People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1896 — Jasper County in Line. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County in Line.

The democrats, populists, silver republicans and prohibition ists of Jasper County have laid aside all party differences for this campaign and united on one ticket for county offices, that a solid front might be presented to the opponents of silver and better times. It was a patriotic duty of vastly greater importance than all other, considerations at this crisis in our nation’s life. The events of the past few months have greatly softened the partisan spirit of every true American citizen, and this union is one of mutual desire by all; it is a union of true comrades who are doing battle in a common cause. The ticket named is representative of all the elements that are uniting to restore silver to its rightful place in our monetary system, being composed of one prohibitionist, one silver republican, three populists and three demo- 4 crats, and is manifestly strong in every particular.

The call for a-free silver mass convention to meet last Thursday resulted in a well attended meeting of representative men of all the free silver parties. At the conference of the committee which was appointed it was learned that all the nominees of the democratic party had placed their resignations in writing in the hands of their chairman in order that the convention might not be embarrassed by their can didacy. The work of selecting a union ticket to be recommended to the convention was carefully deliberated upon, and the’convention accepted the ticket as suggested without a dissenting voice. ' The populist county convention met Saturday and nominated the same ticket with one exception, John Stillman having declined to be a candidate for commissioner. following resolutions were adopted by the free silver convention:

RESOLUTIONS. Recognizing the faetthat the great mass of the farmers and laborersof the United States are rapidly approaching bankruptcy, and believing that the scarcity of money and the demonetization of silver, thereby destroying its use as a primary money, and a money of redemption, are the main causes of the financial distresses which are so prevalent throughout this, the greatest nation on earth; and knowing that relief will never again be restored to our people until the present financial system of our government is changed from that of the single gold standard z to that of the - double standard of silver and.gold as it existed prior to 1873. and recognizing that the proposed policy of the republican party leads to nothing but darkness and despair, and that it Is but a continuation of the present policy of this government, and that the leaders of that policy bear the same relation to England and the English aristocracy, as did the tories in 1776; It is therefore Resolved,—That we, as patriotic citizens of Jasper county., in mass convention assembled. use ali honorable means within our power, to restore silver to the free and unlimited coinage thereof, and thereby throw off this yoke of financial oppression, thrust unon our people by the English aristocracy and their American allies, the tories of today. And further resolved, that we exert all our energies to elect William J. Bryan for president of the U. S. and the county ticket today placedin nomination by this convention., JASPER COUNTY SILVER TICKET. The! union free silver ticket as now agreed upon and as it will go upon the people’s party and democratic tickets, is as follows: For bounty Recorder, Judson J. Hunt; for County Treasurer, Ammon Beasley; for County Sheriff, Frank W. Fisher; for County Surveyor, Eugene Dilid; for County Coroner, William W. Reeves; for County Assessor, Austin Lakin; for County Commissioner Ist District, William Cooper; for County Commissionef Sd District, William Brin gie. .

Has Never Been Paid In Gold. I haya not been paid in gold as long as I can reinember, and I believe we workingmen will never see any gold if we keep the gold standard, but if we have gold and silver the gold will come down and shake bands with the workingmen. The silver is worth 53 cents now and will always remain so if we keep the gold standard, and we will get nothing, else but a 53-cent dollar for our labor. Those who are able to collect the gold and buy interest-bearing bonds to help to keep up the gold reserve will be the only ones who will have any benefits from the gold standard. Julius Pauly, 530 Ogden avepue.