Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-22
ON CURRENT TOPICS.
WHAT PRESS AND PEOPLE ARE
SAYING.
Democrats Want an Extra Session of
Congress-Gov. Altgeld Talks-Senator
Isham q. Harris on the situation
Gold Bugs Want Everything.

The gold bugs are leaving nothing
undone to check what they call the
1t is thought now if an extra session of
congress is called and the responsible
ity of the situation thrown on the Re-
publicans it could help their cause. A
dispatch from Washington says:
"a large percentage of the Demo-
cratic party have become convinced of
the immediate necessity of an extra
session. They urge that it would serve
to divert popular attention and cause
temporary cessation of the silver
craze and would place the Republicans
in the same attitude of incompetency
and imbecility as that ascribed to the
Democrats Of the Fifty-third congress.
1t is considered by men of both parties
that it will be as impossible for the Re
publicans to enact financial legislation
as the Democrats. The result would be,
it is urged, the division of the Repub-
licans into factions which would de-
YOUR each other. AS a consequence, the
masses would experience a revulsion of
disgust. The Democrats would have
nothing to lose and might stand to be
greatly benefited by internal dissen-
sions IN the ranks of their rivals.
These arguments, opinions and facts
are now, it is said, being daily laid be-
fore the president by resident and Wis
iting Democratic leaders, who urge the
great party advantage to be gained by
calling upon the Fifty-fourth congress
to make necessary alterations in the
present financial system. They call at
tention to the situation in New York as
bright and shining illustration of
what may be expected when the Repub-
licans come into national control.
1T Is believed among politicians in
this city that the pressure upon the
president to call an extra session, will
| increase rather than diminish. AS free
silver sentiment spreads, party leaders
will become more and more unanimous
in pleading with Mr.. Cleveland to save
the cause by embracing the great op-
portunity offered of deriving enormous
advantage from Republican indiffer-
ence and indecision."
| The present attitude of the goldbugi
| towards all those who oppose their so
called sound money doctrines reminds
us of the story of the mean man wht
owned a COW in partnership with his
brother. The mean man insisted tina
the hinder half of the COW was his ant
that the forward part was his brother s
which he was in duty bound to feeC
and care for. The mean man refused t
divide any of the milk, refused to pa,
for any Of the feed, and then sued hi
brother for damage when the GOV
hooked him. All the bankers and SCUM
money want is to give them bonds o.
which to base their banknotes, pa
them interest on the bonds, pay interes
OF their notes, pay interest on the de
posits, demand no security from then
and all of their notes that become de
stroyed to become clear gain to then
This is the Sound Money" dictrin
that is being preached all over tn
country.
Governor Altgeld has a way Of cal
ing things by the right name in
| | udAnCI ludI lCll CoAlA6. NC Oclu1
Gratis in Chicago recently formed whs
they called an Honest Money League
/, In an interview in which the governc
/, was asked what he thought about
he said:
well, they are apparently starti1
out under false colors, and evince q
intent to deceive, for they know
ought to know that the money systel
they advocate is the most dishonest an
damnable that was ever invented, b.
cause it doubled the burdens of the el
tire producing classes. 1t broke dow
the purchasing power of the world ar
left the laborer without bread becau
there was no market for his product
These gentlemen also know, or oug
to know, that this was done at the il
stance and for the benefit of the bon
holding and salary drawing officials
Europe and the East Consequently Il
name Honest Money League mu
have been adopted because it was ca
culated to deceive the public. "
sometimes see a bank or a store or
restaurant with some high-soundil
name over it. Did you ever know o.
that paid hundred cents on the dt
lar, or that gave your moneys wor
when you ordered apple pie? Now,
these gentlemen were honest in tt
movement and intended to be cand
with the public, they would have call
themselves The Paralysis, Panic a
Poverty Club Had they done this :
could at least respect them"
do you think, governor, that Il
association will be able to accompli
much"
: mo, not as it is now constitute
i Mayor HOPKINS sized it up in nut-sh
5 when he pointed out the fact that j.
ope-third of them were federal OH