The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-31

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| them TO the extent of his ability. /;
was Mr.. Harvey, himself. who gave the
subject to the Associated Press report.
4 er at Chicago
Amos AcClain, with some reluctance
! and with his instructors approval
gave out the following information re-
| garding the scheme which will soon be
! given 10 the public.
Having read Coins Financial Schoo'
1 and becoming interested in il far more
| than any other treatise on the money
] question ever read, we began to anal
| we it and try and discover what there
was about il that made il so interesting
We finally came 10 the conclusion tina,
| the fact Of boy" being capable OF
disposing Of so intricate a subject "a the
| financial question is generally consider
| ed TO be, in such a clear and concise
way, together with the style of lam
| guage used. was the primary cause
| The thought then came 10 mind
| why should this be fiction? If was
| only able to assume the part attributed
| 10 Coin" and take his place-in reality
would il not be novel? Would l not
| be able TO give as clear and concise
exposition OF facts as Coin? And
would not the novelty OF the situation
be great help in my behalf?
Thoroughly convinced that / was
on the right track consulted my friend
Erwin Taft and asked him 20 enter the
scheme. he assuming the part of the
tnterrogat-r mi proDounding ire cues
tons and | answering them verbatim
from Coins Financial School
He came TO my assistance and VOL
unteerd 10 join me. Next we went to
Professor Hoss and asked his opinion
and receiving a very encouraging and
Aa+ rarsr,r
into the work.
Under Professor Hoss' able instruc-
tons We had the book mastered in less
than ten weeks.
Since our completing the book many
things have initiated against our put
ing our plans into execution.
when AR. Harvey was here / saw
him a his rooms at the Carey and at
his request outlined my plan to him.
He expressed himself as believing
my scheme to be a good one. in a very
encouraging manner. He also gave me
many valuable suggestions as TO ar
ranging chart for the exposition of
the pictures in Coins Financial School
AS per Mr.. Harvey's suggestion L
went TO see Mr.. Newt Garst, president
Of the Sedgwick County Silver league
Mr.. Garst's manner was only repeti-
tion of the kind interest given me by
Mr.. Harvey and he assured me that
by all means in his power he would
assist US in realizing our scheme. Since
then my colleague and myself have
derived new enthusiasm and are con-
WINGED that we will be able to give
Coins Financial School in real life
by the middle of next month
1T has been apparent all along that
the champions of the gold standard,
and the still more numerous 'Mait-for-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. apostle,
have not met the plain common-sense
arguments of the silverites. Neither
will the unpatriotic press of the coun-
try make any sort of a decent answer.
For this reason l am willing TO stand
up as the peoples advocate and defy
these puerile Americans to show why
il is for the best interest of our COM
mon country and the destiny of the
republic 10 proceed forthwith with the
restoration of the money system OF the
constitution
The merits Of bimetallism scarcely
need any elaborate treatment al my
hands. Older and wiser heads have
gone into that question and settled it as
fairly as any question was ever settled:
but what l shall plead for with all the
strength that God has given me, is
American patriotism.
Nuy SIfouiu We. now tndl we nave
neared the mightiest national fabric ev-
er erected on the broad highway OF ma
tons. turn to Europe for it's gracious
consent that we do our simple duty
by ourselves? Why have we honOred
as one of the cardinal doctrines OF
American enterprise protection TO our
if we are now, after the
operation of that principal for years
and after We have grown to maturity
10 confess that after all the United
States of America count for no more
than any other of the socalled civilized
nations" If We are to be a colony Of
Great Britain. as the present admins
tTation seems to believe, why not tear
from our history the pictures of Wash
ington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln?
Under such construction of our ma
tional existence those great heroes /
would be out of place. Yes, let us take I
them from the book where appear other
names that bring the blush of shame 10
our faces, and at least place them in
the book of Men Who Have Loved and
for Mankind II we. as a ma
ton are ashamed OF them, we can honor
them as men and give their faces a !
place in grateful hearts"
The young men will give their first !
before the Sedgwick /
County Silver league as soon as the rest /
of the paraphanalia arrives. II re-
quires about two hours 10 give the /
book in full. and no one can help but |
be interested. After their appearance |
before the National Bimetallic union I
at Chicago. the young men Will make |
a tour of the southern states.