The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-24
Mr.. Axtcll's Prophecies.

Editor OF The Times:
SRA friend yesterday asked me TO
read AIR. ANtcls article IN yesterday s
Times. L read It twice carefully. IL
IS q very strong paper, and ii true "ouiu
be most alarming. But IL does not
contain established facts. but is series
OF prophecies. Prophets OF evll IN inc
old Testament were generally true proph-
cts. but those men were inspired. MY
most excellent friend does not claim this
divine foresight.
The day after the surrender al Apo
mattox. when millions on millions Of
what was called money disappeared rom
view. ana four-hfths Of this Southern
people awoke from their slumbcra with
out dollar Of good money I'm their
houses. IL was thought many would
starye. This was a great mistake. In
gong back 10 tbs "old paths there may
be some friction. but II will be temporary.
Mr.. Axten will get Mr.. Mllhiser TO make
him many thousands OF bags. and pay his
employees in ''nfty-cent dollars and they
Will be satisfied.
Mr.. ANteu SAYS he VIII be compelled
to dismiss hundreds OF his men on MS
road. but railroads can't be worked with
out men. and ! question whether IN these
hard times he has surplus on hahd.
1t would show bad management.
The loss predicted TO depositorS IN
savings banks is speculative. There Is
great deal more elasticity in financial
matters than We imagine. j nave pee"
hearing for fifty years Of financial uls-
asters following presidential elections, but
not one has come true. God governs
the world financially as well as ply
slcally. and lie has fixed great bounda-
ries TO mans follies. He IS leading US,
I'm answer TO thousands Of prayers OF
widows and orphans. from under
the taskmasters Of trusts and comDl-
nations OF gold-bugs out into a large
place" Trade must and snail be Tree
is the divine decree. The people elected
Cleveland four years ago, and they VIII
elect Bryan in '96. They are learning
RAPIDLY under the greed and rapacity
Of gold-bugs that there is to be an end
to bloated wealth and grinding poverty OF
honest, good men. We want and Will
have fair field" We Will get IT
honestly. not by bludgeons, but by bal
lots God is the anchor Of honest pow
erty. and He will protect IL in an hon
orable struggle. We hate and trample
under foot French communism. 1t IS
of Hill. as ! said a day or two ago in
the Dispatch. Mr.. Axten says he cam
not "aIct the transformation of the
Democratic party into one Of disorder
and misrule" This is another prophecy.
Had the government Of the party been
one of misrule up 10 %? 1 remember the
history Of tho party almost as far back
as '33. I remember when "Old Hickory
removed the deposits from the National
Bank in philadelphia. and bankers thought
the world would come to an end.
This financial question is no new ques-
ton. ! certainly don't pretend 20 under
stand half OF it, but we have all learned
something. ] have learned that We need
stable currency Of silver and gold, or
founded on silver and gold. and regulated
and endorsed by the United States and
respected everywhere. Gold IS not cur
rency I'm rcality-not running among the
people-but il is piled mp and unused
by the great mass of people. Silver il as
fixed and settled in this country as a
working mans working clothes. a man
who would discredit silver as currency
has lost his reason. or is devoid Of OBJ
servation and understanding.
Mr. Axtel thinks that soldiers will
not get their pensions and the homes
will be closed. II we are 10 live by
borrowing they may not; but we propose
to dig up our silver and pay them In
"coin' if need be.
Mr.. Axtcll don't like Mr.. Bryan's
speeches. ] have read them carefully.
and l like them very much. l think 1
know the man by them. did not
know him before. l think him a Chris
tan and patriot and that IS all l
want. To reach. at his age. his promi-
hence. Is proof positive OF his sense and
brains.
Lastly Mr. Axtell says the vice-presi-
dental candidate. a banker. "stultifes"
himself by standing on the platform.
Wei. / put the banker on one financial
scale and Mr.. AXtell on the other. and
let them balance tin November. and see
which strikes the beam"
Tho people have waited three years I'm
vain for relief. What DO the gold-hugs
and Republicans promise us? More grind
ing trusts and higher taxes.
Respectfully
W. W. PARKER.
r. s. In the STANDARD Dictionary" OF
the thirty-six coins i'm existence seven
hundred years before Christ twenty-four
were silver and only nine gold.
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