Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
AN AMERICAN FROM MEXICO.
flakes A Sworn Statement Of the Silver Sit
uatlon In That cOuntry-Let the Gold
Bugs Refute This II They Can.

One of the clearest most emphatic
statements in reference tc tho Mezl-
can situation is given in dispatch to
the Chicago Record from DesMoines
It sweeps the goldbpg deck clean:
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 31.-J. E.
Kennedy, former resident OF Iowa,
has attacked the statements SO gener-
ally made regarding Mexico and ST.
YER by making the following affidavit
before e. H. English, notary public
at Valley Junction:
81, James II. Kennedy, now a resi-
dent of the town of Sinslva in the
State of Sinaloa, Mexico, 90 solemnly
swear that / am an American by birth;
that / served three years in the 9TH
Iowa during the late civil war; that l
have always been republican; that l
have resided in Mexico for twenty-five
years; that I speak the Spanish Ian
guage as we'll or better than j now 90
the English. I have travelled through
twenty-four of the twenty-seven states
in Mexico in an official capacity and
as interpreter for numerous syndl-
Gates. | have had access to almost oil
the archives of that country. l am
better acquainted with the customs
and usages of that country than am
of my mother country. l left Mexico
on the I'd day of March, 1896, coming
to this country to visit my friends,
relatives and old comrades. During
the last month in Iowa l have heard
more absurd and utterly false state
ments made IN regard to Mexico than
I ever thought could be conjured up
by mortal mai, all to deceive the voter
zone most heard is that you can
take one American silver dollar into
Mexico and get two Mexican silver
dollars for it, or that you can get a
5O-cent meal and throw down an
American dollar and they will give
you back ipGhange Mexican dollar
[ brand this as utterly false in every
respect, a lie manufactured out OF
whole cloth. assert that a Mexican
will not accept an American dollar
either gold, silver or paper, for any
amount, but will refer you to a broker,
where you can sell your silver dollars
as bullion for Mexican money, then
they will trade with you. The largest
hotel in the City of Mexico will not
accept American money under any
circumstances, but will invariably re-
fer you to broker.
"By paying the mlntage any one
can take silver bullion to either OF the
mints in Mexico and get Mexican sill
YER dollars for 1t, and for 25O years
silver bullion has never fuetuated up
or down to exceed 2 cents
81 hear it asserted that the national
debt is payable in gold. I brand this
as utterly false. Every dollar of the
debt, $146,OOO0OO, is and always hal
been payable IN the lawful money o.
that country, and we are now paying
our debt in Mexican silver dollars, the
money Of the contract.
81 assert that Mexico in the presen
decade is making strides of advance
ment greater than any other nation OF
earth. Twenty-Five years ago we hst
eighty miles of railroad, now we hav'
nearly 5000 miles of railroad. We ar
building factories on every hand. Twer
ty-eight years ago, when the FrenCl
army was driven out, the Mexican
government was left penniless, not
dollar in the treasury. We can nov
nav our entire national debt any de,
a demand would be made for it.
II am now on my way to Mexico t.
spend the rest of my life. Any one csl
ind me by addressing letter to JAIME
H. Kennedy, sinaloa, Mexico. II
"In conclusion 1 invite an hones
and thorough investigation into til
facts Of my statement and I defy sue
cessfuI contradiction. I am not tn
owner Of mining stocks andno pei
sonal interest has caused me to max
this statement, but have given it b
request of an old comrade." ...,.- .,,..
.f' JAMES II. KENNEDY.
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