People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-21
The rlontor and Free Coinage.

dSO Uu0U uuC MUUtJU luuSUtTtu SuIIl-
cient courage to deny the oft repeated
Impeachment" of the VOICE that it
had at one time been an advocate of
the free coinage of silver. 1t has of
late censured those of its party who
went of after that craze and persist
in still following it around, and
seems to have no respect for a states
men who cannot make the circuit de-
scribing all sides of question of pO-
lfticai economy in the same length of
time required by itself.
The clippings below will explain
themselves as an introduction to
what follows:
Two years ago." says the Monitor,
the Wichita Eagle was a ranting ad-
yOcate of free silver" Pray how was
the Monitor at that time? Perhaps
not ''ranting" but for free silver lust
the Same.-VOIcE.
No, not a ranting or any other kind
Of a free silver advocate. Eleventh
hour converts to the sound money
doctrine are getting numerous here
abOuts, but this paper is not one of
them. We have fought the craze to
the best OF our abilities from the very
start. This government can only
make sixty-fOur cents worth Ofsilver
pass for dollar by guaranteeing the
difference between its bullion and its
nominal value. Lots of people who
thought, or pretended to think. 9th
erwise, don't take any stock in that
doctrine now.
1t will be noticed that this modern
exponent of latter day Republicanism
claims that it has fought the craze
to the best of its ability from the
the very start" Most of our readers
will remember the campaign of 1890
in which prince Hal" and the whole
Republican party tried to outdo Clod-
hopper Jerry Simpson and the ALI
ance on that question in order to de-
ceiVe the people into the belief that
they were in favor of the very things
the Alliance wanted and therefore
the farmers ought to get those re-
forms in the grand old party; and how
we told them they were practiCing
deceit and that they were the dema-
gogues they charged our people with
being, etc. Now let us see what part
the Monitor played in that grand
game of deception. A review of its
files develops some interesting read.
ing. We give some of the utterances
below. We emphasize the sentences
to whcih we desire to call especial
attention as being consistent with
the Monitors claim that it has fought
the craze to the best of its ability, by
printing them in small caps:
JUNE q, 1890.
The house has refused to concur in
the Senate's free coinage amendment
to the silver bill and another confer
ence has been asked for. The Kan
sas delegation voted with the free
coinage men in both houses. Senator
Plumb HAS THE HONOR of introduc-
ing in the senate the amendment
which made the bill a free silver
measure.
JULY IL, 1890.
We are not to have free coinage in
name, but the conference silver bill
reported to the two houses and YES
terday agreed to by the senate is
PRACTICALLY THE SAME THING. It.
provides for the monthly purchase of
four and a-half ounces of silver, and
the issue in exchange for this bullion
OF treasury notes receivable for all
debts, public and private. This will
add about seventy millions semi-an-
nually to the currency of the country.
PROBABLY EXPANDING 1T AS MUCH AS
FREE COINAGE would, as it will re-
quire between twenty and twenty-five
million of foreign silver each year to
carry out the provisions of the act.
the home production of the precious
metal falling short fully that much.
Senator Plumb himself, the most ar
dent advocate Of free silver in the
senate, says that it will be very
short time till the mints are thrown
open to the silver of the world and
that the bill in its present shape is
as liberal as anything SHORT OF ABso-
Lutte FREE COINAGE could possibly
be made.
AUGUST 20, 1890.
The new silver BILL by raising the
price of silver nearly thirty per cent
on gold basis, has increased the val.
ue of the farm products of the United
States, according to the New York
Sun, at least fifty millions of dollars
already. In the foreign markets the
principal competitors of the United
States on meats and bread stuffs have
been silver-using nations like India
and Russia. If it takes more gold
than before to get silver with which
to purchase India and Russian wheat,
the conclusion is plain that American
cereals have appreciated in value just
that much in English ports. The re-
cent rise in corn and wheat is partly
due to the increased foreign demand,
brought about by the legislation OF
the present congress, which has run
up the price of silver nearly to par
ity with gold. The New York Sun is
a Democratic paper, but honest
enough to give to the acts of a Repub-
lican congress that credit which ia
justly due. FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
IN THE POCKETS OF AMERICAN FARM
ERs, AND THAT ONLY A BEGINNING
is a very fair record In On hafore the