The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-10-05
HE COMES AGAIN.
He Gives His Platform as
Requested
FOR VI c, S, TO Mediate OVER.
kntellus Says He Doesn't Know Much
But What He Knows He Knows
as Well as Amy Man.

IDS. JoURNAL-With your per-
mission | will add something more
on the political status. The differ
ence between w. S. G. and myself
is that he approves the course Of the
administration on its silver policy
and oppose it, and | wished to
show that the argument of the mon
ometalists,-viz: that silver was
crowding out gold-was not founded
in fact. When showed from fig
ures taken from the report of the
U. S. mint that the production of
gold, at one time was more than
one billion dollars in excess of the
production OF silver, leave it to
the candid reader whether or not /
established my point, and by that
fact will demonstrate to the average
democratic mind that the quality of
one metal in excess of the other has
nothing on earth to do with their
PARTY" as far US a circulating me.
diam is concerned; silver might be
a billion ahead-as gold was-and
the debt paying qualities OF both
metals remain as at inst. In a
sense there is no such thing as strict
intrinsic value in either. If there
is it is in favor of silver, for more of
the human race use it as money
than there is who use gold. A mo.
ment's reflection will convince any
one that the value OF any metal is
obliged to be an ''assu nption." 1t
was assumed that so much of pre-
cious metal was worth so much la
Dor, and these assumptions in pro.
cess of time became standards of
value and mankind accepted them
as such w. s. c. belongs. to that
class that always feel strong on the
stronger side, else he could hardly
exult over that enormous majority
vote Con the Sherman repeal bllD of
piebald democrats and ardent Re-
publicans led by Tom Reed in the
House and John Sherman in the
Senate. Yes, l differ with those
shining lights Of the present Con.
gr ,ss and am prouder Of my compa-
ny than w. S. G, can be of his
Vest is better exponent of democ-
racy and popular rights than Vor.
hees and Vance is in advance of
Villas. OF course the unconditional
repeal will come, but my trusty
lieutenants have held the field long
enough to show the country that
the Sherman bill was only a cats
paw to aid in forcing monomex-
alism.
As an honest confession is good
for the soul, it is with great pleas
ure that we learn that w. S. C. mas
been studying this question, 'care>
fully reading both sides in order to
arrive at the truth, and find out
what the best interests of the coun~
try demand" 1 always feel like
taking off my hat to a KNOWING man.
| have a respectable opinion of the
man who even ''thinks" he knows.
| must confess that I'm mere "pro-
vincial" and of small erudition.
Instead of reading up all sides and
what everybody says on these things
l can hardly read up my own side.
"Much reading is WEAKNESS of the
flesh" and confusion OF the brain.
What | know could be contained in
a very small volume, but cit would
take the whole ''Bodlein library" to
hold what | don't know. Of the
Jew things | do know, one is that
there has not been an administers
ton friendly to silver in twenty
years, and / know That the financial
laws and their workings have been
In the interest of the classes and
oppressive to the masses, and I know
that the classes arc moving heaven
and earth to make them oppressive,
and | know further that those who
ignorantly or otherwise are abetting
them, by fixing the single standard,
are committing their people to the
poverty, degradation and servility
that characterizes the peasantry of
the monarchies OF Europe.
By the way don't you think that
tne Democratic administration could
use disinfectants and smelling salts
with advantage? Don't the APP,
pointees to foreign consulships re-
mind one of the motley blending of
colors of a crazy quilt? By Jove,
havnt we perfec. Nancy Hanks
at the helm a smasher of all pre-
vious (and doubtless subsequently
records. Now by all means let him