Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-08

AoPotJ oooutthut puStHtSo
now, as they falsely claim -
1t is free to all, There is no
contraction OF the currency
going on under that law as
their lying newspapers claim.
The comptrollcr's report show
that since that law took effect
the currency has ilc .ea sed,
and II all these lying demo-
cratic editors and politicians
will put the money they are
stealing from tho people into
banka. we will still have more
currency. Thebill referred to
was not what VIC wanted ex-
actly, but 1t has become a law
and the business of the coun-
try has now become adjusted
to it, and we accept it as the
best we could get. The whole
business. of the country has
been unsettled because of1the
uncertainty OF legislation, but
now that the Republican party
has compromised its con-
flicting views and comitted it.
selfto a definite policy, the
business men of the country
up arc working to 1t. We
therefore accept that law az
better than the uncertainty OF
the past, and a. a thousand
times better than the wild,
speculative schemes of Allen,
Cary, and their crew of repu-
diationists and lately-conver-
ted 'rag-money men. I'VE
think we need more money
in Tennessee, and we can get
it under. this free banking law.
We can get all we want by:gc-
ing to Washington and giving
security for our notes. The
people don't want anything
but q sal, currency, and Of
course don't want banxs un-
less they have good backing.
The free banking law gives
them the money and sthe 20
curity and as muchof It as
their trade demands. The
democratic editors and politi-
clans have by lying taught the
people 10 believe that the
Republican party has brought
ON hard times CIV contracting
the currency. That is not &c.
We have opposed contraction
and oppose II now, unless our
business needs less currency
which we do not believe
Thercwas moro currency in
tho country when Jay Cooke
4 Co failed in 1873, than there
was at any time since lSG5.--
There is more currency now
than there was in 1873, for Mr.
Richards on. during the psnic,
issued Sc 10000 of the ,$44,-
00O,UO0 reserve. All thiscr
about ontraction is false. The
free banking bill provides for
contraction when thetrade OF
the coun r. demsi d. it, and
for expansion waen that is
needed, and that ia what the
whole country necds."
GEMS FROM JOSH Biz
LINos.--''Half the discomfort
Of life is tho resnlt of getting
tired OF ourselves People OF
good sense are those whose
opinionsagree with ours. ln-
tellect without judgement is
what ails about one, half the
smart people in the world
To lie about man never hurts
him, but to toll the truth about
him sometimes does. Chris
tians seem to tite under cover,
but the devil stands boldly
out and dares the world to
single kombat. Reason often
makes mistake, but conshince
never duz. The man who 10
alwuss ronfessing his sins,
and never quitting them, iz
the most OnsartInsinner l kDo
ov. The man who canset
himself TO work at emmy thing
in 5 minits notiss, has got O, Q
of the best trades I kno ov.
Ihav made up mi mind
that human happiness kon-
ssts In having a good ,deal to
do, and then keep q doing 1t.
Young man, yu better be hon.
est than cunning, and it IL
hard work to be bo,h. NJ
exi eriencc in life thus lar
haz been that I won'tgo into 5
and hav much ov emmy thing
left over. Abuv all things
lern yure child to be honest
and industrious; If these two
things don't enable him to
make q figure in the world, he
IL only q cipher, and never
was intended for . figure"
Uniuss suspicisni
From the Detroit FreesPress
The other day q Detroit
husband went on . fishing
excursion with . small par
ty Of friends. Returning at
midnight he pounded on the
door and awoke his wife. Az
she let him into the hall, she
saw that something the WAS
matter with him, aud she
cried out:
why, Harry, your face 10 ~
red AZ paint"
"Gnesser MT" he replied,
rcelinga'ong do wntthe hall.
"And ] believe You've been
drinking" she added.
"Whszzer mean by zat?"
inquired he, trying to stand
still.
"Oh! Henry. your face
! would nevor look like that II
1 A.1SnS haau Ir.nkinm