Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-27
Presidents Message.

A correspondent writing from Washington
says: zone funny thing about Cleveland's
message is. that while it processes to carry out
the platform promises of the party it recon-
mends congress to do exactly the opposite
writer In the INDEX says: "A careful
reading of the message convinces us that the
president is either knave or a coward"
To any sensible. rejecting. reasoning man it
must appear as one of the most vicious and
reasonable documents that ever emanated
from any department of government.
Its terribly Illuminating to be compelled TO
so speak painful, very painful truth, bat.
in the language of Patrick Henry, FOR nay
own part, whatever anguish of spirit it may
cost. am willing to know the worst and to
provide for it,"
What cannot be cured must be endured, but
most wretchedly terrible is this infiiction.
Let us see what we have In that idiotic
paper: He believes these hard times are
principally chargeable to congressional legis-
lation touching the purchase aud coinage Of
silver by the general government"
"Manifestly' he says. a refusal of the secre-
taFy TO pay these treasury notes in gold would
| necessarily result in their dscredit and de-
probation. as obligations payable only in silver
would destroy the parity between the two
metals by establishing a discrimination in
favor of gold"
How about obligations" payable only in
"gold?"
Would that establish discrimination" in
favor of silver? Did not the secretary adopt
| the policy of paying these obligations only
| in gold?
Did that establish discrimination in favor
| OF silver or did 1t do exactly the reverse? Then
why should the redemption of these certificates
in tull legal tender silver dollars necessarily"
result in their depreciation?
The law sherman law demanded and pro-
vided that enough silver dollars should be
coined to provide for their redemption, and to
| assert that such redemption would .'neces-
sarily" have resulted In their depreciation is
making one OF the most i'm probable unreason-
able and suspicious assertions that ever fell
from mans pen. No indications pointing in
that direction have ever been discernable in
the least.
On the contrary the policy adopted by Win
dom, Foster and Carlisle of cashing the certifi-
Gates in gold in order to "mantain the parity
has resulted in silver sinking, sinking, sinking
all the time in price. the face of which, after
observing all this, Cleveland now proclaims
boldly and publicly in an official document that
| the administration must nee essarIy'' thus
keep on destroying the parity in order to
maintain the parity as long as the Sherman
law would remain in force.
Did any of the secretaries ever try redeem
| ing the certificates in silver dollars to see
| whether lit would necessarily result in their
discredit and depreciation." If so when
whore and by whom?
| The true and only reason why the parity be-
tween gold and silver bullion at Is to was dis
turbed was the policy of Window. Foster and
| Carlisle in dsobeying the law and interposing
their traitorous discretion
| They bought silver with gold coin instead of
paying for it in silver coin IS the law demands.
| That discretion" was used hypocritically for
the exact reverse of what they pretended to
use it.
| That "dscretion" was bought and paid for
by the bullion brokers. And Cleveland, know
| ing these things, having sworn to protect the
| interests of this nation. poses now before the
| people as their tool and retained attorney to
present a miserable pettyfogging plea in ex-
| tenuation of their crimes.
Why did the secretaries refuse to pay out
| and circulate the silver? In order to ''naip-
| tain the parity" Why did they store the
| bullion in the government vaults and refuse
| to coin it? In order to "use their discretion
IN maintaining the parity. When the silver
was all the time going lower and lower under
| their policy of maintaining the parity" did
! they ever think of tho possibility CT modify
| ing their discretion Not they. That was
like the laws of the Modes and Persians. I'M
| changeable.
Under the delerium tremens of a hellish inn
| pulse of discretion they would butt their
| brains out against the rock of national welfare
and congressional law, and yell like fiends to
! have congress remove the wall out OF their
way. And instead of Cleveland mildly adj
monishlng them to turn around and go the
other way he only cracks the whip behind
them and raises a cloud of dust over their
! frenzy.
Behind all this hellishness is the money pow
er, using these men as tools to rsar their
| ephemeral structure of aristocratc power over
| the ruins of the common people.
Will they do it? How long? TO, your tents
oh Israel! j. l.. SwITZER,
Wilsonton. Kan.