The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-19
SEATTLE. SUNDAY, MAY 10.
VOORHEES,, PRETTY BUBBLES.

A man may see very clearly how ad-
ysntageous the concurrent use Of silver
and gold would become without getting
sentimental over It and talking that
which for the sake OF politeness we VIII
call poetry. When Senator voorhees, says
that "silver will always remain the money
OF the common people. while gold VIII be
IN. money OF the rich" he means to cay
something awfully sweet and pretty, but
II he would fold his rhetorical wings and
nutter from the Voorheesian sky down
among "the common people" he would
very soon learn that the one idea which
permeates the intelligence OF "the COM
mon people" Is that they want to become
rich; not goldbugs and bloated bondhold-
ors. or even millionaires: not wicked capt.
taiists or vapacious property-owners, but
having enough wealth to buy whatever
they want--a comfortable, virtuous and
generous richness. If we believed that
gold was the rich mans money We would
advise "the common people" to get all
they could OF IT, Who wants to be poor
or common, IL the possession OF gold Will
make him rich and rare?
1t IL against such tawdry logic and tin
seized talk we would warn the true
friends OF silver. Voorhees, and his kind
do not know and do not care what the
consequences 10 the people are so long as
they can float along the popular current
into Offices whose salaries are payable in
nd hal a.
Where are we 20 seek for proof OF Mr.
Voorhees, doctrine? Shall we ind Il in
the fact that the richest nation I'm the
world IS a gold standard nation and that
the poorest peoples-the Indian and Chi
nese coolies. the Mexlcans and peoples of
other semi-baI barous South American
states are paid their wages In silver only ?
No. We want the money OF the rich
The way TO get II is 10 reduce the value
OF gold by enhancing that OF silver. so
that gold shall come down from its pres
ent unattainable heights. We want for
the common people" dollar that is
every bit as good as the dollar OF the
rich. and ''bi-metailism" is the only
means by which both can be made OF the
same value.
Senator Voorhees, ought TO Join the Wo-
mans Political League OF New York.
They are In favor OF free silver. and their
reasoning Is better than Senator Voor-
hees' because they know what they want
aud see one way 10 get 1t. One OF the
speakers at the last meeting said: Il
think this Is a grand nation. and it ought
20 he able 20 plan out a financial scheme
Of it's own without taking lessons from
any other country. II seems 10 me that
modern financial legislation Is entirely on
the side OF the rich and not on the side OF
the poor"
Now that's what Voorhees, saws ne
thinks so he Is eligible TO membership.
india" says another very astute lady.
has silver standard. Any gold that
enters that country is Immediately made
M into jeweiry. The women are their
husbands bankers. The wives OF the rich
native princes are weighed down with
bracelets. necklaces and head ornaments.
al Of solid gold, which are KEEP, safely by
the constant watchfulness 90 their &c.
elndei wearers. The rich women never
80 out OF the zsuarras, and their guarded
apartments are The safest repository O:
the family wealth"
Could anything he more lovely. or doe.
any lady need further argument 70 con
vince her that silver standard I. bex.r
II Is true. as Voorhees, saws. but not a.
Re means. hat silver Is the money OF ~
poor But Ply putting s. on A par with
gold II becomes IS good as the rich man.
money. and the poor man IS then IN 4
Better position - rot 20 become rich r
set fun value for the products Of his
energy and labor