Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-31

cents on the dollar. or even less, anu
that with such dishonest currency
their pensions are to be paid.
The soldiers of Indiana know wheth-
CT have been faithful to their wants
and interests. and they will believe me
when l assure them that this circular
is not true; that no measure is contem-
plated, OF can ever by the remotest pos
sibility become law. by which they
will be paid their pensions, now or
hereafter, in money that is less valu-
able, dollar for dollar, than the very
best money, whatever that may be, in
circulation anywhere in the world. 1t
is well worth the attention of the SOL
diers that the silver dollar of the faith
ers, of4l24 grains, was devised by Thos.
Jefferson, sanctioned by Washington,
authorized by the Constitution and put
into circulation by Alexander Hamil-
ton, the first Secretary OF the Treasury
Of the United States.
1t is also worthy their attention that
this dollar has never, from that day to
this, stood for a single moment below
gold in its purchasing power or in the
financial centers or money markets of
the world; indeed, its purchasing power
at the time it was secretly stabbed nigh
unto death in 1873 was per cent high
Ell than that Of gold. And even now,
crippled and MANNED as it is at the
hands of its treacherous enemies, and
falsely proclaimed to be a deprecated
and debased currency, so per cent. be-
low par, it still supplies every want Of
man, and goes as far in doing so, dollar
for dollar, as the best gold ever coined
into money. The horse that can be
bought for a hundred dollars in gold
can be bought for q hundred in silver;
the suit of clothes that can be bought
for S25 in gold can be bought for $25in
silver, and if a man prefers to have the
gold rather than silver in his pocket,
he can today buy the gold itself with
silver, dollar for dollar.
No one need be misled on this point.
There are at this time more than four
hundred millions Of silver money in
daily and hourly circulation in this
country. The silver certificates based
on silver coin and the coined currency
itself are to be found doing a large and
honorable business in every neighbour
hood beneath the flag. BY the legisla-
ton ofls7s,supplemented by subsequent
enactments, silver money has been re-
stored to it's legal tender power and to
its full dignity and honor. Not one
dollar of it can now be found from the
north end OF Maine to the south end of
Texas. in a deprecated condition, pass
ing at a discount, OF holding it's head
in any market. whether Of produce or
of money ,lower by the breadth of hair
than the proudest gold ever gambled
for in the dens Of Wall Street.
Silver money is this day SO sound and
acceptable amongst us and passes so
smoothly and easily at par with gold
that it is in constant use even by it's
enemies without knowledge or suspi-
cion on their part that it is in their
hands. There is hardly a Senator on
this floor at this moment who has not
in his possession and who is not in the
daily habit Of carrying silver money, in
the shape Of silver certificates, with
which he can, and sometimes does, buy
gold at even rates across the counters
OF the banks, and with which he paws
his board and rent il he is poor, or the
expenses OF his palatial. residence and
splendid entertainments if he is rich.
MI. President, let us all, therefore be
thankful for silver money, the money
of the Bible, the money Of the Patri-
archs the money of the ages, the money
of the fathers, the money OF the Consti-
tuition, and the money Of the people,
the same yesterday, today and forever
We behold the 100000 which we
have, and know it to be good. Itmeans
good money and more of it, and there
is not laboring man in all the land, 1
care not where or what his politics, who
does not pray for such measure. 1t
would come at this time to the toiling
millions like soft rains to the parched
and burning desert.
Sir, there is no friction OF want of
harmony between the two great money
metals of the world. The cry now SO
often heard that the coinage of silver
and it's use will drive gold out of the
country is a VIGOROUSLY false cry. The
facts Of history not only refute such a
statement, but place it beyond discus
sion and reduce it to contempt. The
dismal prediction of gold expectation
from our shores was repeated thou.
sand times Oh the floors of both houses
Of Congress when silver was restored
to coinage in 1878, and the raven croak
Of coming disaster was taken up all