Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-10-05
Spirit Of Jefferson. yI:1. H..
GharIestOMn, Jererson county, Welt Ta.
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5. 1915. !
THE PEOPLE VS.. THE MONEY
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MOTIFS ON ThE srrUAT1oN-NUMBER ".

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>a. From the Wheeling Standatdllh .4soa
/ Ed Standurd the none, cratslars tryS
ing to make, Us believe sour present distress rs
the result OF expansion Que paper talks in
this way. ultra initiation has proven n cause
of disaster. Shortly aiter the war money was
| so plentiful that every capitalist was worried
to know what toido with his surplus As q
result all kindstof wild specuiations were .in>
dulgcd in. Railroad enterprises were gone
into without Thought, and finally when the
bubble burst, came the panse, hard times and
suffering What bursted the pubbIe7 Il
was the unheard Of idea of contraction. If
Wall street had ,letaour prosperity alone, that
''bnbble, as you call it. would not have
bursted IaFlndividuals who over reachedthem
selves would have gone under but the coun>
try wonld have gone ON expanding, and the
people would have prosrered. Your coptEac>
tion worked the eVil.a 0fgcoursel every en-.
terprise withered. dropped and fell whensyou
struck that deadly blow. You have made a
fatal mistake, and we want the opposite sys.
of finance VIC want ex pansion until we
restore that prosperity of which We were
robbed by your folly or your rascalityi we do
not care which horn of the dilemma ynu take.
Here is the question before the nation, and
it the Democratic party is wise, t'it possesses
ordinary political acumen and sagacity. it will
put this issue plump aud square before the
people !! The pcOpfe nyninxt. HnH street., the
fRuRc'dl centres md tie m0neycrnts Recol-
ect there only one million moneycrats and
FIVE million producers. .ua ?. 1s-i sa.
If this issue is brought homo fairly aud
squareiy to the plain. practical people who
want to exchange honest labur for bread and
meat if party lines are run boldly and def
autly on this great money question, numbers
are bound TO wiu.' Any child at the free
school can tell you that Eve million will out.
vote one million. .,g4- aaa yrsu Bas
The moneycrats understand this better than
we do, and hence the hue and cry of the
Bank>Stock Newspapers over the Ohio plat
form. q ..5 f7a.,as3.5 ID 4..l.
The people want fiushti times. They do not
fancy that political condition in which nobody
thrives except the lenders of money.
The duty OF the Democracy is plain. The
Republican leaders are committed irretriev-
ablS to contraction. They have had full
power since 1865, and are responsible for
what has come I" pass. 1.-The situation of
| this country is alarming enough to rouse the
attention Of every man. who pretends to con
cern for the public welfare. The
ruin or prosperity of State depends so much
that to be acquainted with the merit of a
dominant party, we need only observe the
condition of the people," THUS wrote JUNlUs
in 1863, and no man ever understood better
the laws of popular thought. The Repub.
licau leaders are responsible for our misery,
aud If the Democratic party is faithful to its
mission, they will be held to fearful &C.
countabili,y.
Let tho issue be low taxes and expansion
against high taxes aud contraction. Let Us
take Gne plank and write upon it the great
question of the day. Let our policy be. To
| EXPAND THE CURRENCY UNTIL WE RESTORE
THE PROSPERITY OF 1865 AND THEN, LET 1T
| ALONE. The natural increase of wealth and
population will operate certain aud healthy
contraction, and produce specie payments in
the due course of time without disturbing or
jarriEg single law of trade.
1t is true the boudholders will make des-
Ierate fight. Moneycrat- Democrats will
90 over aud join the Moneycrat Republicans,
= they have always voted together on this
financial question, but we rslll recruit three
votes where We lose one. Its true the bank
stock newspapers and all the press, willing to
be subsidized. will labor to deceive the people
aud trick them to vote their own damnstion.
1t is true We shall have against US all the in
fuence of corrupt government and all the
power money can bring to bear but against
all this we put the TACT that we number five
TO one. And once let the people start to
thinking, once let them move in their own
defense and the tricks of professional polls
ticisus will be like spider webs to stop an ele>
phant.
We want to see this fight made, for we are
tired Of these hard tunes, aud We do NOT want
t0 witness monied hierarchy established al
Washington.
The mopeycrats will fight with the dcspe.
ration of despair. They will club purses aud
buy newspapers right aud left. Editors who
refuse to sell their columns will be bribed to
silence. But happily for the country. there
are many patriotic men in the sdMcthm.-
They will do their whole duty; every reader
will labor to extend their circulation aud their
subscription lists will increase by geome,riesI
progression. Then again, pamphlets will be
scattered broadcast aud SBeir-iBauence- will be
widespread; the masses will cease to rely
upon those false leaders who are responsible
for their present misery; they will learn TO
Minh for themselves Besides all this, the
stump will be free'to all. Wall street may
close the newspapers against free discussion,
but she can't muzzle the, stump.
In short, make this issne boldly aud de-
pend upon it, the people will find way to
inform themselves. There is nothing like a
hungry stomach to enlighten masses. Give
them the facts aud they will vote right.
In our next article we will inquire why
our party remains in the minority.
JEFFERSON.
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