The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-30
ARE our "16 to /" free silver peopl


the country, then they should vote for
Bryan and the populist ticket. If
they are in favor of the free coinage Of
both gold and silver, at an honest ratio
which will make the money good
everywhere, then international BIZ
metallism is the only hope, and that
Mckinley and the Republican party
stand for. Until quite recently there
has been too much talk and too little
study devoted to the question. II
they believe the tariff cuts no figure
with our industries in this state; then
vote for Bryan; he is free trader to
the core, and his platform calls for free
trade and denounces protection. We
are selfish enough to wish for prosper
ity in our immediate neighborhood;
we believe that sufficient protection
on lumber and coal alone, would en-
ploy more labor, increase our business
and permit the payment of better
wages in this state, and that it would
do us more good than any financial
legislation that could be devised, ex-
cept perhaps, making the legal price
of wheat 50. bushel, and finding us
market for it at that price.
SOME scrub, too cowardly to sign his
name to his dirty screed, writing to
the Tacoma Union, has attacked Hon.
P. G. Sullivan, the republican nominee
for governor, and has intimated by
inuendo that he is unfit for the Office
and that his nomination was obtained
by ring manipulation. Such tactics
prove the weakness OF the opposition
cause. Sullivan is clean, able, up
right man. He will be an excellent
governor. His nomination was the
result of a unanimous demand by the
Pierce County delegation in the repub-
lican state convention. His election
is already conceded all over the state
AS compared with his opponent the
contrast is striking. Rogers is a
cranky humbug, an agitator who
breaches anarchy, reputation and
fiat money. We do not want him.
We do not want to duplicate the ex-
perence of Kansas. This state needs
capital to develop our resources, more
than anything else. Populism boasts
of its antagonism to capital. Our peo-
pie must decide between inviting
capital or populism.
FREE SILVER means silver mono
metallism. Under our present system
we have limited b1-metallism. With
free silver, sending our gold out of cir
culation and cutting the value of our
silver down one-half by withdrawing
the gold basis from under it, the effect
would be to CONTRACT our currency
down to about one-third of its volume.
Even Mr.. Teller comedies that the re-
suit will be greater panic than we
have already had. He does not
promise better times again with free
silver under twenty years. Mr.. Bryan
admitted that the first effect of free
silver would be further panic. Do
we want any further panic? Not
much.
BRYAN is a rank free trader. When
the Wilson bill passed the house Bryan
picked Wilson up on his shoulders and
carried him down the aisle, ali action
unheard of in the halls of congress
The Wilson bill has more to do with
idle men, consequently competition
and low wages in the lumber woods
and coal mines of Washington than
anything. No one pretends to deny
it; yet many ignore these facts, or else
give them little weight.
WHEN you vote don't forget Doc
little and Hyde, our Congressman
Both are sterling honest men; workers
and both are friends of silver. AS il
the past their votes, if elected, will q
to any sound idea in favor of free coin
age OF silver. They have secured more
appropriations, helped pensioners ant
done more good work for Washington
than any congressman we ever had
They both are honest and straight
forward. Mr.. Hyde is recoverins
from sick spell, so could not canvas
the state this fall.
IT is we'll to bear in mind that 9,
years of protection eos to '93) decreased
our public debt $l,747 ,3O1 ,S7S; while
just three years of free trade COS to '96
increased the public debt 1862 1929 $50
and caused the issuance of bonds t.
that amount. For twenty years afte
the crime of '73' the Republicans ant
the tariff were in power, they had al
but 100000, 600 of the national deb
paid without issueing bond.
CALLow has been tried and no
found wanting, in honesty, or abilit,
to represent Mason County. He is :
woodsman, and works in the woods
himself; his interest are Identical with
the loggers and his vote will go the
way the majority OF his constituents
desire. You can trust him.
The populist papers are blam;n,
James Price, secretary of state. TO,
placing the Straight" democratic
mcket' IN the place directed by law
mat official has simply performed hi,
duty, but the pops are not particnla,
ABOUT the truth in their charges.
IHE excuse Rogers gives for ridins
on pass and charging it to the state
Is altogether to flimsy. That he i,
Trying to get some of the money bacl
That was stolen from him by the cor
poratlons, might have held, If he hae
not taken it from the state.
Hazard has just returned from the
east and tells the Tacoma Union. tha
II will take this country Is wears tt
recover from the blight of Clevelan lism
that is, free trade. Hazard is a demo