The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-03
HE MADE A RINGER
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ing the party. and its leaders 10
al hold in my hands bill introduced
into congress by Mr.. Jerry Simpson. oy
Senator PETER. by Congressman JeH
Hudson. in which they propose 10 de-
monetize both gold and silver and 10
issue in their stead paper fiat money.
and to abolish the national banking
act. all acts providing for the issuance
of treasury notes. gold certificates, eth
er coin or bullion, silver certificates.
either coin or bullion, or the issue of
bank notes. and all laws or parts OF
laws providing for issuing or refunding
the interest bearing bonds or other evil
dences Of Indebtedness Of the United
States: that all tariff laws be repealed;
that all internal revenue laws be re-
pealed, and that the salaries Of the gov
eminent officials and all the appropria-
tons made by congress for the purpose
Of carrying on the affairs Of the govern
ment be paid with fiat paper money.
Set the machine going and make II as
fast as possible and as much of il as IS
needed
1.-THE fact is. fellow citizens. that the
best money which we have ever had in
the country, the most satisfactory fin
ancial management. has been that Of
the Republican party. and we must look
IN the Republican party for success in
the future
For centuries N the worlds history
silver and gold have had equal access
TO The minis Of the great powers Of earth
with equal privileges. at some ratio
ranging along from fifteen TO sixteen
and a half And there never was con-
carted effort on the part Of the great
ma tons Of the earth to take away the
- Aol nm
the minis Of the government until with
in a few years last past. There Is in
the world about four billions each Of
silver and gold Silver has been the
monev with which we have done the
sr1alle~ neactions Of life; IT has been
the money ~ The working people. while
gold has been the money Of kings and
Of governments, the money OF banks
and Of bankers. and has been boarded
for times Of war and for paying great
national obligations.
81 have no patience with the PROPOSE
ton that before we can continue the
coinage Of silver in the minis of the
United States, that there should be an
international agreement. When did
England ever ask the people Of this
country to come and sit down with her
and to consult as TO what her standard
arrangement OF her monetary system?
And yet we are here. seventy millions
Of people (tl1e greatest silver producing
nation on earth or should be)-and yet
we are striking down one of our great
est industries because. forsooth. some
nation across the water does not ap-
prove Of its encoura cement.
when say ] am bimetallist and
that 7 am i'm favor Of the coinage of sill
Yer product. I find myself in mighty
good company. I remember that on
February 7. 1878, Mr.. James G. Blaine
said 4 believe gold and silver coin 10
he the money Of the constitution Dan
iel Webster said: 4 am certainly Of
the opinion that gold and silver at rates
fixed by congress, constitute the legal
standard Of value in this country, and
that neither congress nor any state has
the power to establish any other stan
dard or displace this standard
During the years since the silver
question has arisen, the delegation from
Kansas, from the days of Tom Ryan
and the lamented Haskell and Perkins
and Plumb and ingalls,. and recently
Curtis and Frederick, have all been the
friends of silver.
TALKED ABOUT LOCAL TICKET
Judge Reekman paid a high tribute TO
the local candidates. some of whom he
has known for years. He likened the
fight unto a battle and without excep-
ton il was the finest piece of oratory
ever heard by Wichita audience. With
the genius of an artist he built up from
his imaginative powers two great arm
les, one struggling for the right and
the other struggling in wrong cause.
He directed the movements of one
against the other with wonderful Illus
trative skill He likened one of these
armies the Republican ticket and the
other the opposition. One army was
in a disordered condition with the
enemy moving toward ii. With an
eloquent tongue he sounded the alarm.
asked the troops on the Republican side
to get into line, to lose ranks until ell
bows touched, to march forward and
by all means attain victory. In this
scene one could almost hear the sound
of the musketry and the roar of the
cannon.
In illustrating the local situation he
told a very pathetic story. Last week
he said that he was at Concordia and
he met there a friend OF his who was
in company with a sister. Mr.. Beck
man said that his friends sister was one
OF the prettiest women he ever saw but
that she had a very ugly scar on her
face. When the sister went out the
brother said: Judge Beekman did
you notice the scar on my sisters face?
Did you notice how il marred her re-
markable beauty? I am responsible
for that. When we were playing to-
gether I fired a piece OF glass at her
and II made that scar. The moment
1t was done remorse took hold of me. I
would give all the money in the world
If I had not done it for loved her. AS
we grew up nv remose became greater
and I often felt like killing myesf.
wish I had died before / ever threw
that piece Of glass
Judge Beekman appealed TO the Re-
publicans present 10 abstain in their an
ger. from infiicting a scar on the Re-
publican organization Of their county
that the moment ii was over they would
regret II, but that the scar would re-
main forever. He appealed TO them
not TO down the Republican ticket.
composed Of their friends simply TO
spite the administration.
THE FIRSTTHING AFTER BREAKFAST
A Duty the Business Men of Wichita Owe
n IhemselyPx.