The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-07-17

mour, It would have nominated Ben
Butler ct Chicago. In what feature
Of administration would Cleveland
Blainei
Why this Resolution.
The Buckeye vidette. commenting
on the proposed currency amend
ment to the constitution. handles
the infamous attempt to destroy the
peoples money In the interest Of the
money power without gloves. It
Gays:
Why this resolutionf
The government has existed near
~ . century under the present con-
stitution. The power which It pro.
poses to deny to the people plainly
exists In the body OF the national
constitution. It is as old Us the old
est part Of the constitution, and is as
plainly expressed as any part OF It;
while the unwritten law upon which
II rests is as old and as natural as
that principle upon which civilized
nationality Is founded.
Why this resolution?
Nor has this power been abused
nor Is 1t, truthfully speaking liable
to abuse. Some may say It has been
abused. That Is not so. Some say 1t
may be abused. That Is because
they do not understand the princi-
pie. There IL no history to show
that 1t has been abused, that it's ex-
ercise Is dangerous or promotive OF
disaster. Men may assert II, but
they cannot prove It. They lie igno-
rantly or viciously-thsy cannot
produce scrap Of proof.
Why this resolution?
The principle IL q self-evident
truth, On axiom in nature, and all
occurring facts follow In consistent
lire.
Why, then, this foolish resolution
There Is our proposition, and It Ii
invincible. Tho hired politician
can dash his brains against 1t II he
dares. he cannot move it
Why this resolution1
The power has been frequently
Ily exercised, after bank control OF
the currency had plunged the coun-
try In trouble and swamped 1t and
themselves, frequently, in the vortex
OF their own exploded credit. Had
Il been continually exercised, and
had bank meddling with the cur
rency been excluded, had they been
denied the exercise Of function
with which they have no business,
the public would not have been
plundered and the frequent financial
collapses would not have happened.
Why this resolution?
All the financial crisiscs which
have spread disaster widely, have
been melted by banks loaning their
credit at usurous rates, while they
boarded specie to speculate on
when the inevitable break should be
precipitated by contraction or dis.
trust, and In each OF these has the
cry gone out to the nation, save vi
or We perish"
i Why this resoluticn7
j The constitution says congress.
shall coin money and regulate 1t,
value. This Is . vital function nee
essary to general welfare. It's ex
ercise grows more and moro i'm
portant. Transfer the issue OF "a
lper currency to banks and they con
troll the whole volume OF both pape
and metal, ana congress- has no pow
er to regulate the value even OF 1t
own coin, for this sovereign pOwe
} will be wholly In tho grip Of Wal
street.
Why this resolution?
What has the legal tender pape
J done? Restored order and move
: on the machinery OF society rs pros
perously in the mids. Of the devas
tation which Shylock greed and dis
honesty had wrought, as possibl
and marvelously demonstrate
: the grandeur OF peoples SOY
{ erignty.
Why this res olutiuD2
Then the right was denied by Shy
lock, and tools or fools In powt
would ignore their duty, withdra
government credit and again let til
bank dogs loose to resume "spec
payment" and their deviltry In gel
eral. This sort OF "honest nnancie
ing" see-s2wed along producin
Legitimate but disastrous result
instability, robbery, extortion, frau
and bankruptcy, until war came.
u Why this idiotic resolution?
d. Aristocratic Shylockism brougl
war. Only partially legal tend
/. paper saved the nation in four year
: Full legal tender and no BON
, would have done 1t in two.
}. Why this reasonable resolution
.O For score OF years and mo
"a legal tender paper has been d
financial anchor Of the nation.
y came when gold and silver fed wi
skulking shylsck; when bank not
ss were us worthless as scared autuI
n leaves and still stays and has 81
cessfully contested its right to st
and check the aggressions OF n
nopolists. It has done no hal
q. while the good 1t has done Is bcyo
estimate and is still demanded W
evel1bo demanded-to save the peol
u from \ slavery more dishonorah
more cruel, more bloody and dis
trous to human peace, than that
which Jeif Davis fought.
~ Why this reasonable resolution
ne Have the people asked for It? \
n. Why, then, this ancalled J
TIA sneakiag, Insulting resolutions.
ID It is the demand OF Shylock n
No RAIDERS. financial gamblers, us,
us specie spectators, sharks who
us YOUR the substance OF the peoI
m rob them Of their rights and dcs
,or them In the time OF trouble.
Why this resot 1tft
Isl; CONSPIRACY AGAINST l.
lERTY!!!