Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-26

mortgaging the homes of the people
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, and
from the Gulf to the lakes, and that the
mountain OF mortgage indebtedness COM
menced with the decentralization of silver
in 1878, has grown steadily, disastrously
and enormously every year since, until 1t
is startling in the extreme; and can't you
see that these robberies and wrOngs would
not be possible had we statesmen TO
! legislate for us instead of the political
teredos who are the authors OF our
misfortunef
Why, man, Just think Of it for minutel
| Suppose we had no mountains Of silver,
and England had, and she we're indebted
to us IA we are TO her: do you suppose that
she would destroy her silver, thereby en-
HANGING the value Of gold, and then insist
on paying us in goldf Her cruel oppres.
siOns throughout the vast world, whereby
she has gained foothold, give no man
authority to say yes.
Remember that we are on a gold basis
through no vote or voice of the people.
We are where we are through the silent
manipulatiOns and crafty, subtle and evil
influence which emanated from the dark
and silent reoesses of congressional cloak
rooms and wine-supper conspiraoies.
No man has ever openly advocated q
single, gold standard in Congress or out,
and yet we are on single, gold standard
basis. A greater crime was never perpo-
trated against free, enlightened and in
telligent people, and it is perpetrated
under the stealthy, crafty and deOeitful
cover of professional and political deola
rations In favor of the greatest possible
use of silver" and its advocates thereby
hope TO maintain such a political mon
strosity. This abnormal and vulgar crime
IL voiced In another cruel and deceptive
cry, whereby the masses may continue TO
be robbed for the benefit of the GLASSES,
under the deceitful, specious, damnable
misnomer called an "honest dollar;" and
that man who, in the face of what we
we're and where we are now, mouths such
twaddling hogwash is either knave or
fool, and suspect both, and does not and
ought not to receive the votes of the toll
ing men In Kansas or elsewhere.
You are candidate of great party for
great office Mistakes have been made
In the past, as they always will be. You
nor are responsible for anything directly.
Indirectly, everybody is.
Coming from the war and going back
into the civil pursuits of life, we old sol
diers remember how democracy denounced,
In unmeasured terms, every act of the
government looking to the issue of green
backs, made necessary to feed and Clothe
the armies and save us as nation.
You and and every old soldier remem-
Der how promptly that party and its
Southern influence declared In favor of
the greenback in the payment Of national
obligations. Their sudden conversion was
so startling, that we we're easily entrapped
with the argument that, having fought TO
destroy the government and failed, they
were now seeking to destroy the public
credit of that government, made necessary
to help subjugate them, and In a spirit of
patriotism born amidst the hardships of
camp and the horrors of the battlefield
we have allowed the old financial pendu-
lum to swing as much too far wrong 40 IL
was heretofore swung too far right, and
as result we fell into the hands of the
English schemers and money changers,
hAu WO AOW huOW WuOIO VIC dEO dbs
Remember that every labor organization
in the union and every farmers organizs-
tion in the union have declared for the free
coinage Of silver.
Remember that in 1895 the republican
party on no other platform can carry
single state west of the Missouri river.
Remember that party will not get single
vote south of Mason and Dixon's line.
Remember that it cannot hope to carry
either New York, Indiana, or Illinois, and,
remembering all this, tell me how in the
name Of sense we are to elect the next
President, in 1885, on the Minneapolis |
platform as interpreted by the republican
party in this Congress.
This being so, why hesitate; why beat
around the bush; why prevaricate; why
seek mems votes under false pretensesY
Why not as a party organize upon the
lines of the free coinage of silver and high
protection, unity the party East, West,
North and South, and go forward to a
grand and glorious victory in 1867
Oh, mani What is the matter with you,
that you cannot see thisH What is the
matter with the leaders of the republican
party that they won't see it, Why will
they tarry longer in dslliance with the
5hermans and Harrisons and that whole
brood of pestiferous, miserable, double
dealing hypocrites who have been only
too willing to do the bidding of their Eng
fish masters on this money question.
Oh, Dick, write me that my interpreta-
lion of your speech is all wrong. Write
me that If you are elected TO Congress you
will vote for legislation which will place
silver back where it was before the crime
Of 1878, and subsequent legislation relative
thereto enacted into law. At least, that
you will do this so far as the American
product is concerned, and no man In Kan
las will throw his hat higher and yell longer
han myself for you.
do MT want to see an old soldier like
Yourself beaten by man whose hands are
ed with blood Of your comrades and mine,
nut would rather see him elected IL right
IN this question than to SOC you elected
While wrong on IL.
Do MT fail me In this matter. On the
platform made for you, you have chance
o again touch elbows with the masses I
Igainst the classes. For you or the party (
low to falter on this question is worse
han political suicide. I
Remember the fate of the old whig party
1hen 1t faltered on the slavery question. !
let your ear close to the grass roots, for,
IS sure as there was God in Israel, so sure {
'ou and those who think as you do will dig {
political grave for yourself and republi 4
anism in this country.
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