Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-22
Democratic Northwest.
AND HENRY COUNTY NEWS.
FREE COINAGE OF
GOLD AND SILVER
AT Is TO !.
The Hope Of the Nation
By H. G. BURsoN, NJ. D.
By H. G. BURsoN, NJ. D.
TCONCLUSION.l |

Naught have we to say against Mr.
Mckinley. the candidate of the gold
people, but of the cause he represents
we have much to say. A good man
representing bad cause does in nc
way better the cause. In their plank
they start out by saying that they are
"unreservedly for sound money"
Now what does t'sound money" mean
as that term is used to-day2 1t
simply means that gold alone should
be used for standard money, thereby
cutting out silver from its ancient
place as a standard Of value. They
are opposed to the free coinage of sil-
yer SO they declare by their plank ex.
cept by international agreement. Do
they expect Rothchilds to be the gov
ernment of this country? They will
not hear to such an agreement for
they are doubling their money for
tunes too often by the existing gold
standard to allow change. The
money barons have openly declared
by their actions that they will listen
to no such agreement. Gold suits
them and we need look for no encour-
agement. We must act independent
ly and alone. They also declare that
until such agreement can be had that
the now "existipg gold standard must
be preserved" Suppose we wait for
such an agreement, how long will it
take to bring it about7-At the least
calculation FIVE years, and at the pres.
ent rate where would the debts of this
country be? Under the standard
that they "must be preserved" we
have recently had two large bond is
sues, with another in sight, and at
that rate we would have at least five
more in as many years. That is just
what the money kings want. They
expect to "bam boozle" the people by
promising an international agreement
and by that time have 1000, 900, 900
in bonds fastened upon the American
people, besides controlling our execu-
tive, legislative and judicial powers
and then perhaps be satisfied.
The silly part of this international
agreement through the party that ad-
vocates it, is to know that in 1878
and 1892 when the Republicans were
In power acts we're passed looking to
such an agreement and we're never
carried out. Tie act of Feb %, 1878,
article 2, provided that the President
should Immediately invite the Latin
Union countries to an international
agreement, for the purpose of placing
gold and silver at a relative parity.
1t also provided for the payment of
costs that should be made at such
conference. Again on August 5th,
1892, an act was passed for the same
purpose, and provided that the Presl-
dent should appoint FIVE commission
ers to an international conference for
the purpose Of fixing relative value
between gold and silver, and also for
their free coinage at the ratio agreed
to in conference.
Now why should the people be ask.
ed to still wait longer? We have
tried twice in less than fifteen years
with negative results. The fact is we
need look for no help from abroad
and the only way to accomplish 1t
is to go it openly and alone. The
thing to do is to vote for free silver
and declare by that. that the United
States is great enough to attend to its
own business without the aid of any
other nation.
The above is the substance of laws
passed by congress in the years nam
ed, and can be found by examining
the revised statutes Of the United
States.
How in the world are we to pay the
bonds due in 1907, with gold alone?
There will be at that time some $780,
00O,O0o to be paid in coin as they read