The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-30

free coinage Of silver from the outset, and
i am free 50 say that after having OBJ
served the operations OF the act Of 1875
ann more shan ever convinced OF the VIE
dom OF that legislation and of the Eutiilty
OF the aecusations by vh1ch 30 was assaiied-
The people Of tEc country t-aC Teur1sGst
haFs no longer any supCrstltlon about
coin NoEW1thstaulluE all the ueclaEa-
tious of the monomotalist5s uotyFithHtaud-
ing all the assaults that have been made
by those who are SO Ja1oF Of stu Further
Increasing tta gutu1 or tta standard 5v
lUAiea their possessions are measured, they
know chat Hl0H5V is neither lge1lth nor cap
itui nor uGtu11 and that it is merely Gee Gre
alton Of llG lulJ 5g lUhieh an these are
estimated and measured We SPEAK. sir
about the volume OF money and about its
relation to the wealth and capital OF the
country.
Let me ask you, cir, for a moment, what
would occur If the circulating medium
were to be destroyed. Suppose shat the
gold and silver were TO be Withdrawn sud
denly from circulation and melted mp into
bars and inEota and buried in the earth
from which they were taken Suppose
that all the paper money silver C1Etll-
Gates gold uertidcztssr national bank notes
treasury notes were stacked in one mass
at the END OF che Treasury building and
the torch applied to them and -hey were
to be destroyed by IRE and their ashes
sprsEd like the ashes OF Wyoklihs-
upon the Potomac, TO be spread abroad
VIDE waters HHaN raNaA rLEU
shectf Would not lILs country be lJ0Tth
sractly as much as 60 Is to-dugF Would
there not be just as many acres Of land Just
as many JEF-Hlsr as many days Of Lu1oTr as
much merchandise and as much property
Improved and llliUlpr0ueu, as there Is To-
LuVF
The result would be that commerce
would Iauguishf the sails of the chips
would be furled iu the nHrborsi the great
rains would cease to run TO and fro on
their errauda trade would be reduced TO
barter and the people finding their auer-
giles lang ulzulugr civilization itself would
drop and we should be reduced to the CON
iitiou of nOmadio wanderers upon the
primsvaI plains.
Suppose, on the other hand, that, instead
Of being destroyed au the money In this
country were to be put In the possession
Of alngle man gold and paper ana
silver - and he were to be uoored in mid
AtiEntiG upon a raft with his great hoard.
Or be stationed ia the middle OF che Sl-
lara desert without food TO uOurish or
shelter to cover or the means OF transpOE-
.stion to get away Who would be the
richest man. the pOssessOr of that Eigau-
bio treasure, or the humbIsst settler upon
the plains OF the West with a dug-out to
shelter him and with corn meal and water
enough for his daily brsadg
Doubtless, Mr.. President, you search the
Scriptures daily, aud are therefore familiar
with the story of those departed politi-
slams of Judea who sought TO eEtaugis the
Master ia his LalA us ASKING MN Ut 10 aa
awful TO pay tribute TO Caesar or not. he,
perGsiving the purpose that they had in
view said unto thems "BhOW me the rElb-
ute money" and they brought Him
and supsrsCri ption2" And they replied,
CHsar's" And He saids Render unto
Cesar the things that are CGasar'a, and unto
Sod the things that are Gods"
I hold Mr. President between my
.huuo and finger a silver denarius, or
penny" of that auCi ant time bearing
the image and supeEsCription OF Cesar
lt has been money for more than 20 cen
lurles. Imperial Cesar is dead and
turned to clay He has yielded to q
mightler couquerOEr and his eagles his
suzIgus and his trophies axe iudistiuar uish-
tuls dust. His triump hs and his victories
sro schOul-boy's tale Rome herself is
but a memory. Her marble poEtiCOa and
lem pies and palaces are in ruins The
IluggisE monk and the lazy IazzaEoni
haunt the senate houses and the Coli
scum, and the derisive owl wakes che
echoes of the voicelsss forum, but this
little contemporary disc of silver i5 money
itlu because 10 bears the image and aupGE-
icriptiuu of Caesar. And sir it viii con
.inue 20 be money for 20 centuries more
should it resist SO long the corrodiHE
tanker ana the guaWing tooth of time.
But If one OF these pages here should take
lhis coin 90 the railway track ana allow
ltaut its functions would have Disappeared
and lt would be money NO longer because
.he lmags ana superserlpuou OF Cesar
would have disappeared.
Mr. President money O. the creation Of
IIUl and the American people have learned
.hat Isssoui aud they are indifferent TO
The assaults they are indifferent TO the
arguments they are Indifferent 20 che us-
1erslous which are cast upon them for
demanding that the lao OF the United
States shall place the image and super
ICrIptiOu of Cesar upon siLger enough u7d
J0ta enough uHd paper enough to enable
hem 90 transact without embHrrassulsnt,
Without hiuGraucs. without delay and with
Jut impOvsrish ment their daily business
idairs, and shat shall give them a measure
lf values that viii not make their belong
ugB the sport and the prey of che EpsGu-
atOUs.
Mr.. President, this contest can have bus
Jue issue The experiment shat has be-
gun win not fail 1t i8 useless to daEF
hat many irpegu-arllies have been toleE-
tied heres that many crimes have been COM
nitted iu she sacred name of liberty that
bur public Affairs have had suaudEIous
EPISODES 90 which every patriotic heart
iivsrts with diatress5 shat there have been
luVy and jealousy la high uLacesi tlll
lsFC haze been tregcs17lr. and tUtug plat
0rEsaf that there have ben aualilW com
promises and degrading connexions %
popular arrors= but amid l.l cheese rl-sturu-
.nca5s Gmid all thaHs cQulaa-a. esalo Ff
hs8e ineEplicHble Alterations. rle path o.
he nation has been steadily onward
At She beginning of our second rauturE
Vs have entered upon a new social and
political movement whose results cannot
infinitely momentogs- That the progress
HrTF hal ur--rraI. have mn aInrEH# W7rHnr-H