The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-14
FREE COINAGE FACTS.
q. 8. barrow. Of Chicago, Speaks
for Silver and Bryan.
I'm Debate with senator Thur-ton on the
Money Question the Chicagosn
Gives Utterance to Some
Terse Truths.


heard debate between Senator John
NJ Thurston. of Nebraska. who spoke
Tor gold. Mckinley and protection. and
c. S. barrow. of Chicago, who spoke for
silver and Bryan. In his reply 10 SEN
ator Thurston on the various points 1T
issue Mr.. barrow said:
in the space OF an hour and a quarter
am very sure that I will not he able 20
thoroughly and fully discuss the financial
question. l shall attempt TO do Il as can
didly as possible. /. like the eminent sem
ator. have no other interest excepting tie
truth. No public speaker ever had any
other interest. you know laughter and
appla usel-no matter whether he holds an
office or does not hold an office | am
afraid have no sue. authentic document
20 prove my cause rs an editorial from
q Mckinley newspaper or the testimonial
Of a beEgar on the street. tApplansc. !
But. without these. / will attempt 70 talk
20 an intelligent audience in as candid
way as l possibly can and VIII asa yoI
men and women not TO determine this
question upon the words you can hear to-
aay or upon the words you can hear some
other day. hut 10 take tt home with you,
consider II carefully thoroughly. hon
estly.
1T is an important question:. Il is i'm
portant to the welfare OF every man aEd
Is important to the welfare of every man.
woman and child in the whole world as
well. / do not now mean TO c2agGerate the
impc rtance OF this issue. l do not mean
to say II is the only issue before the Amer
team people and before the world. do not
mean to say even that it is the most I'M
porsant issue before the American people
/ do not think that the settlement of The
free coinage of silver would ever DO for the
American people what ought TO he done
I do not believe that this and this alone
would ever lift from the American farmer
that load OF debt and bondage through
which he has passed through the 30 years
gone by. IApplausel | do not believe
that this and this alone would ever give
TO labor that which labor never La4,
either under democratic administra-
tons or republican administrations. elmer
In the monarchical countries Of Europe or
Ia free America. This alone would not
give TO labor that which II ought 10 have,
or full product Of its toll. lApplause.I
But ii will DO something. and u IS for that
something that ! wish 10 speak about as
sec IL and believe It.
Chicagoan WAKES Sarcastic.
THE able senator has described the con-
ditions of the United States. lie says that
We have 'tranps on every hand. lie de-
plores the distress OF the farmer and the
distress of the laborer, but TO all OF that
say amen. What does the able senator Of
fer you as a solution Of the great calain-
lily I'm which We suffcr to-day lie Oilers
you four years more o: gold cure admins
tered by Mckinley instead of Cleveland
and moaning else. loud applause aid
cheers.l The gold cure may be good
thing for drunkards. but 1t is mighty poor
thing for the American people-not only
for the American people. but for the people
of the whole civilized and uncivilized world
as well-and yet in this crisis. when all
other issues are forgotten. when we have
been called upon TO abandon parties. as We
are called upon TO vote upon this question
alone. the most they say Is. We Will give
you what you have had. And Mr. Cleve-
land and all his satellites from Washing
ton to Madison are supporting Alr. Nc
kinley to-day. Applause and cheers.l
What do we say to the American peo-
pile? We are told that we ask you 10 sail
out upon an unknown sea with neither
compass nor guide. and that we ask You 10
try a new experiment different from that
of any other town in the world, tnat We
try an experiment and plead upon the
poverty of the people 10 ask them 10 let
US do IL. Ny friend, he who understands
this question. and he who seeks 10 under
stand this question before this campaign Is
closed, must learn the lesson that those
who ask for new experiments are the otncr
side and not US. tApplausel We turn 70
you and we ask you 70 bring the ship back
10 the mooring OF the last 100 years. and
place 1t where all the statesmen Or Amer
ican have ever placed 1t. anu support the
financial policy which William Mckinley
supported until he became a candidate foi
the presidency OF the United States
tCheersl
Republican Platform Attacked.
sAnd what do they ask? mean 10 meas.
rlrt. my words and speak by the book. ana
ask you at your own leisure and Ia YOU
own home TO decide between usas 20 whom
a. right. In the life OF this great rcpun4c
ia the 100 years Of It's existence. no natl0na
Dartv either republican or democratic
ever appealed TO the American people y
do what these men ask you TO DO to-day
Never before. and defy the gentleman q
any other, 10 show where any raiipnnl par
~ before IN the history OF America &c
ciared that silver should be stricken aowr
and that gold and gold alone should %
the money OF the people or the lnlte'
States. IL rests upon these men. who Sc
aside the presidents Of 100 years. who se
aside the teachings OF all the fathers Of tn
country-thes men who propose 20 strik
down one-haif the people s money and az
vocGte openly where before ii had only hcei
advocated secretly in the rooms OF the con
spirators-to answer the question why Y
day we should depart from all the tradi
tons OF America and destroy silver and II
our fortune 10 gold alone. has the gentle
man told US way2
That IL not all. SO outrageous to TIN
proposition that the man who framed
did not dare stand by II and adopt II. ,
outrageous and unhcard of Is this propos
ton that In the convention over which IN
eminent gentleman presided. and In IL
resolutions mat were reported 10 IN
American people. they declared their a
legiance TO the gold standard, but pledge
their honor-what was left OF it-llaugf
terl-that they would use all their pows
and all their efforts TO cause all other III
lions OF the world TO adopt silver as we
as gold. lApplausel They come befoi
the intelligent American people and as
them to help this great party. which wa
once the party of human liberty, and
which we once all fondly looked-they as
the American people TO help them carr
out the policy which they themselves az
NIT il wrong. and which they propose
correct, since England win give them pc
mission to do as they please. lApplause
Mr.. Thursfon Taken TO Task.
~sThen the orator stands upon this pla
form TO proudly and loudly say: 4 am a
American. iAppiause.l An American
Ladies and gentlemen. what kind OF 9
American Il IL who knows the right al
dnrcs not 10 do IL until the bankers
Lombard street tell him nc may? "a
plauseI We are the descendants OF q
revolutionista. we are the children OF
county whose brave men and bra'
women, when only few million stron