The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
HE INDORSES SILVER.
STARTLING STATEMENTS FROM
JOHN SHERMAN.
says Re Heartily Approves of the silver
Plank in the Ohio Republican Platform
-Sherman's Endorsement of the Resolu-
ton Brands 1t AS u Sham.
Sop From the Gold bug King.

Sop From the Gold bug Hing.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, though
Democratic paper, cant tell lie. In
a recent issue 1t saws:
Senator Sherman, being asked by a
reporter what he thought of the silver
plank III the platform adopted by the
Ohio Republican State Convention, re-
piled:
Il can only say that l endorse it
heartily. 1t is in line with the views l
have always held on this question. l
am a friend of silver, and believe in
its use as money: but it must be used
i'll such way that it's parity will be
maintained with gold. The United
States IS to-day using more silver
than ever before in it's history, and
that kind of money IS just as good
here as any other. Such Il condition
would not exist if We did not maintain
the parity of the two metals and make
the purchasing power of the silver
equal to that of the gold. l believe.
and the people of my state believe, in
silver money. and when we can get an
international agreement on this i'm
portant subject, Legislation will follow
that will make silver Il more important
factor i'll our circulating medium"
Mr.. Sherman is the gold king in
America. His word is law with all the
gold mOnOmetalistS of the world. He
is the father Of the decentralization of
liver. He worked at it six years be-
fore it was accomplished. \ letter
from him. earnestly urging the single
gold standard, undoubtedly turned
the scale at the great international
conference on coinage. weights and
measures held in Paris in 1867. The
Franco-Prussian war had not then
been dreamed of. Germany had no in-
ceEtive to advance the value of gold
was to pay her Il thousand
million thalers war indem
nifty. Sherman has hunted sill
Yer rs the terrier hunts the rat It has
seemed the bane of his existence He
caused the characterization of silver in
this country in 1873. He caused the
veto by President HAYES of the bill to
restore limited silver coinage in 1873,
which was passed over the veto. He
defeated the bill for free coinage in
1890. and substituted for it the dishon-
est trick known as the Sherman
clause, under which silver bullion was
bought and never coined. and paid tor
1t rotes which, under his advice, have
been redeemed In gold. when they
We're by law redeemable in silver.
Having thus delivered to the people a
scorpion, which he assured them was
a fish, he then joined President Cleve-
land in raid upon the scorpion and
took it away without substituting any
fish at all. Well knowing that his
gold policy or hateful to the people,
because it gives all the fruits of their
enterprise and labor to the small class
of usuers whom he represents, lie
schools himself to the task of deceiv-
ing and misleading them. As they
group about. locking for relief from
their taskmasters, and looking for
leaders who will give them back the
money of the constitution. he holds
out false lights and calls them to come
toward him. and sees them go down
into the quaSmire OF false pre:ense,
made by FALSE leaders like himself. All
these are reasons why he heartily in
dorses the Juggling resolution of the
Republican state convention. which it
is quite likely he wrote himself. He
says the resolution is in line with the
views lie has always had on this ques-
ton. Every human being in the
I nited States, over the age OF II wears
and OF sound mind. and who can read
knows what his views have ALWAYS
been. But there is to be an election
in Ohio. and this remorseless enemy
and DESTROYER Of the right of silver to
be coined. is afraid the Republican
party may be beaten. unless he can
fool the friends of silver within Its
ranks. He knows that many of them
want to be foolel, and want
him to repeal his periodical meaning
less talk about silver, so that they NAV
make II an excuse for remaining in the
Republican party. 1t is for the bene-
tit of this class that Mr.. Sherman made
his little speech to the reporter. which
we have above quoted. The absurd
mass OF contradictions which Mr.. Sher-
man poured into the ear Of the reporter
is as confusing. and Intentionally so.
rs the explanation made by Mephisto-
Faust He thus explained his prop
osition:
tn hrs. was SO. the second 50.
And therefore third and fourth are so:
We Know the 'ir>t and second then.
tyr the third aud fourth hal never been
The effect OF this upon the student
is shown bv his reply as follows:
i feel As stupid from all you've sa;a
As Il a mii.-wheel whirlei IL my mind
Equally edifving TO whoever reads
them are the words Of Senator Sher-
man. They may he thus summarized
He is friend of silver when its parity"
is maintained with gold. Silver money
is as good as any because We maintain
the parity of the two metals We
make the purchasing power of silver
equal to that of gold" If we can get
Ian international agreement for silver
money" legislation will follow favora-
bic to silver. That is to say, we could
get what We already have, II England
would agree to it.
Does anybody believe that Senator
Sherman could tell what he meant