Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-09-03
ANTON KLAUS
A Heavy Property Holder Of
jamestown Favors Free
Coinage.
Some of the Grain Yields of
the ValIey-Light Weight
Grain.

vi 0lIIs
Anton Klaus has just returned from
an extended eastern trip. He has spent
considerable time IN Wisconsin and hsa
kept eyes and ears open while away
When he left Mr.. Klaus was gold man.
He returns strong silver man, and
brings very different report about the
feeling among the Germans on the
money question than what is found in
the gold press. Mr.. Klaus says:
II left home gold man. 1 attended
the Chicago convention, and never saw q
better conducted or more harmonious
convention. Over two-thirds of the
delegates we're united and satisfied with
both the platform and the candidate.
The action of that convention is satis-
factory to me and I, as democrat, will
support the ticket. 1 have taken more
time to look into and post myself since
leaving here on this question, and believe
that silver is what we want. I believe it
will advance prices and make better
times.
"The eastern German press has been
saying all along that over 80 per cent Of
the Gerpans Of the country are for gold.
This is not the truth, as far as I can
Judge. In Milwaukee where they have
reported that Germans were almost solid
for the gold ticket, a change in views has
occurred, and believe that fully two.
thirds Of the Germans there will vote for
the silver ticket. I hear the same is
true in Iowa.
"The gold democrats at their state
convention IN Wisconsin to elect dele
gates to the Indianapolis convention,
had just sixty-two delegates present,
when they expected 400. The republi-
can national league convention, at Mil
waukee last week had only some 400
delegates present when preparations had
been made to take care of 10000. There
is great change IN sentiment going on
as people study into the question. l
think Wisconsin is as likely to 90 for the
Bryan ticket as 1t 10 for Mckinley"
"At present a man can scarcely bor-
row any money on the best kind of
property. All over the country loan
agents refuse to accept property as
security, and If the depreciation in value
of real estate and buildings goes on as it
has, property owners will find them
selves eaten up by taxes, insurance, re-
pairs and loss Of revenue.
II met q number OF merchants and
one banker who said they had to talk
gold, but in their hearts were for silver.
Merchants in Milwaukee say they have
not made dollar over expenses and
living in the past three years, and are
dependent on banks to carry them along
from month to month, Or they would
have to shut up shop. They say they
are going to vote for change
for if Mckinley Is elected there
Is no prospect Of anything better
and that if the silver ticket is
elected things can not be mnch If any
worse and they are going to try it. I
think thousands OF men who are not
telling everybody just how they will
vote, intend voting for the silver ticket.
"There ought to be silver club
started in Jamestown soon, and give
people chance to get documents and
post up on both sides of the question.
There are many who do not clearly
understand the question now and are
ANXIOUS to learn more about it.
''The talk that it Bryan is elected gold
will all 60 out OF the country and We
will have nothing but paper money and
50-cent silver dollars is all nonsense,
and is made to frlghten thoughtless or
tlmid persons. As far as I am con-
cerned everything I have would be
willing to sell for United States silver
money at 100 cents on the dollar. 1t is
good enough for me-"