The advocate., 1890-09-17
TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, sEPTEMBER 17 I89O.
THIRD LETTER FROM S. J. CRAWFORD,

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Who Received the Votes Of Thousands Of Hon
est Freemen of the Commonwealth Of Kansas
In 1864 and l866-IIe is Now the Cringlng
Tool OfN Domestic and Foreign PlutOcracy-
Most Fully Illustrating the PrOyerb, where
the Carcass ls There VIII the Eagles be Gath.
cred TOgethcr'-He IL Welded 10 MOnOpO-
llstic Flesh-POts.
In the quintessence Of stupidity that
characterizes the editor Of the Topeka
Capital, he prints five and onehalf col
umns Of matter in his paper over the sig
nature of Hon. Samuel J. Crawford. II
might be counted good companion
piece Of that fictitious political literature
that il has published concerning the
"Farmers' Alliance" which could be
credited to Texas refugee from Wash
ington county in that state, but who is
now prohibition (heaven save the marl1)
republican, for the present residing in
the capital city of Kansas.
SAMUEL TRIES TO DEMOLIsH JOHN DAVIS.
Like many another political gladiator
when worsted in a contest where facts,
justice and truth upset the utterances Of
paid monopolstic hlreling, ex-Gover-
nor Crawford becomes 80 angered as in
himself to be personally and voluntarily
exhibited as a marked instance Of "a
party trickster finally degenerating to
the condition Of consummate fool"
He dislikes being compared to Bene-
dict Arnold, but having voluntarily on
shrouded himself in the historic shirt Of
Nessus in his political death dances, il
will fatally cling to him forever, with no
possible hope Of being rescued from It's
deadly touch.
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIE RESUMPTION.
In sickly, whining preface to some
things that he makes highly personal to
John Davis, he after a while launches out
as follows:
From the EmpOra meeting Mr.. Davis, I'm his
communication, passes 10 the resumption OF
specie payment and the death OF the greenbaCk
party. He says, There has been no resumption
OF specie payment, Rich men living In or near
New York have enjoyed the privilege OF asking
and receiving coin for paper II they chose 70 do
so, but poor people and remote people have had
no part In this sham called resumption"
Now II he was talkiug 10 Texas cowboys who
can neither read nor write, or Mexican poems
who do not understand the English language, he
might perhaps find some one who would believe
what he says, but not otherwise.
The law OF 1876 designated the fTst day OF Jan
uary, 1879, rs the time when the government
would resume specie payment, and on that day
the government resumed, officially and pTaCtica.
bly,, and on every business day from that time 10
the present any and every person residing any
where I'm the United States could exchange cur
rency for gold or silver, dollar for dollar, n they
so desired, The truth Is nearly everybody pre-
ferred the currency so there was very little de
mand for coin.
In his statement relative 10 the death OF the
gTeenback party, Mr. Davis Is partly right and
partly In error Ilp says II was still breathing as
a national organization In 1881. That Is not true.
10 died on the first day OF January 1879 but its
remains have been kept hacked around and dan.
gled In the face Of every national convention as
an article or commodity OF political hucksters
since the day Of It's death. The thing was on eX-
hibltiOn I'm indianapolis few days since where
Jones, lts custodian, was trying 10 re-embalm