, 1874-04-11

ton that all his demagosuerY was really in the
interest OF the money changers and spectators,
and to The prejudice Of the farming class.
ne rushed e i In on Jones with question.--per-
sonnl, like all he puts,-for he knew that Jones
had been mining ope1ntor. and had sold the
stock Of his mine on the San Francisco market.
Jones met this Question in manner that COW
cred his mine, himself, and his argument.
He had never heard Of such speculations as
they hare in the East, upon the Pacific Coast.
The real value Of things rose end fell rapidly in
3 country lille the Pacific. But the gamblers Of
the Pacific Coaae never came to Congress and
asked the currency to be inflated to give them
relief.
The Senators we're now listening with that nt-
tention which wag millionaire, an honest
miner. aud curiosity naturally receives On his
first appearance. There WAS laughter, removed
interest, and q roll OF applause again. Jones'
argument was the more effective because made
from domestic and homely standpoint, 80 TINT
it seemed to be less an effort OF intelligent
thought than an Illustration fromPoor Richard
We heard no more Of Morton.
Henceforward Jones grew fervld, earneat, and
almost eloquent. There WIS an abundance OF
paper-money already in circulation, and to issue
more paper WIGS to dishonor the Government.
and an enforced violation OF contract did not aid
itn credit He advocated resumption Of SPECIE
payments July I, 1876, the best Centennial ex-
hibitlon, and the most honest, which great na~
tion could make.
Turning then, to the South, he expressed the
want OF that mu1iHh section in two or throo
sentences, which were happy AZ tllev we're
pungent Too many people wanted to hiro 9TH
OTIS. and too few wanted to hire themselves.
Then he addressed the farmers aud planters OF
the South, showing clenr knowledge Of their
staples and condition. Their cotton went for
gold, and everything they used had to be paid in
the price Of paper-e1pansion. What they and
tho West wanted Was q sound financial system
first Of all, and nothing else. but labor.
It scanned for q tina that IONeA 4fai Dnt an
other color on tho prospect, and that thero woud
lie reaction against imitation after bis speech.
isw men, however. learn anything from speecl-
es,-])as:culary Senators. They all crowded
around Jones and congratulated him. He had
made one Of tho successes Of the session. Next
time he speaks, hs Will have IN audience as big
rs anybody's.
But, in two or three minutes John Logan got
up, Like q listener 1t the close OF . GoBlel-Eor-
mon, and drove of in pursuit Of his currency
in1ston. John, too, wants to see tho Changers
come out at the roaa-slde when ho shall return
from Washington, to say, Hail. the conqueriog
But, il the debate goes on much longer, and
Schnrz, and Jones, aud others speak again with
power, the Changers. who do feel arguments,
may como out to receive these demagogues with
all those egss which are not at the time market
ablo. The palms strewn in the. e.ways Of both, in
such an event, Will be like those to which the
old clergyman referred when he read to the con-
gregation the statement that, as the Divine
Master rode into Jerusalem, they strewed palms
in His path. The old man raised Ills Bpectacles
and elook his head sadly:
ANY brethren he said, ''per:ecution! perse-
cution! They tried to make His critter throw
Him!"
The lesson OF Jones' speech to mo was this:
that no scandal can kill genuine thing. They
do barter in Legislatures to elect Senators.
They barter with everything short Of money in