The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-09
IRELAND.

As the Mckinley Club of this
place was treated to a speech by
DR.. f. J. Kempf it would be out OF
the question to let such an event
pass without notice.
The Doctor gave a very able dis
cussion OF the sound money ques-
ton from republican point of view,
and as the meeting was advertised
by County Chairman, Sch. Ander-
son and l.. B. Johnson, Precinct
Chairman-both republicans-it is
safe to say that DR.. +. J. X. is a
full -hedged republican.
The doctor first started to dec!aim
his piece but al he soon found out
he had forgotten it, he concluded to
try to read it. He delved into the
depths OF Ruskin's works and
showed conclusively that people
could not eat money, but thatythey
could buy something to eat with it.
He went into chemistry and ana
|lyzed q glass Of water, after which
he drank about twenty glasses, to
the extent that he surprised the
audience by telling them that he
was a wind mill run by water.
He next said that the law did
not make a yard stick but that it
established the ''lenth" thereof,
and the audience clearly saw the
the difference Of course He said
at one time that ''gold is the stand
ard of value" but further on he
said that "gold and silver tiuctuate."
The Doctor then gave a full and
liable discussion of the lesson in one
of the readers, 1.-THE Wonderful
Pudding" with the exception that
he used shoes instead of Pudding,
which, if put into a school book
would make it read, THE Wonder
Ifnl Shoes" This made it very
|clear in the minds Of the audience
that shoes were worth money, and
in discussing this point he said,
that gold has an intrinsic value,
which is contrary to mental philoso-
ply as things have value only when
they have use. Material things
, may have intrinsic qualities but no
intrinsic value. Any intelligent
, reader may suppose that after the
mental effort required to produce
the varied discussion, the main
,points Of which l have given, thu
doctor would be almost exhausted
but he made two more heavy points
the first Of which was that popocra
means half witted, and the next wa
that he isla doctor. and that it b
. should form a trust and chang 81
per visit-As he spoke rather slow
, liy, the audience probably though
If he did, he would soon 60 out I
i, practice, apd being lost in their ow
reflections many failed to hear tn
remainder Of his sentence.
The doctor said that he admltte
!. Ito Senator Sweeney that he (th
!. doctor) is no speaker and the aud
'ence felt fully convinced that tn
..was q frank admission Of the trutl
sSeriously, the DR.. may be a goo
.hdispenser Of pills and pellets aroun
Jasper but q poor ieasoner on Il
:. money question. He took it |,
: granted that every body in Il
house knew we would have 50 &c
.ldollars, and gave the few claptr'
arguments that follow such a pr
sumption.
The Jasper Gold-bug Glee Gu
.Swas down and rendered some We
A1good music. As it was a little
oolcold for any kind Of q bug, tn
- felt . little shaky and the singi
!. was a little week but when they
AK warmed up they did very well.
% The genial face Of brother Jam
'h.Corn beamed with gratitude a
classification at the thought of such
tdecided success a. this meeting
~. the Mckinley Club on the event
a. of the 7th.
.rs And from a republican star
Il was q success, but all |
old indications are that the Republics
tsdieel the weakness Of their eau
;niudging from the fact that they
hut nounced all their meetings for I
weeks to come. 800