Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1894-09-21
Populist rarr.


senate from this district, was in
Keytesville last Friday to make a
speech. Through the courtesy of
Capt. Wallace the opera house was
rendered him in which to speak, as
it was much more convenient for the
audience and speaker to 60 there in
stead OF to the court house, where
sueh speaking is usually done.
1--we are sorry the gentleman had
soch small audience to hear him.
We are not sorry, however, that he
has so few followers or men of his
way of thinking in this community
or in Charlton county. We do not
believe this would be best for all con-
cerned. His audience, so far as we
we're able to classify them, were COM
posed OF one Republican, two Popu-
lists and some twelve or fifteen Dem
ocrats.
The speaker announced in the be-
ginning his purpose to be fair in the
discussion, and courteous toward
the other two gentlemen who were
candidates for the same Office and
were the nominees of the Democratic
and Republican parties, respectively.
Legislation, particularly on the
financial question, was hastily re-
viewed by the speaker. He con-
demned national banks, abused
both the old parties for the demone-
tization of silver and favored the in
crease OF the per capita Issue OF
money to $50 instead OF S17 and
some cents as now. Not supposing,
as we thought. that he stood much
chance of election he touched lightly
upon state politics. Merely men
toned desire for the adoption of
some measures by which the criminal
costs might be lessened. He attrib-
uted the enormous costs in criminal
tcases. in some instances. at least, to
lSishonest clerks of criminal courts
who certified false and fraudulent fee
bills. He also told the people that
II he was elected he would vote for
that man for u. S. senator who
would most likely work for reforms
in the national legislature whose
views were most in accord with
those the Populist's had promulgat-
ed.
The gentleman had good deal to
say concerning the demonetization
of silver. We ventured to ask him
the question il it was not fact that
the United States mint was now
coming silver under the direction OF
the secretary OF the treasury? He
seid, ''No. That he was aware that |
some Democratic papers had made
the impression that such was the
case. That he had put himself to
the trouble to gather information
on this subject, and that he had
found that only 429 proof pieces of
silver had been coined during the
year 1894, and that anything pub
lished to the contrary was published
for political effect and to deceive the
people, and that IL we believed more
silver tn IN the amount mentioned
had been coined in this year he
would take our name and address,.
and would send US documents to
prove that he was right.
We gave our name and address,
but up to this writing we have not
heard from him, and we fear We
never will.
We do not know any higher or
more reliable authority on the COIN
age of silver than Mr.. Carlisle, the
secretary OF the treasury.
Since Mr.. Parr was here aud made
his speech, we have read Mr.. Car
isles letter to Hon. John T. Heard,
one of the Missouri congressman,
from which the paragraph below was
taken:
Treasury department, Washing-
ton ID. C.-To Hon. John T. Heard,
house of Representatives: Dear Sir
Referring to our personal interview
this morning, 1 have the honor to
say that the mints at New Orleans,
and San Francisco are I
engaged in coming standard silver
dollars from the bullion purchased
under the act of July IA, 1890, COM
monty known as the Sherman law.
During the month OF July S430, 900
were coined and during the month
Of August S72S,000. About the
same amount will be coined during
the present month, (September),