The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-20
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE

POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE
One metal is out of the way. Now
let's go for the other one. Down with
metallism.
The democratic house, by rousing
majority, has voted for the demonetiza-
ton Of silver.
The crime of 1873 has been ap-
proved by the democratic house by Q
to majority.
1t will be just as easy to elect a
paper congress as silver one. Let the
work of education go on
Now for strong pull for $50 per
capita of greenbacks and the demone-
tization Of gold.-Missouri World.
When the time comes to nominate
candidates for congress let the watch
word be: Put none but fat money
men on guard"
-Ifpopulists would stop to think, they
would not desire the re-esta blishment
of war prices and then claim that the
greenback deprecated.
Paper money and government
banks should be the slogan Of reform.
Upon those demands all the toilers of
the nation can be united.
Both of the old parties will make
the next congressional campaign upon
platforms demanding coinage of gold
and silver and large volume of paper
redeemable in specie.
Chairman H. E. Taubeneck says:
81 am in favor of free coinage Of silver,
not from principle, but simply because
it is a plank in our platform. These
are the sentiments of nine out of ten
populists Why not throw that plank
away?
Congress has repealed the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman act,
but left the redemption clause in full
force, with more than $3.50 600, 900 of sill
yer treasury notes outstanding. Now
watch them raid the treasury and yell
for an issue of bonds.
TO the moldy tariff chestnut is to
be added the silver question as per-
ennial issue. Pennsylvania republic
ans (?) at their state convention have
declared for bimetallism and forty dol
lars per capita. Let us have an issue
of our own that all three parties can
not stand upon.
1t is absolute nonsense to pay 100
cents for enough gold to make dollar
when good dollar can be made out of
paper Let the coinage of gold be
stopped, 80 that all we have of that
metal can be used in settling balances
which may from time to time be owing
by this country to foreign nations, and
Jet all money stamped by the United
States be made of paper If the cap
1talistic Glass deny tho debt and tax
paying class the relief silver will give,
then let the whole barbaric money sys-
tenn be abaadonsd.- World.
Some people profess to be great
ly elated over the fact that gold Is
coming this way. We say to you that
every particle of gold that comes back
to this country from Europe makes us
poorer individually and as nation, for
we are compelled to give valuable
products to induce q worthless metal
TO come TO our shores If the United
States could exchange every particle
of gold produced in her borders for
useful products from abroad our peo-
pie would be enriched to that extent
Gold impoverishes every nation that
permits it to be used as a circulating
medium. Wash Sun.
-Supremely ridiculous, despicablea and
deserving of execration are those self
appointed conservators of the populist
conscience who glibly rant of treason
and 1.-The cloven hoof," and brand as
traitors all those populists who do not
agree with them in their views as to
the true policy Of the peoples party in
relation to the silver question. Will
these men never learn that all honest
men are not of the same opinion, but
that all honest men are willing to con-
eede to all other men honesty of pur-
pose and conviction and the right to
honestly express their honest opinions?
Such men had better make careful
examination Of their own hoofs.
And now a new argument is being
hurled at populists who refuse to bow
down before the metallic idol, and who
advocate a scientific American none
tary system for America. This arRu-
ment, as expressed by one writer, is as
follows: Here we have populist ed
itor at work fighting free silver, and
insisting on the wiping out of gold and
a completely non-metallic currency,
which this congress is about as likely
to give the people as it is to cut up the
moon into medals and distribute them
among the citizens" No well-informed
populist expected any beneficial fnan-
cial legislation at the hands of this
congress-" and the recent vote upon the
silver question proves that nothing may
be expected. Nor will anything be
done during the reign of Grover Cleve-
land, unless the people elect a sufficient
majority in congress to override his
veto. And it will be just as easy to
elect paper men as silver men.
DID oREENBACKs DEPREclArEq
If Not. Why Waste Time Trying TO Assian
q Cause for That Which Never Hap
pened?
It appears to me that time and efforts
spent in attempt to explain the cause
of the supposed depreciation of the
preenba during the SusnansiOn IF