The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-13
NAsaY.s VIEW OF SILVER.
Clever Sketch That Hits the Popo-
cratic Case To-day.

cratic Case To-day.
Petroleum V Nasty in 1878.
Confederit Roads (Which is in the
State of Kentucky. Jan. 2, 1S7s.-I amt so
certin that | want the silver bill to pass
ez was. The fact is. the thing don't work
ez 1 sposed it wood. and I amt clear onto
it. There is suttle principles in these
finanshel questions which requires a great
deal uv thought, and there IS underlying
principles wich man has got to under
stand afore he Is competent TO set hl1nsei1
up authority.
finanseer. nor never will be. and ! told him
Watts a finanseer?" asked he.
"a finanseer," sed /, assooming the look
of DanI Webster, lis a man wich kin pay
his debts with nothin-a man wich KIN git
suthin' with nothin'.'
THE Corners, then, is full of finanseers,
he remarkt, bitterly, castin' a casual glance
at his slate wich wuz jst full enuf to turn
over and begin on tother side.
But he heznt any NV the science Nv it. L
wuz argooing with him the other day in
though l told him silver wuz much the same
thing, and, for example. / would assoom
that silver Nvuz to be the currency or the
Nov, don't yoo see, Bascom. that ef l
he'd twict ez much money, cood drink
twict ez much wis5y and pay for It?
How much is twice nothin 2? WuZ the
unfeeln' answer NV the tyrant who, holds
the destinies Nv the Corners in his hands.
That's wot yoor capitle hez bin ever since
'Parson''' sed he, 81 don't see what erth-
lv difference it's goin' to make whether
silver is currency or anything else. How
are 700 goin to git silver eff it IS made legal @
tender? Eff silver wuz ez plenty eZ brlcKs,
wat hev you got to git any NV it with?
'HTroo, G.. W. wuz my answer, but
can't you see that to hev silver wood re-
ieeve the dettor class? Even now. afore it
is legal tender, it's only wuth 81 cents on
the dollar, and when the country is flooded
with it it will go still lower: Then weaor cor
rather such NV us ez hev property to raise
money on--llin pay Off, d., It,.
ssEggsactly so,'' retortS BaScom; you KIN
fol-t he crnOd honest Hkker NV r1lne
wich you hev consoomed, in coin Whlcn is
less than the dollar you promised All rte;
But look hePe-come in here, all NV yoo
want yoo silver men to know exactly at
yoo are ruShin' into.
And this feend led US into the back room
that back room wich contanes the sub
siStence NV the Corners There, IN long
rows, was Bascoms stock There, in bar
ris, piled one on top NV another MGz tne
dilishus whisky NV Louisville. Nv different
ages, rangin' from that Nv two weeks Old
to that witch ned jist left the STILL ans. wuz
eye ranged affeckshunately.overi it tgit eff
l Good hev the drinkin' Nv al that "a nkker der
I wood be content to lay down ana ue-
when the last drop wuz gone.
Bascom p'inted to an immense tank Wich
pipe running in from the roof:
'I shan't raise the price of likker IN con,
sekence Nv bein paid for it in depreshiated
fell on Bascom's neck in an extacy Nv
delite, while the others shouted, "ah for
&c W. remarkt. while teers suffoosed
my eyes. II never placed 700 much below
the angels, but this generous act has histed
700 a hundred per cent. in my esumaShun
Bless yoo. G.. W.. bless YOU.
But I'll tell you W at shall do. DO you
see that tank?" sed he.
May I ask W at that is for?" l sed:
''That tank will fill with raneWater, sed
he. 'The moment yoo git to payin me IN
silver, I shell take out NV eech Nv them b1r-
rilS list egesackly three and one-ifth gal
Ions NV likker and fill it with water
"Merciful hevings! we all exclaimed,
"and Door likker SO weak now.
And when silver gifts down to % cents
on the dollar. | shell take out 70 per cent.
NV whisky and fill her UP with % per cent
NV water. And so on down. If silver goes
up I shal add whisky eggsackly in pro
porshen. In short, my whisky is Jst
a-goin' to foller currency, and nothin
shorter. Yoo fellers wich work for wagis
may SWEET but / won't
but yoo1 increase the size of your
glasses?' sed I.
mot eny But yoo may drink twice ez
many times to git the same amount NV
drunk es before, by payin' for each drink.
And BaScom stalked hawtily back and
took his position behind the bar.
Their wuz nsternatfon in the Corners
sich ez I hev never seen. Tier %us a hur-
ried consultation at the Deekin' House and
7 sejested that we emancipate ourselves
from the dominyun NV this tyrant by
startin' q groSery NV our own, on the joint
stock principle, which wus agreed to, each
man agreein' to contribbit $40 to the cap
ital stock