The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-25

mount ~ all else. The currency
bill Of Carlisle was nothing but |
scheme to retire greenbacks and L
:. notes, and issue interest bearing
bonds for a debt now bearing no in
terest, thus compelling the common
people to pay more taxes, and fur
Their to fasten upon the country 70
an indefinite period system OF ma
tional banks, against which thu
Democratic party has placed itsel
persistently upon record since thu
time of President Jackson's veto 0
the U. S. bank bill, before our Con
gresham was "born q Democrat. :
And after a sad realization Of tn,
fact that the Democracy was in Nov
overwhelmingly repudiated by tn,
People, all over the country, be
cause it failed in the SD Congress
to redeem its pledges to them in re
gard to currency, labor and tanff
the COURIER is forced to the belle
that those are better Democrats who
adhere strictly to Democratic prin'
ciples, under all circumstances,
than are those who trust others t.
shape their course for them, com
mand their votes, and blindly fol
low Others to the slough Of defeat
and dishonor, although they may
have been .sborn Democrats. ~ The
Democratic party will only gain sue
cess when its public servants adhere
closelyto time-honored, moss-grown,
battle SCARED, fire-tried Democratic
principles, that have come down
from the days Of Jefferson in the
immortal Declaration that "all men
are created equal" Bankers and
Wall street gamblers, and Pullman
monopolists, and Carnegie armor-
plate scamps should not be given
rule over the people.
Friend John says the COURIER
found fault with his vote on the re-
peal of the purchasing clause Of the
Sherman act. The editor did 50 to
him individually, but not through
our columns, any more than with
the rest Of the Democrats who al
lowed Cleleland to cajole or buy
them into voting money into the
Wall street gamblers pockets. The
Sherman act was denounced as a
miserable makeshift," and its re-
peal demanded by Democratic Ma
tional and State platforms, because
it demonetized silver and made a
mere commercial commodity Of it.
This was urged upon the hastings
by every Democratic speaker in the
West, and Mr.. Brett pledged him.
self in every speech he made to vote
for the restoration Of silver to the
position it had occupied from the
formation Of the Government until
the sneak act Of the banking Re-
publicans in 1873. And yet when
it came to a vote Congress only
voted to repeal part Of it. Had
it repealed the entire act, as the
platforms demanded instead Of only
the part which authorized the coin.
age m ,nthly Of "a, 800, 900 Of silver
the currency Of the country would
havebeen thrown into such confusion
as to have Immediately forced set.
Element Of the questions involved,
regardless Of the gambling interests
Of Wall street, and the currency is
sue would have taken precedence Of
the tariff issue, as its greater mag
nitude entitled it to. Its just set
Element would have averted the
panic Of 1898; the country would
have been prosperous; there would
have been no labor riots, because
money would not have been hoard
ed for speculation. Eugene Debs,
who was an honored and honest
Democratic member Of the Indiana
Legislature from vigo county,
would not have been driven from
the party by its utilization with cap
ital against labor; the Democrats
ocrats would have carried the coun-
try aglin last Nov. instead Of meet
ing . Waterloo, and John l.. Bretz
might have been on the high road
to earning political fame, instead Of
being defeated in Democratic dis.
trict. And this was all changed by
not carrying out the plain pledges
to the People.
Mr.. Bretz says he was tired Of the
interminable jawsmiths Of the
House. The People generally were,
and wanted to see it ended, and the
quickest way 10 end it, for both
House and Senate, was to kill the
snake the first chance you had to
hit (which the result following
the adverse vote proves.
The gentleman is mistaken in
supposing the COURIER had any
malice in its comments. Il was in
sorrow, and not in anger, that il
noted his being led away fro the
ancient landmarks. He is too much