Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-08
Bryan the Man.

| An open letter 10 Bill Mckinley,
Cleveland, and to seventy millions
OF their superiors in the common
walks OF life. All democratic and
populist papers, especially in New
York:
1. The great Lincoln induced Con-
gress 70 issue the first issues of green
backs, good for all debts public and
private. This was done because the
banks had 'cornered' the gold and
demanded high prices from Uncle
Sam to carry on the war. Lincoln's
green-back move outwitted the bank
ers. They swarmed to the capitol,
bribed the republican congress, and
thus all subsequent issues of green
backs read, good for all debts, pub
lie and private, except interest on
the public debt and internal revenue.
This is the celebrated exception
clause. 1t forced the United States
government to refuse its own money
for revenue; and it dared not pay in
terest on the United States debts
with United States money. Think of
it. The government refuses to take
its own money for its debts. 1t is no
surprise that greenbacks run down
to 40 cents on a dollars. If you
should refuse to take your own note
in payment of your debts your paper
would run much lower than 40 cents
on dollar. When citizen landed
a cargo of goods at the wharf, the
United States custom officer was
forced by republican law to refuse
the United States money for United
States debts. He pointed to the
banks where you could buy gold at a
handsome price to pay your duties
and land your goods. This is a
sample of republican class legislation
favoring money gamblers and against
business men and all of the public.
How does this suit you? This law is
still in effect. Well, when republi-
cans were paying money gamblers
50 40 in greenbacks for $1.00 in gold
they were actually paying the union
soldiers Is of these 40 cents dollars
for being shot at for amonth. Forty
cent dollars were good enough for
common soldiers but not good
enough for gamblers. Soldiers, my
one-legged friends, how does your
pulse beat to-day?
g.. When these gamblers had
'scooped in millions of our green
backs at 40 cents on dollar, the re-
publicans passed law issuing bonds
for those greenbacks, dollars for dol
lar. The gamblers made 60 cents on
a dollars when they got the green
backs and go cents more when the
republicans exchanged bonds for |
then, with interest in gold.
3. The republican have contract |
ed the currency and made hard times. |
How so? They exchanged the bonds |
for greenbacks and deliberately, |
burned the greenbacks. Republicansi
have burned over $S00,000,000 OIL
greenbacks. They thus took out of |
greenbacks money which |
drew no interest and put in their
stead bonds which did draw interest
and which could not circulate as
money. We are taxed to pay interest
n gold. This was done to enrich the
upper class and pauperize the pro-
1ucers, so they could control us.
4. The republicans in their pre-
tended "credit strengthening act"
recalled short-term war bonds and
ssued long-term peace bonds. Thus
hey have prepetuated our public
iebt. We can only pay the interest.
5. The republicans demoIetized
our silver, and thus destroyed half .
If our specie money. Gold, the other
tutf, is therefore doubled in price.
No wonder capitalists favor hard
money and single standard for US.
t the English draw 10 per cent. of
'ur gold annual interest on our
bonds, they would get all our gold in
en- years. We could get our gold
back by making duplicate issue of
ponds, bnt as we would have to pay
interest on the old bonds and the
lew, they would get all our gold
gain in half the time, and so on, ad
nfinitum.
6. Republican under Hayes veto
d the RECOMMENDATION ofsilver. They
low,offer Bill Mckinley, a disciple
If hard money and hard times.
Labor men, let me warn you to
axe u long look at your hungry child
en- before you cast a vote for any
nan who will allow his name to head
he conspiracy gold-ticket. q used
o be a republican myself and 1
lnow when I've got enough.) The
epublicans have contracted the cur
ency, burned United States green
packs, issued bonds, paralyzed busi-
less, made money scarce, created
,anics, liberated the negro and en-
laved whites, made hundreds rich
md millions tramps, enacted class
avs, established two classes, gentle
men and barbarians, impoverished
his land with overproduction, insti-
uted unjust and unequal taxation,
nd have proven themselves incom7
'etent to manage the affairs of statetE
his country in times past was pros,
'erous, not because of republicans,
ut in spite of them. The late demo-
ratio platform is the greatest public
ocument, since the Declaration of
Bryan matches the
atform to a finish. He is a friend
f the masses. Will some gold bug
lease answer this before the
lection?
ARTHUR G. BELL, B. s. NJ. D.,
Denver. Col. Julv 1S. 1896,