People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — Page 5

Wasson will win In Georgia. "Grover the Fat” is in the fire. The plutocratic bastile must fall. Money and superstition have ruled long enough. The leaders of both old parties are monarchists. The rich anarchists are the breeders of the poor ones. The railroads will reap a good crop of rates this year. If this country can’t make money what country can? The executioner as executive has throttled the nation. The syndicate is now coming in for its part of the contract. Joe Sibley is doing some grand work in the cause of Reform. From seven to ten new Populist papers are being started every week. With an indebtedness of $40,000,000,000 there is always a good crop of interest. Baron Rothschild is doubtless in favor of a third term for President Cleveland. The republican and democratic platforms in Kentucky are on a parity with each other. If all honest men would vote together the thieves would have no show in the world. Old party harmony in Ohio is remarkable. Both old parties have the same kind of a platform. The red flag of the sheriff’s sale represents the most dangerous phase of anarchy in America. The advocates of the 200-cent gold dollar simply wish to confiscate the balance of our property. The man who prostituted Mariah Halpin has conducted the democratic party to a house of ill-fame. If this reform movement acknowledges any leaders they should be clean, level-headed men and women. There are tw r o good things about the “new woman” in politics—she is neither a “summer girl,” nor a dude. Say, did you know that a man in Illinois has “insulted American pride?” What has America to be proud of, any way?

The kind of a 50 cent dollar that is hurting this country is the one that buys two bushels of wheat at 50 cents a bushel. The main question with the farmers is whether they want a one dollar bushel or a two bushel dollar. The plutocrats want the two bushel dollar. When you hear a free silver democrat begin to talk about harmony in the party you may know that he is fixing his bed to lie down by the side of a goldbug. The railroad companies are now adjusting their rates to the end of “all the traffic will bear,” that they may reap a rich harvest from this year’s abundant crops. President Cleveland has done more to disgrace the high office of chief magistrate of this nation than all other presidents put together, yet he is talked of for a third term. If half as much money were paid the old soldiers in pensions as has been paid the gold-sharks who hid their money during the wqr and hired substitutes, every old soldier in the land would have a good home of bis own. An employe was sent to prison for eating a pig’s foot in the Armour packing house. But the big pork magnate has been found guilty of stealing a few hundred thousand dollars from the city of Chicago, and will not be prosecuted at all. The criminal rich are all right.

Now that harvest is over, the fodder is cut, the fruit gathered, and the farmer has a little time to rest before cornshucking time —why not get up a big county rally and picnic? Meet together, have a good time, and spread the gospel of reform. Stir up a revival In your neighborhood. There is one thing that the gold bugs ignore in an effort to support their position; it is that we do not buy anything of other nations with our money. All balances, it is true are supposed to be settled in coin, but the coin is taken by weight the same as pork or beef. For years the balance of trade has been in our favor and had it not been for our suicidal financial system, which made us debtor to England, the movement of gold would be our way instead of against us. This is an era of plain talk. Never in the history of this or any other country was the press engaged in denouncing corruption in such plain and defiant language. Read the reform press, and consider what means the bitter but courageous attack now being made on the system of wholesale debauchery under which we live. American gold mines will produce just as much gold as ever in spite of free coinage of silver—and the fellows who make a business of exporting gold can buy it from the mines cheaper than they get it now. What are they kicking about?

More bone;. Ring rule must cease. Down with the monarchists. The people must down the bosses. There Is no excuse for corruption in «ny party. Pride and egotism are the blindfold, f nations. More bonds, and more prosperity for die bankers. The man who knows not humanity cannot know God. That 50 cent dollar is capable of more than one application. A third term for Cleveland would mean absolute monarchy. Familiarity with its methods certainly breeds contempt of court. The fall elections will take place after the next issue of bonds. Why not settle the yacht-racing question by international agreement? No man can love his party better than his family and be a Christian. No man can love his party better han his country and be a patriot. Absolute prohibition of alien ownerhip of property in the United States. Brice and Gorman and Sherman and Cleveland make a hand that is hard to beat. Don’t love your party so hard that you will forget God, your family and humanity.

If Grover Cleveland gets a “third term” it should be a term in the penitentiary. The democrats can’t name a candidate for president who can carry his own state. An honest and brave man will vote for his principles whether his party is that way or not. Rev. Geo. D. Herron is rapidly converting the Congregational pastors to practical Christianity. The “southern question” still troubles the republicans. They are afraid of the Populists, now, ? however. The royalists have given up the fight m France. But the monarchists of America are still on top. The form of government is of no importance. The spirit in which it is administered proclaims its character. Hiring the bankers to take care of our credit is on a parity permitting a fox to take care of our chickens. The republicans and democrats in Kentucky have practically the same platform—the only variety is in her candidates. The farmers have no use for a dollar that will buy two bushels of wheat. That is the kind of 50 cent dollar that they want to shun.

Dick Bland has abandoned both forks of the old road, and advises the people to come out and make a new road. Coming to his senses. The Bank of England has honored Cleveland by hanging his. portrait up in the bank by the side of John Sherman’s. The devil perhaps did that long ago. Carlisle and Hoke Smith are being denounced this year by Democrats for changing their principles, yet most of the Democrats will vote just that way next year.. The men who are now on their regular biennial excursion up Salt river can look upon the Ohio campaign and sing with childish confidence “The Campbells are Coming.” The goldbug democrats of Nebraska bolted their party ticket. The free silver democrats haven’t got the manhood to do it. They love the party better than they do the principle. The bond syndicate announces that it is under no obligation to protect the treasury. The only obligation in the infamous contract was the obligation of the government to issue more bonds. “Honesty is the best policy”—but neither of the old parties ever constructed a platform or conducted a campaign on that policy. Therefore it is a “new-fangled crankism” to demand honesty in politics.

There are two kinds of theives that are becoming altogether too numerous in this country, and they all ought to be hung—the robbers who hold up trains and the robbers who profess to town the trains and hold up all the people along their roads. Brice leads the Ohio democrats by the nose. The democrats in that state take the gold standard this year; last year they declared for free silver. Simon says thumbs down, you know; and down they go. Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a political boss. There was a time when Grover Cleveland denounced even a second term, and discouraged federal officers taking any part in the political affairs of their state. But that time is past. He would now take a third term and have his whole flock of cuckoos in the field.

THE PEOPLE'S PILOT. RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 1895.

The Farmer, Mechanic or Work man Who Votes for Either of the o,d Part, ® s ,s Voting Bread, Meat, Clothes and Money Out of Reach of His Wife and Children.

DEMOCRATIC FRUITS.

UNITED STATES TURNED OVER TO FOREIGN SYNDICATE. Their Promises All Repudiated - ncrease of the Public Debt —Contraction of the Currency—Deficit In the Treasure Growing. The United States of America is still leaning on the democratic party add a foreign gold syndicate—or, perhaps, more specifically spea ting, the gold syndicate is holding the country up by the throat, and the democratic party is hanging onto its coat tails. The democratic administration being incompetent to carry out .the English policy by itself was compelled to call in the instance of Baron Rothschild, who has kindly taken the burden of protecting the credit of the United States entirely off the shoulders of the president and secretary—for the nominal consideration of nine million dollars and an option on all bonds issued. The syndicate has kept the reserve up to the imaginary point of safety, and continues to exchange gold for greenbacks, which it will hold until October 1. Then it will demand their redemption in gold and force another issue of bonds. By this plan the bankers and money brokers in New York also expect to secure a handsome rake-off —by frightening the people into demanding the destruction of the greenbacks. Whatever may be the kindly intentions of the syndicate, the United States rests under the everlasting disgrace of placing her finances under the charge of a syndicate of English moneylenders, for “protection.” Hiring thieves to stop robbing the treasury.

Renouncing our independence of England and pleading at the feet of a Jew Shylock for mercy. And this is America, proud, free, independent, rich, productive, powerful and patriotic. This is the nation which floats “old glory.” This is the nation which builds monuments to revolutionary heroes. And this condition is brought about by the party which boasts its devotion to the principles of Jefferson and Jackson. And the glorious gold standard hovers lovingly over the whole brood. The gold men must be proud of the present situation, as England is gratified beyond measure with the democratic party. Confidence has been restored among “foreign investors.” The public debt, which is “a public blessing,” has been increased. Gold is “flowing to our shores”— from the interior. The gold standard, as Carlisle triumphantly exclaimed, “is established for all time.” What is the result? The repeal of the Sherman act in ’93 was to stop the export of gold—and in '94 the largest net export of gold in the history of the country took place. The drain continues, and will continue. Our circulation of money has been reduced one hundred million dollars the past year, and as a last desperate resort our national finances have been turned over to England. The gold advocates rely entirely upon English money-lenders to protect them in their nefarious plan of subjugating the American people to the domination of Wall street and the Bank of England. They confess that we cannot do business even under the beneficent gold standard without the protection of Baron Rothschild. It is all to secure his favor and to get Grover's picture hung in the Bank of England that the gold standard has been adopted. We can’t do anything without the consent of England. The credit of a few individual capira'.lste, exporters of gold and importers )f foreign goods is ten times more imvrtant than the prosperity and credit seventy million industrious Ameri.an cltlzemi and producers.

DRAWN FOR SOUD MONEY BY WHATSON HESTON

HOW FOOLISH MEN VOTE.

The gold standard men and the democratic party have promised us much, and here are some of the fruits: 1. Continued and increasing export of gold. 2. A contraction of the circulating medium, and reduction of prices of all farm and other produce. 3. A very large increase of the public debt. 4. A deficit in the public revenues. 5. Bonds of the United States sold at private contract to a foreign syndicate for nine million dollars less than they would have sold for on the open market at home. 6. Turned over the treasury of the United States to the mercy of a foreign syndicate. 7. General panic, and two million men out of employment. Yet they tell us a gold standard is the only hope of restoring prosperity. We have had enough of the gold standard already to know its fruits. Let us have a change that will restore American independence.

Money Talks in Old Party Ranks.

What is the difference between them? Nothing, though no/iinally one is labelled a democrat and the other a republican. Both are vastly rich—both are capitalists—and both use their money lavishly to accomplish their political aims and ends. Quay is a high tariff and gold standard advocate. So is Brice, though three-fourths of the democrats of Ohio are against him on both questions; yet he rules democratic conventions as with a rod of iron by the lavish use of money. The recent democratic convention in Ohio illustrates the fact. Brice won, and money did it. Quay, on Wednesday, achieved the greatest triumph of his life. Money did it, for it is estimated that more than $1,500 were spent in the election of the delegates to the Harrisburg convention, and Quay spent more than any one else or he could not have been victorious. Brice had nothing to recommend him but money and never had; but “money talks,” and Brice came out on top, as Quay did at Harrisburg. We would as soon be in the hands of one as the other. They use their money to achieve success, and the peopff? allow them to do it. But we hope the day is near at hand when merit will win and not money. Neither Brice nor Quay would have a seat in the United States senate if the honestly expressed will of the people could be heard. Tricksters rule and stifle the voice of the people, and corrupt men force themselves to the front by foul means.— Saturday Bulletin, Aurora, Ind.

Not Any Danger.

Democrats and Republicans who oppose government ownership of a railroad on the grounds that it would perpetuate a party in power, do not believe it themselves. If they did they would work for it, for some of them want perpetual power awfully bad. A rigid civil service system would prevent political corruption in government railway service as completely as it prevents it in the postoffice department. The disfranchisement of government employes is not necessary, though it is done now in the case of soldiers of our regular army. Notice how England avoids all danger of political corruption. “Government employes,” says a writer, “including all those engaged in the postal service, are forbidden to take any active or open part in political campaigns. “They may vote as they please, but they must not belong to any political club, sign any political documents, pay any political assessment or take any action that would prevent their being good civil servants under another party.” Give the foregoing your careful study and make up your mind as to whether the non-partisan plan is a good one. It certainly looks well over in England. —Nevada Directory . You will take notice that all the leaders of this free-silver»inside-the-party movement want office, every mother's son of them. A wise man will take the hint.

TWO DOLLARS FOR ONE.

In Other Wordu Two Dollars Worth of Produce for a Dollar. No treatment of the coinage question is fair and sufficient that leaves out the matter of debt. Gold and silver are the constitutional money of this country, and the people have the right to pay their debts in either or both at their option. When gold is cheaper than silver they have the right to pay in gold. When silver is cheaper, then in silver. If, when silver is the cheaper, the government debars them from the advantage by refusing to coin silver for them, thus compelling them to pay in the dearer metal, it is an Injustice and oppression. And yet, this is the very thing the government is doing to-day. It forces the people to discharge their debts in 'gold or at a gold standard —which is paying two for one—since a gold dollar is worth twice as much as a silver dollar. To state the matter in another way it takes twice as much product of labor or sweat under a debt under the gold standard of values as it would take under a silver standard —so that the government is forcing the people to pay $2 worth of sweat tor every dollar of funded debt they owe. And the funded debts of the country make an enormous aggregate. The railroad bonds alone amount to $5,000,000,000 —five billion dollars—and the national, state, city, county, town and school district debts together with the debts of other bubllc and semi-public corporations are as much more. This makes a total of $10,000,000,000 —ten billion dollars —with an annual interest charge of $500,000,000, which has to come out of the sweat of the people. But it is being paid in gold, or at a gold standard —and it has been so paid ever since 1873; and as the commercial value of the gold dollar is twice as great as that of the silver dollar, the people are really discharging this enormous funded obligation at the rate of 2 for 1. That is, they are paying $1,000,000,000 worth of sweat a year in interest and twenty billions worth of sweat to discharge the principal. In 1873, when silver was dropped from the coinage, the national debt was sl,710,000,000. The price of wheat in 1873 was $1.31 per bushel —in 1894 it was only 67 cents a bushel—a falling off of about onehalf. The price on cotton in 1873 was 20 Cents a pound—and in 1894 it was 7 cents a pound—a falling off of nearly two-thirds. It would have taken about twice as much western wheat and nearly three times as much southern cotton to pay this debt in 1894 as in 1873. That is, it would have taken only 1,315,000,000 bushels of wheat in 1873; in 1894 it would have taken 2,552,000,000 bushels. The debt could have been paid with 17,000,000 bales of cotton in 1873; it would have taken 48,000,000 bales in 1894. Since 1873 there has been paid on the national debt in principal and interest over two billion d011ar5—52,223,000,000, and yet it would take more cotton to pay the balance in 1895 than it would have required to pay the whole of it in 1873.—Silver Advocate.

The Real Object.

The gold syndicate is exchanging gold for greenbacks, a few hundred thousand at a time. But the climax will come, when their contract expires and they have on hand all the greenbacks they have exchanged for. Then they will demand gold for the whole pile, and force another issue of bonds. Thus incidentally they also hope to scare the people into demanding the destruction of the green backs. It is a great game, and the people pay the fiddler. And now comes the real true patriot and says: “I said I wanted to see the democratic party tried, and then if it didn’t do better than the republican party has I was done with it forever. I am now ready to try the Peoples party and I say the same thing of it. In the future I will vote for principle rather than party."

CAUGHT H[?] A [?]E

THE GOLD-BUG PRESS LIES ABOUT SILVER. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Which Shown That SUver la Standard Coin of the United States, and Not Redeemable in Gold. That letter from the secretary of the treasury which was printed in this paper last week has already attracted wide attention and well it may as it was the most important contribution to the current financial discussion that has been published in any paper for a long time. This letter is well worth reprinting and every reader of the Nonconformist should cut it out and file it away for reference. It was written to the secretary of the Indiana Populist state committee in reply to a letter of inquiry from him as to the legal status of the silver dollar. The secretary replied as follows: "Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C., Aug. 22, 1895. Mr. E. B. Cummings, Hotel English, Indianapolis, Ind. Dear Sir: —In reply to your letter of the 20th instant, you are informed that there is no law, or regulation of this department, which provides for the redemption of silver dollars or silver certificates in gold. Silver certificates are, according to their terms, redeemed by the government in silver dollars only, while the latter, being standard coin of the United States, are not redeemable in any other form of money. United States notes (greenbacks) and treasury notes of 1890 are redeemable in coin, and are redeemed in gold, when that is demanded, in accordance with the term® of the enclosed circular of November I, 1894. Both silver dollars and silver certificates are received by the government, the same as gold, in payment of all debts due to the United States. Respectfully yours, W. E. Curtis, Acting Secretary. The above Is an official denial of the stereotyped lie that appears In the goldbug press every day—to-wit, that the silver dollar is mere token money which is only kept "at par” by being redeemable in gold. Mark the secretary’s words: “The silver dollars, being standard coin of the United States, are not redeemable in any other form of money ” In other words it is as good as gold and this goodness Is not due to its redeemability in any other kind of money but because it is itself "standard coin” and doesn’t need any redeeming. A Populist friend, who is candidate for one of the principal state offices in Kentucky, as soon as he saw this letter in the Nonconformist, recognized Its importance and value and wrote us as follows:

In your issue of August 29th in an article, "A Sample Goldbug," at the close of acting secretary of the treasury’s letter, I find these words: "Redeemed in gold when demanded in accordance with terms of enclosed circular of November 1, 1894.” Will you be so kind if you cannot furnish me with said circular to write me in full what were the terms and by what legal authority. I am making the race for lieutenant-governor on the People’s party ticket, and can use this letter with telling effect. The gold advocates of both parties are making statements in direct opposition to the statements in the letter, and I want to use it on them and to do so effectually I must know the terms of that circular. In reply will say that the section of the circular referred to by the secretary of the treasury in his letter reads as follows: 10. United States notes, fractional currency notes, gold certificates, silver certificates, and treasury notes of 1890, are redeemable by the treasurer, and when not mutilated so that less than three-fifths of the original proportions remains, by the several assistant treasurers, at face value. United States notes are redeemable in coin, in sums not less than SSO, by the assistant treasurers in New York and San Francisco. Treasury notes of 1890 are redeemable in coin, in sums not less than SSO, by the treasurer and all the assistant treasurers. Silver certificates are redeemable in standard silver dollars only or, exchangeable for other silver certificates. National bank notes are redeemable in lawful money of the United States by the treasurer, but not by the assistant treasurers. We will add that if our Kentucky friend, or any other, desires a copy of this circular in full, they can get it by writing to the secretary of the treasury.

A Black Record.

The Denver Road says of John Sherman: “In twenty-five years he has ruined not less than 1,000,000 business men, made 500,000 prostitutes, sent 100,000 people to insane asylums, driven 50,000 to suicide graves and to cap the climax, openly proclaims his loyalty to Rothschild’s scheme of enslaving the rest of the nation through bonds. If ever a man lived who has earned the everlasting contempt and vengeance of American citizens, that man is Machiavelli Sherman, the most gigantic robber and most brazen tory American soil has produced since Benedict Arnold quit the business of traitor.” And the worst of it is that there are Americans who will continue voting for a party that is in favor of perpetuating conditions that have ruined so many. We are almost tempted sometimes to believe that the republic is a failure. It looks so when the people will allow themselves to be robbed and not lift their hands against the robbers.—Tarkio Independent

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