The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-08-02
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Editor Leader.-One OF the most in
fernal, outrageous practices that an
editor can be guilty of Is mat OF de-
ception, at least when the object is TO
deceive his subscribers for gain. In
reading the Capital | am forced TO con
clude that on finance at least Mr.
Greer seeks continually TO misrepre-
sent the known actual facts A short
time since he poised as friend to sill
yer and now he supports the gold unit
plank OF the &. o. p. and seeks 10 TOOL
the people es to the fact. Mr. Greer
declares that the Republican party
'has always been for bimetalism
Just as IL ha- been for trimetalismi
non.legal tender coin. Such falsit'
cation of the record is disgrace TO
any man. The Republican party has
never made a single law making
single silver coin legal ten
der, as gold is not one, and
Mr.. Greer knows IL, but it has passed
every law against silver ever passed IN
the United States Whenever bill!
has been up for vote that gave the
people free coinage, or made silver a
legal tender on the same terms that
gold now has, the Republican party
| mas ltIthAtu II VI Sttn W ~ NAah ~ " 10
defeated Even away back when the
free coinage Bland bill had passed the
house, the Republicans OF the senate
substituted a purchase clause instead
OF the free coinage portion of the bill
and the silver dollars we're to be a
legal tender unless otherwise provided
so that the money sharks could, as
now, corner the money and make peo'
Pile pay a debt contracted with silver
or paper in gold the money that they
would corner and make dear.
Therefore, ] say, when auy one who
is posted claims that the Republican
party is or ever was in favor OF lega
tender silver dollars, or friend tC
silver as it has been TO gold, is surely
destitute Of good sense, or deceiver
Mr.. Greer says that there is ovel
$500, 600, 900 of silver money and III
representatives added TO the cIrcuia
tion since 1878. and every dollar is al
good es gold. There Is not word o.
truth in the above assertion. Not |
single silver certificate is a legal ten
der, nor is a single silver dollar.
Secondly, the government will no
! exchange or redeem either a silver dol
; lar or a silver certificate in gold AM
the Republican party has done every
thing in it's power TO depreciate slive
1 as it did greenbacks and appreciat
gold TO the detriment of the masse
r and the interest of the classes. j
fact il is the great object OF
to enrich the few at the eS
t pense OF the many. When did thi
t Republican party demand or even er
i courage representation Of the farming
classes or laboring classes2 Never
They have filed the halls OF congre'
r with the non.laboring, nou-producin
!. classes at the expense OF the peop
II and good government Every clail
made by that party denying the abov
10 claim is as false as MIR. Greer's clai
l. that the Republican party is the frier
1f OF silver A man who would now,
u the face of the republican platform
national and state, claim that the K
g publican party is for bimetallism
h. either too green TO burn or is co
le trolled by an abundance OF polite
NJ gall of the densest quality. Mr.. Gre'
such political rot won't deceive anyo
who even thinks once before votin
er You mistake the people; you are sizi
n them up as apes and fools, but one d
ed you will learn more. Hard tin
caused by Republican legislation a
~ practices, are removing partisanis
al and the people now are thinkers.
an w. A. TURNER