The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-10-07

vantage of his position before crowd OF
his supporters, 10. respond with jeers in
stead of answers. But doubtless the
Colonel expected fair and candid treat
ment from ohewho has the advantage
of daily association with gentlemen; who
for years was a member Of what is pre-
sumed to be the most dignilied public
body in tl3e country and who isdnow
travelling over the State In the special role
of independent statesman, assuming tho
duty of finstructing the people in the seri-
GUS business of voting. II such were
Mr.. Meyers thoughts ntyer was man
more disappointed. A more contempti-
BILE and disgraceful exhibition we have
rarely witnessed than that presented by
Senator" Sohurz in this shutting,
squlrming and wriggIiDg by which he
tried to evade the force and point Of tho
questions, His whole effort was TO de-
tract the attention Of his hearers from
the points proposed by casting ridicule
/
anu even 'hsui's upon one VINO had ao-
uresSea MN N such uroane ana respect
iul 'ohes' tJ7
ociur| Sa,u he VoIeu V ioi the Nesuhp-
ton act, and approved Of 1t now-except
'haI he preierfeu January ISL lSH 70 1917
do 'Ne oay Vi resuulpVlohi anu no thougn1
| l,n L., Il A.
'he Jaw ulu not proViue the necessary
n'achihery 10 iorce uS 10 specie paymenm
oooh ehought ne tlllhk lllhlkk VRat many I"
MI ol ochurSs irienus IN ms audience
some u Vhe business men VINO nave In
VeS'eu 'neir capl'ai ana contracted depts
On On . gFeenoack mo OASIS VIII ma the pln
Swii' enough !" suiI themi' theemi' gnl a,ro.e,
Ah answer 70 tne question' Where WhI
'ne sPec'e come rom ne sald' suppose
aii tle people oI Ihis country stop wear
INK Snoes' VIII not tne snoes 90 10 some
country where people wear them ahd
Tue people again resolve 70 wear shoes
VIII .hey not come DacK when the de-
lIa ,nai'u arises anu thuS IL ID Win gold.
"nen VIC ueiianu ~ ny getung rio Oh
paper money J" WI, now oack 10 u.s. aSF
''aS no"n away lnis was regarded Se
very nappy ny 'ne ooys IN 'ne crowd ana
'n1 Ol"0Aei' on Vho P'"'iorin' ou. "a"
'''u lo' sup w Ooi'siuoi 'lia' ia el'ner
case 'ie SHOES OF 'ne golu "oulu nave 70
01 '0%g'' ~ oC"er countries "nen want
oo' ~ "o"'u nave oeen "en y .ne
iHocpcnpel' n.y. s'"'eSillan V' y Ll' Hau toiu MS
'1'''iS wy" "i"' " Wil W! we eolp
wiiel '. We uoiio' Seiu ABROAD Oh commo'
ui'ieS "S u'uch "S VIZ get rom yaDroad'
anu we l'"u 20 Sehd ABROAD goia last year
10 maze up Vlle oaIance SO 'hat now We
naye over '"enIy-nVe m'i'onS less
specie III Tue country than we Aad year
ago =. c"a
III IeSpecO 10 Ihe Ieuuctioh Oh Vhe cur
rency' ocllurz VlouglV' OF salu' put lutte
leuucVion "oulo DC necessary not enough
10 disturb Yalues OF oppress deDtofs
tnat as soon as the currency Is down 10
the demands OF trade, specie payments
can DC resumed put why dodge the
questlonf why notsay how much thai
reduction must be- IN your Judgment
that the people may judge of its effects
themselves? "go
is II pretended that with less than two
hundred millions OF specie In the ccourn-
Try we can resume payment In specie of
over seven hundred ana hity millions OF
paper without very large reductlonf
Inc lact Oh the currency being demanded
Dy the wants OF trade IS not enough 70
resume on we must nave enough specie
TO pay the paper or the business Will be
run on an lrredeemaole currency, which
Is the whole complaint OF SchurS and
party against. the agreenbacks- aiSehurS
was AFRAID 10 te'l his hearers the truth'
that to resume we mustilrst cut dOWnthe
paper currency one-half or more, and
this means that property and Wagesmust
tall great distance, ana debtsand taxes
remain as they are 0go59o 70 w., W :,
AS to The increase OF population, bust
ness and prosperity OF the country re-
qulrlng an increase OF the currency,
schur2 llr7 secuted at the idea and wasted
his fund OF petty rldlclle on the state
ment and Its author This wassbout as
honest as TIE balance OF his JuggIery, but
a little more bareiaced, as schurz, in his
speech in the Senate on the currency last
winter, declared that the volume Of the
currency must be controlled by the popu-
lation and the business done. ~
In answer to tha ouestiona as II tbe