The Goodland republic., 1893-11-10

and the people would be con1denced
at every turn Chicago Free Trader.
The next move on the checker
board of the future is goldbond issue.
John Sherman is proposing and push
ing this measure. He favors ''popu-
lar loan" of s50,O0O,OO0 per cent gold
bonds in small denominations of SO,
lS25 and $50 for safe investment for peO-
pie of small means. He represents
that the people have unbounded conf
dence in the government securities
and would greatly invest their savings
that the people, for want of confidence,
have withdrawn from the banks. This
sounds nice, but there will probably
accompany this issue, bonds of larger
denomination, which the banks will
grab, and all the smaller denomination
bonds as fast as disposed of, as they
viii inevitably be, by the small holders.
Besides, the people have con-
fidence in the government money-the
greenbacks. Why not issue greenbacks
to meet deficiency, for non interest
bearing debt is always preferable to an
interest bearing debt. The latter would
put money into circulation, the former
would not. The people need more
money, bnt the bankers do not want
this unless they can control it.
The fight against silver would lead
one to suppose that silver was too
plentiful in the world and in our own
country. This, however, is not the
case. In the last 40 years there has
been produced in all the world four
billion of gold and three bill
billion of silver. In the United States
there is $40 per capita in gold against
So per capita in silver. We should
have at least g in silver in circulation
for 81 of gold. With any wise legisla-
ton and effort to get this silver money
in ncirculation it could be easily accom-
plished. The money of the country
should be out among the people in
stead OF. being piled up in vaults
G. R. Shook received the largest ma
joEity.of; any man elected in Sherman
county this fall He could not very
well help it as he was on both the Re
publican and Populist ticket. It Is
queer how things change about. One
year ago in the Populist delegate con-
vention he took the floor for a resoIu-
tion against fusion with either old
party. In Ford county, Kan, We heard
of;R similar case where a candidate for
sheriff on the Populist ticket fought
fusion and carried the convention for
middle of the road" ticket, but as
matters turned out there were three
tickets in the field with the exception
of this very office of sheriff. Are these
cases mere condolences?
The elections in this state viii be a
test of single e-handed PopuIist strength
against Republican and Democratic
strength combined. It will be useful
in making future estimates, and in
teaching useful lessons TO the Populist
party We hardly think the time has
come in Kansas when the Populist can
carry the state without the assistance
of the Democratic vote.
TIE first trial of the new ballot law
has proved entirely satisfactory. The
election was quiet, orderly and free
from the usual demonstrations that
prevailed under the old method There
was no use of money OF treats. No
marching up In ranks and voting at
the dictation OF political bosses It vas
a triumph for the new PopuIist law.
aHArH not God chosen the foolish
things Of this world to confound the
Sisegn