Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1894 — Read, Ponder and Reflect. [ARTICLE]

Read, Ponder and Reflect.

Every voter, who thinks of v.>ing the Populist-fusion ticket, should seriously ask himself what he will gain by bo doii.g? Have Populists proven themselves more honest and capable in office than other men? Study their record in Kansas and Colorado and make note of what that record reveals. Below we give an extract sent to the Republican congressional committee at Washington and signed by the executive committee of the Denver Business Men’s League, consisting of 5,000 business men — partly Republicans, partly Democrats, and partly r scent Populists. This extract shows what Populists rule has done for Colorado, and from this we can judge of what it would do in other states. We invite every voter to read what this extract contains and to ponder it most seriously: Populist rule in Colorado has been like a devastating forest fire. By destroying our credit, which is the life of commerce, it has consumed for the time being not less than $300,000,000 of values in thiß state. Colorado’s credit was so high that the borrowing power of her property ranked in the late census next to that of New York. This borrowing power, this mainspring of our splendid progress, has been temporarily paralyzed by the accidental ascendency of a party which stands for repudiation and fiatism, and is not a true friend to hard silver money. The property of Denver was as sessed for $100,000,000, and was worth three times that sum when the Populists came into power. Notwithstanding the city’s inevitably brilliant future, the average selling price of this property,

pending the overthrow of Waiteism, has shrunk two-thirds. Silver has declined only 25 per cent, or less than the average pro-, darts of the other states, while the increased value and output of gold, together with our bountiful crop have moi-e than made up the shortage. Therefore, not over onehalf of our shrinkage of values can be charged to the panic, and the universal depreciation resulting from the gold standard. The other one-half of loss is due directly and wholly to the destruction of confidence by Populist misrule. So withering has this been that at the present moment even a gold mine cannot borrow $1 on $5 worth of gold ore actually in sight with which to extract that ore ans j send it to the smelter . Lenders are anxious to reap the rich harvest offered, -but hold aloof until the election in November decides whether we are to have anarchy or civilized government. Two hundred thousand farmers from the drought stricken states to the east of us are anxioui to come : here and farm by irrigation, but | under Populist rule we can borrow no more money with which to build irrigating canals. Manufacturing is most profitable here, but capital shuns Populism as a pestilence. The people of Colorado are loyal to their contracts, and they are lightiug up the camp flies on every hill for a campaign, regard less of party, which is to overthrow Populism and re-establish the credit of the state.

The Inspector of El actions of each precinct in this county is required by law to be at the Clerk’s office on Saturday, Nov, 3rd, 1894, to receive the ballots from the Election Commissioners. If he ( fail to appear in person or by deputy on that day he is liable to prosecution. Inspectors please take notice.

In Marion L. Kpitler the Republicans of Jasper and Newton counties have a candidate for joint representative well worthy of their unanimous support. Hehasfived here all his life and is personally known to more people in both counties than almost any other man in either of them, and is popular wherever known. He is a good thinker and a good speaker. He is not a political nondescript but is a square-toed. Republican; and he is also an eminently fair, broad and liberal minded man. He is a patriot, always, and in our great war, served his country faithfully as a soldier in the Union cause.