The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-26
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senator Jones' Letter,

New YORK. April lG.-Senator
Jone-. Of Nevada. who i at present
lin the city. ha- sent Mr.. >ibley a
letter in which he says
"-All parties agree that upon a
proper money system the prosperity
loi every Industry Of our people i
absolutely dependent We have
the assurance Of all our opponents,
Including the president of the I'M.
ted states. that without a sound
money we cannot have prosperity.
lin this We fully concur, and II be-
Ing conceded that all other ele-
Iuents Of prosperity must, to q
Irreater or less extent. remain III
lsbevance. awaiting the deternina-
lion of the monetary issue, l. 1t not
1.-The paramount duty of the people
Ito fully discuss and inform them
selves upon that issue once Tor all.
Should they not inquire in what
1.-The ~oundness OF a monetary sys-
Item consists We ask only that
putting aside all preludices, all
voters shall read both sides Of the
cause. In order that they may be
induced 10 do this, the issue must
be specifically Joined
For twenty years we have beer
{ slpleading with the dominant pollt
,lical parties To- present the ISSUE
,quarclv 10 the country, 20 that W
might have vote upon IT, Ih'
= advocates of free coinage. OF no mat
ter what party, ought now to al
,lthernSelve- how much longer the,
should wait. Heretofore in part.
l,platfom- the monetary issue ha
lilbeen pooled with numbers Of othe
! issues. upon which people naturall,
siiffer and will forever continue I
= hfrer. silver advocates who ar
,Iiree traders (or revenue tarIrf men
: admit that under vicious none
Itarv system, even the tariff of thei
= Ichoice would tail to produce pros
lperlty. silver advocates who ar
n,lprotectionists concede in like man
liner that under a bad monetary ~
4 tenn even a protective tariff woul
4 ,lprove failure. Why. then, shoul
q I'VE not first hear and determine tn
= mastering issue? Why furthe
= delay; i not this the accepted time
IIs not the country aroused upon III
q subject a. il has never been arouse
before No great reform was eve
! achieved except by union and con
Icentrated effort on the part Of thos
7 who favored it. No army ever suC
" ceesled whose soldiers were Away
+. Hiring in different directions.
,.I TIE GOLD COMBINE.
II ..The beneficiaries Of the gol
" standard will be mar-haled in soll
FL phalanx against Us; they will con
al oine irrespective Of all political dl
lierences. They are strongly ell
= trenched in power and will not easil
nloe dislodged They exercise Owe
n hlshadowing influence in the lare
U Ucenters Of population, and are a
Iran ging 10 flood the country wit
their literature filled with Sophistri,
and with false political econom,
did we not know the position a
almost OF abject dependence whic
I.Imany Of the small bankers, and Il
aIert and brainy manufacturers an
, merchants OF the country, are con
''lpelled To occupy toward the larl
Lenders of money for discounts
commercial paper, we should be a
bounded that the members Of O
chambers Of commerce and boar
of trade, men famed the world ov
ior acuteness of intellect, shoul
like the blind and unrea~oning ze;
o.- OF the Orient, be found shoutil
the praises Of the gold juggernal
while the mercilcss revolving whes
IF the glittering chariot are in I
y very act Of crushing out their G
II I~tence.
-All evidences point to cont'
II unexamplci importance in IL
-the result OF which from MOI
1cIiary point Of view may make IT I
JNlcontest of the century. Each adv
.ate Of Unrestricted silver COMA
.hould stand up and be count
NJ lun mistakably for his principles a
,Ifor the faith that i in him. tt
W he cannot do within the ranks
any political organization other III
those OF the American bimetal
party. All friends Of silver shot
Therefore rally TO our support.
they will do this they need have
Tear Of the failure Of the cause Il
hold dear. They will themsel
we win an oycrw helming majority
id the country, provided they h
bat the courage to step out Of
old ranks and into the new. Ey
= lover Of his country will wish
success. Very truly yours,
~ sJpTx< y Ipxr.