Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-05-30
A POPULIsT REPLIES.


he repeats an absolute falsehood. A |
moments reflection on the subject |
would convince anyone of the false |
hood. A good way to get little
think is to try to find some national |
law that demonetiZed silver. Try it, |
friends A years subscription TO the
Register to the first person who brings
us law demonetizing silver in the
United States. Register.
The editor of paper that will make
such declarations as the above must
presume very largely upon the ignor-
ance of his readers.
OF course, in offering 80 valuable
prize he is very careful to place himself
on safe grounds. Who is so ignorant
as not to know that silver at 10 time
has been absolutely demonetizedp But
as standard of values and full legal
tender it has, and that, too, by the
party that is now claimed to be its only
friend.
The act of 1873 robbed silver of it's
legal tender qualities in all sums over
$5, and since that time the banks, the
metropolitan press, and every little
penny fiste that could be bought for So
have bounded its tracks with as much
persistence as the officers of the law
would that of the worst criminal.
In 1878 or 1879 the Bland-Allison
bill became law, which, largely in
creased our silver circulation and par
TALLY restored its legal tender qualities.
This was a democratic measure and
was vetoed by President Hayes, who
stood at the head of the republican
party. and was giving all possible
aid to the rapidly developing money
power. But many of the republican
members of congress better understood
the temper of the people, and to save
their hides from going on the fence,
aided the democrats in passing it over
the presidents veto, but they did it
only as compromise measure, to quiet
the people and prevent free coinage.
In 1880 this law was repealed, and that
miserable makeshift known as the
Sherman law was substituted in it's
place, which Sherman admits was done
to prevent free coinage.
The orst enemy silver. as money
metal, has encountered for 1000 years
is the very Identical party that is now
headed by John Sherman, Tom Reed
and Bill Mckinley, and are hypocrit-
ically trying to make believe they are.
and have always been, She friends and
advocates Of silver.
Ny dear-sir, if your pFetenticns are
half true, why is it necessary foC your
party to be wiggling like woEnded
Wonm trying to devise some new
straddle by which you aay again be
able to fool the people?
IfIou have always been right, stand
by your position. and the gates OF he'll
cannot prevail against you. But you
seem to be unhappy; an unsafe feeling
seems to have crept over you; yea
talk about tree silver plank in
your platform, a thing you have some
how failed to have heretofore. But
Sour masters in the east, that honest
money, patriotic end of your party, are
kicking against it. 20 you are between
the devil and the deep sea, and you
have your backs toward the sea. You
have nothing but words of abuse for
the party that has declared for free
and unlimited coinage of silver, Is to
L, in every platform they have promul-
gated. Why are you trying to bring
: disgrace upon a party that for six
years has been trying to bring about
just what you are now pretending to
be so anxious for?
Where were you then? Just where
you are now-in the republican party
band wagon, with Sherman, Mckinley
and Reed on the front seat holding
the ribbons.
Say, now, my dear sir, are you for
the free and Unlimited coinage of silver
is to 1, or do you intend to dodge be-
hind the parity basis, to be determined
by law hereafter, or do you favor il
with an international agreementp II
YOU are for free coinage without any
strings on you, come right out and say
so, and stay with your friends. Dom,
be lending your best efforts to those
who are eating up the substance OF