The advocate., 1890-10-29
Mckinley tariff bill.

lhtlefb Ot tlb pbupleh party are Responsible fOi
this much abused credit aet
Ahl Here they are driven TO cover
Here they begin 10 realize that they are
in a close corner, 80 true 30 their old tac-
tics, they distort the truth and seek TO di,
vert attention by striking AZ the demo
Gratis. Let us call upon a republican
witness.
The hard times and gtringenCy OF the money
market is In pursuance OF the cherished policy Oi
the bOndhOldera catered ~ by the republican
party. They never have In any one Instance
since tne war closed suggested measure OF
legislation which did not Involve contraction.
The bonds originally payable In greenbacka- In
terest only payable In oOn-Were payable by
the aCb OF March, 1869, In cOn Over Il billion
OF greenbaeka were destroyed tO resume specie
payment I'm 1870 the reiunding act provided
That tho bonds Issued Hereunder should DO paid
In coin OF their standard VIZ, In dollars consisting
Ololthor 2D8 grnin8Of gold % line or di2h grains
silver or the same flnenGAB. The next move Of
the party was 10 enhance the value OF bonds by
destroying silver as money and compelling pay
ment In gold alone. The national bank system
Y organized ON enc principle OF contraction, as
Che bonds are paid their circulation M being 70.
tired. "Our debt N being reduced si2l ,25O, ,b3935
per year" We have made AZ much progress In
paying the national debt as did the god OF Scan
dinaYlAn mythology who undertook ~ drain n
drinking horn and found 10 connected with the
Qcean.--HOl Th0s W. Fitch Eb-RepubltCdn
Representative.
1he national debt, measured by days labor, by
bales OF cotton, bushels OF Wheat or barrels OF
pork u greater to-day than In lSOs-SCndtOr
Sl0WGrt
Just look at the bills for the welfare
Of The people that were passed during
this session Of Congress. / defy you to
point out single bill passed for the vel
fare OF the people, and II the two given
are specimens Of the beneficial Legislation
given the people, then by your own
words you are condemned.
One has but TO read the comments of
the organs Of Wall Street TO understand
what triumph for Wall Street the sill
YER bill Is. II absolutely demonetlzes
silver and under the pretense Of giving
full and unlimited coinage, bullionlzes
silver, making the United States bonds,
principal, premium and interest payable
In gold. The national policy Of the
United States Is payment "Bankero'
Case"
The disability pension, as any soldier
will tell you, is far, very far from being
a measure OF justice II was passed to
block the wheels Of further Legislation in
that direction. "The antitrust bill to
protect the people" against the trusts and
monopolies, created and fostered by the
republican party, must be very effective
when the republican party comes again
this year demanding an antitrust law,
What does that mean2
The Wall Street journals openly boast
ed in 1877 that "The machinery is now
furnished by which in any emergency |
the financial corporations Of the east can
act together at single days notice with
such power that no act Of Congress can
overcome or resist their decisions" The
republican party placed the chains Of the
money power on the throat Of hepeople,
and It's hlrellngs seek TO delude the peo-
people by misrepresentation and false
hood. "I have made the statement be.
fore that Mrs. Lease was an anarchist"
Miss Walker termed me a socialist in her
paper some time last June, and endeav-
Ored to enlighten her a little. l asked
her II she didn't mean anarchist instead
Of socialist" and she flippanly retorted
that "lt meant the same, anyhow" l
begged Of her to consult the dictionary,
and she did so with such good results
that she has never misplaced the word