People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1896 — The Silver Convention [ARTICLE]

The Silver Convention

The crisis has arrived. *** * * Hurrah for Prince Bismarck. ***** You cannot be to well posted on this money question. ***** There is noway to compromise; it is free coinage on gold standard. ***** The free silver panic is upon us now’; it is the panic of republican politicians. ***** Shall civilzation maintain its upward course or by the greed of man be distroyed? ***** Now is the time to drop party lines and work for personal interest: the cupon clippers will vote for theirs. ***** Be earnest, brothers, in laboring with your be tolerant, they are as sincere, most likely, as we are. . ***** They who advocated the gold standard are voting to deprive their brothers and sisters of the means of livelihood, while taking up the empty cry of s*an honest dollar and a chance to earn it.” ***** Those holding bonds, notes and mortgages payable in gold should not vote with the “repudiators,” provided they have left margin enough in their securities to ajlow for a further decline of yalues. ***** The threat is held' over the heads of a hundred renting farmers in Jasper county by Landlord Gifford that they will bedisposessed if they vote for free silver. That is vigorous campaigning for you. " ***** The methods employed by the Yale republican hoodlum of New Haven, Conn., to prevent Mr. Bryan from being heard at that place, reminds a person of the reception by another gang of aristocratic roughs, in another section, accorded the Populist nominee four years ago. v

We publish in this issue a letter written by the Hon. W. W. Gilman and published in The Toiler, (Fowler, Ind.,) Oct. 2, 1891, in which his declaration ’bn the silver question are as lucidly set forth, and is a refutation of the report that Mr. Gilman is a recent convert to the silver cause. He was then a republican. ***** What is a panic? It is something unexpected. If it was known that a bank would fail in six months every body would prepare for the event and when the time came there would be no panic. That is just the kind of panic we will have when Bryan nd free silver is triumphant in November; the people will be prepared for the event. *** * * Tne republicans are now denouncing the democratic platform for exactly the same “fault” that their platform of 1860 contained. We acknowledge that the democrats are a little late in expressing themselves but then the occasion did not arrive to do any resolving on that line until Mr. Cleveland sent his troupes in to Illinois two years ago. See the item headed “Republican Anarchy in 1860”, in this paper. ***** We have been asked if a widow who has her little all invested in a first mortgage should advocate the election of the democratic or republican candidate. If she advanced no more than one-third the present value of the security she may be safe no matter who is elected. But unless she has figured on a further drop of onehalf the value of the property let her protect herself by the election of Mr. Bryan and a restoration of values.

’ The Opera House was well filled with delegates in attendance at the Jasper County Free Silver Convention, and the fol lowing ticket was named by unanimous voice, as it came from the conference committee. It is subject, of course, to the action of the People’s Party Convention to be held Saturday and the ratification of the Democratic Qounty Committee. The following is the report of conference committee: Rensselaer, Ind.. Sept. 24th, 1896. To the Silver Convention / Held at Rensselaer, Ind. ) Whereas, it is the desire to harmonize and combine the Silver elements in Jasper County. Indiana, we, the Committee appointed by this Convention, hereby recommend the following ticket to be submitted to the voters of Jasper County, Indiana, at the next general election. For County Recorder. JUDSON J. HUNT, For County Treasurer, AMMON BEASLEY. For County Sheriff, FRANK W. FISHER, For County Surveyor, EUGENE DILIE. For County Coroner, WILLIAM W. REEVES. For County Assessor, AUSTIN LAKIN. For County Commissioner Ist District WILLIAM COOPER. For County Commissioner 3d District. ' JOHN STILLMAN. Ira W. Yeoman, Chairman Committee. Lee E. Glazebrook. Secretary Committee.