The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-18
THAT PROCLAMATION
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wheat Yes. thanks t. bountiful
Providsnee. In the same message it
is remarked that the expansion of the
cum ency by the silver act Of Jolly IA.
1890, wss all that saved US from q f.
nancial panic on account of so nsuch
gold leaving the country. and yet this
Indiana savan says Free coinage
would be disastrous. If 3 near ap-
proseh as this measure allowed saved
Us from financial wreck, where is the
sense In saying that complete return
to bimetalismssin force from 1892 to 1873
, would be disastrous7 All wind, Ben
Harrison. This Is the character Of the
argument. "a man falls into 3 sixty
fe>" ~eh. he makes out by dint of
J. climbing to ascend thirty feet to =
2 ~, by which he is rescued. Now
thirty more feet of rope would be
disastrous and prevent his escape from
the we'll" Or another: Half rations
keep an army IN the field from starv-
ing; but full rations would be disas-
trous without the consent of their nat
urai enemies who camp in their i'm
mediate front" Some one better
send Ben Harrison a leather medal and
a cromo for such sound reasoning in
his great(P) message.
He repeats Secretary Fosters old
chestnut about the per capita circula-
ton. He can talk to marines. We do
not believe n word of it. Deducting
bank reserves, private boards, the re-
serve in the United States treasury and
sub-treasury. and all other funds not
in actual circulation, we doubt if there
is $40 per capita in circulation. The
message brings out that there is due
Immediately to the United States
government from subsidized railroads
the sum of S112,512,618,O6. This WAS
due December 81, 1890. from the
Pacific railroads. He says this is to
big thing for congress to deal with
and advise the appointment of COM
missioners to agree upon and report
plan for the dealing with this debt.
This is sage isn't it7 Why not order
the secretary of the treasury to fore
close or the road, have a receiver ap-
pointed and proceed as any business
man would to collect an honest debtP
This commission business means job
berry and fraud.
Now after all this, the dear presi- |
dent advises congress to pass law to
appropriate money to aid in the build |
ing of the Nicaraguan canal. and that
the United States government, guaran-
tee the bonds of the private corpora
ton attempting to build it. More |
iobbery! If the government is to
build anything. let 1t own and operate
it. whether it be the Pacific railroads,
Of the Nicsraguan canal. The presi-
dent liscants on the ocean mail sub
sidy. Chinese emigration. the Indians,
the census. the Mormons, also Oh
gerrymandering, the presidential cleo
tors. the rights of majorities, statua-
tory change in election laws, etc. He
does one good thing. He calls the at
IGNITION of congress TO the need of
legislation to protect the lives of rail
road employees. We will give ham
credit for that. We think that this
Charity at home" business is some
thing capable OF much enlargement in
presidential messages. After all the
Is as good as we could expect
from a man of the narrow intellectual
horizon of Benjamin Harrison. You
can't pump water out of dry well,
nor squeeze blood out of a turnip.