The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-16
UP GO OUR HANDS.
WE ARE COMPLETELY SQUELCHED
BY THE SAGE OF BRISTOL.
SQUIRE JONES TO THE FRONT.
And In a Characteristic Letter Ever
lastingly Flags The Sound
Money Fellows


a Republican and a Bimetalist. |
would not have suspected such thing
had you not declared it Editorially. l
love to communicate with stalwert Re-
publicans for they seem like brothers.
| find them generally to be men OF sense
and civility, and hope you will par
don me if [ talk like brother to you
as we now are birds of a feather and
can hobnob togeather and discuss the
great principles we represent in a
friendly manner, namely Protective
Tariff and Bimetalism. | herewith
send you some clippings of the last
three days from the Inter ocean, that
Stalwert of Stalwert journals, the clip
ings are written by a number OF prom
inent statesmen and the they furnish
endisputable proof of the correctness OF
our Principles. Please read them and
copy into your paper all such choice
Items as you may see fit and proper to
lay before your subscribers. | think
they will be SO interesting that many
delenquents will pay up with thanks II
nothing else. | have seen iii some OF
your last Editorials some things that
were abstruce to gray head like mine
and no doubt to other heads also. First
YOU question "Shall we abandon the
Gold standard which has stood the test
for over one hundred years." By no
means Brer Hall, Gold is very good
money, no man can object to it except
as to the insufficincy thereof; But Gold
like every other commodity needs q prop
under it sometimes during a financial
cricis as Evidenced during the last two
wears. You must be aware that we
had to mortgage our farms to buy a
prop from JOHNNY Bull Gold Bug at
cost of 81 millions of dollars. That IS
pretty dear proping Brer Hall. | think
we had better look nearer home for
proping the next time, We have a plen-
ty Of good timber on our own soil.
Secondly, you ask, "Shall we adopt
a silver standard at time when the
intrinsic value of a silver dollar is only
80 cents?" Hush Keep still or you
will give away our case as sure as ID 1
You know that we Republicans did that
damnable mischief in 1873. The DEM
ocrats did not object, they never did
object to any thing that was wrong nor
attempt to right it. Theresponsabllity
for that rests upon us. 1t has already
cost the country Billion OF dollars be-
side great suffering. 1t has cost us one
presidential Election and if we don't
look id sharp it will cost us an
other. Silver was there and then fell
loneously and with malice afOrethOught
struck down in the house of it's friendly
old Johney Bull Gold Bug who robed
her her of her sacred rights as the
queen of money and standard bearer OF
Silver, and liberty. Old Johney picked
up the standard and waved the flag on
high and said Gold is King and | am
his standard bearer" +" have won it
by an act of Congress wherefore | am
lawfully entitled to bear it," | am as
tonished that any man should be SO
stupid to ask the question after wit
Messing what he has during the last 70
years. King gold bug has utterly fail
ed to meet the demands Of the Gov
eminent or the people and has gone a
begging to his brother Johney for help
while at the same time he points the
finger of scorn at Miss Silver and says
" there goes the so per cent discount
Jade that dispoiled of her Jewels" A
Silver Standard? of course, 1t is much
better than a British Standard in this
country and not one hundredth part so
expensive. When we adopt a silver
Standard and set it up by the side of
the gold standard we shall then have
two legs to stand on aud the gales of
He'll shall not prevail against us. I'll
gold goes a limping, Silver will Brace
him up and not let him go begging
again. ..iIHa |
Thank fortune we have Gold and
Silver in this country that are twin
brother and sister and ever ready and
willing to help each other! But that
old Johney Bull Gold Bug has attempt
ed to SOW discord between them and |
create family strife for his benefit,
while our twins are fighting he takes
the cake between them. Again you
say, A gold standard has and always
will in every country mean Bimetalism!
but a Silver standard means Silver
money alOnev Now Brer Hall what in
ell do you mean by such statement?
cannot you see that is a Paradox self
evident Error? Do you claim to be in
spired by the Holy Ghost so that you
can desern some Ocult meaning in
those words? Do you mean to say
that gold is in league with the Devil
and therefore has dual account! Dol
you expect that your country readers
will accept that as truth or Wilrthey
not reguard it as some Mugwump
philosophy calculated to deceive and
mislead the people. Again you say
With silver standard gold would go
ont of EXiStance as a circulating me-
dunn and money metal at once
Question? Do you know whether that
is so? What evidence can you give to
prove it? Is there any case of that
kind in history? Has not gold already
gone out of circulation under a gold
standard? can it do any worse under
silver? 1 can not take an assumptive
assertion without proof You must
know that Silver has been a money
metal in every nation on Earth before
gold aud it still holds its own notwith-
standing it has been legislated against