The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-19

the capital power. He used the ap-
pointive power in a more dangerous
way than the car of Russia would and
made appointments to control the vote of
congressman against silver.
This great conspirator, Grover the
First, is drilling his men with hunger
, and cold and wrecked homes to cut each
others thrOats and destroy all hopes of
the race and bring this country under the
money rule. Both he and Ben Harrison
have proved to be traitors to the people
aud deserve the dissertation of all true
freemeu.
Let US forge to the front with men
like Stewart, Teller, Jones, Allen, Bryan,
Tillman and the sound, honest free silver
Sibley loud applausel aud make brave
battle to restore free coinage in 1895.
1--WE have no form of government but
that of the judiciary. We have no legis-
lative or executive power. Congress
may pass laws such as the people want,
as the income tax law, 10 million people
may want it while perhaps ten thousand
or hundred thousand az most, do not
want it Nine men get together and five
say "It is unconstitutional; we won't
have it." as in the case of the United
States supreme court in its recent villain
GUS decision on the question of income
tax.
"We need reform all along the line 4"
| w. L Brown read a number of letters
| from silver men in the country who had
| been asked to attend and were unable to
do So Those who responded were A. j.
| Warner of Ohio, W. N. Stewart of Neva
| d. ]. P st. John of New York, ex- Gov.
| 7. A. Osborn
! While Dir. Tillotson had been elected
/ chairman he was not present and while a
a com mittee hunted for him Pierre Hum
/ bert of Boston was introduced by Dir.
| 3hinn and was greeted with applause.
Among other things he said:
ave have men in Boston who are just
as determined as you for honest money
and the reconciliation OF silver Were
of today is a harder worker than the
toiler of long ago. An injustice is
being done. A standard is being
settled upon US that is unjust and
untenable and that standard is
| gold 1t is every day approaching, which
makes it harder for the laborer to earn a
living. We claim that trusts and com
bines always are detrimental to the ma
ton. This detriment must be met, not
by legislation against trusts, but by go
ing back of that and attacking the ap.
preciating coin which is the cause. The
remedy will come when the trusts become
so numerous that they Will prey upon
each other and there will be annihilation
This will be natures remedy.
eve must arrest the increasing value
of money. We have mines of both colo
and silver. If you shut of the silver
going TO the mint you give a double
monopoly to gold It is not true that t
adopt silver would cause gold to hy GU
of the country.
"The bankers say that the silver dol
lar is worth only fifty cents and yet dur
ing the panic of 's3 these same banker
were mighty glad to get silver certifi
Gates at $103. 1 myself got that for 81,
900 worth of the despIsed silver certifi
Gates.
1--WE are taught that gold is as i'm
movable as the sun. If 80 it is stagnan
and if it is to remain stagnant we do no
want it for it would congest our who'll
system. We do not want 3 metal tha
does not move. No economist eve