Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

ger could be planted for nearly quar-
ter of century past, II woulo
be In far worse crippled con-
ditton than silver. No other
form Of money on the face OF the earth
could have withstood rs silver nus
done, such malignant crusade as the
last twenty-five years have witnessed
in this country. 1t still holds It's place
In the affection of the people Bat
tered bruised and tattered rs 1t Is, YET
II will buy to-day all that gold VIII
buv and pay all the debts that golu
will nav, unless q special contract has
been made for gold. The American
people will never give 1t up ana the
sooner the minions OF aggressive, inso-
lent consolidated wealth and the AFRO
can't apostles OF gold recommendation
realize this fact the better and safer IL
will be for them in the future OF THIS
country. In every state and territory
from the western side of the Allegheny
mountains to the Pacific coast, silver
has been known and Endorsed by the
people for three-quarters OF century,
not merely as sound money, not merely
as honest money, but as land once
money besides. With it their homes
we're bought and paid for and not
much patience now remains with them
or their descendants for those VINO
stand and stigmatize the great white
metal, which has done its work so
we'll.
"And the need of the metal In the
hands of the people is even greater
now than before. There is scarcely q
speck of gold in the sight Of the labor
inc class. In round numbers there are
nearly four thousand millions OF gold
money in the world and about the
same amount OF silver. With silver
demonetized the plain people, the
wage-workers and those who raise ana
sell the produce of the soil, will handle
specie money no more forever and will
catch even glimpse of it but seldom
Gold will be boarded and hid away IN
the vaults of the great magnates OF
wealth and the people in their bpsl,
ness will be put on the half rations OF
paper to which the shrinkage from a
basis of bimetalism to basis OF mono
metalism will reduce them.
81 wish to impugn the motives OF nc
one and to avoid hard words in discus
, sion as far as possible But the time
has come when speech should be very
plain. Party platforms from this time
[ forward will not be framed to cheat on
this subject, whatever may have beer
| done heretofore. No dubious phrase
ology or straddling planks on th'
J question of silver will be tolerated IL
l the next national conventions that are
| to take place in this country, Words
will mean what they say, and men wil
g be nominated whose lives and records
G will constitute guarantee that thu
t principles declared will be carried out
/ Nor are the people to be imposed OF
( any further by the ominous air will
8 which the money lords and none,
i, lenders pirate about the terrors AM
o disasters of beipg put on a silver Oasl
l by the free coinage ri silver
n "If the free and uniimitsd coinage 9
d silver as full legal tender money, an
:, a standard of statutes and the unit o
g ACCOUNT Dnd payment without a word O
= ipternatioRal agreement on the subJec.
b will put this country 9q 2 silver oasl
then we were on this basis eveFy IN,
e and hour from the passage Of thi
|. coinage act in 1893, until the demone
t tizing act of February, 1873. q Perio
n of eighty-one years, during which q"
; rose from weakness to the foremos
6 ralik among the nations of the earti
! commend to all Croakers in regard
q silver basis q careful Eeqqipg of tn
= April 2, 1893, fqrmqtqtsq ,
n Hamilton IA
Q by Washington.