The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-05-24
Free Silver.

In an article upon the free silver
craze that is now sweeping over the
country, the Philadelphia Times well,
truly and timely says:
"These spectators and demag0guCS
want Il silver currency worth half the
present money standard and they ap-
peal to people in debt by telling them
that they can pay their obligations
with fifty cents on the dollar. They
would thus initiate prices, it is true,
but it would require two dollars to
buy one dollars worth Of anything
that a farmer or labOring man con
sumcd, while no one suppoScS that the
wages would be doubled under such a
standard. In addition, it would de-
stroy the credit of the United States
throughout the entire civilized world,
and the billions Of money employed
for the development of this country,
obtained at low rates Of interest
from the old world, would be with
drawn. and we should be left in utter
hclplessness because we had delibcr-
atcly dishonorcd ourselves and de-
Str0yCd our credit.
at is not Il question that affects
the rich alone. On the contrary, it
will very generally affect the working
classes more than any other cOndi-
tion of life. They would have to pay
double for everything they consume,
and they could not hope, even under
the most favorable circumstances to
command double prices for their la
Dor or their products. 1t is sheer
speculation and dcmagagiSm that de-
mand Il silver STANDARD of money, and
every honest citizen, and especially
every mar who lives by his labor
should spurn both the spcculat0r and
the chlrlatan and declare for honest
money as the paramount issue Of the
nation
The following are the new officers
Of the Mississippi Press Association
to serve for the year 1895:
Prcsident-J. l.. Gillespie, Green
wood Enterprise.
First Vice Presidential. p. Smith,
Grcenville Democrat.
Second Vice PresidenU-J. b. Bal
lard, Tupelo journal.
Secrctary--J. G.. Mcclure, Yazoo
City Herald.
Assistant Secrctary-U. q. Blakcs-
lee. New Albany Gazette.
Treasurcr-P. X. Mayors, Pasca-
gOula Democrat-Star.
Chaplain-J. w. Bailey, Junior
Preacher, H%a2lchurst.
Annual Orator-F. II. Raiford, Sen
atobia Democrat.
Essayists-Mrs. G.. A. Wilson, Lex
ington Advertiser, II. b. Dudley,
Iuka Vidette.
Poctcss-Mrs. j. II. Whcless, Yazoo
City.
Poet X. Almon, Canton Picket.
Next meeting will be held in Mcrid-
ian.
The Corinth Herald, an opponent of
free silver, wants it understood that
in the discussion of the silver ques-
ton it is no enemy "to silver, no gold
bug and no monometallist. AS a
Democrat we do not propose to step
off the national platform, but will
stay with it until another is adopted.
We have no objections to having every
ounce of silver in the world, includ-
ing the spoon of the late Ben Butler,
coined into standard silver dollars
and fractional parts thereof but we
want said dollars when so coined to
be worth one hundred cents the world
over. We hope we are understood
1t would appear as If the office OF
4 1oater for Jackson and Harrison
counties is to go abcgging. W. have
no one announced for IL. Is there nc
one willing TO serve the people.
(COast Beacon.
II Bro. Adams will cast his eyes over
the candidates column Of the DEMO.
GRAFT STAR he will see that Mr.. M. A.
, Dees is announced for Noater and he
will float into office at the next cleo.
tion.
The officials say there Is not a sin