The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-06

And now comes this young man, as if
we had not suffered enough from sec
tional STRIFE and talks Of enemy
country
They seek aIosexcite what they call
the poor, against what they call s'the
rich"-in. thissland of great opportunf-
ties for all, where, now as ever, so
many of the poor of yesterday are
among the rich of today, and so many
of the rich of today may be among the
poor of tomorrow. Their candidate for
the presidency presented character
iStic spectacle when some time ago
he was kindly shown over the farm
of the governor of New York, who is
himself an example of the poor coun-
try boy risen by able and honest effort
to affiuence and distinction; and when
that candidate then straightway in a
public speech drew invidious compar-
.isons between the elegant houses on
the Hudson and the poor cabins In the
West-teaching not the true Aneri-
can lesson9of success won by honest
industry. thrift and enterprise, but the
lesson that those who have succeeded
z less should hate and fight those who
have succeeded Dnofe--a lesson utterly
un-American. unpa trietic and aborn-
Unable! .af. al. .-
AZ rsa FALSE FRIENDSHIP. a4
: They proclaim themselves the special
champions of the toiling masses, while
their policy would rob the 1aboring man
Of half of his savings, and grfeyously
curtail the value of his wages, Am
asked, If the silver standard will re-
Iativeiy reduce wages, why so many
employers of labor are opposed to it
The reason is obvious; because, aside
from all considefa lions of sentiment,
T@aII
that they would lose vastly more
through the disastrous disturbance of
business sure to be caused by free
coinage victory than they could possibly
gain by the cfeapening of labor. And
would not the toiling masses suffer
most from that disturbance of bust
ness? He is a traitor to the laborfng
man who tells him that he can profit
by the ruin, of his employer.
They, pretend ta be enemies of pluto
cracy, and a9Fofate a policy which,
il I were a seffish inscriptions money
shark. I should welcome as my finest
opportunity. Am I asked, IL free
coinage victory would play into the
hands of the money power, why the
bankers and capitalists are generally
against it?t The answer is simple.
No doubt there are those among the
rich of the country who will not scruple
at any means to Increase their wealth;
who viii crush their competitors with
rude and la-wless hand, and take any
advantage Of the 2fnbarrassments of the
unfortunate. They are the men who
will thrive most IN general ruin. But
the vast majority of our bankers and
business potentates are men who are
proud of their good name, who treat
honestly and FAIRLY those with whom
they deal; who do not see their interest
in the ruin of their customers, and
who know that their own prosperity Is
safest in the prosperity of all. There
fore they are against free coinage. Ii
is not these. but the worst element OF
the money power that free coinage
will serve. The real pitiless bloodsuck-
ers in the West and South are their own
Village uslIrers their own Sharpers
around the court houses, not the Iegl-
innate banker or Eastern capitalist.
The agitators denounce the gold
standard as the device Of monarchs
and aristocrats, while the history OF
the world teaches that from time I'M
memorial 1t was fayor1te TRICK OF I'M
serupulous despots to fleece their sub
tects by debasing the coin of the realm
and that those who out Of the none
tary confusion evolved fixed standards
of values and money that would not
cheat. have always been ranked among
the most naerfterfeus benefactors Oh
mankind and especially of the poor
and weak.
They seek to fnf.ane the vanity OF
the American people by telling then
that we are, great and strong enough
to maintain any monetary system we
like and to keep Mp the value OF ou1
money without regard TO all the wcrfe
abroad-whfI6 OUR own history teaches
us that a century ago the American
people were strong enough to shake on
the yoke of Great Britain, but not
strong enough to save their CoTtfneT1-
tai money from sGecHniHg In value u
nothing: thatffn recent times the Ameri
can people were strong enough to sub
due a gigantic rebellion. but not strens
enough to keep an indefinite issue OF
greenbacks att Hspmr, and that this re.
public -raaysssbA able to conquer tht
world. but it wills hot be able to make
twice two five. Or to make itself richer
by watering its currency.
They speak of the silver dollar AZ
the money of the constitution, while
they must know that there is not on
sirgie word IN The constitution which
honestly interpreted, could justify sucf
a claim.
300. JEFFERSON AND JACKSON
They invoke for their cause the name.
of Jefferson and Jackson. while every
reader of history knows that jefferson
ard Jackson would have stood aghas
at their Wild sscf9etse OF creating by law
a false value. and would have kicked