Daily Republican., 1878-11-22
NAsBY

0p. Nasty Hears ~ the Result Z
the Nsvember Elections and In
auIges In wse Accordingly rres
hle with Fiat Money.
CosYsDRlr X RoAps, (Wich IL in tn
State Nv K-ntucky,) Nov. 10. 1873
am entirely satisfied that shood hs
bin happier u ! had never bin born
Life IL 10 inc IN unendin sucksssshu
Nv disasters. Occasl,una!ly thsr IL
glrsm NV sunshine, rift thro tn
clouds that snvellop me, but u dom
last. For sixteen long yesrs hsv BIZ
strugglin, wrasslin . back-holt will
disaster, and disaster hez sinerall.
Topped me. ] am topped now, and an
10 sore with broosss that II don't seen
TO me that | shel even git up agin. ]
10 singular thing that disaster and
hev he'd 80 many encounters and tha
the result hsz ever bin the same.
| expected great things from I'll.
November elsckshuns. he'd hoped
that ths Dimocrstic-Grsenback noshur
wood prsvals In the States holdin sleck
shuns, 40 that the experiment NV Fiat
money In the Corners " ood be strength.
sned TO the pint Nv making II suck.
ssss. he'd hoped that Butler and
Ksarnsy wood carry Massachusetts, ,and
that John Kelly wood carry Moo York.
| he'd hoped that ths Green bsckers
wood carry Nishigan, and that Penn.
silvany wood add her voice TO the gen
eral outcry for more money and better
times.
wantid the people in tbs RAst and
In the West, BY their ballots, TO insist
that the bloatid bondholdsrs shood take
back seat, that money shood b- sim
ply ths crsashun NV whoever chose 10
make II, and that every man shood hev
all that he wantia. Ihed hopes that
ths people wood pronounce In favor Nv
givin everything TO svsryb body, and do
away with labor, by maxim labor un-
n-ssessary. In short, l hoped that the
Plat money Nv the Cross Roads wood bs
lsgaliz-d.
What happensdf looked TO MASH
chusits, and behold Butler Is berried
under majority nv 10000, and the
streets don't run with blood asl slKsarney
prophesied
l leok to Pennsilvany, and the Dino.
crisy goes under u the toon NV 10000
turn my eyes imploringly TO Mishi-
gan, and 10 | the answer comes back
"Rspubiican, 40,O00i'
In AGONY turn TO Moo York, anA
Conkling carries that stronghold Of De.
mocrisy by a majority wich 1t amt
wuth while 10 count up.
1t Is troo W. carried the south, but
that don't count. We kin alluz carry
th- South ez long "a We are permitted
shot guns. but shot gun thriuinphs
amt wat | wantid. 1t amt moral
triumph, and moral triumph Is wat
wuz needed at tkis time. wantid men
to vote for Fiat money wich didn't do II
Ut the muzzle Nv shot gun.
The effect hez bin disastrous on the
prospect Nv the Corners.
Work on the Court House, ship Canal
and Railroad h-z bin suspendid. II
went along well enuf, for time. The
men got into a habit Nv demandin an
increase NV wagis every day or two,
and we met ther demands .librelly. 1t
iidn't make a particle NV difference to
Us whether We paid dollar day or
fifty. II cost Jest "a much to print
iollar not ez it did fifty dollar note,
and If man felt richer with the fifty
iollar note why not let him hsve II
The higher the wagis We paid the rich
.r the community wuz gettin, becoz
more money WAS gittip into cirkelashen.
But there cum time when We he'd to
rev dozen spades, and pick-axe,
md without EN- the work Good not 20
N.
The hardware dselers wood not take
'ur money for EN-, and VIC he'd no other,
md no for want nv ten dollars worth
" spades and pick-axes, improvements
nv0lvin millions wuz brot to com
,l-te stoppage Fiat money is all we'll
nutf, but wood | he'd this power to
ompel the people to take it whether or
10. Legislashen is wat we want, but
he result nv the November elekshuns
i've me- no hope NV that. | feel that
re are going to be in tn. power Nv the
'ond holders for time yit. II
Then came more trouble. Bascoln {
Iad had an unparalleled run nv bizznis I
nd taken every dollar NV Fiat money !
her wuz In the Corners. he'd been
rin.in on Wallpaper for a week, and 9
he day afore elpcshun the last scrap 9
v it he'd been exhaustid. | secured t
he villag. to find suthin thet Good b.. I
sed in printin, hut ez the people nev 4
r INDUCED to emmy extent III the luxu Il
= nv wallpaper, ! cooden't git emmy. v
a dispair Iwent into Pollock's store q
nd begged him to sell me what he 4
I'd on hand. o
" C.rtinly," sed he, ''for cash.
81 will give yoo," | srd, exactly
10 money we hev, and l can't do more
ian that. How much hev yoo p
"Ten bolts" n
very good" sed l. "Now, Pollock, i
you wat will do. We must n
~ more money. and We hev nc paper n
print It on. will take them ten
,l's,uv wall paper, and will Print a,
v- nv em in one dollar bills for VOC, a
pay for the other Ave, don't n,
now how many yards there Is in bolt
: wall paper, but will spose that K
ch yard will make hundred bills, ca