The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-10
SENATOR EDMUND's THREAT.
The Day Has Passed When Such Utter
I. ances Carry Terror With Them.

The Day Has Passed When Such Utter
+ ances Carry Terror With Them.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat
quotes ex-senator Geo. T. Edmunds OIL
Vermont as saying:
If they dare to adopt the free coin
age of silver propose to hoard gold
in view of the arrangement of the cur
rency that may arise from the action
of the present congress. Ii this thing
must come. that we are to legislate
money for those who wish to get q
cheap dollar then we who have loaned
money will look out for ourselves.
Capitalists have invariably found a
way to protect their interests and the
loss has fallen on the men of small
means. It Is impossible to provide
by law against the advantages the rich
can take Of the poor. in case OF that
kind. The capitalists can withdraw
their funds from the channels of bust
ness when financial complication is
threatened. and thus escape the dan
ger"
The time was when Mr.. Edmund 8
vicious threat might have carried
terror with it
The story is told that certain
village of Switzerland the inhabitants
for generations were made to believe
that it was necessary to keep live
bear chained in the public park
even though its presence terrorized
the people. especially the children!
If it so happened that the bear died
the inhabitants at once procured
another through fear of direful things
that might happen if they had no
chained bear in the park.
But it so happened that on one oc-
casion bruin died and no new bear
was found to take its place. Lo! and
behold. nothing appalling happened!
Things went along as usual. From
that time henceforth they dispensed
with the bear-and no doubt cursed
the memory of those who taught
their ancestors the bug bear lie.
Our Anticipated fossil from the
Green Mountain state. who has grown
rich and sleek while sucking sus-
tenance from Uncle Sans official hog
trough during the last thirty years,
says the Chicago Sentinel, is trying
to make the people of the United
States believe that 1t is still necessary
to keep a golden calf (instead of a
bear) chained in the front yard. He
predicts direful things should the calf
die or get away. No knowing what
might happen!
AS we said, the time was when the
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tinguished and influential all indi-
vidual as the ex-senator believes him
self to be. would have carried terror
with them. But thank the bright
stars that day has passed.
Let Senator -Idmunds hoard his
gold. and with it the satisfaction that
most of it has been obtained from the
government crib. And let him re-
CALL if he can (for no one else can)
what great or good thing he ever did
for his country to entitle him to any
special consideration.
Let him also bear in mind this fact:
The American people are keeping
tab on its public servants. They
will in due time mete out to each his
due need of praise, and his jnst deserts
of condemnation. And let the ex-sen-
ator. from Vermont beware lest his
own name be written on the black list
of the peoples memory book.
Yes it is true, with rare exceptions.
that capitalists have invariably found
a way to protect their interests.
Robert Kidd for instance buried his
in the deep waters of the Hudson
river near its entrance to the High
lands 1t would not be bad place
for Mr.. Edmunds and his co-gold-
bugs to "hoard" their wealth. 1t
might be as difficult for poor folks
to find it as it has been for adventur-
ers to find Kids buried treasures of
gold,
1t is impossible" says this Green
Mountain patriot Shades of Ethan
Allen forgive us for using the ex-
preston, even sarcastically!) Ito pro-
vide by law against the advantage the
rich can take of the poor in case of
that kind!"
Let us add-yes. when men like
golden-calf Edmunds hold the Shylock
forts of the United States senate!
In conclusion. let us say this: Too
many old Greenbackers have been
educating the people during the last
fifteen years. They have said: Kill
the BEAR unloose the golden calf,
No need of either bear or calf in Uncle
Sam's front yard.
Let the capitalists withdraw their
funds" Let them hoard it. This
is exactly what they did during the
terrible ordeal of our civil war The
golden calf was hurriedly taken out
of the front yard. hustled across the
border into Canada and Europe and
kept there until the trouble was
over" The bear" didn't count dur
Let the financial complication"
come Let the capitalists precipi-
tate the panic. lock up their money
and begin the process of squeezing
the debtor class.
With Peoples party president in
the White house and a working ma
jority in congress inside of ten days
time green backs enough can be issued
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