The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
THE SILVER CRAZE.
Reuben Erwin Will Stand by the Cause
Of Silver at t6 to and is Con-
fident the Cause will Win.

Editor News Democrat: want to say
to my old Prohibition friends or to whom
IL may concern, that I, as In the past, as
much as ever, desire the entire overthrow
of the liquor traffic as beverage, and
shall continue TO work for that end as
opportunity may afford, as, have been
doing for the past twenty years. But
now at this late hour in life it pains me
TO say that must bid you goodbye so
far as your party principles are concerned,
as you have dropped from the national
platform all those PRINCIPLES that have
ever held most sacred and dear TO my
heart, save one. And all this to please
the moneyed aristocrats of the party,
for do believe that the present financial
system Is bringing poverty, destitution
and suffering upon this nation, perhaps
as great as does the liquor traffic will
not support gold standard millionaire
TO manage the affairs of the government.
Wendell Phillips once said: "when you
make a millionaire (as rule) you make
thousand paupers. If that statement
be true some Of the leaders of the Prohi-
billion party are as great detriment to
the welfare Of society as saloon man
would be.
/ fully endorse the principles as en-
bodied In the National Prohibition party,
but expect to work for the free and un-
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limited coinage of sill YER, 18 to /, wher-
ever opportunity may afford. Notwith-
standing some OF the leaders of the gold
standard party say they are going to
stamp out or stamp to death this free
silver craze, fancy they will have q
rather heavy job of stamping Principles
Of right don't stamp out. There is no
power in heaven or on earth that can
stamp out principle Of right. The
more you stamp, the brighter and
brighter the truth will shine.
we'll remember when another crime
existed In our land, of great magnitude.
also remember that we were called
traitors, anarchists and fouls, aud that
some of the Southern Hre-eaters then
said they would stamp us out by calling
the Slave Rule on Bunker Hill.
And now, in concluding, let me repeat
what have been saying for the past
year: that we will never have any
genuine lasting prosperity with q single
gold standard and our present financial
policy. Notwithstanding the Republl-
cans set up wonderful howl about
honest money and a flfty-cent dollar with
the restoration Of confidence. Who don't
know that we never had a more dishonest
dollar than we have today, for The
person who contracted a debt fifteen years
ago, and is yet unpaid, or has been paid
within two or three yearsp Who don't
know that money has been increasing
during all those years In its purchasing
poweIP Who don't know that one dollar
will buy touay what two dollars would
flften years agoY Who uon't know that
the Republican papers Of this city,as we'll
as over the country generally, set up an
exultiDg howl about their restored pros
perity, and all the mills, ard wheels Of
the country were set in motion immedi-
ately after the election? And who dom {
know now that they have all dried up on
that subject because of the facts that have
been developed In the oase9
Would it not now be proper for them to
repent in sackcloth aud ashes, and blush
70, shame for the grievous blunders they
have nader
Our cause is right and il I can read the
signs of the times Alright, should say
that thousands are flocking to our cause,
especially since the election, from the
oom mon walks of society.
Respectfully,
r. Erwin,