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The Irish standard., 1896-08-15
THE MONEY QUESTION.

James Crosby, in discussing, in the Col
orado Catholic, Archbishop Walsh's 'Bi-
metallism and Monometallism,'' says
among other things on the subject:
At the end Of the decade January l,
1890, the real estate mortgage indebt-
edness in the United States, amounted
to s6,091 ,679,9S5, represented by 4,777,-
$50 mortgages. The interest upon this
enormous sum amounts annually to
1897, 442,7e2. This interest must be
paid in gold. Owing to the great de-
mands made upon gold and the dis
ordinations of governments in its IA
vor, it's value is continually increasing.
This means that, measured by pro-
ducts, it takes more and more to pay
this sum yearly to the mortgage hold
ers This cannot be done successfully.
Financial ruin must result sooner or
later. This is the reason why all prop
erty in the country is gravitating into
the hands of the owners of gold and
the producers are becoming tramps.
We pay annually to English bondhold
ers in the; shape OF interest and rent over
$150,000,Oo0. It is clearly to the interest
of the English bondholder that this
money be very valuable. This is why
the English shylocks are in favor of the
gold standard. They want a standard
that is scarce and is constantly
approaching, in value. They have
it in the gold standard. Is
1t any wonder that English and
Eastern bondholders contribute money
freely to the campaign committee of the
Republicans? Is it any wonder that the
producers OF the country are uniting un-
der the banner unfurled by the Democracy
at Chicago? It is about time indeed,
that the producers cast of the chains
which bind them. The remedy is to in
crease the primary money OF the country
by coming silver at the ratio OF is to l.
This will bring gold down to its natural
value; furnish enough money to do the
business of the country and start the
wheels of industry once fore.
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tel: Hut, SHOULD the 81 men be ds-9
Ia ia tf1fs YEAR the agitation Will not be

ter: B,lt ,ghpuld the silver men be d.
tea ted this y ear the agitation Will not be
"a dropped. 1t will continue for At least
four years longer. The gold men e 81 are e
laying the fattering JUNCTION to their.
souls that should he silver men be de-
feated In this campaign that the question lon
viii be. forever dead and buried. beyond
ta5ssible resurrection. But they are sadly
mistaken. On the other hand, should the
silver men succeed, the principle Will be
placed on trial ard the people will soon
be educated to a knowledge OF it's ben
ef1cence or its harmful effa<.n Let both
sides, however, be heard, and heard N
an Intelligent and respectful manner.
Nothing will be gained by buster ana
braggadocio. Both sides are in earnest
never more SO upon any question since
tie establishment OF the government, not
even in 1860 when the very existence OF
the government. itself was threatened.
The question comes home to every man
now as it did not then. At that time q
nan might say, if he had not been SUI
ficiently patriotic for a northern man,
that he could live perhaps under one gov.
eminent as well as another-nnder the
stars and bars as well as under the stars
and stripes But the condition that con-
fronts him now is altogether different.
He feels-tte silver man does-that he Is
uhjustly dealt with; that he Is deprived
of the products of his labor; that his pos
sessions are being mortgaged for all they
are worth; and that he sees little or no
hope for the future as long as present
conditions prevail. Men caanot be
blamed for rising in their might when
they feel themselves handicapped THUS
in the race of life and should it be event.
ually proved that they are mistaken they
can plead for their action that when
things are at the worst change is &C. !,
ceptable.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

Not since the days Of Nero has there
existed, perhaps, a more cruel, brutal
and oppressive man than Mark Hanna
the political and financial manager OF
Mckinley. AS will be seen elsewhere in
this issue. Hanna takes the keenest de-
light in crushing his struggling fellow
beings. His heart and mind and con-
science and energy are all for gold. Gold
is his God and to obtain it the lives OF
human beings are as naught. AS is shown
in the article referred to Mckinley is q
mere puppet representing nothing, not
even himself. .tta5.
Hanna is only an enlarged type Of the
average manufacturer or capitalist who
employs large numbers of men. They
and the politicians of their stripe, par
ticularly those who never cease to keep
to the front the cry Of protection, are al
ways ready with a hypocritical whine
about keeping up the wages OF the work.
ingman. II they would speak honestly
and tell the world what 1t generally
knows already they would say that they
care nothing for the workingmen. They
would say that they are possessed Of cap
ital and that they intend to use it to the
utmost advantage whether the working
man sinks or swims. They would say
that If by importing pauper labor from
Europe they can have their business af-
fairs carried on at much cheaper rate
that the pauper labor shall be imported.
All these things are done every day. It
is the rule, not the exception, ana Hanna
is but one among many, although more
than ordinarily conspicuous one.
The masses will teach Hanna lesson
this fall. Mckinley will act as a scape-
goat. The millions Of workingmen will
rise in their might and show Hanna that
the day of reckoning has come. He will
still prosper, to be sure, but the men
whom he has bruised and battered and
whose families he has starved will con-
vince him that there is an end to all man
ner Of iniquity, If only the people can
wait. Let them show. the s.ave-driving
Hannas that they intend to protect them
selves and in the future will ask no fa-
vors from taskma sters that they can OBJ
tain by the ballot.
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THURSTON'S WISDOM.

Senator Thurston's speech in this city
was dismal triumph or a magnificent
failure, according to the way in which
you look at it. When it was not ramb.
ling in character it was a series Of p1ati-
tudes. He tried to follow the line
marked out for him by his employers,
but the task was trying. At every step
he belied his honest belief, as stated only
a couple of years ago before he sold HIM
self to the corporations and the money
power.
If one were trying to recall the day
after the speech what Thurston said, he
would find it difficult to do SO. It was
as if he had been selected to entertain the
crowd until the big gun of the evening
arrived. But who can expect a speaker
to be convincing when everybody knows
he is telling what he does not believe?
A gold bug orator or an old time Re-
publican politician can talk more clap
trap in an hour on the stump than the
curbstone rhetoricians can do in month
He is trained to it. If light should
dawn upon him he would struggle to
shield himself from it's effects. Such
was Thurston. Juggling with words, Civ
ing expression to sentences which might
mean something or nothing, reasoning
from premises that are false and, OF
course, drawing conclusion to suit the
occasion, was the effort which the Ne
braska statesman gave to Minneapolis.
His former utterances had been shown
up in an afternoon paper of the same day
and the only thing he had to say for his
Inconsistency was that his words had
been garbled He did not refer to what he
had said on the platform short time be-
fore that he knew of his own knowledge
that Byran was in the employ OF the sill
YER mine owners. He knew it was the
part of discretion to let that matter drop
and get away from what he had al.
ready said in as easy q manner as possl-
BILE. And now that the mine owners have
all declared that the accusation Is false
hood without particle of foundation
will Thurston make an attempt to justify
his SANDER? But what matter? Thurs
ton will not set the ocean on fire this year
and next year he wouldn't be listened to-
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

I W1ieh went to settle England uHtaVOr-
able trade balance with that country. Here
we have a total Of sos, $50 ,422 in silver that
was purchased at its market price and
shipped to India in the space Of two years,
every ounce Of which has been coined into
legal tender money, which in turn went to
purchase India wheat, cotton ETC., in com
petition with the American farmer. Now,
where, or what, is the remedy? Let us
see. On page 247 Of the Report of the Di-
rector OF the United States mint for 1895
the production Of silver for 1894 isaset
United States produced $4,000, 0Oo-coin-
ing value. Mexico produced S60,S17 300,
making total of s124,S1S, 600. This
|leaves $92,074,200 to be supplied by the
balance OF the world Every nation from
the Rio Grande to Cape Horn, with the
single exception of Brazil, has either a
double or single standard and they util-
iZe all they produce. With the minis Of
the United States open to silver, where
VIII England get cheap silver for India
rupees? Can the Wall Street News tell ?
Will she go to Russia? That country
maintains a silver standard Of values, and
the few million ounces which she produces
are utilized by her minis and her factories.
Will she go to her Australian or British
American or African colonies? All told,
they yield less than twenty million ounces,
or less than two-thirds what she requires
for India alone In all her vast empire
she produces less than seven per cent of the
worlds supply Of silver. Germany, her
consp:rator in the work Of silver demonet-
ization, produces less than three per cent.
Where, then, is England to get cheap sill
yer to manufacture India rupees, in case
the United States minis are opened to the
coinage Of that metal? Perhaps the Wall
Street News can tell where the $65, 4S2, 903
in silver that was imported into Great
Britain in 1894 came from. Perhaps that
Paper can tell where the $1,897 ,372, 191 in
silver which has been imported into Great
Britain since 1868 came from. Perhaps
that paper can tell what became Of the
$1,S73, 22O,8ST in silver that was exported
by Great Britain during the same period.
The News should set about investigating
who it has benefited the most, the Amer
::can silver miner and American wheat
producer, or the London bullion broker
and English wheat importer.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

j. o. Davis, deputy county auditor, .sis
In the field for the nomination on the Dem
.ocrat:c ticket for county auditor. There
could not be a more fitting nomination
made than that Of Mr.. Davis for the POI
sitiun which he is seeking: Davis swas
appointed to his present position BY Audi
tor Ledgerwood six years ago, and 50 wen
did hepertorm the duties required Of him
tRatsA County Auditor Cooley though a Re
ppbEesnts kept him throughout his entire
administration. There is no better Demo-
craft III the county than Jack Davis and
The irish Standard hopes to see him nom
mattel 5:3 8
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nYpOc {; : ii

It is sickening te hear 80 much bare
faced hypocrisy about the working IS
wagea II the workingmen were not
vastly ia the majority not one word would
be heard about their wages. This stuff
about the workingman's breakfast table
and the workingman's dinner pain
ard the workingman,s wife and
little ones is the thinly yelled
scheme Of the disreputable politicians
and the men who make a practice sof
grinding wor1t ingnen down HlaatI
oeat pbstaye IS shet her 1ets lsss
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

I The Tribune of this city says the rea-
son that men will not go to work in the
stone quarries at $3.50 a day is because
Of Bryan's speeches. That's funny on the
part Of the Tribune. But the Republi-
cans generally are saying that Bryan's
speeches are nonsense, that he is a blath-
erskite and that nobody pays any atten-
ton to him. Traits what goes for truth
on the part Of the Republicans, or as near
the truth as they ever expect to get when
dealing with Bryan. Queer, isn't it, that
Bryan's nonsense has such weight as to
deprive men from earning their bread?
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15
RoBBINu IRELAND.

How the people Of Ireland are plum
dered in the matter of Imperial Taxation,
through the so-called Union with Great
Britain, is, just now being forcibly Illus
trated by the reports Of recent parliament
| tary Commissions, says an exchange.
One of these commissions specially
appointed to take evidence and inquire
into the financial relations between Great
Britain and Ireland, commenced Its la
bors on the 9Th of July, 1894; the last wit
ness was examined on the 18th Of Novem-
Der, 1894; and now the report Is published
two years after the first sitting--al-
though only twenty-saven days were act
ual1y occupied in the examination OF wit
nesses. But it was only an Irish affair;
and the delay may somewhat be account
ed for by the death Of the chairman
fright Hon. Hugh Childers) -although
that only occurred recently, and Mr.. Chill
ders had signed the report long before his
death-though it was never presented un-
til his successor was appointed. The re-
port, as now sent forth by the majority
Of the Committee, reveals peculiar state
of affairs, so far as Ireland is concerned,
as the deduction arrived at by the major
ity, based on the expert evidence OF wit
nesses brought forward, even on behalf
of the Government, shows that unfortu-
nate ireland has been forced to pay about
three million pounds year toward the
Imperial Expenditure, over and above
the country's due and equitable portion
of taxation; and that this has been going
on ever since the nefarious Union,
ninety-six years ago; so that, at the pres
ent moment England is actually Indebted
to ireland in the enormous amount OF
over two hundred and eighty millions OF
pounds sterling, in unlawfully extorted
taxes-a sum equal to the whole cost OF
the American Civil War, and that, If put
down in hard cash, as it has been wrung
from the unfortunate Irish people, would
be sufficient to wipe out the American ma
tional debt, and leave this Republic as
free from financial burdens as it was fifty
years ago. The witnesses against Eng
land, In this matter, are her own appoint
ed official commissioners; and their tes-
timony-unwillingly rendered-is conclu-
sive as to the system under which Ireland
has been deliberately plundered by fraud
ulent overtaxation ever since the Union.
Some of the witnesses examined on be-
half of the government place the amount
at 100000 a year; and Mr.. Tough, one
of the English members, in his evidence,
places the figure at 100000 over what
should have been exacted from Ireland,
according to the scale of taxation in Eng
land. But, even at the lowest computa-
ton, it is shown that England has been
robbing Ireland, annually, of an enor-
nous amount of taxation; while, at the
same time, her newspaper organs have
been representing the Irish as a pauper
nation, absolutely dependent on the
bounty of Britain. The height Of iniqui-
ty appears to have been reached IN this
matter and it has taken John Bull to
aohinva II
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

The article published this week. on
Hanna by Alfred Henry Lewis should be
used as campaign document and quoted
on the platform and in the newspapers
by everyone who desires to see justice
prevail in this country. It will open the
eyes of thousands of workingmen who
fo not know Hanna and Hanna means
Mckinley, and Mckinley means Repub-
licanism, and Republicanism means ':pro-
lection and protection means robbing
the masses for the benefit Of the few.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

The goldites say there can be no such
thing as double gold standard and yet
they continually point out to us that the
present gold and silver dollars now In
use are both standard dollars, as they are.
HoW's this?
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THE PARTY WILL LIVE.

The most probable candidates for the
presidency under the gold wing OF the
Democracy are Secretary Carlisle and
General Bragg, in the North, and Turner
of Georgia, and Buckner, of Kentucky,
in the. South: It was thought at one time
that Senator Palmer would be chosen as
the golden standard bearer, but his ex-
IRENE age is against him, he being nearly
80. and besides he has accepted the chair
rnanship of the national COMMITTEES.
No matter who the nominee may be 1t
is not expected in any quarter that he
will be elected and the only object the
gold bug wing has IN going through the
motions of q convention, nomination and
campaign is, as it's members say, to pre-
serve the organization. That would GER
tainly be worthy aim, II 1t were at ali
necessary, but 1t is not. The Democratic
party is in no danger Of dying. Its lead
ing principles are too firmly rooted in the
hearts and minds Of the nation for It ever
to think Of dissolution. It will thrive as
sfnrdiiy and aggressively under the prin-
ciples Of the Chicago platform as It would
under. any other platform that could be
devised. Still the golditeg have a right
to form themselves into any organizati.,n
they please whether they think the party
In danger or whether they do so for the
purpose Of opposing the silver movement.
Nobody should regret that the silver
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Paying employees in Mexican dollars,
worth little more than half Of our money,
is looked upon by Republican politicians
as a good scheme Anything for the Re-
m,blicans. now is a 'tgood enough Morgan
till after election
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

When Thurston got back to his home
IN Omaha he told the people there IN a
speech that he never said that Bryan was
in the pay of the silver kings of the west.
It is just possible he concluded that his
statement regarding Bryan and the silver
men was incorrect after he had heard from
the silver men themselves denying the
story in the most emphatic terms.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15
Change OF Location.

sSss FIN Howard, for many years one Of the
best known and most popular dispensers
'oa liquid refreshments at Hudson, Wis.
has removed to Burkhardt. st. Croix
county, where he is at present engaged
III the hotel business Tim 10 running q
first sclss hotel, with good barn In con-
otian, and will be pleased to take tho
Isi1eet Of care his old roslss
sas nsHs g1lea hap zen e.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

Wednesday, Sept. 2, has been selected
as the date of the National Democratic
party convention, which will be held in
Indianapolis. This party is composed of
the element of Democracy which will not
sustain either the candidate or platform
Of the Chicago convention. The organ
izers of the new party call the supporters
of the Chicago platform the "populist
Democratic party" Il
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

The Associated Press brought the news
that Hanna said if he even consid-
cred the silver sentiment alarming he
should not admit it, but this piece of in
formation was cut out Of the dispatch by
some of the newspapers supporting Nc
Kinley. That is how some newspapers
give you all the news.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

For the people who believe that the sill
YER craze is rapidly dying out the gold
bugs are giving themselves a great deal
Of worry about it's agitation.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

Hanna says if he can't win one way for
Mckinley. he will win by another way,
and it is expected that Che other way will
have to be adopted.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

The report of the Democratic state
convention was crowded out last week
but appears in this issue as 1t was then
written and put in type.
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

" Senator Thurston said he knew of his
own knowledge that Bryan was paid a
salary by a combination of silver men for
his speeches on free coinage throughout
the country and the leading silver men
when questioned concerning the existence
of such combination or the payment Of
such salary, denied the accusation as
absolutely false. 1t is now in order for
the people to ask Mr.. Thurston who is
paying him for the speeches he is making
against free silver, thus giving the lie to
all he had said on the subject a couple Of
years ago. AS long as the Nebraska SEN
ator continues to live in such fragile
glass house he should be careful how he
filings his large sized pebbles
The Irish standard., 1896-08-15

The Journal of this city reports that
the banks, merchants and all others who
can are boarding gold in anticipation Of
a change Of financial policy after the
election In November. It is quite evil
dent from this fact that these people
know exactly how the wind is blowing
and are preparing themselves according
ly. There is no necessity, however, for
the boarding of gold because of Bryan's
election. The earnest, honest but mis-
taken people who fear a crisis in that
event will have cause to smile at their
groundless terror and will not thank
those who set up the financial boyle man.
---- 7.,s;,i
Fred Grant says he talked great deal
with his father, General Grant, about
gold and silver standards and he never
heard the old gentleman say that he
didn't know he was deinonetizing silver
when he signed the bill to that effect,
and as his father did not confide in him
upon that particular point Fred wishes
the people to conclude that Gen. Grant
never said he was misled. It is. likely,
however, that the people will stick to, the
original belief-that Grant did not know
he was demonetizing silver when he
signed the bill.
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1000 MASONS
and lONOOothcrpropl will hc pr,

and 10000 othcr people will hcpr"scnt
Special trains and excursion rates
have been secured on all railroads
for Masons and their friends, and
large delegations arc expected from
all points in adjoining counties.
The Order of Eastern star will
have special recognition.
An address of welcome by Mayor
White of Mineral Point, responded
to by Hon. j. w. Rewcy, an Grafton
10y j. q. Monahnn, Of Darlington,
music Ivy the Mineral Point band,
singing by the Hughes Sisters, the
Shullshurg Lady Quartettc, and Il
uuartctto Of Mineral Point, and
athletic games, are on the program
for entertainment,
In short. this is Ia hr made the gala
day of the year, rNcclliug amy Fourth
of July celebration ever known ii
this portion of the state.