People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1896 — Committee Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Committee Meeting.

The members of the Populist County Central Committee are hereby called to meet at tbe Pilot office, Saturday Sept. stb, 1896, for the transaction of important business.

J. A. MCFARLAND.

Chairman.

Chairman Butler has placed Tom Watson in Nebraska for two speeches, at the earnest request of the silver people of that state.

The gold standard authorities admit that there practically is no gold in circulation, and that is an honest admission. Now then why not take the $610,000,000 of gold from the treasury “esti mate” of money in circulation. The claimed per capita circulation of twenty dollars would then be lower by $8.70, and be only $11.30.

If everv republican meeting in the state last Saturday has been lied about as thoroughly as the one held in Rensselaer the actual attendance was tre mendously small. As matter of fact Mr. Harris had less than a third as many hearers as “Stump” Ashby had. The much heralded republican wilg mam is a cheap shed that wilnot hold over 500 people, into which the enthusiastic reporter crowded 2000 thirsters after gold standard eloquence.

A cartoon is going the rounds of the republican press showing sixteen men applying for work where but one man is wanted, very cunningly contending that such would be the condition under free silver, and entirely overlooking the indisputable fact that it is now, under the gold standard, and high priced dollar that the sixteen men are seeking the job that one man can fill. Free silver will give a job to every man who wants to work.