The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-31

Rev. Mr.. Nasty writes to the Toledo Blade
Ez Congrisman Hewitt called afore him sich
| nv the laborin men and others ov Moo York.
to git ther vews ez to the coz nv the finanshel
depreshen Nv the country and the remedy
therefor. it okkurred to me that the case Good
not 60 to the country complete onless the Corn
ers wuz heerd from. Their is mora fnanshel
talent lyin around loose about Bascom's, prob.
ably, than kin bs found on asy other square
mile In the country, tho ther is great deal of
hnanshel wisdom eloosidated, between drinks,
most everywhere. When 700 want to know
eggsackly how to pay the nashnel debt, yoo
want to find man wich Good never meet his
own obligashens. He knows how 1t is hisself,
for he has .wrassled with finanshel problems.
Icalled meetin Nv the prinsiple sttyzsns
nv the Corners, to get their noshuns ez to wat
wuz nessessary to hist US out Nv the gulf we
he'd plunged into. 1t took some time to git en-
together, ez they wuz all at Bascom's sampliu
bari Nv llikksr he he'd iist reserved, it bein
Bascom's habit when he gifts ne " barl to give
em free taste. On sich ockashuns the ulti-
mate salvashun Nv the human race woodent
fetch EN- away till the free drink wuz over
They dropt in wun by wun. and eggsam-
ined Fem thoroughly. The follerin is the sub
stance Nv it:
Deekin sPogrom-I .konsidder the deprest
kondishun Nv the country attributable intirely
to want Nv money and labor. Sence the tirant
Linkin abolished slavery wa hevn't he'd labor
enuff to sdevelop the resources, nor currency
enuff to do the biznis Nv the country. hev
frequently gone month without nary nickel
in my pocket aud consistently
By Joe lBigler-Is that a new complaint,
deekin?
Objected to and ruled out ez irrelevant.
-Consekwently wat biznis did with Bas-
com he'd to be on credit basis. When Bas-
com goes to Louisville for more hkker he'll hev
to take my notes to pay With, wich ther bein'
tootmany NV 'em, the louisville people are sim
gularlY averse to takin. We must hev more
moaey. The Government shood isshoo-
By Joe Bigler-Deekin, ef your notes wont
do the same ez money, OWN to ther bein too
many Nv EN-, and not hevn particularly
good basis, wat good wood it do for the Gov
ernment to isshoo jist the same kind nv money?
OBJECTED to and rooled out ez irrelevant.
The Deekin-We want more money and
more occashun for money. There shood be an
isshoo nv at least q thousand milyuns Nv money
which is never to bs redeemed. 1t shood be
distributed per capita, and every adult citizen
with an sble-bodied apertite shood hev all he
wants. We want more money
BY Joe Bigler-Deekin, sp0sen yoo he'd gone
to work in the spring aud raised crop aud
sold for the money we now hev, woodent that
hev eased 700 up?
Objectid to and rooled out ez irrelevant.
Issaker Gavitt-Clearly Nv the opinion that
wat is wantid is moro money. Money that
wood hev to bs redeemed wood be better than
none, but that would be merely temporary re-
leef. Wat we want is an unlimited ishoo, at
regular intervles, Nv money wich amt never to
be redeemed, based on the faith up the Gov
ernment. Ell never pay no taxes anyhow,
l wood be wllln to hev the revenues pledged
for its ultimate redemshun. The money might
be distributed ez the deekin sejssts, or got into
surkilathnn by the payin nv Southern claims
and penshunn Southern soljers. Every man
sh0od, IN some way, have just share.
by Joe Bigler-How long, Issaker, wood 1t
be afore Bascom wood hev it all, ez he hez
| now?
OBJECTED to aud rooled out ez irrelevant.
Captain McGrath-The principle need Nv
the Corners is more money; ANT psrtikeler W at
kind it is SO that nobody amt going to be called
upon to redeem it, and it will buy lkker.
Want law maxim it, another law distrbbitin
it, and anuther compellin evrybody to take it at