The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-16

times man will bring me live hog for
fee, or a few dozen eggs, or live chick
ems. "Why have you not established
national banks" There is not a man
in the county," he Iepiled, tnat has
United States bend. We have fine
farms, thousands of stock, but no bonds.
l think" said he, I'VE ought to have a
right to state banks and money il we
are satisfied with it,"
But" said 1, they say that such
money will not circulate out of the
state" That is the kind of money we
want" said he, something that will
circulate in the state and county, and not
out of it. Now, if a greenback or ma
t1onal bank note comes to my town 20
merchants are rushing for it. 1t does
not stay there one hour, the rate of ex-
change is so much in favor of New York
"a place l have never seen, and never
expect to see; it is so far off.
Il would rather have iron money, pro-
vided 1t would stay here, that we might
be able to do business. Property now
brings nothing. 1t cost me two fine
farms to get ready money enough to
come here for month for my health,
and shall have to leave next week, as
l am getting short. / find" said he, "a
great many Americans coming here to
Mexico, which is on silver basis, to
enter into business and enjoy some of
the prosperity of which we have none
1 go back silver man, and believe in
state banks" Said he, state banks or
death. Things cannot be allowed to re-
main in Texas as they are. The capital
OF the United States should be removed
West. They cannot govern this great
nation with it's varied interests when
the capital is SO far East, and under the
influence of the stock operators and
bankers and brokers of Wall street." He
soon left Monterey, and l have often
since thought of his remarks.
1t appears to. me that there are those
who imagine that the object of govern
ment is that the people shall live to
make money only, and to have the rate
of the worlds exchange in it's favor,
which is a mistake. The object of gov
ernment, in my view is that it shall de-
velOp and promote the welfare of it's
people and humanity. The making OF
free, unincumbered and happy homes,
and protecting them and all other prop
erty of the peOple-jt was for this that
our fathers left the shores of Europe and
that they might enjoy only political and
religious liberty. And the question of
gold never once entered their minds.
They succeeded in those great objects,
and that was the reason they succeeded
and became the wealthiest nation in the
world. Not in gold, but in farms and
homes, mines and railrOads-real wealth.
Now class of people, composed of
cross Of the politician, money operator
and devil have other views of govern
ment, and who already have gone
through the homes Of the people like
scOrching fire, reducing them to poverty,
insolvency and hardship, and creating
vulgar class of plutccracy, that has no
conception of the welfare of the people,
and who are worse than the aristocrats
of Europe or the oligarchies of Rome
before it fell into the arms of the en-
perors.
l have voted the Republican ticket
since 1861. 1t was the father of the
greenbacks, but now l do not recognize
those who leave the beaten track and
branch off to take the road for mOnOmet-
allism. Why, two or three operators in
New York are rich enough to corner all
the gold in the country and hold it's
wealth more in their power than was
ever accomplished by the emperors of
Rome. / think the convention at St.
Louis was controlled more by Lombard
street than by Republicanism l am still
Republican. The men that abide by
that platform have left the principles of
their fathers, and we can never get back
to prosperous times until we get back to
the money Of our fathers. Greenbacks,
gold and silver and state banks for the
Southern and Western states, and all the
A4A~ A11,A
should be treated as if they could be
trusted. am still Republican upon the
old lines for my country and humanity,
which is the only kind of Republicanism
that recognize.
Many editors of papers reason that un-
less the nation adopts gold standard We
will lose our credit in Europe We went
through the most expensive war in his
tory without any lessening of our credit
in Europe, and we could do it again. The
real wealth of this country, if we chose
to bank it, is enough to be Independent
of Europe, to build our new railroads,
and furnish abundance of money for ev-
cry possible enterprise throughout the
length and breadth of the land, and have
the profit kept in the country that now
goes out of it. 1t would be better for the
nation not to owe one dollar in debt to
foreign people, but to accomplish its
enterprise with it's own money.
This spirit Of subserviency to (for-
eign capitalists is what is controlling the
thousands of misled and designing peop-
pie. A few days ago we read of a meet
ing of foreign bankers in New York
to supply the treasury with gold and
save the credit of the nation. How hui
initiating and how degrading. This is
what you are asked to continue. Are
these actions not louder than words?
What more do you want to
instruct you than your expert
ence of the gold policy. of this admin
istration for the past three years? What
a lamentable failure. Who has the gold?
The people have seen none of it. 1t
has gone to supply these foreign bank
ers. The bankers craftsmanship, which
has controlled our administration has
been pursuing policy of contraction for
years, and it is being done now, notwith-
standing the distresses of the people,
Every greenback that has been retired
by this contraction should be reissued.
You may ask what for. The public well
fare. Let the government begin a sys-
tenn of improvements uniting the waters
OF the North and the South, and East and
West. for commercial purposes. There
is enough for it to do, and to do grandiy.
and thus restoring this medium OF ex-
change to the people.
This coming election is one OF the
most peculiar and solemn occasions IN
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