The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-15
THE ONO DEMOCRAT. " l!.l NE,2AY. MAY il. 1905

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cheap market for what they buy,
and you will fully realize, ir they |
do not, the advantages they have
in selling more than they buy aud
thereby relieving themselves of
more cheap products than they are
compelled to receive. They are ut
liberty to sell more than they b, Y
to obtain money topay interest and
taxes, which to them may seem II
hardship, but which, on account of
your superior wisdom and patriot
ism, you know to be blessing,
which their dull comprehension
fails to appreciate.
"Two billions of interest on $50.
000,0O0,000 of debt, public aud pri-
vatc, with $50O,0OD,000 contributed
for the support Of the Government
and the thousand millions required
for state and local taxation, are
benefits to the producers when
viewed from the unselfish stand.
point of creditors and Office hold
.ers. The luxury of huying in a
cheap gold market with the money
remaining after discharging these
nominal obligations is not suffici-
emily priced by the discontented
planters and farmers. The slight
discrepancy between the amount
lost by sales by low prices and the
gains BY purchases in cheap mar
ket ought never to be considered,
and is properly excluded from the
wise and benevolent councils of
Wall and Lombard streets, and al
so from the learned deliberations
of the White House, where your
annual salary of $4,000 is promptly
paid. Your eNhortation to Demo-
Gratis to stand together on the
Sound money platform of gold mo.
nopoly is pathetic.
"Your fear that if Democrats
should adhere to the equal coinage
of both metals as provided in the
constitution that the Republican
party would monopolize the field of
gold monometalism originally dis.
covered by the Senator from Ohio,
is we'll grounded. The honor and
advantages of gold monometallism
exclusively belonged to the Repub-
lican party under the leadership of
Wall and Lombard streets until
you led the scattered forces of De-
mocracy out of the wilderness of
financial absurdties taught by JEFF
ferson and his deluded associates.
The great prosperity which your
successful leadership has secured
shows what glorious consumma-
tion it would be to capture the gold
monometallic platform prepared by
the Rothschilds for the exclusive
use of John Sherman and his asso-
ciateS.
You say: eff we Democratic
party) should be forced away from
our traditional doctrine of sound
and safe money our old antagonist
will take the field ON the platform
which .we abandoned, and neither
the votes of reckless Democrats nor
reckless Republicans will avail tc
stay their easy march to power"
Your declaration that the gold
standard established by the Repub
lican party In 1878 is the tradition
al doctrine of sound money of the
Democratic party ought to inspire
every Democratic heart with un
bounded enthusiasm. You are right
There is not room enough on the
gold standard platform to accom-
modate the two Old parties in ar
active campaign before the people
although the leaders of both have
recently occupied that platform fol
the purposes of legislation and ad
ministration for more than 20 years
The grand success achieved by the
gold forces by the common use o
the aforesaid Rothschild platform
during the several intervals be
tween popular elections, shows th,
inspiring effect of gold monopoly
and demonstrates that the Janus
faced platform and good.lord-good
devil candidates are no longer nee
essary. You have infused all you
faithful followers with the magi,
inspiration of gold monopoly which
has controlled the legislative ant
: executive departments of the Gov
ernments for the last twenty years
The Shermans, Harrisons ant
Reeds had not faith that their yea
and infatuation in securing legisla
= tive and executive action for golt
' monopoly was shared by the peopl,
at large. They shrank from al
public declaration i'm favor of tn,