The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-15
money kings upon the throats of the
people will be complete.


people will be complete.
| We must not say that many of ou
statesmen are the we'll paid agents O
this gigantic money combination, be
cause we can not prove the fact. Les
clever men could easily conceal thei
duplicity. Others though incorrupt
able stand in awe of this mighty pow
er. Some who have weathered the
storm now conceive it to be to theil
interest to maintain the gold STANDARD
without considering the disastroul
Eetfect it many have upon others. Ir
order to maintain their hold, thi.
mighty combination to control the
financial affairs of the world, have
various agencies, appealing to the self
ishness of tho people. To aid them
in their scheme the laborer is told
that the purchasing power of his
wages will be reduced. one-half. The
depositor is told that the bank will
pay him in deprecated currency
The man who has insurance is told
that his insurance will lose half oi
its value. The veteran is told that
his pension will only go half as far in
purchasing the necessaries of life.
These are plausible, though specious
arguments. They are the crumbs
thrown out to appease and reconcile a
large number of people and to make
them partakers of others sins. They
are designed to conceal the real mo-
tives OF these rank conspirators. What
care they for the people at large.
But they well know that they cannot
subject the people to slavery without
the aid of the people. Why is it that
these agents, orators and statesmen
never plead the cause of their clients?
why don't they plead the divine rights
OF the money kings to own all creation!
All! if they did they would soon open
the eyes of the people.
But they do say they will not lend
the people any more money if they
don't stop this agitation about silver
And they will call in " What the people
owe them and it is all payable in gold
and hence silver remonitization would
not help them any. We think differ
emily however, because as before shown
gold, in consequence of being made
the only standard money has greatly
increased in value. Let silver be
made standard or redemption money
anc let the government commence
paying its obligations in silver and see
if gold does not take tumble, or il
you please to put it::the other way see
if silver and other commodities do not
advance. AS soon as the bond holder
and creditor find they must accept
silver or gold Unfortunately that
soon will it be to their interest to bring
the value together at the coinage ratio.
And until that is done they never will
come together again. We hear it in
timated on every hand that the great
Republican party will adopt an am
biguous, deceptive or unmeaning f.
nancial plank in its platform OF a
'.straddle" as some people call it.
Against any such craven policy let
there be an earnest emphatic protest
Let the delegates from Washington
labor with the delegates from other
states to have the convention adopt a
clear, succinct, unequivocal financial
plank with an honest determination
to carry it out to the letter. Better
declare in favor of the single gold
standard than to attempt to practice
deception upon the people. The o.
S. was by some trick of legerdemain
made the first nation (baring England,
to demonetize silver. By a secret
understanding doubtless the European
nations followed suit. Silver will
never be restored again till the. U. S
takes the initiative. The European
people are still more firmly held in the
grasp of financial tyrants than we are
The people did not understand the ef
feet of demonstration when it wa'
enacted. Now a large majority of the
votes in the U. S., if not of the Repub
lican party, demand restoration. Tht
party that refuses to execute this de
mand must soon go out of power
The duty of settling the silver question
was intrusted to the Democratic party
They failed. Here they and thei
chief magistrate have fallen into th'
contempt of the people.
Though Cleveland may be iior
among his few millionaire friends. I
may not be the part of wisdom, at thi
time, to urge extreme measures. Un
limited free coinage at the rate Of j
to 1 without any supplementary legis
|lation such as the Republican part.
can give, might he somewhat hazard
Gus. It might under existing condi