Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-07

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and the substitution IN ils pnAse ~
purely paper currency. II that y wa
YOU are In favor OF then your piopoi
place is in the Populist party. 49,.
What DO you silver men, VINO htVs
heen dohlded into the Populist camp,
mon the plea that the PopullSts We're
the only free silver party, tnlik ~ NJ h
You see that instead OF this c..iin H.
ing true the Popullst party y the on' ,,
party that is In favor or "ipins Vu'
both gold and silver. .a
In Texas Thomas Nugent Is deniihu-
ing the free coinage Of silver. IN Nan-
sas Jerry Simpson with his snptreahusy
plan. Endorsed by the Omaha plntioFh'
II dsmandln4 that the mlnts Hhal pc
closed to the coinage OF both gold anu
silver. Each OF these apostles OF Iopu-
ism points with pride 20 me oina ~
platform, and proves by II that tue
party Is with him.
II will be a cold day IN Texas De-
fore they will be able 10 Induce the
people to drink such mixture OF
Tom and Jerry as this Is.
In tho omaha platform they ue-
olnred that the money In clreulallou
ehail be increased to $50 per chpith,
Their members OF the senate ana
house OF representatives, who repre-
sent them and are authorized 10 speak
for them. have introduced various
wild cat schemes into congress pro-
vlding for laws which call for inc
expenditure OF over thlrty-nyc bill
Hons OF dollars, and Il Is PROVIDE THIS
shall all be done with paper money.
They have also introduced other mees-
ures which. II enacted. would require
the expenditure OF over fifteen billions
more, making In the aggregatc over
fifty billions Of dollars OF paper money
although their platform only calls Tor
500 per capita, which would be about
three billions OF dollars The nfnounte
which they would appropriate would
run the per capita un 10 some thing
like $1,000 OF paper money
So their members OF congress zee
their platform and 80 It better $500
OF paper money per capita
when we reflect that there Is only
nbout ten billions Of money In the
world, Including gold, silver. iron,
copper nicisle and paper, this PROPOSE
tlon % our Populist friends would be
startling, " 1t were not that we know
that all things are possible with n
P0pulst.
why. my friends. n they hni their
way. money would become ~ abun-
dant that we would have 10 build
barns and warehouses 10 store II la.
and II would become NO worthless TINT
when your wives went to town to shop
you would have TO load your wagons
with money to pay for their pur-
chases
There ~ no escaping the conclusion
that the pupuilHt party is IN favor
of nat money II they were IN fnvor
OF currency consisting OF gold md
silver ana paper money reducmnblc
Ia gold or silver. thQn the amount
nf paper money Issued would have 10
he limited by the amount OF gold ana
silver with which e was 10 be re-
doomed. But we ind the Popullst de-
maudlng the Issuance of more paper
money than could BY pny possl-
bility over be redeemed
Thore are but two conclusions that
can be drawn from this The first
Is that In Ignorance they are attempt,
ing 70 accomplish an Impossible thing
The second 10 that they never lutcud
10 radoom n, I can prove by the Pop,
ulistn that they arc not ignorant
Ihon II IL eelf-cvldent that they are
for paper money and agalnst Fold'niiu
silver as standard money for ultlmavt
redemption, SO, my frend5 you ses
that tho hand Of truth toara FROM the
Popullst party the mask of silver be-
hind which they have been Attempting
TO conceal thoir true Intentions; Il
shows TINT they are the encmies Of
gold and silver aa m icy--that tho,
are purely n paper money party
II tho stamp OF the government
makes money and creates value, thor
why ahould poverty he allowed {,
longer burden ana curse the people
or why should any men labor? WIZ
not go 10 the root u the matter an,
by an act uf congress- abolish pov
crty and mako an men rloh7
As absurd ns these propositions ap
pear, they nre but the logical result
OF the doctrines OF tho populBt party
| know TINT there nre some person
IN the Popullst party who pru atrongl
In favor OF gold and silver ~ money
but they are not the men who cOntr1
ita counsclH aud are not authorized I
speak for Il, The men who contrC
the populiat party are the men VIII
make It's Platforms II they had bee
for free allvcr they would have neve
Endorsed tho sub-trcaHury plnn. III
men who nre authorized to speak 10
the Populiats are the members OF cor
Ereaa. II they had been hohesily d
favor OF free silver they never woul
have attempted to pass through cor
groRs all Of these bills calling for owe
nifty billions OF paper dollars. Hut
may he said that their members q
congress also voted for free sllver.
This proves nothing Tor their sut
treasury plan provides That Ave yeai
after u becomes q law the coinage {
both silver and gold shall be suspend
ed. SO We sec that they only fave
free coinage az h temporary eNpedlcn
and not M permanent money only W
III they can got their printing pres
to work. The plain ana simple trut
IL that tho popullst party In clalmin
10 be n friend OF silver Is guilty
false pretenses, No friend OF silver Ia
any busiuGea In that party.
when Judha kissed the hand OF Chri
he lid not have blaohor or more dcadl
trnachery in. his heart toward tho 81
vior OF mnifiund than the leaders
the popnliut party had when tht
placed the free silver plank IN u
Omaif platform toward allver and gol
money ~ our fathers, VI tho onl
.ion, ana OF the people, Their !
raent OF the aubircaaury plan, tn
In congreee. and all ~ their sui
ssquent actioua prove this ! kno
that there are many hopest and n
trlotic men IN the populst party. Th,
have been deceived " they believe
favors free SILVER and Il "a only cue
ton OF time when they win discov
the deception that has been praetle
upon them
THE Popullsir call themselves Icnc
aonian Democrats Iqnarson deciar
that the mipts or the country shoN
be open TO both gold and silver. Tn
declare In the OMAHA platform by
dorsing the sub-treaMry plan. that 1
minis should be closed To both SO