The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-10-01
An AkG RlCAh FROM MEXICO.
Makes u sworn Statement OF tn. silver
Situation In That Country -L~t the Gold
bugs Kefute This 10 They Can.

Makes - sworn statement OF the silver
Situation In That Country- Let the Gold
bug. Kefut. This ~ They Can.
Que of the clearesf, most emphatic
statements in reference 10 the Mexi-
can situation is given in a dispatch
TO the Chicago Record from Des
Moines. 1t sweeps the goldbug deck
clean:
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 3l.-J.
I'll. Kennedy, q former resident of
Iowa, has attacked the statements
SO generally made regarding Mexico
and silver by making the following
affidavit before f.. Fl. English, no
tary public at Valley functions:
81, James II. Kennedy, now a res
ident of the town Of Sinalya, in the
State of Slnaloa, Mexico, do solemn
ly swear that am an American by
birth; that | served three years in
the 7th Iowa during the late civil
war; that 1 have always been Re
publican; that have resided in
Mexico for twenty-five years; that |
speak the Spanish language as web
or better than l now do the English.
have travelled through twenty-four
of the twenty seven States in Mexico
in an official capacity and as inter
prefer for numerous syndicates. l
have had access to almost all the
archives of that country. / am bet
ter acquainted with the customs and
usages of that country than ] am ol
my mother country. | left Mexico
on the ID day of March, 1896, com.
ing to this country to visit my
friends, relatives and old comrades.
During the last month in Iowa
have heard more absurd and utterly
false statements made in regard e
Mexico than ever thought could b,
conjured up by mortal man, all tc
deceive the voter.
"One most heard is that you car
take one American silver dollar int,
Mexico and get two Mexican silve
dollars for it, or that you can get .
50-cent meal and throw down al
American dollar and they will Civ,
you back in change a Mexican dol
lar. brand this as utterly false II
every respect, a lie manufacture,
out Of whole cloth. / assert that
Mexican will not accept an Amer
can dollar either gold, silver or pa
per, for any amount, but will rcfe
you to a broker, where you can sci
your silver dollars as bullion 70
: Mexican money, then they will trad
with you. The largest hotel in tn
| City of Mexico will not accer
: American money under any circum
/ stances, but will invariably refe
you to a broker.
> "By paying the mintage any on
r can take silver bullion to either G
, the mints in Mexico and get Mexica
!. silver dollars for il, and for 2
q years silver bullion has never flu
s tuated up or down'to exceed 2 cent
r 81 hear it asserted that the nj
g tional debt is payable in gold.
q brand this as utterly false. Ever
q dollar of the debt, STAG, 900 900,
t and always has been payable in th
lawful money Of that country, an
> we are now paying our debt in Ae'
= lean silver dollars, the money Of Il
s contract.
: 81 assert that Mexico in the pre-
J. ent decade is making strides Of -
= vancement greater than any 9th
: nation on earth. twenty-five yea
ago we had eighty miles of railroa
o now we have nearly 5000 miles
IS railroad. We are building factori
IS on every hand. Twenty-eigbt yea
= ago, when the French army W
70 driven out, the Mexican govern me
10 was left penniless, not a dollar
l. the treasury. We can now Pay o
entire national debt any day q
10 mand would be made for it.
i 81 am now on my way to Mexi
t; to spend the rest of my life. A,
n one can find me by addressing L
D. ter to James II. Kennedy, Sinalc
B. Mexico.
N "In conclusion / invite an hone
n and thorough investigation into {
facts Of my statement and / de
N successful contradiction. l am Z
/ the owner Of mining stocks and
1t personal interest has caused me
ID make this statement, but have Civ
y it by request Of an old comrade.
er JAMES H. KENNEDY