The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-08-14

we favor the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and such other legis-
laticn as may be necessary to insure an
increasing volume of currency ade-
quate to the growing demands Of our
trade and population. And We COM
mend the recently enacted silver law
as a long step in the right direction
@That," quoth the gentleman from
Smith county, SIS the kind Of doctrine
the republicans of Kansas have been
taught from 1890 down to the present
time, and pointing the finger Of scorn
at Ury) you would have Us make asses
Of ourselves now and 60 back on our
own record. But that plank is not the
only one in the Seventh district plat
form which indicated the trend Of the
republican party along reform lines.
Here is one for you TO take with you to
your closet tonight:
"'We favor the issue of full legal ten
der treasury notes in such amounts as
may be necessary for the proper trans
action Of the business Of the country,
without reference to the whims or the
demands of those who desire to control
the financial affairs of the nation for
purely speculative purposes.
"That," said MCNall, sought to be
engrossed and forwarded TO Marc Han
ma as a Kansas souvenir. And then,
would have you transmit this resolu-
ton which was adopted by the Seventh
district republican convention to our
friends, the enemy, the Wall street gold
robbers" In loud tone of voice the
statesman read:
Believing that the banking system
has accomplished the purpose for which
it was created and that it cannot fur
ther subserve any useful purpose, We
favor the repeal of the national bank
ing law"
Try was getting nervous by this time
and wanted to break in and check the
flow of oratoFy coming from the states
man from Smith county, but it was use
less to try, for McNalI was wound up
and had to run down. On another page
of his greasy memorandum ne found d
choice morsel which he directed Try
to roll under his tongue. .This," he
suggested, "was the climax along the
reform line as exemplified by Kansas
republican convention. Listen:
"'We hereby absolve the nominee of
this convention from the dictation of
party caucus upon all economic ques-
tions. We bid him enter the halls of
congress a free man to battle for the
material and business interests as we'll
as the moral and political welfare of
this great state
By this time Ury was getting nervous.
McNall, to the edifeation of the Cope
land county statesmen, had been rub
biDg it in pretty hard. Ury began
arguing with Webb, and declared that
"we must keep gold and silver at a
parity"
"Parity be id" grOwled McNall.
"That reminds me of story, and jim
Hallowell, who was to ENTER the halls
of congress a free man, is its hero.
Some years ago" said Webb, 81 was in
a poker game with Hallowell, and an
incident happened that reminds me of
this parity business. a st. Louis
travelingman had been throwing his
pocketbook into the center with the de-
claration, III see that and raise you %
the poeketbOOk goes the limit It
vas dead knocker for six or eight
hours, but HalloweIi rudely broke the
spell by reaching down and taking off
his slippers and tossing them into the
pot, saying; There, Ill just raise you
90 II leather is on a parity in this
game, there is just twice as much in
my slippers as there is in your wallet.
(which did not contain a cent?"
This ended the argument and Ury
winked at porter significantly and
the "twO old cronies" went up to a
room to exemplify the Kansas plan of
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