The advocate., 1890-10-15
DISCUSSION OF MRS. N, E LEASE AND
MISS MINERVA WALKER.
{ Continued from Nral paOe.l


benefits or detriments are % be. Hewould
not do II II he knew II was scheme TO
rob himself. She says "nlne-tenths OF
the farming lands Of the United States
are owned by money monopoly" | defy
her 10 give the names Of the monopolies
owning the land and She lands they own
In 1870 there we're 100000 farms In the
United States, leaving out Colorado, Da-
kota and tho territories. That number
has been materially increased since. This
does not look like seven-tenths OF the
farms were owned by monopolies The
fact is the farmers have the monopoly on
the farm lands, and the peoples party
!, are trying 10 convince them that they
on should have a monopoly Of the products
In and manufactured articles
Then in regard to that credit strength
ening act The very men who are the in
stigatOrs and leaders Of the peoples
party, together with their northern allies,
the democratic party, are the ones who
are responsible for this much abused
credit strengthening act. The national
democratic convention In 1868 adopted q
resolution that virtually meant repudia-
tiOn. II resolved In favor Of paying a
tfUnaovernment interest bearing note with
not Nrnment non-lnterest bearing note.
remedi natural effect Of this was to impair
CF'ui'n redit OF the government The re-
.v' lean party in convention assembled
wal living resolved "that the best policy 10
a,,I diminish our burden Of debt Is TO improve
~ our credit, 80 that money can be obtained
ala lower rate Of interest than we now
pay seeking thereby 10 overcome the
eVg effects OF democratic repudlation,
pSgsec the credit strengthening act. II
Pledges the government to the payment
-.-0Coln or its equivalent OF all obllga-
tlOns, notes and bonds, except those
where the law authorized the payment
might be made in legal tender notes.
This act never cost the government
dollar, as II brought It's greenback notes
up to par with gold, so that they we're
received In payment for bonds as quickly
as gold, and helped materially in refund
ing the debt 40 a much lower rate Of in
terest The evidence Of this Is the fact
that our bonds are now drawing only
per cent and the debt is being reduced
S121, ,259, 1885 per year, as per the report
Of the United States treasurer for 1889.
X the testimony she has adduced on be-
\ half Of her case, testimony no doubt given
under such conditions as are foreign TO
the purpose for which she uses it, Is TO
81 be considered good, then l could pro-
nviiuce testimony from alliance men that
would forever and everlastingly damn all
little leaders, including herself, Of the peO-
IN ple's party.
al Under the head Of "free speech" my
opponent says that 'the arbitrary rulings
OF autocrat Reed, the tool of monopoly,
preCludes the idea."
am surprised that she would assail
Speaker Reed, when united country
8 cOmmonds his course. BY virtue Of Mr..
Reed being speaker, more legislation has
been enacted In favor Of the people than
curing the term Of any other speaker.
His rulings have made It possible to
tTaasact business and act upon measures
for tao people, against the combined Of
f0r2s oP democracy Had II not been for |