The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-08-16

Ish'i' parry Hls gwen the country homes
money, and they make loud dcman.
Tor honest money for tho people. Tin
phrases buiter no parsnips, says the ol,
provcrb. What do these people mrs,
py honest money, that they should boa-
90 boistcrously over IL? What have "a,
li'opublicnns done Tor the finances OF Ia,
country that The people should place i'm
lplicit confidence in their promises mo
Iatclaraiions The history Of I.cpubli
lcan financial legislation takes aIl th,
: wind cut OF their brag and leaves .hei,
pieuges as empty as puncturcd gas bar
ne L'publlcans, at the instance and ur.
gent solicitation Of Secretary Chase. H.
sues the first legal tenders III Fcbruar,
lrO2, an act which was wise and made
ciiase famous. One year after they cs.
'aull-hed the national banking system
(which has proved unusually profiiah..
~ capitalists and shreWd hnanci-rs. ~.
seems ~ have been devised for their
special benefit. Indeed. they coul,l
hardly liatr invented i more costly and
cnnhl'rous method of providing the pco-
Plr win currency. nor 4 scheme better
!cAhnlai"d Ia advance The interests Of
les pilaiis'~. They Issue londs ra,ahlc
~ The legal tender currency os' lie
Ir"nnIry. Ia ls1U they declared thar
ii.rrv BOMBS shoHif be paid III ..co;u. p
" ilirh ~ HAT tine was composed Of
SILVER ntid gold. thus anpreciaiinr Tie
'aiu. ~ the bonds. which were held for
The most lasi " Capitalists in thi< conn
'ry Anu ~ Europe. in 1879 sh..y ac-
inriitiizrd silver. robbiug il Of TIL rur-
chasing ana debt paving power. Aud
inithln1 al immense contraction, H. rricc-
~ ~ kinds m act which was terrih,y
rrjhsi ic tie poor and iehf-owinr class
- anh w~s one .. tie active causes IN
panic ~ 1878.
r. oemniici'yatior of silver was
effected y, the l,rDhIicans IN The M
tercsi ~ bordL0iarrs, who. " hen silver
'ad deprecated ii consequence ~. the
action Of Germany. wanted their nav ~
gold. The bond- ~ frat PAYABLE III lrral
tenders nrre nov understood 10 t.e nay-
'ssi.e ~ gold, and John Sherman ,!ec;lrcl
~ lhey Mcre ~. Thu, every act oil
IsepuD.ican financial legisiationha- been
~ ihe .miercsis OF illr capitalists al the |
expense % The people. Honest money
After the panic which ia-uli- /
.a almost solely from pcrnirious Repuh-
lirrn inisilagenisDt OF The national .inan-
rrs SUI followed clo-sly amer ~ tie
characterization of silver the napus,liran
. .vii2s"-s .prni months in irving to az
vase some nc~n- Tor r-licvin. the busi.
.rss nrccS.itics of the cnnnirv. but ,lia
.oiiih. Whatever "a cTpi to vote ~ re-
.usllr sprcir pa, nenfs januarv /. 1874.
Democrats in BORN liousps arrccinr tol
llr measure. Events have ssy.s.fl I'M
ct- The continued business depression
rhiHh i,a- prU~lralrl industry ~ alll
I'M 4. csrfiyiny thousands nf working
'e"rle of employment. snl driving
'ni.dteds of !ir.us into bankruptcy
ailSed almost -oleiy ~ pcrnirioms RI. I
'ubiicsn Legislation aud siiil more per-
iciuns neglect has msdc rcsumptlon 4
u-~iblc. II j. moi . thing 10 rejoice i
ven, however d.srsl,l. il l. in itscIf. \
crarsr II has been g'.inrd by the sul. II
'fiiiSs o. me people, the stagntion OIL
Ndr. 'nc siiilhg Of Industry. aud :
4ruSanis 81 fixtures. Yet the Rrpuh- /:
rnn Journals and orators glory oycrI "
n Achievements, regardless OF the want 4,
~ ruin ilnt have made ii possible. II,
hat care they TOR The mpovcrishrncntl ii
id suffering Of the n.aSscs OF The l.co- II
X 80 long xs capitalists are secure and ltl
ey can gain partisan advanfa 4,
Ile whole course Of Republican finan- IN
Al legislation, from the founding Of the n.
'tional banks IN 1863 down 10 the ac- Of
"a Of the Republicans Senate last spring d
adding over four millions to the an III
cpriafiOns, has been marked bv dis- III
gard ~ and ircachery 10 the people. lns
shnncSty, AMI extravaganza. Aud vct W
ry have the ciirontcry 70 boast over II,
cir doings and claim to be the party ofpr
ne-t money! They must imagine III
Il the American people are mostly
,.s. ou
Honest money il the universal de- 10
ind Of the American people OF all par vi
y. Even the exhcmc grecaback the III
st, who nd,ocsic "ilsi money ba sed M
tie property oi the nation, believe as III,
cerelv m a4a cAnur a. loully pr,dti
ncs; money a. Blaine and his proleges. sl,
4 Democrats anl working ncn " no sol
it that the national banking system ws
'uld be materially modified. and that Ito
Government should provide the peo- ma
with uniform currency which shall or
legal tender for all debts. public and Ipu
vnle. are the real honest money men lclu
hc country. They want currency leu
I means Just what ii proicsscs to len.
a. on its face. They want dollar vai
led by the Government which will |cot
a dollars worth in any market, and IlliS
icl the Government itself will take Inc
paymcnts for i,s dues. They see noIabI
son why nloucycd corporations shall lvir
paid twice over for issuing a culrcn. Iatj,
a.