Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-24

Gov. Altgeld has given the follow
ing statement as his opinion of Presi-
dent Cleveland's latest letter:
IF it had any other name than that
of the Presidents signed to it nobody
would give it any attention. In fact
If l had signed such a document it
would be ridiculed all over the country,
for its weakness almost excites pity
But the letter is remarkable in this,
that it is the first instance in the his
tory of the republic in which a Presi-
dent of the United States, after using
all the powers of the government, has,
in addition, condescended to write for
newspapers in order to serve his
masters. For this letter was not only
written expressly for publication, but
was intended to start boom, and has
been advertised for week in order TO
give it an audience. Other Presidents
have been used as convenience by
class interests, but this is the first time
in which a Presidents name has been
dragged 800 miles outside of Washing
ton city for that purpose. After nomi-
mating Cleveland three times and elect
ing him twice to the presidency, the
standard Oil Company and Wall street
people get him to use all the powers
of government to further their schemes.
The country has been astounded to see
postoffices and patronage used to CO.
eorce congress into doing the bidding
Of the east, from the striking down of
silver to the packing of a Supreme
court. In the meantime the country
has been going from bad to worse With
abundant crops, and with the most in
dustrious, intelligent and enterprising
people to be found on earth, we are in
paralyzed condition, brought on by
no natural cause, but by the arbitrary
acts of number of governments of the
world controlled by the influence of
the official salaried classes and of the
bondholding classes of Europe and
America. These wanted to make all
property and commodities cheap and
money dear, and they have succeeded
The result is that the purchasing
power of the producing classes has
been destroyed. while all the debts.
taxes and other fixed charges remain
the same. 1t takes all that the people
can get together to meet the fixetl
charges; consequently labor is idle and
the great producing classes are in dis
tress, and they are finding out the
cause. They have learned that the So
called honest dollar is the most dis
honest dollar ever given to man, for it
compels the debtor to give twice as
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| have been necessary at the time that
the debt was created
Now, does the Presidents lette,
offer remedy to these people? None.
They have been bled until they can't
stand up, and he simply tells them to
be content. They know that until they
get more blood they can not do busi-
ness. They have submitted to this
ruinous policy long enough and de-
mand a change. The eastern manipu-
lators see this, and in order to keep
their grip on the government were ar
ranging to delude the people. For this
purpose they were going to start a
boom, and as it was the western people
who were to be duped it was decided
" StdlC INC DooH III OnlcdSO, ana IN
order to draw the crowd they concluded
to take the President out, but before
they got him there the atmosphere be-
came chilly and they had to give this
up. Then they did the next best thing;
they got him to write letter for pub
lication. 1t has come, and the boomlet
that will be born of this will be such
a little one that il will NOT reflect on
the virtue of it's mother"