The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-20
BILL ARP SPEAKS.
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ON
THE SUBJECT.
Says He Knows Little About it
but Thinks we Need a States
man to Straighten Matters---
A Demand for Farm Products.
FAtlanta Constitution. !


[Atlanta Constitution.
Silver and gold | wish that | did
understand it. | have said SO much
about bimettalism and demoneuzing
and free coinage and the Sherman
act and the purchase Of bullion and
what congress should do and shouldn't
d that it all makes my head swim
and lose confidence in Mr.. Cleve-
land and Mr.. Carlisle and everybody
else. The whole :hing seems to be in
4 tangle. Have We no great statesmen,
no great hnanciers 10 back UP to-?
Are the editors Of the papers to box
the thing about forever and ever and
keep the people in a qlandarz? Is
partisan politics to curse the country
while il is suffering from financial
panic that Is paraiyizjng every indus
try and creating a general distrust.
There is not Republican paper but
what would rather the Democrats
would make a bIunder than to bring
relief. They are 4 heartless set-these
politicians. They are eyerlastingly
machining around to keep in office or
10 get in and the Democrats arc
nearly as bad as the Republicans. |
have heard 50 much in the last two
weeks about machine politics that |
am sick. | never conceived how many
bargains and trades had to be made
70 get an Office; how many traps and
triggers and how the patronage and
apoils and perquisites had to be di-
vided out to suit the congressman, Of
course, for thank heaven we have some
there who have no machine and who
would not fear to have every act Of
their political life laid open to the
people, but with some Of them public
olilcc is a private trust. They say,
:: This Is my office. ] worked for it.,
stopped for It, lied for it, and Pm go
ing to make all ! can out Of it, 1t
has been that way always / reckon
and We can't help it, but / do wish
We had some great statesmen like
there used to be-some great thinkers
and leaders like Calhoun and Web
stcr ard Dewitt Clinton Of the olden
times. | wish that we had Justice
/ Jackson in congress, for | do believe
that t1an who could untangle all
| this money business and tell the
! c0untrywhat to do to restore confidence.
That IS all that is wanted, they say
/ Confidence | want some myself
Confidence is 4 plant Of slow growth
il an aged bosom. My Old friend
/ Cicero Strong told ne the other day
that the way to settle the trouble wa:
to take the SIoo, 900, 900 Of reserved
gold that Was in the treasury and uss
it, for i had been there for years anG
years doing no good and they nigh
just as well fill up the bags with iron
OF lead or copper and nobody wou!t
i ever know the difference, for it is neve1
counted, but is weighed twice year
1t could be fixed up il the night By
the treasurer and one or two men +
help. What is the use Of the goll
being locked up 50 long when it j
needed 50 bad?" "AIaybc that's beer
done already" said |. " Maybe tht
gold isn't there. but it IS only bag
Of lead" d" Maybe them Republican
did change it." said Cicero, and h
looked solemn, like he, too, had los
confidence.
During the last great political ex
element when the Peoples party wa
cavorting around, a little preache
/ over in East Tennessee mounted ;
wagon body at : justice court grouno
AMI harangued the boys on the silve
question. " Free silver" he cried
" Free silver, Blessed be the pros
pect. When our party gets in power
my brethren, there will be no NOR
want, no more poverty, no more hand
to hang down or feeble knees t
Shake, but everybody will have silver
Bless The Lord. We Will run ever,
mine to lis full capacity day and night
and we will open thousand new one
and ship the shining ore to the mint
and melt and mold and stamp am
then ship It all over the countI
by the carload, and when our shar
gets here we will load it in wagon
and drive OF. On every road, and Z
the wagons move along We will shove
. il out and scatter it far and wide, an
even the women and children will Sc
some, bless the Lord, Free silver
come quickly and buy without none.
and without price, Oh yc oilittlc faith,
and the people said s amen"
; That wasn't much worse than
speech that / heard George Franc
) Train make at Rochester abouttwcn
years ago He grew sublimely c!c
qucnt about the government issulD
millions and billions and trlllions an
quintrillions Of paper money and lend
, ing everybody just as much as the
, wanted. Keep the paper mills ror
ming day and night and the printin
. machines, and Let the bright, new bil
: food The land like gentlemen, an
, my country friends over there vi
! have bis saddle bags FIJI, and tha
!. good old woman will have her apro
full and We VIII build docks an
canals and railroads and meetin
! houses and ships and factories an
: everybody will have plenty to do
! big prices, and the poor will becom
: rich and those who arc now rich VI
become poor, for their Old fashione
! money viii be good no more, and Y
viii all lie happy as # the millenniu