People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-30
ny ValedictOry to the Republican
Party.

etlzatl0n OF silver by the Republican
party was an action unpatriotic, un-
Satesmanlike and against the best
interests Of the American people.
Before beginning in this regard
ask you to keep in mind the following
facts:
First, at the time our silver was de.
mOnitized we were Largely a debtor
nation; that we had a contract to de-
liver lin the future) a large contract
of money; that at the time we demon
etized silver we had hundreds of
millions of money in silver coins, bar
and ore already mined: that we had
billions Of money silver in natures
vaults yet untouched and remember
that the aggregation of all the silver
in the United States and territories
whether mined or otherwise was good
money, more than good money. for
every BIZ grains OF it was at the time
worth Sl.O3 at home and SLOPE in the
London market and remember that
at the time that our silver was de-
monetized there was nothing in tn
relation, production, consumption.
use or distribution Of the two metals
to indicate its depreciation in the
futile.
These being facts fully proven by
the statistics of the nation it must be
true that the Republican party de-
mOnetized silver in 1873 when there
was no reason existing for the act.
Now since the reason for the act as
we have seen can not be a good one it
must have been bad if not a wicked
one.
Now | submit that any action legis-
latiVe or otherwise for which no
reason exists at the time is foolish
and wrong in principle.
Any action legislative or otherwise
should be reasonable from principle.
lsubmit that causes for tranScendant
changes effecting vital interests
should exist before such changes are
made and proof that such changes
did not exist before such changes
should not have been made is proof
that the old order of things should be
restored.
What would you think of a man
having a contract to deliver 100000
600 head of cattle, having his DUR
chase to make would before he had
secured the cattle for which he was
bound, give his vote and influence for
legislative world wide) decattling all
cattle that had no horns and for fur
ther legislation requiring one half of
tne cattle of the country having
horns to be dehorned thereby
making them illegal cattle, that is,
TO say, cattle without horns should
not thereafter be cattle of tender On
bis contract,
These acts of legislation having
been procured the stock Of cattle out
OF which to make his purchase would
be reduced half or more. The demand
tlegall for cattle would now rest on
half or less cattle than it did before
this legislation. Every man who had
a contract to deliver cattle would
now be compelled to make his DUR
chase of those who own the nepaN
horned cattle.
Is any man willing to risk his rem.
utatiOn for common sense or would
anybody having sense enough
to keep out of the fire deny that the
law OF supply and demand would give
these men great advantages; could
anybody with any regard for truth
assert that there would be any oppo-
sitiOn to their natural greed. Could
and would not the men holding the
legal cattle set their own price on
them and compel those having CON.
tracts to deliver, to pay their price.
For if there is anything in the law
OF supply and demand it is clear that
since the supply has been diminished
enc nalf the demand would be at
least doubled on the remaining SUP.
ply.
IhlS being true the cattle having
horns would rise in purchasing mower
at least 100 per cent and those with
out horns would sink on a correspond
ing scale.
Now would you want such man to
90 business for you. If you had a
man doing business for you in that
way You would discharge him, Won
would say that II year old boy ought
to know better, and you would Justify
yourself in the conclusion that such a
man was an idiot which a proper
court and jury would send to the
asylum.
The Republican party well repre-.
sentS the man lust diScrihad