Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
PRAIRIEvIEw, KANSAS,
October 81, 1896.

pleasure Of hearing this gentleman on
some OF the issues confronting the Ann
erican people to-day, and also some
questions chat were not issues. Mr.
brewster from White Cloud, Kansas
also addressed fair sized audience
on last Friday night from republi-
can standpoint.
In order to cast an intelligent vote
il has become necessary to ask which
one of these false prophets TO believe
or regard as truthful. After the dec
lsmstion by Mr.. Brewster wherein he
very oratoriCally called the advocates
OF free silver, mine owners and dis
honest farmers we heard the remark
that il was very good talk, and we
must admit that in part it was.
Today Mr.. Royce shares honors
equally with Mr.. Brewster while their
assertions we're in direct antagonism
to each other.
Mr.. Brewster asserted that there
we're but two classes that wanted free
silyer-the one was the mine owner
10 double his wealth; the other the
dishonest farmer who wanted to pay
his debts with 50.cent dollar. Now
II the mine owner can double his
wealth by the free coinage OF silver,
his bullion will be worth just twice as
much as 1t is today, aud if it be worth
Twice as much TO him how can 1T make
a 5O-cent dollar for the farmer? In
his own language, he Contradlcts him
self. >,
MIR. Royce says one dollar in gold
will buy two in silver as the silver
will be worth only it's bullion value in
the markets of the world, and men
who make such remarks show they
have weak cause. Coin Harvey
says: We have 50-cent silver as
| measured IN gold. Gold has risen in
value until it will now buy TWO bush
els of wheat, whereas, before 1t would
only buy one. Gold has risen in com
mercial value and silver ls standing
still. To close the miuts to silver,
while leaving them open to gold, TAX
inc away the option of the debtor,
and destroying the demand for silver,
ia what has affected its relative COM
mercisl value with gold. It Is not
right to clip q birds wings and then
damn it because it can't fly.
Again Mr.. Brewster said that the
free coinage of silver would contract
our circulating medium $6OO,OO0,OOO
by causing the gold to leave us. Mr..
Roy CO says, that our gold would not
leave but would hide itself away and
after the free coinage Of silver came
would come out and buy two silver
dollars.
Let US admit, for arguments sake
that our gold would go to England,
what would be the result.
The dumping Of $6OO,0O0,OOO on to
England would Immediately initiate
prices and as an inevitable result
wonld raise the prices Of our exports;
and our farmers would get more for
their pork, beef, wheat, corn and
cotton. They would have some sur
plus money with which to buy manu-
featured goods, which would make q
demand for labor and ere long our
mills would again be running to their
full capacity and paying living wages
To the latter / would say as | did last
evening. It has already hidden itself
away and such expressions are gotten
up for the sole purpose OF political
purposes. Mr.. Royce told us that not
long since, while addressing a politi-
cal gathering he asked how much
cold there was in the house and to
bis establishment over 500 bobbed up
into sight. He did not ask that ques-
ton here. We draw our own con-
illusions. During the first part of his
address he lauded our citizens for be-
inR Americans and when reference
was made to England he exclaimed
We licked them and have whipped
everything else attempted, as we will
continue TO do, and yet not five MIN
utes later, he asks the writer indlvid-
uslly, whether we can maintain q
financial policy Of our own. We did
not 20 there to interrupt, but csndidly
told him we could. This seemed to
slim ulate desire for abuse and in
another minute b Q worked himself up
70 the fUIl capacity of his lungs, snap
ping, snarling and splitting like q lit
tie canine trying to make its presence
known In an ARRAY of two of its lar
ger br others. When such statesmen
a. Bism srck, Teller and Bryan say
Chat we can maintain policy of our
own, tits folly for such as Jno. Q
Royce to contradict it
What we wanted was International
sR reement, but later told the writer
in private conversation, and in hear
ing Of q half dozen others, that he
di dn't expect we would ever get it.
In this we agreed. He virtually says
wa must bow to the Throne of the
mo mar chies of Europe until they con-
sen { an insult to the memories of
W ashington, Adams, Jefferson, Henry
an d their compatriots, who by the
bu let freed themselves from the yoke
of serfdom. 1t was then that Eng
land said, il we can't whip them with
the bullet, We can subdue them by
the ballet