The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-30

We Nuur vorE AND WORK FOR BRYAN.
REGARDLESS or WHAT PARTY we have
represented heretofore. II is OF vital
importance. We will stop over at your
uncle's 81 Portage. Wis. two weeks. and
then 60 ON 70 South Dakota Please
write soon. In conclusion will say, do
all you can for Bryan. II this letter will
do any good. use IT,
Address me at 307 box. Pierre. South
Dakota. GEORGE w. FRANCIS.
BEST wishes to all"
who Are Francis and james?
John James. to whom the letter is ad
dressed. owns q small fruit farm one
and one-half miles northwest OF New
London. in this county, which he pur-
chased from the Harris heirs in 1892
Both he and the writer Of the letter. Mr..
Francis. were natives Of Herefordshire.
Eng. They came TO America together
in 1880. Mr.. James paying portion OF
Mr.. Francis passage money. and landed
ut Toronto. They came at once 10 In
diana, where Francis remained but
short time. going west and settling near
Pierre. 5. ID. James at first worked for
James Hitler, a short distance west Of
Galveston. and was subsequently, en-
ployed by the late Jack" Harness. who
then lived on the Howard-Cass county
line. With the exception Of short time
spent in the west he has lived i'll Howard
and Cass counties since he first came
here IA years ago. BY all his former
neigh bors. aud his present neighbors AS
well, he Is spoken Of Is an entirely
truthful and thoroughly reliable man.
He formerly voted with the Republican
party, but in 1892 supported Weaver for
president. He has at no time been ac-
tive III politics, but expresses willing
ness ~ go among his friends aud neigh
bors with the letter and let them see
that their interests are being fought
with British gold wrung from the earn
ings of the English workingmen. He
had not heard from Francis i'll many
years until now. His last letter before
this one contained remittance cover
ing the money advanced by James for
the passage from England and other
money loaned. TO secure which James
was compelled to pawn his watch in
Toronto. One moments conversation
with Mr.. James will convince any I'M
prejudiced person Of his truthfulness
and honesty.
The letter with its envelope bearing |
the English postage stamps and South
port postmark. is now in the possession OF !
Allen w. Clark, Of the Democratic state 4
committee AT indianapolis. who is hav- I
ing it photographed and a Photographic \
reproduction made for the press.
Confirpatory OF the Statements of Ex-
Consul Folsom and the London Finan-
ciai News.
The Francis letter is the strongest pos
sible evidence confirming the recent
statements of Benjamin Folsom, former
consul to Sheffield. on his return to the
United States. The source Of the infor.
nation may be humber. but il is even
more direct and certainly not less relia-
BILE. Mr. Folsom said: ION every side
heard in the provinces and in London,
wherever l was, in hotels or clubs. that
England would never consent TO any
such doctrine as bimetallism The En-
glish monied men make no attempt at
concealing their desire for McKinley's
election because il is for their own in
terest. England is against
Bryan, against bimetallism, and every
thing else which would tend to advance
our interests. They HAVE GOLD READY
TO KILL SILVER IN THIS COUNTRY If
NECESSARY"
II Is in confirmation of the conviction
expressed by the London Financial News
the leading English financial journal. in
its editorial columns on April 30. 1894,
when IL declared the result OF independ.
ent free coinage in the United States
would ruin British trade and give US
the markets of the world EVERY
AMERICAN INDUSTRY WOULD BE PRO-
TEcTED." said the Financial News, mot
ONLY AT HOME But IN EVERY OTHER
MARKET"
Ii has been charged by the Republican
press that this article from the Fnan-
cial News is forgery, but irrefutabie
evidence Of its genuineness has been pro-
duced and published. not only in the
reproduction OF the article
by the Durant Press Cuttings
bureau Of London, but in the photo
graphic reproduction from the columns
Of the Chicago Tribune. an ardent sup
porter of Mckinley, of cablegram from
Ballard Smith. London representative
Of the New York World. also gold
organ and Mckinley supporter.
OF these a convicting case Is made
up. Let the people Of this country
make answer
SHALL BRITISH MONEY OR AMERICAN
MEN RULE IN THE UNITED STATES: