The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-29
NASBY'S VIEWS on SILVER.
Famous Wartime IlnMOrist Writes
on the Money Question.

Confederate X Roads (Which is i'm
the state of Kentucky, Jan. 20, lS7S.--
| amt so certin that | want the silver
bill to pass eZ | was The fact. the
thing doI't work ez | sposed ii wood.
and ! amt clear onto it, There Is SUI
tie principles in these finanshel ques.
tions which requires a great deel NV
thought. and there is underlying prin-
ciples wich man has got to UNDER
stand afore he is competent to set his
self up ez authority.
One thing I'm celtin NV, Bascom amt
no finanseer, nor never will be, and !
told him so.
Wat is finanseer?" asked he.
"A finanseer, "sed l. assooming the
look of Dan'l Webster 'is a man wich
kin pay his debts with nothin-a man
wich kin git suthin with nothin."
"rhe Corners, then. is full of finan-
seers," he remarkt bitterly. casting
casual glance at his slate, which wuz
jist full enuff to turn over and begin
on tother side.
But he heZn't any NV the science NV
1t. ] wuz argooing with him the other
day In favor NV my noshun NV leath-
er currency, though ! told him silver
wuz much the same thing, ard. for en-
ample, ! would assoom that silver wuz
to be the currency NV the fucher.
Now, don't 700 see. Bascom. that
eff I he'd twict eZ much money, | coold
drink twict ez much whisky and pay
for it?''
How much is twice nothin'?" wuz
the unfeelin' answer NV the tyrant who
holds the destinies of the Corners in hi
hands. That's wot yoor capitle hez
bin bin ever since ! krowd yoo''
"Parson." sed he. Il don't see what
erthly difference its goin' to make
whether silver is currency or anything
else. How are 700 goin' to git silver eff
it is made a legal tender? Ef silver
wuz ez plenty ez bricks, wat hev you
got to git any NV it WITH"
'TroO. G. W." wuz my answer: "but
can't 700 see that to hev silver wood
relieve the dettOr class? Even. now
afore it is legal tender, it's only wuth
9 cents on the dollar, and when the
country is flooded with it. it will go still
lower. Then we--Or rather sich NV us
ez hev property to raise money on-kin
pay Off"
"Eggsactly So" rotor Bascom: "yOI
kin pay me or the good. honist likker
NV mine. witch you hev consoomed. i'm
coin. which is less than the dollar 700
promised All rite. But look here
come in here, all NV 700. | want 700
silver men to know exactly wat 700
are rushin' into"
And this feend led us into the back
rOom-that back room wich contanes
the subsistence NV the Corners There
i'm long rows, wuZ Bascoms stock.
There. in barrils. piled one on top NV
another. wuZ the d-lishus whisky NV
Louisville. NV different ages. rangin'
from that NV two weeks old to that
wich he'd iist left the still. ana was
scarcely cold yit. There il lay, and eZ
my eye ranged affeckshunat-ly over il
felt ef Good hev the drinkin' NV all
that likker ] wood be content to lay
down and die when the last drop wuZ
gone.
Bascom p'inted to an immense tank
witch he he'd erected within a few days.
with pipe running in from the roof.
II shan't raise the price Nv likkrr in
conscience uv bein' paid for il in Il
depreshiated currency s.d he.
| fell ON Bascon'S neck. in an cXtacy
NV d.iite. white the others shout i. "ah
for Bascom!"
"G w." ! remarkt. while tears suf-
foosed my eyes. II never placed you
much below the angels. bur his g5ner-
Gus act his hst.d you hundred per
cent, in my estimas shlG. Bless goo. G.
W. bless you
But IN tell you wat | shell do. Do
you see that tank sed he.
May | ask wat that is for" ! s.d.
That tank will m with raile water"
sed he. "rhe moment 700 git tn payin'
me in silver | she! take o,ii Nv eecn Nv
them barIiis jist eggsactly three and
one-tfth gallons NV likker. and ill it
with water"
"Melciful bevings!" we all exclaimed,
"and poor likEcr 81 weak uoWi'