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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
HOW WEBSTER PUT TT.

Mfschieyous Legislation in Money
Matters Affects the Tofler.
1t is the relevancy IF q statesman'S
utterances to the great issues Which
occupy, for the time being, the peo-
pies minds, that gives them their COM
parative Importance and prominence
in literature The question of the
permanenceI of the national Union
was the dominant one at the time of
Webster's reply to Hayne, and for
years thereafter. Hence, that Grafton
was enshrined in Histories end school
readers and books of evolutionary ex-
ercises. But now that the question of
the nations financial honor Is upper
most. this other utterance CT "the
godllke Dsuiel'' is seen to glow with
the same oratorical lire as his reply to
the blatant South Carolinian. This is
how he puts the question Of the labor
ing mans relation to the currency:
The very man, of all others, who has the
deepest interest In sound currency, and
who suffers most by mischievous Legislation
In money matters. is the man who earns his
daily bread by his daily toll. - His
property IS in HIS hands. His reliance, his
fund, his protective freehold, his all, Is his
labor. Whether he work on his own small
capital or another's. his living is still earned
by his Industry; and when the money of the
country beeon es deprecated and debased,
whether 1t be adulterated coin or paper
without credit. that industry Is robbed Of
its reward, He then vlabors for country
whose laws cheat him out of his bread, l
would say to every owner of every quarter
section of land in the West, Il would say to
every ma n in the East who follows his own
pillow, and to every mechanic, artisan and
laborer of every city In the countryLI
would say to every man. everywhere; who
wishes by honest means to gain an honest
living: "Beware Of wolves In sleeps cloth
ing" Whoever attempts, under whatever
popular cry. to shake the stability of the
public currency stabs your inter-
'ests and your happiness 70 the heart.-Pio-
ueer Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ANDo
Ex-President Harrison on the Powers Of
Government.

Ex-President Harrison on the Powers of
Government.
will tell you what this government
can do alone. 1t can fix its money urit.
1t can declare by law THAT shall be the
relative value of an ounce of gold anu
an ounce of silver, but it cannot make
that last declaration good. It's unques-
tionably fully within the power of this
government to bring this country to
silver basis by coming silver dollars and
making them legal tender. They can do
that. This government can say you shall
take one of those dollars in discharge of
any debt owing to you for one dollar,
Notwithstanding you may have loaned
gold dollars; but it cannot say, and en-
force it's decree, if you should call out
the regular army and navy and muster
ell our great modern ships and add the
militia, and put William j. Bryan in
command of them-it cannot enforce
the decree that one ounce of gold is the
equivalent of sixteen ounces of silver.
Not only that, not France and England
and Germany can do that unless the
markets respond. Why? You may
make me take silver dollar for debt,
but if I have bought my goods at gold
prices you cannot make me give as many
yards of cloth for silver dollar as I
have been in the habit of giving for a
gold one.
If have gold dollar in this hand
and silver one in that, and you declare
they are equal, and can take that gold
dollar to a bullion broker and get two
dollars for it, know it is a lie. If
have nothing but a gold dollar, and
sugar is 20 pounds for one dollar, will
not give that gold dollar for 20 pounds
of sugar. I will take it around to
broker and get two silver dollars for it
and get the 20 pounds of sugar and have
one silver dollar left. So it is, my
friends. We can Of ourselves, of our
own wisdom, declare the unit of value.
We can coin silver freely, but we can.
not make sixteen ounces of silver equal
to one ounce of gold unless it is. And it
IS not unless the merchants take it at
that rate. That is where all this thing
comes in. 1t is trade, it is the merchant,
1t is the man who exchanges and deals
in these things that fixes the relative
value, and If you do not take the value
he fixes the gold dollar will go back to
the gold vault and the gold will go out
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Harrison,
in His New York Speech.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
4 nuaLr CALL TO yorrns.

Cop..oueuce. of Bryan's Iatse'Joa,
M seen by a Democratic Paper.
IS Mr. Bryan declared in his Albany
speech that he stood upon the chicago
platform and subscribed to every word
that 1t contained; but that he expected
the support of many Democrats who
were not willing to uphold every plank
in the platform.
AS he admits at the same time that
the morey question is the all-absorbing
one in this campaign, it Is difficult TO
understand how he can hope for the
support of those voters who do not
agree on this question with the plat
form and the candidates The
settlep ent of the uoneyi question IN de-
cisive. not only, for the economical. but
also, for the political development Of
the country! 1t affects the foundation
OF our social system.
The voters viii cast their ballots for
or against Bryan in accordance with
the way they look upon the silver
question; it matters not what they
formerly were. The man who under
stands the significance of the money
uuestion-it matters not IL he has been
h lSefuOCEdI Ills whOtC AiS
say that party which in this way at
tacks property and industry stands
further from the traditional principles
of Democracy than heaven from earth,
and that such q party has not the vest
igc OF pretension to the support of
Demoe .ats true to those principles
This onion could not longer exist If
such revolutionary party should get
control Of the government; and 1t
would not deserve to live longer Con-
dittons would then develop in which
might would be right. The
form Of republic might be retained,
but there would be social chaos; the
dest .'uction Of the institutions, howev-
er, would be the less to be regretted in
such a case, because the distinctive
Democratic Republican spirit would be
gonN.
The attaik of the Chicago conven-
ton, with it's sans-cullote platform and
| it's ns-cullote candidates, on proper
| ty end industry; the tone which the
ruling wing of the party has adopted,
and which the speakers and newspa-
pers Of that wing use in the campaign,
| male the support Of Bryan by real
Democrats impossible.
1t is to be noted that Bryan made
the remark referred to directly after
his visit to Hill. Probably the latter
told him that the New York democrats
| could indorse his candidacy, but not
the Chicago platform; and now Bryan
| wish"s to pave his, way>f for that. In
| this move one appears just as bad as
the other. All who understand the
significance of such campaign, who
are not willing to expose the country to
| the consequences of the revolutionary
element which conquered at Chicago
and forced Bryan ON the Democratic
party-all these must work for Rryan's
defeat and use the best means to this
| end.
Bryan stands on the Chicago plat
| form, and would use all the power OF
his Office to put it into execution. AS
president he would not stop at any Use
| of his official power To make such 4
| man harmless is the first duty of every
loyal voter, iinnlaterial to what party
| he belonged to heretofore.-New York
| Staats-Zeitung Dem.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Questions, Answered.

st. Cloud, Sept. 7.-During a street
discussion the other day l heard a
prominent free silver man in this city
make the statement that the reason
prices of different commodities had de-
creased in price was owing to the con-
traction of the currency since 1873.
He contepded that the volume of
money fixed the price Of commodities,
and the less money we have the small
er prices were. He argued that free
coinage would give us more money and
hence prices would rise. Has the CUT
rency been contracted since 1878? l..
The assertion of the free silver ad-
vocate that the volume of money is
less now than in 1873 is not correct.
The following are the correct figures:
1873.
ocin in the United States gold and
Paper money Of all kinds. S49 AS $40
i0'a' 1904 f'f'''-'
Coin in the United States gold and
silverl 81. 22o ,s1s 7e2
Paper money of all kinds. 81, s45 es1, s2S
Total .................... so. s4s, 1881, 1928
Instead of having less money than
in 1873 we have over three times as
much. and If the argument of the free
silver advocate is correct prices should
be three times as high now as in 1878.
On the same basis Of reasoning prices
should be twice as high in Norway as
in Sweden and four times higher in
France than in Switzerland.
Another argument that the free sill
yer men advance is that we have not
enough money of ultimate redemp-
tion," and yet we have twenty-four
times as much now as we had in 1873.
These are facts, and they most COM
pletely knock out the arguments of the
free silver fellows, as applied to the
fall in prices.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
THE FARMER AND THE .jE..vi2n.pE

THE FARMER AND THE jEEVi2n.rfn
He was settin' on a shoe box at til corner Nv
the street, .a
Chawin plug terbacher an waitin' for treat.
While he squirted his terb cker juice at IN ihsF-
fensve fly, a..
He saw an honest farmer come a-walkn s:'wiE
by.
So he histed up his hrtches. an he took a her
An boldly waded inter him. an this is what he
blew:
"Can You tell me, my friend. why the chinch Dug
Have yer cyphared on the problem why we sit so
little rainf
Can you tell me, plodding farmer, why the army
worms around? , ,
Why the tarnal yeller sunlight is burning up IN
ground?
Can YOU tell me why TIL weevil, tn rust an Hes
sian fly
are eatin' up yer substance? Do yer know tn
reason why?
Why the price NV eggs an butter, oats an corn,
an wheat an rye,
Are afaliin' in TIL market, as the years pass
in by?
..The reason why these dismal clouds cast their
shadders 'crost the sun,
Why yer debts are gittin' bigger, as the seasons
60 an kun?
Tn reason fer this trouble is plain enough ter
lis that orful, fearful nasty thing: TIL crime nv
'73.'
Jew be sare, we didn't know it for thirty years
Put 1t worked this orul havoc, it dealt this dead
ly blow.
Tn Gold Bugs down in Wall street, under cover
Have gohbled up yer earnings in their thirsty,
hungry lnaw. .-
>ixteqn to one will cure yous'tis the only thing
that can,
e yer take it in large Doses on the allopathic
PLAN
TIL farmer stopped an listened, tho it almost
At the stupid, senseless logic Of this whittlin',
takin' calf.
An his anger gan arisin', at this everlastin'
bore,
An he kracked his heels together, an he shook his
fists an swOre:
''Yon must not think We farmers hav' nuthn else
to do
rut stan aroun' an 'argfy with sich 'tarnal
fools you,
You'll IaIgislate the weevil, chinch bug an Hes
slim fy,
You'n rcsolute the rain-drop er know the reason
why,
You'll upset the laws Nv natur you'll change the
YouIi stop the golden sunlight from shinin on the
ground.
The law that fixes prices, you'll change it Jest fer
fun,
v it'll COMM NV the silver sixteen tew.one.'
Ialf dollars worth Wv metal will be worth JEST
twict as much,
When melted by the Government, an CIV fts
magic touch.
You'd bust up all the railroads, shops an savings
banks, . '.''
With tn driglin', silly nonsense Nv you crazy sill
yer cranks
TT seems to me that remember when things
were all astzew,
Some time about November in tn year NV 80.
That the same gang NV fellers promised another
treat,
That You told the srubbin' farmer that you'd gin
him dollar wheat
That he'd surely then be happy an his forum
wos'" lie made,
e we'd last upset the tariff, vote for Cleveland
nu' free trade. $50
Now we don't pretend to know much, fer we never
hod much show,
But there's quite grst of things that even
farmers know.
They know when the've been lied to an taken
fer Ounce
An they're goin' few he id keerful that they
doiit cit fooled bnt once!''
&C. w. Reynolds, ST. Cloud Mimi
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24

for some years that / should never
support silver platform. | have ever
since the nominations, preferred the
election OF Mckinley to Bryan, and
you may now make it as emphatic ais
you choose that fimly believe, the
election OF Mr.. Bryan would be a
calamity, and thatI prefer the election
Of Mckinley to the election Of Bryan.
l am still a free trader" Mr.. Bryan is
running on one issue only. He has de-
clined to discuss the tariff question. l
believe the election OF Bryan would be
worse for the country than the worst
protection law they can pass. prefer
the election Of Nc Kinley, not on account
of, but in spite OF his protection views.
Your candidate for congress. Mr.. Towne,
seems to take pleasure in reminding the
people that he is still a protectionist.
John Lind declines to accept your nomi-
nation az a Democrat. These men are
both high protectionists. A mixture Of
free silver and protection, l presume,
nullifcs the protection poison-while a
mixture with gold aggravates it.
have abandoned no Democratic prin.
ciples-I have complained of nothing ex.
cept the false and hbelous attacks oil
your paper-I am not a "band wagon
politician" My friends and enemies, il
any, are at perfect liberty to entertain
such views as they may see fit regarding
my position in this matter. have de.
voted to it some years of as careful
study as l could. have reached some
conclusions. They may be wrong, but
they certainly cannot be changed by
resolutions Of such convention az met
at Chicago. II you will pardon the ex
preston, would rather be right than bt
even Democrat. Respectfully, &C..
DAVID T. CALHOUN.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
SILVER NOT DEMONETIZED.

st. Cloud Times, Aug. 80, 1898:
Some people have an idea that the passage
of the Wilson bill means the characterization
of silver. This is all wrong. The bill is to
repeal the first section of the act of 1890,
which makes it compulsory for the govern
ment to purchase 1850, 900 ounces of pig
silver each month at the market price. The
remainder of the act is undisturbed. The
Wilson act deals with the machinery of SILL
YER INITIATION. IT HITS THE SPOT.
1t does not "strike down silver" 1t is
FRIENDLY TO SILVER in that it prevents
heavy monthly additions to the already de,
preciating stock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
MAC WAS AMUSED-THEN.

st. Cloud Times, Sept. 10, 1898:
1t is really touching to hear Republicans
lamenting because of what they are pleased
to call their belief that the Democratic party
is about to split in half over silver. Keep
your clothes on, boys, the frost will soon be
here; and as for that Democratic split, why,
you viii find like it's predecessOrs-existing
only in the minds OF opponents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
MAC ENDORSED GRovER-THEN
Il. Cloud Times, April 10, 1895:

st, Cloud Times, April 10, 1895:
Grover Cleveland never wrote truer words
than these from his letter to a Chicago COM
mittee of business men: st is utterly inn
possible that anyone In our broad land, rich
or poor. whatever may be his occupation,
and whether dwelling in a centre OF finance
and commerce or in a remote corner Of our
domain, can be really benefited by imam
cial scheme not alike beneficial to all our
people"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
AS TRUE NOW AS THEN.

st. Cloud Times, Aug. IA, 1898:
One thing that ought to promote the re-
peal of the Sherman act is the demonstration
afforded by the logic Of events that imitation
does not always make money plenty. The
presses have been turning out treasury notes
at the rate of fifty millions a year since 1890
and yet see "where we are at"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
AND MAC WAS PLEASED.

st. Cloud Times, Aug. %, 1898:
Saturday was great day in the house of
representatives on the silver debate. 1t was
a battle loyal OF giants. The advocates of
repeal had reserved their heavy artillery for
the final onslaught, and such men as W. l..
Wilson, Tom Reed, Bourke Cochran and
John r. Fellows poured hot shot into the
free coinage ranks with an effectiveness that
caused the silver barricade to crumble and
fall,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
AN ANTIoUATED BUsABoo,

st. Cloud Times, Aug. %, 1898:
The silver orators ought to have learned
by this time that the loose talk about truck
ling to British interests no longer scares
anybody. The people have learned that in
finance, as in trade, what is good for the In
terest OF one nation is likely to be for the
interest of another-Boston Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
THE PEOPLE NOT PAUPERs.

st. Cloud Times, Aug 3, 1898:
The Financial Times figures the actual de-
posts in the banking institutions of this
country at $4,000, 100000. Taking into
consideration also the millions deposited in
stockings and old trunks during the money
stringency, the people of this country would
seem to be far from a state of pauperism.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
AND NOW MACIS WITH TELLER
!. Cloud Times, Sept. Is. 1898:

st. Cloud Times, Sept. Is, 1898:
Perhaps Senator Teller would think very
differently of the press if a larger proportion
endorsed him and his views. He has prob
ably heard of the Juror who abused his
eleven colleagues because they would not
agree with him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
MOT YET DENIED

ST. Cloud Times, July o, 1894:
On the 5th inst. the Daily Times charged
that Charles A. Towne, the choice of the
Duluth Republicans for congress, was named
by the A. p. A. of that city their candi-
date. The allegation appears to be beyond
contradiction.
land Bro. Macdonald, who is now sup
porting Mr.. Towne for congress, has never
to this day denied it'll
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
TIRED OF SILVER TALK.
st. Cloud Times, Sept. IS, 1898:

st. Cloud Times, Sept. IS, 1898:
The country is growing very tired OF the
never ceasing silver talk in the senate.
The well known fact that the debate is kept
up by the silverites for the purpose of OBJ
struction only, is causing the country to
grow FESTIVE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
WHO'S A DEMOCRAT?
The Question Is Settled by D. T. CaIhoun's
Able Reply to c. F. Macdonald.
GIVES MAC AN AWFUL ROAST.

The Brainy Lawyer Answers Series Of
Questions Propounded by the Times
Editor---Convincing Proof Of the
History Of the Democratic Party on
the Money Questionable Depart
ed Ones Were for Sound and
Stable Currency, and the National
Democrats Propose to Follow Them
Rather Than Bryan, TiIIman, Alt
geld e. Co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24

A bet Is not an argument; but the
fact that a good deal of money is now
being offered On Mckinley at odds Of
. or ~ to |, shows how the outlook ap-
aar, to a class o.: :l>t!:e and active OBJ
- - .: events
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
TOWNE ALL TONGUE.
st. Cloud Times, Sept. -, 1894:

st. Cloud Times, Sept IL, 1894:
Having as it's candidate talking ma
chine" ALL TONGUE AND LITTLE
BRAINS-the JoURNAL-PREss INDUCES i'm the
old chestnut of issuing challenge to Maj.
Baldwin for joint discussion with "young
Mr.. Towne"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
STILL TRUE.
ou,l Times. Nav IA. 1894:

st. Cloud Times, May IA. 1894:
While President Cleveland has not at all
times pleased all Democrats, he is better
Democrat than the average man who claims
to be Democrat and abuses him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
MACON TOWNE.
Cloud Times Sent IL 1894:

st. Cloud Times, Sept. IL, 1894:
Mai. Baldwin can thousand times better
serve the Sixth district than his opponent.
young Mr.. Towne" Mr.. Towne could
vote when the roll was collaborating
more.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
TowNE A CoNCEITED YOUTH

st. Cloud Times, Aug. %, 1894:
Young Mr.. TOwne," he is a conceited
youth, whose eloquent tongue reels off beau
tiful phrases as easy the water falls over
Mnnehaha.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
GOOD DEMOCRATS STILL FIGHTING
THE WRONG-BUT MAC HAS
nJTEn
4. .Clond Zines. May 6. 1895:

st. Cloud Times, May 6, 1895:
There is no occasion for anybody to get
ratified" because the Democrats are having
a little finance discussion among themselves.
There II only one right side. and that is
where all good Democrats will ultimately be
found Sighting the wrong.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
WHAT MAC STILL BELIEVES.
mes. Aug. 4. 1893:

st. Cloud Times. Aug. 4, 1898:
There is entirely too much talk about con-
spiracy No sane man really believes. what
ever he may say, that one-half OF the citizens
OF the United States are conspiring with for
eigners to ruin the other half. 1t is an alb
surdity as well as an impOssibilty.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
DEMOCRATS STILL DIFFER.

st. Cloud Times. Aug. 25, 1898:
We can see no good reason why good
Democrats cannot honestly differ az to the
expedicncy OF the free coinage of silver at
this time, without In the least impairing
their standing as Democrats
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
MACS OPINION OF POPULIsTs.

st. Cloud Times, Nov. 25, 1898.
1t is now proposed to change the name of
the Populist party and to drop all of it's
isms and make free coinage of silver the only
principle of the new party, but what good
will that do? 1t was the men elected to
office by the Populists who settled that
party's fate, and it is the same class who
are trying To bring about the proposed
change. CRANKS may gain a temporary
success as party leaders, but WITHOUT
BRAINS they cannot stay on top.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
AND NOW MAC IsAPOPULIsT.

st. Cloud Times, July IA, 1894:
There can be no fusion of Democrats with
Populists on state ticket. The platform
OF the latter can never receive Democratic
sanction, even of the quasi character which
an endorsement of Populist candidates
would mean.