The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-08-04
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Editor Leader;-One of the most in
fernal, outrageous practices that an
editor can be guilty OF is that OF dc.
ception, at least when the object is to
deceive his subscribers for gain. In
reading the Capital l 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 g. o. p. and seeks TO fool
the people es to the fact. Mr. Greer
declares that the Republican party
has always been for bimetalism"--
Just as IL has been for trimetalism,
non-legal tender coin. Such a falsifi-
cation of the record is q disgrace to
any man. The Republican party has
never made a single law making
a single silver coin legal ten
der, as gold is not one, and
Mr., Greer knows 1t, 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
legal tender on the same terms that
gold now has, the Republican party
has defeated it or seen TO IL that il was
defeated Even away back when the
free coinage Bland bill had passed the
house, the Republicans OF the senate
substituted purchase clause instead
of the free coinage portion of the bill
and the silver dollars were to be a
legal tender unless otherwise provided
SO that the money sharks could as
now, corner the money and make peo-
Pile pay debt contracted with silver
or paper in gold the money that they
would corner and make dear.
Therefore, / say, when any one who
is posted claims that the Republican
party is or ever was in favor of legal
tender silver dollars, or a friend TO
silver as it has been TO gold, is surely
destitute of good sense. or deceiver.
Mr.. Greer says that there is over
$500, 000 900 of silver money and its
representatives added TO the clrcula-
tion since 1875. and every dollar is as
good as gold. There is not q word of
truth In the above assertion. Not a
single silver certificate is a legal ten
der, nor Is single silver dollar.
Secondly, the government will not
exchange or redeem either a silver dol
ar or a silver certificate in gold, and
the Republican party has done every
thing in its power TO depreciate SILVER
as IL did greenbacks and appreciate
gold TO the detriment of the masses
and the interest Of the classes. In
fact IL 10 the great object OF IL
} to enrich the few at the ex-
pense OF the many. When did this
Republican party demand or even en-
courage representation OF the farming
classes or laboring classes? Never.
They have filled the halls of congress
with the non-laboring, non-producing
classes at the expense OF the people
and good government Every claim
made by that party denying the above
claim, is as false as Mr. Greers claim
that the Republican party is the friend
Of silver. a man who would now, In
the face OF the republican platforms,
[ national and state, claim that the Re-
/ publican party is for bimetallism is
either too green TO burn or is con-
/ trolled by an aburdGucs OF political
gall Of the deneest quality. Nj Greer,
such political rot won't deceive anYope
who even thinks once before voting
You mistake the people; you are sizing
them up as apes and fools, but one day
you will learn more. Hard times
caused by Republican lsgiaiation and
practices, aEe removing partisanlsm,
and tge people now are thinkers.
w. A. TURNER.