Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-10-28
The Greenback Returns.

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s'Go out" said the city editor to
one OF the serfs at noon Of yesterday,
go out and interview a greenbacker.'
The serf said naught but departed,
inwardly resolved not to give away
to the city editor his belief that no
greenbackers remained upon earth.
At first he contemplated interviewing
an imaginary greenbacker; but being
other than the author of the Arabian
Nights, his Imagination fell short of
that mark and he concluded to make
a half holiday of it, and to return in
the evening to say that no Green
bscker could be found, Tranquil in
his determination, and happy with
the adequacy of his excuse for turn
ing up empty-handed, the serf bent
his steps toward the Exposition build
ing, intent upon recreation.
1t would be more easy to think out
than to picture the disgust into which
he was thrown when, at the corner of
Clark ond Madison streets, he almost
colhded with the bilious but philo-
sophie individual who was whilom
secretary Or treasurer or something
or other of the state committee of
Greenbackers, Nationals, Communists,
or what-nst that managed the affairs
of the people against the rest of the
people in the momentous but now
forgotten campaigns of two and four
years ago.
'sAhaE' said he, SHOW are you
Round picking up items? Want to
interview me, | suppose. Well, you
can't do it. I'm not interviewing
now."
eNeither am l." returned the serf.
"Good-day."
"Hold on!' cried he. "Wait a
minute, l wouldn't let everybody
interview me, but you're pretty
bright fellow, and you get things
pretty straight"
"Thank you. Good-day."
s'But wait minute. 1 don't mind
your interviewing me.
"well, then, what has become OF
the Greenback vote in Indiana?'
"It is all right, sir. 1t was larger
tasn both the Republican and Demo
cratic votes put together"
"You don't say so."
"Yes, do. If we had fair count
over there, it wold be found that d.
La Matyr has been elected Governor
l don't know but President"
"But / don't remember having sect
any greenback returns quoted to speal
Of"
s'Of course not-of course not
We understand it - And he smiled
"What do you understand?'
| 80, it's the money power. Th
money power owns the press, and tn
press knows where its bread and but
ter comes from. You wouldn't prin
our returns if you had 'em. Yo
wouldn't dare. You bark your mas
ter's bark. whose dogs you are
There is no honesty in the press
) You wouldn't print the truth if yo
had it, but you haven't got it. Th
press Is all AicS. IL 10 Sui % W VII
!, lcountry, and any man who reads
newspaper commits crime by er
couraging the money power"
, "How many votes did you have
Indiana?''
Seventeen Million"
"Sir!"
: Eighteen million"
3 "What!'
r ssNineteen million. We had 'el
: all. OF course, we haven't got tn,
e many men, but by our system I
n arithmetic We have at least that man
# votes, if not mole. We understan
It perfectly that we can't win until I'll
l. money power recognizes our figure
It and our methods of calculation; bl
y I tell you there is an awakenin
. among them asses. The people al
becoming aroused, and from Mair
d to California they are becoming ali,
.. to the issues of the hour. We a
y tired of being slaves. We will kill Il
d money power if it breaks every aritl
n metic in the country to do it.
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