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The representative., 1896-09-30
JOHN SHERMAN AS A REPUDIA-
yNIONISY

In answer to the talk about repudia ton,
provided the government should pay out
silver on all coin obligations, little Incl
dent has lately come to view, which is ex-
actly in point.
On the first day of January, 1879 resump-
ton Of specie payment was begun under the
direction of John Sherman, then secretary
of the treasury. During the forenoon gold
was paid out in considerable quantities.
About the close Of the morning hour the
messengers from Wall street arrived with
huge sacks ready to take away the yellow
metal. The secretary's assistants came to
him in alarm and said the gold would soon
be all gone at that rate. Our gold stand
ard secretary and historian Of the crime
of 1873 then and there gave out orders to
pay out silver coin. 1t was offered to the
Wall street agents; they did not want it,
and went back to their broken employers
leaving the gold in the treasury untouched: !:
but the success of resumption of specie pay
ment was assured, and John Sherman had
afforded an object lesson of what might
have been legally done at any date since.
and might be done today.
Our silver coin could thus be legally and
justly used, the gold reserve saved, pre-
cisely as is done in France, and there would
be no taint of reputation for us how any
more than on the 1st day Of January,
1879
An ex-senator who had long served on
the finance committee with Sherman, gave
to the writer this incident last week, and
stated that Sherman himself told him of
it at the time.
The representative., 1896-09-30
Not This Year.

factories Of the Ua!ted States, which
have been shut down or crippled since
1892, will again resume their fight for
the English markets.
1t is doubtful whether the Republi-
can party can be held much longer in
check by sound money statesman, as
its adherents are divided by powerful
factions. The Democratic party is al
so breaking up under the weight of
the free silver agitation. 1t matters
not to Great Britain which party sue
ceeds if the gold standard is main
tanned, but either of the old parties
or new party which goes into power
pledged to free coinage will be inimi-
cal and pref udical to English manu-
factories and trade.
The American people cling with
wonderful tenacity to party organic
ations, but financial embarrassment
and business stagnation has become
too severe for their patience, and they
are ready for any change that prom
ises relief. They are becoming con-
vinced that it cannot be found in the
protection theory, as that has been
tried, and they are massing now on
free silver. -
The representative., 1896-09-30
A CROWN FOR LABOR.

Through valleys, DER mountains and des-
erts and plains,
Hath the gold bug gone forth with shackles
and chains:
Each tongue hath he fettered, each arm
he has bound,
Subverted all freedom and tyranny
crowned.
And the shadow he casts Ger the land he's
undone,
Leaves blight on the earth, and eclipses
the sun.
The poor, though they labor, now famish
for bread;
Iifes roses have withered, its pleasures
have fled,
Arise ye. who languish in tyranny's chain,
Knock off your vile fetters. your freedom
regain;
Every tongue shall be loosened, every arm
be unbound
The tyrant be fettered, and liberty crown
ed.
Regard not your foes, though their legions
arise
In numbers as countless as the stars I'm the
skies;
Be valiant, be brave, by your might they
shall fall,
Unseathed you shall triumph and conquer
them all.
shall bloom,
Each virtue shall flourish, each vice find q
tomb. &C. w. Thurston.
The representative., 1896-09-30

er, i'll the absence of Mr.. Potter, again
called it up for the purpose of moving a
substitute. This substitute never
read. Mr.. Hooper assuring the house that
1T had been submitted to the different gem
tlcmen in the house who had taken special
interest in the bin, and that it had met
with universal appreciation in the form in
which he offered it, This was equivalent
to saying that it no longer contained the
provisions objected to by Mr.. Potter. Mr..
Hooper answered every question concern
ing it, but no question was asked
statement made as to the silver dollar or
the limitation of its legal tender quality
to s.. This statement can easily be veri-
he'd by reference to the Congressional
Globe, part >, second session, Forty-seeond
congress, pages 3,SS2 and 1859. The bill
then passed the house in the substitute
form under suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Kelley Of Pennsylvania, who intro
duced the bill. declared on the floor of the
house that. though he was chairman Of
the committee on coinage, he was "ignor-
ant of the fact that it would demonetize
the silver dollar" Congressional Record.
vol. Z, part 2, page 1909 Mr.. Blaine, who
was speaker of the house when the bill
passed, declared on the floor of the senate
in 1878 that he did not know anything
that was in the bill at al,'' and that little
was known or cared on the subject"
(Same, page 1,603.) Gen. Garfield declared
that he knew nothing about it, (Congres-
sional Record VOL Z, part l, page 9S9.) Mr..
Holman, of Indiana, declared that the pas
sage of the bill through the house was "a
colossal swindle," and never had the
sanction of the house" Congressional
Record, vol. 4, part 6, appendix 1881 Mr..
Cannon Of Illinois, said: 'Neitner MEM
bers of congress nor the people understood
the scope Of the legislation" (Same, page
1917
Continued on Inside Pages.
The representative., 1896-09-30
HOW THEY LOVE US.

The following illustrates how the
"bosses" love the common herd:''
There is too much freedom in this
country rather than too little.-In-
| dianapolis Journal.
II the workingmcn had no vote they
| might be made more amenable to the
| hard mes.-lndianapOlis News.
Give them rifle diet for few days
and see how they like that kind Of
bread.-Tom Scott (railrOad King.
These brutal creatures (strkers) can
| understand no other law than that Of
force. What they need is force, and
enough Of it to be remembered among
them for a generation.--New York
| Tribune.
The old English system Of imprison-
| ment for debt would be preferable to
our present bankrupt law.-ChicagO
Times.
The capitalists have bought and are
buying largely the Associated Press,
| and are controlling the avenues of in
telligence.-Wm. Window.
The simplest plan, probably, when
one is not q member of the Humane
Society, is to put little strychnine or
| arsenic in the meat or other supplies
furnished tramps.-Chicago Tribune.
Hand grenadcs should be thrown
| among those who are striving to OBJ
tain higher wages, as by such treat
ment they would be taught valuable
| lesson, and other strikers would take
warning by their fatc.-Chicago
! Times.
Scribners Monthly said Of the man
who is compelled to travel in search Of
work, "He has no rights but those
which society may see fit to bestOw.
-1e has no more right than the sow
that wallows in the gutter or the lost
dogs that hover around the city
| squares.
Is not dollar day enough to buy
| bread? Water costs nothing, and man
who cannot live on bread IS not fit to
live. A family may live, laugh, love
and be happy that eats bread in the
morning with good water, and good
bread at noon, and water and bread at
night-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
The representative., 1896-09-30
MORE TESTIMONY.
THE GOLD BUGS CANNOT SUP
PRESS ALL THE TESTIMONY.
European Agriculturists Endorse
Mr.. Bryan and Free Silver.

New York, Sept. 2O.-The World to-.
morrow will print a special cablegram
from Budapest, Hungary. which states
that the following cable message
signed by delegates to the interna-
tional agricultural congress called at
Budapest by the Hungarian minister
Of agriculture, has been sent to the
Democratic candidate for president of
the United States:
To William Jennings Bryan, Head
quarters Democratic Party, Chicago:
We, the undersigned members Of the
International Agricultural congress,
convened at Budapest, wish you sue
cess in your struggles against the
domination of the creditor class. which
during the past twenty-three years
has secured, both in America and in
Europe, monetary legislation destsuc-
tive OF the prosperity of your farmers
and others.
Should you be victorious in Novem-
ber we pledge ourselves to spare no ef-
fort to bring immediate pressure upon
our respective governments to CO.
operate with the government of your
great nation in restoring silver to the
worlds currency.
We believe that, failing such resto-
ration. the gold premium throughout
all Asia and South America will con-
tinue to rob the farmer equally of
America and Europe of all re wards for
his tolls, and that your election may
avert from Europe serious agrarian
and social troubles now pending.
Count Alexander Karelyi, president
Hungarian chamber of commerce.
D. Bauduin, president society Of
agriculture in Holland.
Alphonse Allard, administrator Gen.
trail Chamber of Agriculture in Bel
GUM.
Won Kardorff, member German
reichstag.
George Boutmy, Imperial Society
Agriculture. Russia.
William Field, member parliament
and president Irish Cattle Traders
association.
Count Kolorawat, Austria.
Otto Arendt, memter Prussia diet.
Won Ploetz Dollingen, member Ger
man reichstag.
Myer Rottmansdorff, member Ger.
man reichStag.
The representative., 1896-09-30
BLAINE AND LOGAN.
The Opinion of Republican Leaders
on the Money Question. Before
Wall Street Bought the
Bosses.
A TERRIBLE ARRANGEMENT OF
PRESENT REPUBLICAN TAG.
TICS IN AIDOF MONOPOLY.
What James G. Blaine and John A, Logan, Two
Of the Greatest Republicans Said in Years
Gone by-Their Records Show Both
We're Silver Men,

James G. Blaine said in the Senate
on Feb. I, 1878:
II believe gold and silver coin to be
the money OF the constitution; indeed,
the money OF the constitution which
the great organic law recognized as
quite independent of its existence.
No power was conferred on congress
to declare either metal should not be
money. Congress has, therefor, in my
Judgment, no power to demonetize
silver any more than to demonetize
gold"
Again he said:
son the much vexed and long moot
cd question as to a bimetallic or mon.
Ometalic standard, my own views are
sufficiently indicated in the remarks I
have made. / believe the struggle
now going on in this country and in
other countries for a single gold
standard, would, il successful produce
widespread disaster in and through
out the commercial world.
1.-The destruction of silver as money
and establishing gold as the sole unit
OF value must have a ruinous effect on
all forms Of property except those in
veStmentS which yield a fixed return
In money. These would be enormous
~ enhanced in value, and would gain
disproportiOnate and unfair adVan>
tage over every other species of prop
erty. II, as the most reliable statis.
tics affirm, there are nearly 81, ,(00, ,OOO,-
600 OF coin or bullion in the world, not
very unequai!y divided between gold
and silver, 1t is impossible to strike
silver out OF existence as money With
out results WHICH illprove distressing
to millions and utterly disastrous to
tens Of thousands.
The following is from speech
against the "gold standard made by
John A. Logan, candidate for vice
president with James G.. Blaine, and
stalwart Republican, on Jan. 10, 1879:
II can see benefit only to the money
holders and those who receive interest
and have fixed incomes. / can see, as
a result our business operations Grip
pied and labor reduced to mere pit.
tance. | can see the beautiful prai-
ries OF my own state which were be-
ginning to bloom as gardens, with
cheerful homes rising as white towers
along the pathway of Improvement.
again sinking back to idleness. l can
see the hopes Of the industrious farm
er blasted as he burns his corn for
fuel, because the price will not pay
the cost Of transportation. can see
the people Of the West groaning and
burdened under taxation to pay the
debts Of states, counties and cities,
incurred when money was more abun-
dant and bright hopes Of the future
were held out TO lead them on. l can
see the people Of our Western states,
who are producers reduced to the con-
dition OF serfs to pay the interest on
public and private debts to the money
lenders of the East.
The representative., 1896-09-30
SETTLE QUESTIONS RIGHT.

However the battle is ended,
Though proudly the victor comes
With fluttering flags and prancing nags,
And echoing roll Of drums,
Still truth proclaims this motto,,
In letters living light,
No question is ever settled,
Until it is settled right.
Though the heel of the strong oppressor.
May grind the weak in the dust,
And the voice of fame, with one acclaim
May call him great and just,
Let those who applaud take warming,
And keep this motto in sight:
No question is ever settled,
Until it is settled right.
Let those who have failed take courage,
Though the enemy seems to have won.
Though his ranks are strong, if he be in
the wrong,
The battle is not yet done,
For, sure as the morning follows
The darkest hour of the night,
No question is ever settled, i
Until it is settled right.
o man bowed down with laborI s =
o woman young. yet old!
o heart oppressed in the toiIer's breast
And crushed by the power Of goldl
Keep on with your weary battle
Against triumphant might
No question is ever settled.
Until 1t is settled right.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The representative., 1896-09-30
THE BRITISH VIEW OF IT.
THERE is DANGER TO ENG
LAND.
If America Secures Bimetallism it
Would Give Her the Key to the
Worlds Trade.

London, March 1O.-The London
Financial News says:
The financial situation in the
United States is very serious. The
Senate has blocked all relief measures
proposed by President Cleveland, and
Congress is at dead standstill on the
money question. The free coinage
senators are masters of the situation.
The condition of affairs in the
United States Congress demands the
immediate attention Of British finan-
ciers and statesmen. The trade Of
the world is now in our hands, but it
will not remain there if the United
States goes to a bimetallic basis with
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
With the addition of silver to the
volume OF money, everything in
America would take on a new face; la
Dor and industry would gain new life.
The grip of the gold standard on the
products of the world would be
loosened and prices would rise. Great
Britain would lose her markets in
South America, Asia and Europe, and
American ships would not be long in
capturing the carrying trade of the
world.
British creditors must now apply
themselves quickly to the American
money problem. The sound money
men and banking interests, led by
Senator Sherman, Cleveland and
Carlisle. With a plentiful supply of
means, have been beaten. The
American people are now thoroughly
aroused and educated on the power
and use of money, and made desper-
ate by debt and business depression
they are forcing free silver as the
main issue.
Great Britain need fear no injury to
her trade or investments IL the Re
publican party can force protective
tariff as the main issue in the COM
ing presidential campaign, but il free
silver dominates the American mind
and carries at the polls. it will bring
about a change in England tnat will
be ruinous from its suddenness and
severity. The danger that can be
done British manufactures by pro-
tective tariff is slight compared with
the disasters that would be entailed
by q change from single gold to a
complete bimetallic standard.
It is evident that the Democratic
party will not renominate a man who
holds to President Cleveland's ideas
on money. and the only hope for a
continuation Of Mr., Cleveland's finan-
cIal policy will be in the success Of the
Republicans in the next election.
+ The success Of the free coinage will
bring down the rate of interest on
money, and cause an immediate rise
in the price Of all commodities. When
silver becomes primary money the
American mines will pour their pro-
ducts into the mints, and q new era
similar to that produced by the issue
Of greenbacks during the civil war
will begin, Gold will leave the banks
and enter into competition with in
the avenues of trade, and the manu-
The representative., 1896-09-30
THE PROOF FOUND.

This article, taken from the Lon
don Financial News, has been widely
published by silver papers and is de-
nounced by Republican papers as be-
ing forgery. But it is not. A photo
engraving of the article, exactly as it
appeared in that paper, April 80, 1894,
was run in the Omaha World Herald
last Thursday. The clipping was fur
nished by Durrant's Press Cutting
Bureau and was used by silver orators
and papers as long ago as May, 1894
Farmers Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa.
The representative., 1896-09-30

An English pager reports the dis
covery of a real Mrs. PartinRton. She
walked into the eiIlce Of the Judge of
probate aud inquired: "Are you the
Judge Of reprobates?'' II am the Judge
OF probate" Wns the reply. "We1l,
that's 1t, l expect" Quoth the lady.
"YOu see my husband died detested,
and left me several s11tfae infidels, and
] want to be appointed their execu-
tiOnaer'
The representative., 1896-09-30
PLENTY LEFT.

"Pcars ter me-" observed Uncle
Rastus. dat derc's as many strikes
now as dere was before de capitalists
warned de toilers 'gainst lettin' wages
be cut in two"
The representative., 1896-09-30

stocks and no personal interest has caused
me to make this statement, but have given
it by the request Of an old comrade.
James III. Kennedy
The representative., 1896-09-30

The 1.5Uo.0oo people Of Minnesota pa1c
state, county and township: and 310.
000, 900 more annually Of Interest On
''watered stock" Of railroads: usurioua
rates on borrowed money: and through
ber. cattle and other rings. What 40
the people get for 1t all? Nothin1.
What are they going to do about it1
Speak and act -.
The representative., 1896-09-30

The Rings steal hundreds Of mill.
ions annually from the People. One
tenth Of the plumber is used to con-
troll the daily press and buy up tho
leaders OF the two old parties, to
darken intelligence and make the
voters poor. blind and incapable Of
ee!f-defense. Strike before it Is too
late.
The representative., 1896-09-30

Atfon. The constitutional standard
A., To Overturn 1T would shake the
congress ssconstftute the legal stand
Webs ter, 24th Congress, 1894
The representative., 1896-09-30

"Go1d and Silver are the money of the CoHs4t
OF value is established and can not be overtNEj
whole system. Gold and Silver at rates fixed 81
ard Of value in this country and mel thof Congz
establish any other standard or dispose Of this
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30
A Rainmaker in Politics.

Democratic affairs in the Seventh
congressional district have been re-
lieved of their kinks by a new pri-
mary, in which Col. Nicholas n.
Cox received large majority over
his opponent the Hon. w. ]. Whit
thorne. Col. Cox is the Democratic
nominee beyond peradventure, after
a very hot and bellicose contest, but
we very much fear that his tribula-
tons are not ended. The Republi-
cans have nominated against him
the Hon. Arch Hughes, the rain
maker. Now it is one thing to de-
feat foe who is mere lawyer or
farmer, but when it comes to down
ing man who claims to be able to
bring q rain upon the Desert of
Sahara or the Valley of the Nile, ii
is quite another matter. Rainmaker
Hughes asserts that he has been
able to produce rain on the Kansas
prairies when there was not a cloud
IN sight, and he sees as great posi-
bilities in his scheme as Col. Null
berry Sellers saw in his immortal
eye-water. If he can control the
vapors Of the air in this manner
what is there to prevent his drench.
ing every rally gotten up in Cox's
interest and putting out all the
torches and other evidences OF
enthusiasm? 1t looks to us as if thi;
were dangerous innovation in oul
politics. Mere eloquence can not
contend with the gift of rainmaking
The man who can make rain at viii
has agraft with the farmer which
will inevitable break down party
lines. But the advantage he has i!
not fair one, and the innovation
ought to be resisted at the very
threshold. Col. Hughes is man o
many device. In addition to the in
vention already referred to it is un
derstood that he has a hair promote
which will supply Populist bearc
inside of ten days, and turn a bald
head into hirsute Jungle. He i
also at work upon a flying-machin
which is worked by will power
Should Col. Hughes ever reach Con
gress he will lay before that bod!
the most variegated assortment o
schemes ever devised since tn
world began. 1t is certainly unfai
to pit Col. Cox against man of sucl
varied resources Memphis Com
mercial- Appeal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30
McMILLIN, ENLOE, WOODARD
Three Enthusiastic and Powerfully
Convincing Speeches.
They Accomplished Much Good and
Maury County viii Givea Big Major
ity for the Straight Ticket.

The Hon. Benton McMillin and
the Hon. b. A. Enloe spoke here
Saturday to an enthusiastic audi
dence. The Circuit Court room was
crowded to its utmost and many
were unable to get into the room.
The speakers were listened to with
more than ordinary attention, and
were frequently applauded when
they would score a point, utter a
lofty sentiment, or tell an illustra-
tive anecdote.
The Hon. B. A. Enloe spoke first,
and in a smooth and forceful way
examined the platform adopted at
Chicago and showed from history
aud principle that its declarations
were founded upon the bedrock of
Democracy. The speaker was earn
est and serious and carried convic-
ton to the hearts of any who might
have been wavering in the faith.
The Hon. Benton McMillin fol-
lowed in one of the most magnificent
campaign speeches which it has
been the pleasure of a Maury County
audience to hear for many a year.
He devoted most of his time to the
silver question, the greatest question
of civilization. Ee showed its antiq-
uity as money, and quoted copious-
ly from authorities to sustain his po-
sition. He described the effort that
was made to land both the Demo.
cratic aud the Republican parties
into the gold camp; how the money
power had succeeded in landing the
Republican party there, but how the
Democratic party had risen in its
strength and driven this money.
power from its temples. He showed
how the Republican party had gone
back on its former platforms on the
silver question; how its leaders
were now swallowing their owl
past records, and he quoted from
Democratic platforms, and from the
utterances Of Democratic statesmen
to show that the Democratic party
had always stood for the gold ant
silver Of the constitution.
| In eloquent terms he pictured the
wealth, power and greatness of thi
country, and its ability to maintain
the parity of the two metals at thu
ratio of Is to l under free coinage
He exposed the hallucinatior
about food of silver, and he mer
cilessly analized the hypocrisy anC
falsity of the clamor about u fifty
cent dollar. 1t was a great speech
and every Democrat went ava.
with renewed energy for the cause
and chock full of enthusiasm.