People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-08-10


Listen:
1--WE believe in the use Of gold and
silver as money metals, maintained
on perfect parity and intercOnyert-
ibility."
Now, my friends, do you believe
this? II so your own words condemn
you and prove the fact that you were
insincere in 1873 when you demOne-
tiled silver. If you are to be believed
now you demonetized silver then
against your own convictions.
l will call upon the party to har-
monte present professions with its
past acts. There is niger in the
wOodCile.
Again, if you believe what you say,
and what you say means fair treat
ment Of silver, why don't you come
out in a tangible way and quit dodg-
ing the question. Why don't you
first talk Of restoring silver to its for
mer honor, Of which your legislation
has robbed it, before using your I'M
meaning 'intercenvertibility" jaw
breaker.
Now, be honest; don't you mean
that you intend to bring about inter-
cOnyertibility by enlarging the silver
dollar?
If not, why don't you state ratio,
so that We may know where to find
you?
You have been mOnkeying long
enough. You must now shoot or
give up the gun. The people have
had enough Of your bOmbastic twad-
die along this line
Further quoting your Denver resO-
luton, I'VE do not believe that there
will be permanent return Of pros
perity to our country until the full
use and highest position OF silver
shall be restored" Well, / am glad
: to hear you say so. l am glad that
you admit so much. Did you study
: this sentence and realize its full
meaning before you published it to
I the world?
You use the word restored" to
, convey your meaning to the public
, and you must stand by it.
The meaning of the word restore
is to put back where thing was
after it had been taken away. II |
take your horse there is but one way
to restore it, and that is by giving it
back to You. II | take your money!
restore it by returning it back to you
where it was before.
The terms that you use, gentlemen,
/. admits that silver once had full use
and high position, and you say that
you don't believe prosperity will re-
| turn to our country until the highest
position of silver is restored.
r Now, what was the highest position
b Of silver: Was it IL to Of gold? If
this is your meaning, why don't you
say so in plain straightforward Eng
lish, like this: I'VE are in favor Of
: the free coinage Of silver and gold at
a ratio Of l6 to l." and thus end the
musS.
. You admit that silver mas been
y shorn its full and proper use as
| money. You further admit that sill
yer has been lowered from its highest
. position, and that against the inter-
ests OF our country this was done in
1873.
Say, answer me this. Who was
eating at soup houses then?
Now, my republican friend, when
you read this, don't get hot, hang
your lower jaw and 60 of swearing
, that "Bebb is a crank and an anarch-
list"
must close, but before the final
gOOd-by / want TO say, my old and
true friends (personal) there is fight
ing chance (poOr, however, for you
yet, II you will drop John Sherman
and some Of his theories and come out
on this question, honestly speaking
and voting your own convictions.
Some true republicans, like Plumb
long ago held up the warning hand
and earnestly plead with you to turn
your course and clear the breakers
toward which we were tending-bUt
you would not.
The grand old ship struck and is
now a wreck on the great political
sand-bar.
You have run me out Of the party
because you would not legislate for
the masses.
Thousands Of Others, better than /,
are leaving you every day for the
same reasons have assigned, and il
you don't stop this double-dealing
with the people and step fairly and
squarely on the living issues Of the
day, and do so quickly before the
Populists have cut all the ground
from under you, when the next presi-
Dental election comes around In 1895