The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-10-24
THE PLUToCRATlC OUTLAW.
INGERSOLL'S REAL SENTIMENTS.
Unpurohased and UnpreJudiced Speeches
In Favor of Silver.
York Journal.

In Favor of Silver.
! In his famous lecture on Myths and
Miracles" delivered In many sections
of the country, Bob lngersoll thus
spoke of the silver question:
There is no man in the United States
with ingenuity enough to account for
the characterization of silver In 1879.
There Is not one. We need altogether
more money than we have.
We need twice as much money per
capita to do the business of this coun-
try as is needed to do the business of
any other country, and yet there is al
ways somebody that IL crazy for fear
there will be more currency. l want
just all the money we can get that is
good, and silver is good enough for me.
All / want of money is to pay my debts.
Yes, sir; and | want the law to compel
the other fellows to take what l take
That is good enough for me.
l believe that every ounce OF silver
that is dug under the American flag
should be coined free under the Ameri-
can flag. In my country they are mostly
on the other side. They are with the
oAnkers-with the rich fellows. They
get together and say we want gold. A
man makes contract TO pay certain
moneys in FIVE years. ! want law
so that he can pay the money when the
contract comes due. with the money
that was money when he made the
contract. ! do not think the few should
have the right to combine to increase
the value Of what people call money
as against the debtor and in favor OF
the creditor. 1 want the free coinage
of all the gold you can dig out of the
mines and crevices Of the rocks, and
! want the free coinage Of all the silver
you can win from the mines of Amer
lea.
There Is no reason why Colonel In
gersoll should not have spoken his hon
est sentiments with regard to silver in
his lectures with as perfect freedom
and sincerity as he declared his views
of religion. There is no cause to doubt
that he did so. There was not the
slightest inducement to influence him
to the contrary, and we have the con-
elusive proof OF repetitions that he did
speak his honest sentiments then OF sill
yer. For. in addition to the foregoing
quotation from his lecture on Myths
and Miracles" we have also the follow
ing extract from his lecture on farming,
as reproduced from the Illinois State
Register and published in pamphlet
form by G. s. Baldwin, 1874 Madison
street, Chicago. page 5:
For my part do not ask any interfer-
ence on the part of the government, except
to nndo tho wrong IL has done I do nos
ask that money be- made out of nothing.
do not ask for the prosperity born of paper.
BUT DO ASK FOR THE REMONETIZA.
TON OF SILVER. SILVER WAS DE.
MONETIZED BY FRAUD. IL was an Inn.
position upon every solvent man . fraud
upon every honest debtor In the United
States It assassinatsd labor. 1T WAS
DONE IN THE INTEREST OF AvARICR
AND GREED. AND SHOULD BE UNDONE
by HONEST MEN. The farmers should
vote only for such men 40 are able and
willing to guard and advances the Interest.
of labor"
But Ingersoll was neither bought nor
bulldozed into making either OF these
declarations. They represent the I'M
purchased and unprejudiccd judgment
OF his mind. The campaign speeches
which Ingersoll is now making in favor
Of the gold standard merely represent
the $4,000 a speech which Mark Hanna |
pays him.