The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-20

az his notes. upon which no In TO receive inter-
ert. In a little while person comes to him
and wants to borrow Il ,00O which tho banker
will lend in the shape Of his own notes. re-
cc.,ing therefor n bonus and interest OIL his
debt, beside a $1,000 mortgage on a 10000
property. In time the $4,000 property passes
into the hands Of the banker for II other rea-
son than temporary use Of his own money.
Tho bankers and money loaners do not want
honest noney--they want money that they can
| manipulate.
j The session was closed by singing .Down
with Bank Monopoly" by the Greenback Glee
Club.
afternoon Session. The meeting In the after
noon was opened by singing by the Glee Club
The National Greenbsck and Labor Banner"
/ Mr.. Smith spoke on the subject Of the Farm
| ers Alliance. Nine States have organizations
already formed, and VIC have n membership OF
%, 600. II u not q Hreenback question. 1t
exists in all parties, and 1t Is preparing it,
members to cooperate with the Groenback
party. The American Revolution was caused
| ny taxation without representation aud here
| You men have the same thing. II there Is any
class that can rave the community from the
grasp Of the yoracIous sharks that infest tie
| country II il the farmer class. Ii il possible
for farmers to control by the ballot II they WILL
and II they neglect their duty We shall have
one Of the Norht baptisms Of blood we have
ever had.
He was followed by Col. L. r Copeland, of
South Bend, Ind. who did not approve Of all
that the speaker before him had SAID. In his
view II was impossible to make re.erm within
tho old parties. The Republican party had
been promising ciyil-scrylcc reform Tor years
they admit they have been very bad, but they
| PROMISE every time they want yonr votes that
they are going 70 reform. lie took MP some Of
the charges OF the Republican party and replied
to them. They charged the Nationals with re-
pndiation. In reply to which he read from the
National Gretnback platform that they we're
opposed to refnndlng the national debt, but
wanted 1t paid rs rapidly AZ practicable. He
/ then referred to the Republican party swallow
| ing Malone. a pronounced itpudlationi,t.
/ HIS speech WAS full OF points aud kept the
sndlen.e III a good htmor from beginning
| to end.
He was followed by Col. Hodge, who said lie
lad just returned from Montana, where liz had
| delivered the fr-. National speech that had
ever been delivered in the Territory. ard he
found his audiences everywhere deeply in
tercsted in his sui jects. He cared not how our
principles are carried into effect. II il can be
done W the old parties, good. Long since we
nailed oar principles on the masthead OF our
present time growing up in the country
helpers to our party. There is the
Farmers Grange; We have also the Antl-Mo-
nepoly League. Wnen they started there
leagues i was for particular thing. They lcfi
out all the other principles. We are the only
party that struck at al, the evils. The ANTI
Monopoly League is all well enough 10 Tar as
they 90, but they do not 90 tar enough. We
must kill the moaster and form more leaut- |
fnl government than has ever heretofore eS-
isted. The speaker here read a clause frcm
message of President Lincoln. warning the |
people against the curse Of despotiam, which |
placed capital on an equal footing. ii not a |
superior footing. with labor. "Labor il prior |
to and independent Of capital; capital is only |
the fruit Of labor, and could never have existed
II .abor had not hiss existed"
The kilograms during the last two or three |
days warn us that financial crisis 10 impend- |
ing in Europe. What the result will be III this |
country may be conjecturcd.
He then discussed the subject Of land mo-
nopoly by the railroads and other important |
subjects.
A song was given by the Glcc Club, and the
meeting adjourned till evening.
Evening Sssi0H.-The Gee Club opened the /
exercises iy singing, after which Col. s. n.
Wood OF Kansas, was introduced and enter I
tanned the audience for about two hours on
the subject Of finance.
He commenced by stating how he came to be
National reform party had come up III
his State which put plank in its platform in
favor Of .greenback currency and opposed 70
national banks. He aftcrward went into Ne
vada, where he found the Democrats charging
upon the Republican party thecrime Of silver de-
monetiz. tion- the first time that lie had heard
that such thing had been done. II used to
he slld that we were union Of small landown-
.rs--shat W all own our homes. But changed
is it now. The Republicans bo.st tina, they
have given. us homestead law; but
when they have given all our home
steads to the railroadsy Labor pays nil the
debts. Lawyers do not produce any wealth.
They 1--we OF Of this quarrels Of their neghbors.
He challenged any Kopuolican to tell OF any
legislation that the Republican party, who
hat hay roll al hn 1ay l
isation OF the country for sixteen years. ever
passed in the interest OF the producing class
The speaker then reviewed some Of the iegisla-
ton Of the county. showing that from tn
time Of the passage Of the Resumption law in
1875 till the passage Of the law for5idding tie
destruction Of greenbacks III 1873 there were
$50, 600 Of grcenbacks burned up. The
Nationals made resumption possible. As the
bank notes were redcemable By law !
in the national greenhacks. the destruction
OF the latter money caused contraction OF TIE
former. Since the act Of 1878 the national
bank notcs nave been inflated, which, toset.cr
with the isfnx Of gold AID good crops, has
made times good Gni prosperous. No credit Is
due the Republican party for the good tiioes.
II all comes from forcing il to adopt tile poilcy
oil the Nationals, which never could have been
done II We had not elected several of our party
to Congress.
After music by the Glce Club the meeting
adjourned until 10 O'Clock next morning.
FOURTH DAY SUNDAY. Der. 3.
The meeting was called t. order Ly Mr.. j. w.
Bssale. OF Ftlnt, presiding officer OF the day.
The dlee Club led the congregation in singing
Nearer My God to Thee
DIR. j. A. Robinson was then introduced ana
spoke upon the assassin ,tion OF GARFIELD ana
lis relations 10 the politics of the country Ii py
railroad accident On a disaster. why should
not the same Ting be done by free aud H.
tclllgeit people when great national calamity
las fallen en- thems Tulre was a r,ma.n. 0.
imperialism c.inging to our own fires ias,til-
uons. II WAS the appointing power of Ia.
PRESIDENT hundred thousand officers or
more i too formidable standing army Of poll
teams 10 be allowed III free rerui lie. IL.s
power III the executive should be cltcsel. pat.
roaage was used to perpetnatc tic power Of the
party III power, and it MAS subyclslye OF re-
publican institutions.
lie was followed by Mrs. l.. l.. Drake. lately
OF California, who went over much OF IA. h,s. |
tory OF our finance system. commencing IN
1861 and continuing TIL near the preselt tine. |
She related tic action Of the bankers ia Ia.
early history VI tile aaf, showing low tl.y re-
fused to ASSIST our Government in the hour Of
its trial unless they were well paid for il. and
how they had shaped the legislation Of the
country IN iher own interests.
Al the conclusion Of the discourse n member ,
OF tie audience moved the following, which |
was voted unanimously:
Resotced, That the sincere thanks Of this
D0 1AIIts*Cu hN NOtt TO Mrs. L., IL. |
Drake for the am.abr, courteous address aul
lucid enuaeia,ion OF fundamental principles
ard seathing criticisms Of tie Wrongs against
Which We persis.cntly complain.
Adjourned to the afternoon.
-itt.lhoom .Session.--Aiter music, Rev. Ira
Z. bsi.lnan preached vigorous discourse on
: Truth and the necessity Of living ii. /
COL 5. w. Wood was the next speaker. He |
claimed that NO have got to leg,sa.e in the
interest Of la',orcrs and producers il we are to
succeed. The question i not what shall tho |
money be made OF, but what shall make 1t ?ssWe
want money ACKNOWLEDGMENT in some Other I
kind OF money. but III products. We have men
who say they must have money with intrinsic
value. When you have exchange, money that .
has commodity value equal to its money value
for commodity, YOU have only exchanged
one commodity for another.
Col Copeland was the next speaker. He
claimet that man who took nom the worlds
goods without rendering III equivalent Is
thief. The man who abstracts from the worlds
mental goods without rendering an equivalent
ht.4r. 4 stF n ttl.v