People's voice., 1896-06-25

act Of 1874.
Now, may We not conclude that the
Republican party has violated the
constitution in that it has in the pas
sage Of a law demonetizing silver
passed ex post facto law in its effects,
retroactive, impairing the obligations
Of contract.
The constitution ARTICLE l III, sec.
tion III says: mo ex post factO law
shall be passed" J.A.CORBETT,
The Bankers Conspiracy.
silver knight.
For the last twenty-five years the
associated banks have operated to
gether as political organization.
They have been known in politics as a
guerrilla organization, working with
any party which would do them the
most good for the time being, but al
ways put goldbugS in power. A sample
Of the numerous circulars, which have
been issued by the Bankers Associa-
tiOn was presented in the senate by
Senator Butler Of North Carolina,
aud will be found in the Congressional
Record of May %, 1896, p, Glib. 1t
reads as follows;
The executive council Of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association declare un-
equivOcally in favor of the mainten-
ance Of the existing gold standaad Of
value and recommend to all bankers
and to the customers of all banks the
exercise of all their influence as citi-
zenS in their various states to
select delegates to the political con-
ventiOns Of both the great parties who
will declare unequivUcally in favor of
the maintenance of the existing gold
standard of value.
"YOur inhuenceiS earnestly request
ed to give practical effect to this
action"
1t is claimed for the bankers that
they have "a right as citizens of the
United States to engage in politics.
We do not deny the right OF citizens
to engage in politics, but the national
banks are creatures Of legislation and
their profits Or plunder, the latter we
think is the better word, depend on
congressional legislation. They feed
on subsidies, bOuntieS, premiums, and
Sumptuary laws as naturally as an OK
eats hay. They are not willing to
share with their tellow-citizens in the
business Of life under equal laws, con-
SeQuently they have combined TO
gether and formed themselves into a
political party to influence legislation.
They are neither Republicans, DEM
ocratS nor POpuliStS, but they are the
bankers party, and boldly declare that
they are associated together to control
the conventions Of all the parties,
They are acting in the same manner
as local organizations formed in cities
among the "boys" as they are termed
for the purpose Of bleeding the pOliti-
cal parties. The "boys" when they
unite to operate in any and all parties
for their own benefit, are condemned
as corrupt. Their object is to make
the parties give them something.
Why are not the banks styled corrupt
for organizing into party by them
selves to operate upon all parties to
make the parties give them something.
All, yes. They hvae been too success
ful 10 this country. The parties
which they have controlled have given
them in the last twenty-five years
thousands Of millions Of dollars, and
they now boast that they have power to
control all the parties. They have
ten thousands banks and banking insti-
tutions in the country, each of which
is political headquarters for the
faithful who will do the bi lding of
the bankers. By this powerful organ
izatiOn they manipulate the currency,
receive enormous subsidies, enhance
the value Of money depreciate the val
ue of men and property. This powerful
organization, whose only object is the
plunder Of the masses, is the monster
which is destroying the present civil
izatiOn, and is the agency through
which ROthschild governs nations.
Marcus Hanna is a street.railway
magnate. Years ago he secured a
franchise which gives him practi-
cally the ownership Of the streets of
two or three important cities in the
State of Ohio. Hanna built street.
railway lines in the usual way and
he made a great fortune in the
usual way. Today he is estimated
to be worth at least $4,000
This great fortune consists almost
exclusively Of stock in great corpor-
auons such as street lines, railroads,
transportation companies and simi-
lar creations of the legislative pow