The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-08-10
Henry RhOades an IndePend-
enf Candidate for Congress.

To the Voters of the 7th Congressional
District: In view of the fact that was
tricked out of a chance of nomination by
the lawyers of 81. L. Dickey, at the Demo-
cratic Convention held on the 10Th July at
Hillsboro, and d. L. Dickey tricked into a
nomination by the same, it is claimed by
the old Democrats, and all that 1 have
heard say anything on the subject, and as
the good sense of every one tells them,
that said Dickey is not the legitimate NOM
inee of that Convention, but simply the
appointed candidate of Sloane, its chair
man, who assumed to be about two-thirds
of the whole Convention, and would like
to have been three-thirds.
Dickey got II votes, barely enough to
nominate. Too of those votes, that
Sloane ordered ]. L. Hughes to vote for
Salem Township, were entirely illegiti-
mate, and consequently void so Dickey
received but IS legitimate votes, and is not
nominated, and had he the sense of honor
that candidate for Congress ought to
have, he would withdraw his name. As 1
never got into the Convention, of course
l am not bound by its action, and have a
right, by all the rules of fairness and JUS
tice, to day in court, and as have been
solicited by large number of voters in
the district, who know my views on the
currency question and national politics.
generally, to be an Independent candidate
for Congress, have concluded to present
my name to the people.
I positively differ with the national poll
cy of both parties on the currency ques-
ton, and am positively opposed to ever
paying off with gold, or substituting gold
for, the legal tender notes. am for re-
pealing the law promising to pay the legal
tender notes in coin, and also for repeating
the Resumption act, and am for substitut-
ing legal tender notes for the national
bank notes and paying off the national
debt as it becomes due if possible.
As view the matter, the currency policy
of the Democratic party is not complete
remedy, bnt only relief, merely acting as
an opiate, giving ease to the pain while
the patient remains under its influence,
and 1 adopt it only as present relief, un-
til the policy 1 have heretofore published
in the Hillsboro Gazette, and will again
publish, can be adopted.
I am opposed to a flexible currency.
such as the 3.65 per cent. bond would
make, and am opposed to that bond, even
to be used only until better policy can be
adopted. look upon a flexible currency
as being dishon est currency, and can see
no honesty in the Government paying any
man interest on his money when it has no
use for the money.
1 am for increasing the volume of the
currency until it will reduce interest to 8
per cent. which is agreed to be the average
per cent. that labor and productive prop
erty pays.
am for making money of gold and sill
yer, as well as paper, but am for making it
all legal tender for all debts, and making
it by law all of the same value. And fdr-
ther, now say to the voters of the 7th
Congressional district, that they cannot
fail to see that party is destroying the peo-
pie, and that it is seldom man is nomi-
mated that suits the masses of the people,
by delegates set up in favor of some par
ticular candidate.
The real issue now is, moneyed capital
against productive labor and property.
None can fail but see that there are as
many moneyed capitalists in the Demo-
cratic party as in the Republican party,
that the capitalists of both parties are driv-
ing the masses of the people under the
party lash, to vote in favor of the moneyed
power on both sides, and against the in
terests of the people.
You all know that money can and will take care
of itself, and if you will get out from under the
lash of party and go for your real interests, you
will vote for me>instead of II. L. Dickey.
Numbers of you well know and say that Dickey
does not suit you, and that you would never vote
for him if it not that he is held out as the nom
inee, when in fact he is only the appointee of
Sloane.
l claim TO be better Democrat than H. L. Dick
ey, and would forever reject a nomination got by
trickery; and should you honor me with your suf-
frages, will do all in my power to project and
carry ont such measures as will be in favor of the
Masses of the people, and against the moneyed
power, and such measures as will settle the curren-
cy by the Constitution, on the basis that 1 have
heretofore and still advocate.
HENRY RH0ADES.
Hillsboro, Aug.T, 1876.