Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-16
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q smser donaI- ing plac
decline IN ord,I EC,-rIoN COM Tenth
plttance 10 thRS ST.. and
10 ROD the gr St,-o, o. 1coo place. Il
There is ar 1h" that :, % .ener,I .1s Eleven
the free coind - Tsi,w Holmes
1ure IL is thti - ISas hs. ws:n | Polling
cording 10 offi m. and o'clock Tweiff
4 OuD O01 naonieoters of said city u,rrisa,
more than sing the following Polling
them by redupoura fiiy And Thirte.
ing power oI.tnrnay ,n1 nine Lydia a
posted? f atoniey' q, an anu Cnm- Polling
Free coinaIoao % % ~ 7 oyrar Fourte
one-half the ta;, tmDea "a tor vi. .acb ~ WOodiar
bald paiS i to sesur. KANSAS City. Mis-, Fifteer
support and III U! W. oiJ | to ProsI
dren. nistrict 20, oi ,sue | st. Poll
1T will aneihu lot 'iiT .ra, | . SiXteer
of clerks and OF schoo! h4ub S,,cb Clevelan
monthly pay, therefor- iaie in sihe ibe Polling
employees in tfsverai We Will. wdfes First
United states an land av.
or township in T.. =. I.,oLorv ing plac
81 " II ~ Tiin1 | Second
""raes' Driver. ioi'i"e Prospect
n"' hs 2 f. the & ss ss tic p1R5
upon workinemen. onis ay. fark av.
based upon money Nd I.;b- ing plac'
upon gold coin Of sta frnn nmn Iath Fourth
free coinage of silver tNvnminp iand aV.
yer dollar will fall TO 5. ing plac,
| as ] have already said, {. o,d flith
Of the gold dollar Will be and St, and
OF the silver dollar. With fr.Si place. II
| silver every workingmau can al. sixth
| demand enough silver for his daSt:. ana
! to be equal to the purchasing powell Eas
| present wages in gold. The struggfvent
! tween workingmen and employer will 81
| commence. and no one knows better tg
| the workingman how difficult il Is to ga
en- advance Of pay. We have strikes an
| strifes enough now. when the workjngmal
gets his nav in gold coin its pntliya lont
| b,:t what will be the condition when he !
| paid IN cheaper money of the same nomi
| nal amount, but Of less purchasing power
| Every sentiment of justice will he on tn
| side of the workipgman in his struggle 10
| GOOD money or increased wages in chea
| money
| "Of all the evils which government cal
| infiict none can be greater than chea
money, whether of coin or paper. That dol
| lar is the best dollar that buys the larges
| quantity of food and clothing. That dolld
| Is the gold dollar. for 1t buys more foo
and clothing than any other dollar. an
| will also buy silver dollar for 50 cents. /
| the coinage OF silver Is made free at tn
| ratio of Ii 10 / of gold.
| Experience has shown that the Unite
| Sta."s can make the silver dollar buy a
| much as the gold dollar but it can only b
| done by the government buying silver bul
| lion as needed and coming 1t into dollars o
| government account. This has been triec
Every country of Europe. except poss
| bly,. Russia. republics and monarchies alik'
maintains the gold standard and silver coin
| ct parity with gold at even less rati
| than the United States. and now Russi
| has boarded over si0o. 10000 of gold /
| preparation for the gold standard whic
| she will adopt.
| Our Honor 1mpcriled.
| 'There is another element of meannes
| in this free coinage of silver. The Unite
| Stctes has always paid its bonds in gol
| COIN or its equivalent. In the darkes
| hours of the civil war We stipulated to pa
our bonds. principal and interest. in golC
been paid in this way. a portion of it wa
paid by the sale of bonds bearing a lowe
| rate of interest. but we eXacted from tn
| purchasers of these bonds gold coin or II
| equivalent even while our notes We're belo'
par in coin. About ssi7.5C0.oo of these Sc
1892. 900. .0C0 were sold by this administratio
| and paid for in gold coin.
| 1T is one of the objects of those who az
| vccate the free coinage OF silver to fore
tho government to pay these bonds in 81
| Yer coin reduced in value. 1t is harsh
| express this opinion of measure fa'
| ored by many good people. but / cam,
a fraud and a robbery and all the worse
| committed by great. rich and free pc,
| pie. A citizen who should commit sue
an offense would be punished by the cour
! or denounced as dishonest, but natio
like ours Is beyond the power of ar
| tribunal but conscience and God
| Now. fellow citizens. / have said ali
! desire to say al present on the free coli
| aga of silver. I ,hsye the confident hoy
| that the great body of the Republican al
/ Democratic parties representing the col
| ssryatiye elements Of uispeople will s,arr
thsiSs SsiKtslk, Ktslk,.1a "a measure of inta y
b. preserve iREaet the honor. q
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