People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1893 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

recommend as a measure of relief the further taking away of blood. But that is the precise remedy that Dr. Gold Dust prescribes for the present wretched situation of our finances. Like the horse leech’s daughter he lies at the veins of our fair Columbia and sapping her life blood away cries. “J/bre, More!” When have the people ever asked Congress to strike silver from our monetary system? Never. Then who wants it done? Ask Lombard Street, London, Wall Street, New York, and gold Shylocks wherever they may be found.

In his speech in the senate last week, Senator Vance, of North Carolina, said that if the Democrats had interpreted their national platform on the silver question during the last campaign like they are trying to do now, they would not have carried a State south of the Potomac. The people will understand the position of your party on the finance question next campaign, Mr. Vance. The, proposal of the gold bugs to relieve the present financial stringency by repealing the Sherman Law and thus again totally demonetizing silver is like the Irishman and his landlord on a cold winter's night:

Pat, to Landlord—“ Sure Mr. Landlord, and can’t yez help a mon out wid another blanket this bastely could night. And its after frazing I’ll be before morning, fori have but the two kivers to go a top o’me.” Landlord—“Oh, no, Patrick. That is not what is the matter with you. You see you have just lost confidence in the covers keeping you warm. Here, I’ll take away one of the two you n©\| have and then just have confidence in the other and you will sleep extra warm and have pleasant dreams.” Pat—“Begorra, yere philosophy is as thin as yere blankets. I’ll stop my shaking wid more kivers and less confidence, if yez plaze.”

We hear the cry of “Democratic hard times.” These Democratic hard times are the same hard times we had from ’73 to 78, no harder, really, so far, not quite so hard. Then they were called “Republican hard times,” we believe. Republican speakers and writers of that period told us that panics came and went, it mattered not what party< ruled, it mattered not what was the form of government, panics must come “in order that the prophesies, might be fulfilled.” They told u$ panics came about every twenty years and -were due to extravagance, over production, over confidence, etc., in fact they said prosperity brought panics. The very men that are now howling ‘ ‘Democratic hard times” are the very ones that in the seventies were telling us panics of necessity came at least every twenty years. They then said no legislation, no party, no nation had ever been able to ward off panics longer than twenty years. Oh you old hypocrites, talk to us now of “Democratic hard times.” Panics have never been properly legislated against. They are brought about by the power that is to be benefited by them; that power rules the legislation of this country.

The levies of 1891 brought $5,000 more, the county assessor said, than was expected; the levies for 1892 brought $3,000 more than was needed for ’9l; salaries of county officers have been reduced, the sheriff and recorder are turning money into county treasury; we are within fifteen of the highest taxed counties of the state and yet our county orders are at 18 per cent, discount. Where has all this surplus gone? Where has there been any need of the county going into any great expense? Tax payers, look around and see if you can find any necessity for