, 1880-12-27
ELI PERKINS.
A Conrt.lEnnae 1stlIt OH Flint Principles
-~1'rSit,erni,Gc ia IttltAtss
n, ths Edttor nf 11t fHtefaa i'Ttturk.

-~Tsnpernntc ia sttln0ts.
IL 'hs Editor Of tbs Chicago Tribune.
SrnlSuf1E1.b, ILL.,, ncc. .U.-At Cnrlins-
vile, ILL.,, Il little village pat down ny the
county.scnt Of Alaconpln CousIy, Il tho
Eight, Wo>utcr Of tic Np'ld. III TINT VII.
1agc IL pcr!,ns the iis,est.tiuIstled building IN
tl,r State Of Illinois. It Is IL Cour,-I!nl.se
wl.trl, cost sl,11D,on. Thu splendid iron
dune Of tl,!s Court.llousu rr1rs, like tho
Pantheon, af,oyu ;ll tic surrounding bull.l-
ings. Tht bust residences nf tho ylllngc look
l1lsc tlwa,icd huts beside it. 'rwu ll,talrcd
yrars from now, Wien every building III lllc
comfy sllniI hayc lnssed Ww;y, this arent
pile uf sture a,nl irun will stand MS II
nclncntn u tho gIr,sl it!cas Of tlln early set
tiers. This hntttlng will sta1id Il Thousand
years. There IL n0 reas''n why II should hot
stand Ms long ns tl,. Cut,gl,u Cntticdrat, or
oven thu 1'artherun at Athens. It Is built as
we'll
FIAT F'yA:CIElltSu.
When l askrd u resident uf Curitnvillo
how much t'lcy paid far this building, he
snid:
mot single cent, sir. We built It OIL tiat
mol,ey. We gnvo enunty a'Unls Tor It,. This
Is n Democratic county, str.H
"AnG the bonds-were tllry not pnld?"
askch.
"No, They wero iIat bonds. There was
no nancy be!lint t!IeHl. Wcbuiit This build
nE years Attt3, and we'ye ruycr lltd II cent In
tho Treasury slnre."
- Arr tin bp,,tls E,lnd:'
"Ce1tninly. Why nut? Aacoupin County
Ii tho rlc,lcst county In tho State or course
ller fiat ls,.'liey II good" ....
!" How llavc sou n,anagcd to pay tho inter-
cstw
"Issuc moro l,onls, slr,-nloro tiat money.
o str. We cntl teach tho world tinallce-1lu-
colptn County cal,." .
''I,Dt dun. the creditors, tho holders OF
this Int ,l.01ley, eo.Mpaln""
"uf collrst. they Ito. When they ctaninr
very flnt,l real estuts Encs down arnsl,d tile
Cnurt-llnuse. Sumo man figured up hDw
much the ct1s,ltY WIS worth ni1e tny.--ail tl!a
land in it,--allh It WIS fund tn be worth
9S,00o,D00. The lawyers sail thu wli0lo couli-
ty wo.,ltl have to lr sold hut."
!" hut you tl.lnt't sell II. did yo,,?"
20 no! Land went down ail over tile
caNisty. FArius Waril, so M atr1 went down
to sl0 Tile cretlttnrs tolnt mt That, II they
sold IFS out ut tll0su !nw prices, the County
would not bring enDngh 10 redeem It's own
ni1ney. Our money, You see, differed ffom
the bnnk money. Their molscy has yold Md
hlltEt uEHlkll kLs IL III 1NEtt ~ 1EN
talked earnestly Of Seillng out TURNS. They
found our fnrIns WEREN'T wortE, aMythlNs.
Nubu,ly would buy tl!enl."
"1Yc1i, how ttu tho creditors stand now?"
1'nskcd.
"'rhcy'ro waiting, str. They've got onr
fiat nlorcy. lt'sall right"
but tley can't piss it,"
No; but they cn,I ltrep 1t. Tie County
0f Mncoupin IL behind! II. It's gn0a."
"Dn you think tho county will cyor pay
ttese balals, ,-resleun, tic ,iat ,Ht,'agy?"
"Why, ilt,. Why sliousti 1t? Fiat money
Isn't To lie redeemed. It's to bs Used. But
tue other tlay VIC canlO big tlnanclal scGenlo
OH them. q 1t wns u keen 0lle!h -
"Wllat was It ," nAketl.
"WI,y, we refunded. That's gaoa word.
1--,-c-t..l-,l'l-e4l. Every dcbtnr ought 70
know mars ,lt,HNt tint word, We tOs'k IN nll
lollt!s ut i lHr cent. 'r!!eM wo nsa.iu 'unl
!" III other flnt l.n.uls:" -...-..
Macuupi!l Eounty. 'fllnn, utter ttlat,:-...Slint
d'you cult five f,lreI tic dctIt. That IL
another .gt,A woul.--f-1l-s.dI-tl. We'll. W!
funded tl.o IL .7U ooo.lubt duwl to ,00, ,0o0.
"Of course. Tint tnok 100000 right oi!
Of lis, and uur lal4s went UP $40 iii slcre alI
over thu cl,Ailty."
"WtntwEll yuu 1unext:',
"Why, tnlul nsAth; nn1 tllen we'll keep OH
funding TIL these llrst bonita snrunll taken up
md then we'll hnye DIR rseselitecn-hun!ltetl
thnusa,Itl-,lninr Eolirt-ilousr, ni!rl uur taNtls
will bn worth So nj mere ngatil.h
ThU history III the Democratic County ol
Mucoupln would hc the history Of thu Mutton
undcr thu DcnIocratte.GrcuNhAck purity.
Tl:altEl:AScE IN iLl.lSUts.
Tho causu Of temperance hns been making
rclnarltahlu strides slifo,lglIo I'LL tho WnSt
ern Suites wlthiM tho Inst five years. ,sfh'
seed sowil. by tic prnylng <wusntu IN llil!s
boro, u. six .years agu. Inns certalnly hor.!'
Eoud fruit. I ttltl nIiI,iy counties In flltnDl
lii Which tllete IL mt ono lluuOr-salD1ll
The peop1H Nru MI tclnIerntn. ThGre !
not n al!qtlul.snluln IN Fnllull, Groel,, Scott
Or MAc0upln County. III Fulton Count.
they told ll,u tllut ti,A oNty way fur q Y0N,t
,nuil to gct drunk wus to ride miles into til
Illinois l.ottun, ,wilcle they stt!! tlrInk wills
ks Hl!d sutt, Tho l}ull,0erntlr llckGt. 1t Is n
NiltlcniNhtr fhcl that whisky nll1 !)GhlDerac,
90 !lRnd III llsnMt. Alhny " tse Republican
iuuVr-sAfovus, Et.t PEHkfSs,
fff.z fr.. ~ t.nn Nsxr