Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-10-10

would De enOngh Tor all around, the
wise men OF the government strove to
keep them on parity, and 50 they
have continued.
THAT UNFoRTUNArE GROWTH
And this fair land OF liberty n ,urish-
ed and grew until in an evil moment
a non-American party sprang up who
did not care to protect American labor,
but wanted all the work they could
have done abroad done there, and
when they paid for the work they had
done abroad they had TO pay for it in
pound cake. for the people abroad
turned up their noses at the ash cake,
OF which the people in this county
were very fond, and then hard times
came, and millions of Americans could
not get the work with which TO get
either pound cake or ASH cake. And
then some cunning rich men, who own
ed barn full of corn, said we will get
rid of our corn by making the people
think that il there was plenty OF ash
cake i'm the land all would he prosper
Gus and they would be happy. But
these rich men did not wish to give
their corn to the government for what
it was worth. but wanted To give the
government tfty-cents worth OF corn
and get in return n dollars worth of
ash cake, and they wanted this privi-
lege unlimited SO that they could not
only get double the value in ash cake
for the corn in their granaries. but
they could buy more corn from all
over the world and bring il here and
get double its value in ash cake; and
then Rll the wise men in America saw
that this free and unlimited supply OF
ash cake would only assist this corn
trust that has Billy Bryan for attorney,
and the government would be unable
to keep the ash cake and the pound
cake on.a parity, and that nobody but
the very rich would ever have any
pound cake and ssh cake would be-
come so plentiful at the expense of the
people that when they wanted to get
clothes they would have to give dou
BILE the quantity of ash cake for them
that they do now. And the body OF
the people in this country do not think
that any one should live on one kind
of cake all the time, but that the hum
blest person should have a variety.
THE ATTEMPTED DECEPTION.
So in spite of all that Billy Bryan,
i the attorney of the corn trust could
say, the hearts OF the people were
moved as the trees OF the woods are
moved by the wind, at this shameful
attempt TO deceive them about the
ashcake, and in the ides of November
they pounded him with cake and
caked him with ashes, and that was
the last of Billy Bryan.
He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear"
DIR. Wise was then introduced, and
he got even with Colonel Lambs COM
plimentary remarks by returning them
in kind, with few added for good
measure.
Then he tackled the Democrats for
revenue only" men in his neigbbor-
hood. He said:
They are the meanest bumbs on
the face of the earth. / have nothing
against Mr.. William Young, my oppo-
nent, personally, but ] am fighting the
erroneous principle that he advocates
You Republicans have got to vote
either for Republican or a Democrat
and it is foolish to bite off your owl
nose to spite your face"
Both speakers were greeted with lib
eral applause as they made telling
points in their addresses.
: COLONEL LAMB.
Colonel William Lamb last nigh
: did the editor of this paper and il
I parable OF "Pound-rake VS. Ash-Cake'
: the honor Of devoting no little of hi
speech to them. or course, The PHO
? and it's iitor feel highly compliment
ed by this distinguished notice, AM
hereby return their ack acknowledgement
to the Hero of Fort Fisher, the Stat
Virginia and the foremost citizen @
Norfolk in many good works and grea
: enterprises,-an we say this with a.
:. the more earnestness because, Will
impartial men here of all parties wi
cheerfuIly endorse what we say of Co
e Lamb. there are profane persons her
!, and elsewhere who will say that
II aud the complimented editor have cor
e certed or seized this occasion for a
i exhibition of mutual admiration.
AS for Col. Lambs criticism on tn
: EDITORS course, he long ago anticipai
% ed and answered in the statement of
/ fact that cannot be justly controvert
= ed That there is no issue of the cam
e paign but the money issue and tina
% upon the decision of this issue depend
e not only the independence and charas
J. ter of our government, but the pros
Is perity ard liberty of the people.
D. Col. Lambs criticism and parody
the parable are acute. ingenious an
able; but they wholly miss the mari
e because the parable aims to set fort
1t the evils of monopoly in most in
lie portapt necessary OF life, liberty ar
lie government, as society is now const
" tuted and upon that main point 20
" Lamb utterly failed to touch. Pouns
s. Cake in the parable represents I'll
m present gold monopoly of money, ar
n corn the beneficent silver that not oil
s. ly breaks the monopoly, but restor'
l. the constitutional and national doub
~ standard and basis of currency whiS
prevents the real and artificial search
a. that occurs under a gold-monopo
lg and checks the enormous disparity b
l. tween money Cor gold) and the con
Of modities of which it ought TO be fai
g, equitable and plentiful medium of e
~ change.
ID Colonel Lamb fails to answer "PouT
lie Cake vs. Ash-Cake" simply because
g. is unanswerable in its true purpo
Id and purpose