The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-10-25
A sCHEME NOW ON FOOT INAUGU
RATED BY TIE GREAT AND
ONLY P0PULIsTs.
SIXTY CARS OF GOLD DUST
Will Be Mined by These Great Financisrs
on the Texas Plains and Shipped to
Washington So as to Deprseiate
Gold in the Interest
Of Silver.


vain the heather Chinee is PECULIAR
While this remark is especially appli-
cable to the Acknowledged individual in
question, it is also applicable to ar-
other species of humanity at this par.
ticular stage of the writing, known to
the world as the Populist. AS is well
known, that individual of fertile brain
and still more fertile imagination has
been singing doleful tale for weeks,
aye months, past that he wants silver
money. He not only wants it, but he
wants it bad. The ratio has long
since ceased to be an issue with him.
He wants money and he wants it to be
silver money. He would throw gold,
like physics, to the dogs, He has
howled long and loud in the interest
of his dearest wish, but that howl has
been in vain. Like the dog that bays
at the moon, he has finally grown
weary and his howl has simmered down
to deep gutteral growl that forebodes
i'll to those who oppose his wishes
While his head was elevated heavens
ward he did nothing but howl, but
now that he has arisen from his
launches and stands on all tours he
has been observing that which goes
ON around him, He has discovered
kindred in like condition and sym.
pathy drew them together. Going on
the old plan that two heads were bet
ter than one and as many more equa
in proportion, these Populists have
been trying to rub up scheme that
will further their ends. viz: Give them
silver and depreciate gold. This unity
has brought about that strength that
is ever said to result therefrom and
which can, by stretch of magma
ton, be made Applica ole to the Popu
lists.
InRsmuch as that strength in this
instance is bordering onto mental
ability. the Populists have been study
ing and their scheme is now in readi-
ness for ripening.
THE SCHEME.
The scheme is nothing more than
this: The Populists realize that to
have their silver money they must of
necessity depreciate gold. With that
aim in view they have been scheming
and planning, oh, so quietly, for weeks
past, and now their scheming has
come to head.
Be it known that out in West Texas
there are millions upon millions of
acres of land on which are located
placer gold mines that, while they are
rich in mineral, are practically value
less, because there is no earthly way
to use it, inasmuch as the total abb
sence of water prevents any
washing Of the dirt to secure its val
liable contents. Now, hereby hangs
the tale. The Popuiists, while they
have been thinking about this finau-
cial question, have been reasoning
that in case they succeeded in getting
all this gold out of these vast fields in
West Texas and rushing it on the mar
ket they can depreciate the gold in
dustry to such an extent that silver
will be the standard of the country,
In order to bring this great hidden
wealth into the market it was neces
sary that some scheme for mining it
should be discovered. The usual
means were no go. There isn't bars
rel of water within miles # the place,
yet these Populists were not to be out
done. They pondered over some
means whereby they could
bring tn ore into the
market. Finally one of the Pops over
in San Antonio hit on scheme which
is destined, like Colonel Sellers
schemns, to have millions in it - This
Pops scheme is nothing more nor less
than to blow the gold dust out of the
balance of the earth. He proposes to
do this with q peculiarly eontrived
machine which will work like a bel.
lows aud which VIII separate the gold
frCm the dirt as neatly and as quickly
as can possibly be imagined. A bucket
fall CT dirt or wbeelbarrow full, or
wagon load, which ever the machine
is able to hold will be dumped into the
funnel shaped arrangement and then
the machine will DO set in motion.
Within short space of time all the
dirt will be blown out one
end of the machine and then nothing
but the Id will be left inside.
sHovELING GOLD.
This can readily be scooped out with
a shovel aud loaded into Il wagon and
hauled to market. Like all PopuliSt
schemes there is no end to the wealth
that will be TUNED out hourly in this
way, and with few machines in full
swinging order the whole country will
be flooded with gold dust with few
weeks. The Populists are anxious to
keep the matter dead secret in order
that they may flood the country with
yold Just as an avalanche would sweep
every thing before it.
II they can succeed in keeping
every thing quiet until they get their
first train load of GO box cars
oaded to the guards they then
propose to attach an engine and run
he train straight through to WASH.
ngton Upon arriving there they
will call on the treasury, present
heir train load of gold and laugh in
iepdlsh glee while gold goes tum bliLg
IN Wall street and silver beclus to
limb. Oh. it is a great sch me, well
worthy of the men who "fIinked it
,ut," and the gold bugs Of this coun-
ry might as we'll go in o their holes.
The Populists couldn't do them in
heory so they intend coming the
practical racket on them to such good
purpose that most glorious victory
will perch on the Populist banner
During the past month quite a num-
DER of machines have been made |
II San Antonio and shipped west to the
New FL Dorado and it is anticipated |
hat the first train Of 60 box cars will
,e ready for shipment by Nov. J. The |
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