The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-03-05
PEOPLE WILL TALK.

j. Ii. kecley-'l am going to preach upon the
subject "Dances and Dancers next Sunday
evening, simply because find that good many
people who compose our congregation seem to
be utterly ignorant of the real inwartls of that
social institution. ''Thc Modern Dance.,'
Il. w. Bcatty-Our people should turn out
and give the iyerS' Sisters II rOlising good house
tomorrow night for believe it is Il good show
and deserving of patronage don't say this
because happen to be running the opera house,
but II we don't give them Il good house il will
DC hard III tile future 10 get any good attractions
here. Show people meet and one Will say
"Wlat kind OF show town Is Wahpcton -
Now ii we don't patroniZe good attractions
when they come here the answer will probably
be, "Oh. Wahpcton is no good rs show town.
when the fact is, il has always been Il good
show town. Now. would like to see these
people get Il NICE large house, not only for my
own interests, but for the interest of the town.
L.B. Evcrdcll-l heartily agree with Cleveland
in his views of free coinage, and admire the
moral courage OF his letter. He has again
shown himself n statesman rather than Il poll
ticMn, and believe that the event will prove
that true craftsmanship is the best politics.
His position is in accord with the traditional
policy OF the Democratic party. The cry about
the surreptitious demonstration of silver is
historically false. silver was demonetized by a
Democratic congress. Oh the recommendation
of Democratic secretary Of the treasury,
approved by Democratic president, and openly
and avowedly demonetized. Just after the dis
covery of gold i'll California, the secretary of
the treasury in his annual report said that on
account OF the great increase in the supply Of
gold, consequent upon the discovery OF gold in
Caliiornia, silver had relatively become more
valuable than gold, and was worth more as
bullion than ms money, aad in consequence all
the silver coin OF the country was withdrawn
from circulation and melted up for bullion, so
that almost the only silver coin in circulation
was worn pieces, mostly Of Spanish and Mexican
coinage, that on account of abrasion We're worth
less as bullion than as coin, and recommended
that the weight Of all silver coins should be so
reduced that they would be worth intrinsicaly
less than their nominal value, and that they
should be legal tender for but u limited amount
In accordance with this recommendation the
committee on ways and means reported bill
liking the weight of the fractional silver coins
at their present amount, AMI making them Il
legal tender for five dollars only, and providing
that they should be coined on government
account only. The dollar was not mentioned
III the act for the reason that its coinage had
been prac tically suspended so long that the fac
that such Il coin was still authorized by law
was wholly overlooked. The chairman of the
committee Ill introducing the bill used these
words: ''The object of this bill is to demonetize
silver" don't see anything surreptitious
abou, that. The Democratic party has been the
party OF honest money, and Of equal rights, and
that is where Grover Cleveland stands to-day.
1t has opposed the taxing of the masses for the
benefit of the few, and it has opposed the
swindling Of the laboring classes by cheap
money, for the benefit of SPECTATORS. Every
time that it has been tempted to abandon its
principles for some scheme to catch votes, it
has found that it undcrrated the innate honesty
aud good sense of the masses, and has paid the
penalty III ignominious defeat. And whenever
1t stood firm on its principles it has found that
the sober second thought of the people vindi-
Gated them. The two worst enemies of the
laborihg man are tariff robbery, and debased
currency, and of the two, believe the latter is
the worse. We can call eighty cents worth o,
silver dollar, and where the laboring man is
now getting dollar, he will get dollar
measured by eighty cents worth Of silver. but
what he buys will be measured by one hundred
cents worth of gold. In other words, his wages
will remain nomlnally where they are, but the
price Of what he buys will rise. Leave out o.
the silver party, those who are interested ir
silver mining, and those who want to pay thsfl
debts ut eighty cents on the dollar, and fret
coinage will cease to DO an issue.
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