People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1896 — GOLD BUG THREATS. [ARTICLE]

GOLD BUG THREATS.

Monticello Herald says: While J. A. Mount, candidate for governor, who has been speaking in different parts of the state was talking a republican from a county in the Fifth District remarked that he knew of a man in his county who has $50,000 loaned to the farmers' of his county. “That man,” said he, “says that if he comes to the conclusion that there is any possibility of free coinage becoming a fact he will call in every dollar of that money, and will not relend it except on gold notes. Most of this money has been out for a long time, and is payable at any time. It can not be called in without bankrupting a good many farmers. ” To all of which the leaders of gold-buggery say amen. Will the whip keep the farmers in line?

Republican news papers are inclined to be rather bitter and sarcastic, to say nothing of the untruthful habit they have fallen into when reporting populistic speeches; they advise their readers, that, if they do not. want to be made to feel gloomy and discontented, they had better not listen to populist speeches. A hundred and twenty two or three years ago there were speakers, against whom the royal, loyal press inveigled, and warned their readers to give ’ such men as Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and Hancock, a wide berth if they desired to continue to be contented and happy subjects of King George the third, nevertheless, those patriots succeeded in stirring up sufficent discontent to cause the overthrow of British power in America in 1776,just as populistic discontent is going to do the same thing in 1896.

Editing a paper is a nice business. If we publish a joke people say we are rattle-headed. If we don’t we are an old fossil. If we publish original matter they say we don’t give ’em enough selections. If we give ’em selections, they accuse us of stealing from our exchanges, and say we are too lazy to write. If we give a man a “puff” we are partial. If we compliment the ladies the men are jealous; If we don’t, we are publishing a paper not fit to make a bustle of. If we remain in our office we are too proud to mingle with the “common herd.” If we are on the streets we are not attending to our business. If we wear poor clothes business is dull. If we wear good clothes we do not pay for them. Now, what are we to do? Some may say we stole this from an exchange—and we did.—Citizen.

The free-siver orators are telling the farmeas in glowing sentences that free-silver will reducb the purchasing power of the dollar, and thus dollar wheat will again be restored. Will they kindly explain to the poor workingman who is unfortunately compelled to eat three times a day, in what «way he is to profit by. being compelled to pay twice as much as now for the necessaries of life? —Hammond Tribune. Yes! certainly. It will enable the farmer to buy and enjoy more of the labor of the working man and more of the mechanic products and to pay better prices therefor. The populists do not beleive in redemption money, but in circulating money. This makes a deal of difference between a populist and a free silver democrat, who contends for the commodity value of money.—Reform World Wilder, Ga.