Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-24

aasnoe q fhs shaking voters they
- ofen have helped % fiseea TIE
Isopnri csn hardly eh4sgs his spnts
npon sneh brief n0efce. % tie aiimy
fafpoie sroIuts 60 higher Levels only
fhrogeh n1srs ErAdsal ssselopmsut.
,sTise party ia Oregon, seeuss % BE-
long % GcEsrnor PenBoyers q. w.
Weeks. Rork, ard ooe o. two others.
The drst n4msd. - the great Msgul.
nom which AL the party dsesses
euauate. Wbe1 the governor tskes
snnd. Is sneezes the whole Popolisa
party; eFen the bead ~ the OreEDB
xranxs seems 20 be much clearer after
The sputteriDg exsrciseG And the
falfesioQ foot sfeps - C;oxey's army no
dcgitk reoeives . fresh impetus from
fhe nIeOfine dose. To tire party the
govsrnor Il the Big b1ll q Bashau, The
fmmse1lais eaiL nnd pbotabiy thsOnly
man IN Cregp1 th1t has The gEIl 70
neip the shyiOeks draw q million of
naonsy out q the heavily eDeumbered
fEnaers, and then tur1 aod ieiI them
he was doiDg e thinkiDg Il would re-
lieve their distress. Then to rein
gratiste hiEDseIf late their favor. be
simply tells them. that in trying %
AVOID 5eyIIa. be runs . fool CBsEybdis,
which. / s1ppcse, 10 true Oregon
lore neans 10 d0dgiDg his duty, be
gets sfoui of the mougsgsd faFmers.
IL the lsDs Of the goyeFnSris E,re-
sight don't overreAeh at thst sbOss
range, be IL hardly eompeteDt fOE
good turkey tender. let stone steering
81 the wheels Of . great government
And II be knew that the repeal Of the
tax Law, was only sdding las
lt did, an additional burden Dpon .
tisose least able 70 bear IT, be il an
enemy 70 good and equirabIe govern
nept- This affected synpathy for the
poor and opprrssed lie a shap. And ]
instead Of seat IN the United States ts
'enate, he should be reIegated to Siam. {
'sThs POpulist Cat money doctrine /
OOk upon ~ . dsInsiOn, au electiOneer-
% fraud. II does 70 taffy people on !,
gho do not stop 70 reason carefully. II
rae said, Of . now deceased vice presi-
lent, that he made. during bis cam
aign. Thousands Of votes by telling, or
Iaysng circulated among the needy
eople, that bis administration would,
ghen in power, divide among the poor I I
ne great surplus then in the United !
iates treasury. The thought Of easy !,
1OBey, is very alluriDg. Fiat money :
o doubf would be very good, As long o
the government had plenty Of gold v
nd silver behind it. TO redeem IL on, d
dollar in gGyernment bonds, today, q
worth about one doIIsr and 20 cents. -
their payment, was twenty TO thirty = !
ears of, as formerly, and they were 3
Of Interest bearing, they would quite 3.
.rtainly, lack twenty cents Of bring Is
* dollar. nt
NIf the government should Issue u
ve hundred million dollars Of paper =
lrTency, and then undertake to keep =,
At par value, we would be compelled ss
fix an early date for its redemption ~
ID then lay heavy gold aud silver 81
a upon the people, 20 meet the want. M
nlsss they would follow out the fiat OF
ieory, and when the grist had become nc
and gone from circulation, :.
sue another five hundred million, and n
ien another, and soon, until the de ~
eciated and worthless stuff, found IN
} way into the closet waste-baskets,
ID became q stencil and reproach in
e face Of our intelligent and prosper. 4,
- foreign neighbors, with whom It ls 10,
'th desirous and profitable for Us 10 te
al. The thought is too wild, and be
I'D Of reason for a sane mind 10 en- 70 70
rtaln." m
Mr. Hunt did not say 80, but we Judge ne
,m his language that be will not vote 90
e Populist ticket this year. .u au
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