Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-14
n from flooding away to destruc-

them from flooding away to destruc-
ton.
Manuel Pinkley deserves great credit
for the daring manner in which he
braved the seething flood to save the
| lives of the people on the west side of
the railroad at Sabula. After the water
| became too deep for a wagon he took
| one mule and swan in and out until all
were safe.
Your Illinois correspondent is a good
writer and apparently an intelligent
| and well-informed gentleman, but we
cannot agree with him altogether. In
the first place, let me say that / did
understand Judge Emerson's letter
| thoroughly, although we did not refer
to the cost of coinage. We referred
only to the raise in value that would
result not from the coinage of silver,
but from the law if passed, or, in other
| words, the increased demand that would
| result in case the Bland bill be-
comes law. Now suppose. Mr.. Farm
en-" that Congress passed law for
bidding the expectation of wheat what
| would be the result? Wheat would
depreciate in value, would it not?
Then when you raised your voice
against so unjust a law and asked for
its repeal what would you think Of a
man who would twaddle about your
| wanting dollar for seventy-cent wheat
| Did you ever hear of a seventy-cent
| dollar before silver was demOnetized?
Perhaps the owner of silver should pay
| for its coinage, but let gold and silver
| be put on an equal footing as far as
coinage is concerned. Mr.. Farmer"
says, Our Democracy has always been
of that nebulous variety, with no more
solidity and consistency in it than the
tail of comet. 1t needs concentrate
ing" We must take issue with the
gentleman here again. While it is
CALLING in the extreme to see a faction
turn and vote with the Republicans to
defeat Democratic measure, | would
not exchange it for the one man power
that prevails, to a great extent, in the
Republican party. A wink from j. g.
Blaine would change the tune and set
the whole party to dancing to the mus
| ic. If Mr.. Blaine should invent some
new name to take the place of free coin
age the whole party would swing into
| line, and shout themselves hOarse for
| the dollar of our dads. When the Re-
publican party reached the pinnacle of
protection, where there was hardly
standing room, we thought they would
have to come down the freetrade road,
but, 10, Mr.. Blaine discovered a little
narrow path, called reciprocity, down
the back side and took the whole party
down that way. Then those fellows
who were balling for sea of fire to
shut US off from foreign countries are
now organizing Knights of Reciprocity
clubs and shouting themselves hoarse
for reciprocity. No, Mr.. Farmer, p"
we don't want any concentration. Con-
sistency is jewel, but concentration is
tyranny. | believe our representative
voted for free coinage, which was in
accordance with the wishes of his con-
stituents. If those who voted the other
way represented their people they did
right also. We have expected TO re-
lief from oppressive laws from this
Congress, but we wanted it to go on
record. showing a disposition to give
relief to the people, and we will not
lose hope until Congress fails to do so.
In fact, it looks now as if a fairly good
record would be made.
April 9TH, 1892. MURPHY.