The advocate., 1890-05-07

! but one class Of paper currency W0 inyOr the
withdrawal Of the national bank notes, sub
stitutinR therefor greenback currency Issued
! directly by the government, as the olepaper
currency of the country. And we demand
that h be issued In sufficient volume TO fully
meet the wants Of business, without deprici-
ating its value; and chat 10 shall be received
In payment Of all debts, public and private,
except as otherwise specified by contract.
SENTIMENTS or fus DEMOCRATIC AND
GREENBACK CONSTITUENTS.
The democrats Of Kansas gave this
declarations
We favor the full reconciliation Of silver,
the removal Of all restrictions on it5 coin
age, placing IL on nm equal footing with gOldi
the repeal of the national banking laws the
retirement OF national bank notes, and the
substitution of treasury notes, commonly
called greenbacks In their place, said notes
TO be made Il legal tender for all purposes.
The greenbackers, in state convention,
resolved:
That money is a creation Of law, n con-
Venience OF trade and commerce, and 10 is
the duty of the government 10 provide all
the money needed by the peOpe-a full le-
gal tender paper money, based on the power,
perpetuity and credit Of the government,
needing no other redemption than that IL be
received by the government In full payment
of all debts and taxes, including all duties
on imports.
That all the expenses and debts OF the
government, including the bonds, should be
discharged In greenbacks, made full legal
tender, and the government, national and
state, by constitutional provisions, should 30
forever prohibited from issuing interest
bearing bonds.
That we demand the unconditional repeal
OF the specie resumption act and the national
banking law, and that the currency be in
creased instead OF being contracted,
WAS THERE EVER GREATER PERFGDY TO A
SACRED ENGAGEMENT?
Has this man Ingalls, and his special
Kansas newspaper striker-Ialph M.
Easely Of the Hutchinson Ners rs-abso-
lutely forgotten the attitudes Of the po-
litical organizations Of Kansas in 1878 on
this most vital money question?
Has this precious brace Of disinterest-
ed (?) politicians forgotten the fervid
protestation made in January, 1870, Of a
most anxious, fearfully perturbed candi-
date for the United States senate fear
ing a shortage Of votes against the pre-
sumed actions Of n conscienceless, heart
less money power, that is ever and anon
around legislative halls, whilst a sena-
torial election is pending?
Has it passed out Of the minds Of OBJ
serving, patriotic men how much Of ca
balling there was in the last week Of Jan
uary, 1870, around the "Old Tetft house"
at Topeka, and at a place in close prox-
unity thereto where sundry bipeds Of bib
ulous propensities cOngregated to par
take of narcotics and Of stimulating fluids
as their keen Oppetites might suggest or
desireg
At the closing scene Of that joint con
vention of January 81, 1870, had any one
suggested TO Senator Ingalls, that three
years thereafter he would be bound
cheek by jowl with the monopoies Of the
land, turning his back on Kansas in his
position on national banks, might he not
inquired as did Hazael Of the Prophet
Elisha, "But what is thy servant, which
is but dog, that he should do this great
thing?"
THE FINALE Oh, THE FOUR DAYS BAL
L0TING.
On that last day Of January, 1879, as
the committee appointed to bring Sena
tor Ingalls, to the scene of his triumph,
appeared with the "hero of the hour"
and was.fntroduced 20 the lepislators and