Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-09
R.K. GARLAND, BROTHER OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
On the Two Old Parties and the Cur
rency Question.
PREscorr, ARK, June Is, 1885.

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Your numerous readers no doubt
nave observed the TACT that IN every ma
tlonal campaign since the iuhu'hg ana
banking schemes were put IN operation
the two oId parties nave trled TO sup
press ana AVOID discussion .Gi OF inc cur
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om ,; ~ ,Inl ','t" :" rho, y'u ,,n,',i HT
thnrn % s',u NV cor,Lnr ro,J ,o nnnsfTn'.
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,'a,,t ;,,,.nsti',,io,, i,, ,,,,pai,
tonii n",,r @ nr.inIi.", anJ "!
war and sectional i..urs. In his Mof
Shylock has succeeded in puttino in his
work well. Both parties have been
tools in his hands and lie has welded
them rs plant rs the potter does his
clay. Notwithstanding the fact that
they have constantly proclaimed that
the currency question was settled, they
nave HO so'Htl Nl'It lHAo pvNti vi
false issues than they proceeded to
work TO "tseHte tho currency question
nnu n.nu lhelr ,'hE'rlhE mas aIW"{' oeen IN
Inc interest oi prN'ie9'" cl'SS' VINO
are interested III keePlh- money scarce
against the great Douy ol producers
The favorite measures rcsortcd to by
these thinkers TO unsetlle the currency
the further coinage Of silver; to Increase
the intrinsic value OF it by adding more
metal 10 the silver dollar; TO suspend
tie issue "i SILVER eerl'Ht"itN; 10 redeem
ErechpacN currency III Sold; 10 refund
the Dohded dcOt IN GoId rs soon rs II
becomes auei To increase bank notes
(or promises 10 PaN 10 the iuiI amount
"i bonds deposited to secure them
A man would have to be very dull
indeed who could not see the full drift
and tendency Of all such legislation.
Yet stronpn to soy. that undnr - roo
ulor system of willful lyino and mis-
rcnresontotion bv thr nfr,! and sneak
crs of twn old n1Iitir,i for,inns q orr,t
many rood MEANING mon Of both
have brru blinded io thn trun situ,.
tion,
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il ia ornr,rin,c r,nnr,, nnL LGnrccia,n
loh,r and thn nrnIuris of l,b,r /,
inrrr,,sns thr .y,lun nf mono, Inv Limin,
i,hin~ il. vnlnmn II "ivns to Iornnrn-
tions The mower in control tbn volume
of monryIos tl,, f,hIrJ Nnrtmpo .,yor.
ed the cjb and flow of the occan-and
makes the fruits Of labor subject to
their lnsatiate creed.
Irndnr tbis IngisI,tlor If wonI1 tol.o
douhle the omount of monrv tbot is
nov rrnnir,d tn my on' nrirotc and
nnhIir dnhts otlici,I soIo,ids ,rI rail.
rooj cL,r,cs f,r tr,nsnor,ina, f,rn,
nroJucts t6 market Tnr Lna,. i2n mini
that whilst the purchasing power OF
dnlt l. mot nn,.rn.,,,',, ,Iim,,I,, l;,,,i,;,LnI.
tnvns ara tbn .onin nci'iai ,ni"r;ns .,nI
r,ilrooL ch,rr"s n,'o ,h, sa,,,, ~, ,,ri
ohlr innronsn7 Tndar M, ,,,,, ,l r''' ,f
rgisIntion if Womb rr~iirr two J"ys'
Ia5or tn earn n dollar whrr, if now no.
onirr. ono La,. and thn v,Inn nf nl
f,rn mimi ,nI r,anrs',ctmr,I ,,r,
dmcts would 7,c Jnnr"cfa,nJ in nr,ra,.-
tion ~ " ,>'''',' 80 r''t''
Uorost vo,ors of A,,or;,, o,oo nro,I
frrcmnn Jo ,,nu NOT sos ynmr flto l.,
the near futnro If Won dS no, % oror.n
from vour lrthoryv and Shake "t' thc
shnrkcls of old n97itv Jictotinn anil ,rr- @
annvp '''''N' "'''' =
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Nv" lonS wiz YOU W p'lli"t'' 10 your
iTe .tH n l'setos'S y! 'IN'e"'HT " 'I.t i'l'Scr-
"p'I oi'P'i"P' VI ''o Va" P"L} press
iI H." - "l'' ~ '".'' "'"' NG' an
n'e io' o,nop' are P'''n' l'n""Ga III
,n'i n"hs I"S'''I'IUo PS',''l,' "''oo's'Io"')
too'a vi i utpaNtu I'Inc! power u"
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AN EPISODE.
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a ~" !'sla nSo' "ncn ti'e WRITER
",ucH oy lew honest ,l"l'HliI ana zeal
Gus lli'"u'' "n"oi''"N ~ organize II
uacel'n"oN -i'auII parry III ihis county,
we were 'lolehily opposed ny lhe ehtire
o.atc press ana SPcaRers from nome
anu horo4u' me county was carried
~ however pl tno urecnnacEerS ~ toso'
III two suJceHS'ne " e'eG'loh'' ana happy
iot"' lcSu''S io''o"c"'
IN th'S canvass we charged that the
People couiu not LOOK 10 the two Old
parlleS-Glther ohc-ior inc needed re-
l1rllls'ahH , "a , lhe correction OF abuses We
clarSeu tllI' inc TWO parties were viz
tualiy iogG'her on an VllaI lSSues-par-
llcularIy the most VitaI OF all-the cur
rehcy question In proof OF this, we
citeG lhe actIon OF senator Bayard, who,
as chalrmas ot the committee having
charSe OF the matter refused to report,
anu sluelched me silver biI' We were
.T,u ,T". tn no,l'py Dclhoer"'.c poIluciahS'
sn"toti,n sa, St,", n"I 'iu . m's hoI repre-
"'"a'no a',.'' ,,ul VI e''u parry anu mat IL
az. az w. aiil unin,t " 'o''cllil. W""Ie
a",oT,a a,ooM y, s""'lDwS ;, p, on account OF enc
9"al'oH; pu'' now since senator
State under tbe now Domocro,ia1 tHi,1 VI
mnistrntion. can il Inc said th"t ho j.
not ..representative man in ,bo ~ now
twp Dare tLesc Demncro,;c li",. I "a. pt;.
ties. who ridIculed the nronbacieS and
assnrtions of ,bn lit,Io IanG - C..''i' 80"