Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-08-24

one concentrated lump, huge as
high Olympus, and Ia found among
the single gold standard Represen-
tatlves in Congress-" Laughter.
But / undertake TO say that until
the chief industry of the East came
to be- lending money tho wisdom
of the East was on our side, and
that until the senior Senator from
Ohio took a trip to Europe in 1867
every great statesman OF this coun'
Try, even in the East, had been a
bimetallist. [Applause.
1t was one ol the very low propo-
sitions ever agreed upon by Alex
ander Hamilton, the grandfather
of the Republican party, and
Thomas Jefferson. the chief priest,
prophet. and apostle of constitu-
tional liberty.
Let gentlemen think of that. 1t
must furnish the standard
men ample food for reflection and
give them pause. Whatever else
may be said of Alexander Hamil-
ton, he had more brains and more
courage than any other man who
ever fought democracy on this con-
tinent, anu Thomas Jefferson pos.
sessed one of the most exquisite
brains ever housed in a human
skull. Applause, Anything po-
litical advocated by the great Vir-
ginian | am willing to swear by
now. Applause Hamilton rec.
ommended, in his celebrated re
port TO Congress, that the unit OF
value should rest on both silver
and gold, and gave his reason in
these words:
To annui the use of either of the
metals rs money il to abridge the
quantity of the circulating medium
and Is liable to all the objections
which arise from a comparison of the
benefits of Il full with the evils of q
scanty circulation.
He submitted the report to JEFF.
ferson, and that immortal states.
man Endorsed it in these words
II return you the report on the
mint | concur with you that the
unit must stand on both metals
Hamilton, who was the original
a~ristocrat of America-who advo.
Gated a vote based on property be
cause the rich had, according to
his theory, the largest stake in the
Government - he who furnished
Republicans with their theories
their political chart and compass.
and Thomas Jefferson, the father
of Democracy, who looms uE
against the sky of history as the
typical American President, who
was the profoundest original think
er hat ever devoted his life te
craftsmanship, who plowed his
name deeper into the hearts
and his political ideas deeper
into the minds of men thar
any other man of whom his
tory has preserved an authentic
record - these men, antagonists
competitors and enemies in theil
lives; antagonists, competitors and
enemies in history and IN theiI
graves--!hey agreed that gold ane
silver both should constitute the
unit of our coinage. 1t must bav'
been plain indeed to induce those
two bitter rivals and good hater'
to agree. An ignorant man--ol
!, even the distinguished scholar
from Maryland-is in pretty gooc
company when with Thomas JEFF
ferson. to say nothing of Alexan
der Hamilton.
Aye, more. | state here an(
now, without the fear of successful
contradiction, that until unhallow.
| ed greed combined with prostitut
ed ingenuity to discover new way
of despoiling the many for tn,
benefit of the few, no great tinan
p cier of any age or cline can b,
named who seriously advocated
single standard, while on cur sid,
the roll call includes all the emf
nent political economists who eve.
lived. [Applausel-
Ever Ernest Seyd repented of hi
|, sins and lived to become a bimet
%allist; but his disciples on thiJ
| side the water are joined to thei
: idol, and still stand by his discard
ed which is only snothe:
illustration of the truth that
The evil that men do lives after them
the good is oft inferred with thei
bones. [Laughterl.
THE DISEASE.
The gentleman from Ohio EMr
Har;er likens our Uncle Slmue
to a patient suffering from alcohol
Ism, and prescribes the Gold Care
That he is very sick is true, blu
DIR. II after makes an incorrect di.
agnosls. He is suffering not fron
delirium tremens, bat enemia-.
from poverty of the blood--fron
inanition--irom a lack of the cir.
culatIng medium. the gentleman's
remedy for our uncle, who has
been bled almost to death by the
Shylocks for their pound of flesh,
Is to sill further deplete the tot.
tering and enfe ebled old man by
further bleeding Like the horse
leech's daughter, he still cries in
the dull ears of the ilIustrious sui.
ferer: "Glvei Giv.l" Laughter. I
lie turns to the attending physl.
clan and commands: "Whet your
lance and plunge it into the old
mans jugular veln!"
What this country needs is not
DR., Harter's Iron Tonic, but DR..
Bands Silver Cordial.
THE PANIC AND rs CAUSES.
the gentleman from New York
MIR. Hendrix who acknowledges
mat he is a Mlssourlan by nativity.
who is fortunate enough to be the
president of a national bank, and
who came to Congress by way of
the East, Laughter draws a soul
narrowing and tsar-compelIing pic
ture OF the long-suffering and pa
triotic New York bankers standing
In the breach after the manner OF
Leonidas at Thermopyla and
''holding up the financial system
OF the country by the neck"
Laughter
This is certainly a spectacle for
men and angels.
The trouble is that they have