout talk on the money queatlon. Aud as Mr. Her. fret'-, bill may be regarded aa a quasi Indiana prodnotlon, it is proposed to show the people of Indiana what ia ia store for them If the bill or any similar bill beoame a law. Tbe tarne of the gold atandard va free aud unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of IH to l is iu the campaign now going forward in Iadiana, and this being tru It becomes specially important for Democrats to fully comprehend the scheme, and thwart the designs of gnldbugs at the rsdls in November. What Ho the Oirnirwl 11.11 t'rnpna ? In discussing th" scheme embodied in tbe Overstreet bill, it is not required to analyae the sop hi Ties and vagaries upon which the gold standard advocates rely to make bl u k appear white, and vice versa. Such discussions are along labyrinthtan pathwavs, which ending Nowhere, aui'Vy contuse those who at-
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farther contraction or our standard in. i c i money. To preserve the contractual r"w '" '" y ,( half the vahie of his option of paying our coin...! bonds in farm and then bran "f In surplus, either gold "or silver; to maintain the hut is that surplus a sign of good sovereign ami onstitutioual right of ., , ( ....:.,. the governmeut to issue all mouev; and "nn,i ' ' 1 r of. PfOBDeMty? to t.r. vent t he cr iut to national banks Kvery dollar now 111 tilt! U. S.
iu tbe value uf gold 1,AjO bushe s of wheat would bavo sumoed to pay off the mortgage, but as the value of gold has appreciated, he finds that his wheat nas depreciated from $1 a bushel to, say, 75 cents a bnshel, ia that case he would have to sell 1,3113 bahals of wheat to pay off his mortgage. That farmers have beeu subjected to such losses by the demonetiaatinn of silver Is shown by the most reliable statistics, prep t red and circulated by the Uuited States depirtmcnt of agriculture, aud will uot be denied. It is true, as the g ldbugs contend, that England, France, Germany, Italy, dpalu and some other countries have the g .Id standard. And ao it may be said, they have their kings, emperors aud titled aristocracy, but it d .... uot follow, in the one case more than tn the other, that the United States ahould have a king or a gold staadard. In Kuropeaa countries ia found not only royal faiaUMar a UtUd nobility.
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r . w a ,i . ru i niout-T. iuu it. ni hi ii IHII1B.B or IHIS . . I i I I gress. The bill is so repulsive to the paopta speaking through their congress ,,,l-'r l,,('" ,mPosed liuii Dring III common people, providing, as it diss, constitution provides?" What millions The Dingley law, which for, he demon, fati.n of our presnt wlU -TOUr aB"wer w ,jnv i; PtCt-Hj of the Republican ajlv.r dollars and the surrender to the partv. has pnivul a complete failbanks of the cirrcicy of the enntry. In life as in chess, forethought un uanl" '( (UVil ) democrat. that the Kepublican leaders naturallv wins linxton t. i i -. . . . ' i.i. i. i, . hev never pardon who commit try to .hirk reapoaaitaUitf for .t. Bel ,n i(i,(,n.. there is perpetual des- ik, -JL. Dmien the evideiic. hi h connects them witn p.jjj, Cftfljlfl j Ihtemeaaare and identitl.-it with their onlv"w v to have a friend hi A Kansas philanthropist, who proposed "...mpreheuslve monetary leg- - ' ' has been studying thf tfMB? proh-isla.ion-is ...complete and clear that W ne' ftBWI- len, ever since (iov. heweliing OXthe same evid. i in a criminal court t.iA mm ;nwj.t;.. ,. n .
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