Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-21

lie transactions: I cannot better Illus
trate the principle / am attempting 10 en-
| force than by quoting 'he l""su"ee "a
III a government contracted a debt with
/ q certain amount or money OF clrculd, tloll'
and then contracted the money sOluIiS
| before the debt was paia, II Is the mos
| henious crime that q government touIu
| commit against the people. -AOI"4'''ii
! Lincoln.
Now l charge that the Republican party
during the thirty years OF what you 81
uneXampled prosperity. has violated ltiS
| fundamental principles OF popular Ssit
! government by these three prolnl-i'nl,
| measures :-COntracuon PrOtectloh anu
| Decentralization. These measures nave a'
been in the interest of the few At the eN-
| pense of the many The result mas beeu
! that you have built up an ouSaGchy o.
| wealth I'm this country which now seeks
| to rule or ruin II. The natural clstriDu-
| ton of profits has been so diverted by
! legislation that the enormous increase III
our wealth has been cOnsested INTO Il ly"
! great money centers, and the mass OF the
/ people have grown poorer thah ever DC
! fore.
| Senator. has your attention ever been
! directed 10 pamphlet punHsnSu 10y ny
| Forum. and contributed by Thomas u.
! Sherman, called Great American ror-
! tunes?" ! advise you 10 read II. II j d
| sad commentary upon our bOasttd pros
| perity under Republican rue. nay ~" ~
! ready called your attention 10 " 4e" VI
| Mr.. Shearmans conclusions. -. ..s.r
! There are a good many people VINO reler
| TO Thomas Jefferson writings ana oplH-
| ions who are really ignorant OF poth. p
| on the subject Of the currency. he VINO,
with full knowledge Of Mr.. jefferson
| views as disclosed by his WrllHlEs' NYutN
! claim him as monometailst' shoViu DC
set down either as an lmpostor or III
Matte
AT every moment Of his political lie
Jefferson favored bimetal.ism. IL q lelle!
! written TO John Adams m 1916 ne 50
Tracy is IN my Judgment, the aul's'
er lltf 81 Of + The understaadng IIf has
| lately published a third work on Po'tlc"l
EConO,ny in which all its principles - e
demonstrated with the severity OF Euc.' vi,
and like him without using a superuuu4s
we'd. have procured this 10 be translb-
IN and have Ee.u four years ondeaVorlnS
10 get il printed. but as yet without sue
cess" Finally. however. ne succeeded IN
having II printed. and launched u prl
the public with an introduction I'm when
ne stamps upon IL the impr,mater OF Ils
| entire approval. and says: II goes IoIth
| with NV heavtv PRAYERS"
From this work which I'm my eagnrn. IS
| 10 omit nothing from my reading wilch
| Jefferson mas written. ] nave been iOftu-
r.te croiigh IN obtaiu / make the follow
ir,- ayfrrcf. Tho Drapisus metals. Wulcn
are of those things lcommolitie-l become
| soon This common measure. because they
! Ls,-a many u6vautgres for this purpose
! However they are not money. ], is the
! impression oil th, sovereign Nhich 6iFts
! this quality 10 piece OF metal esiap-
! fishing JUS wei-ht and .!u"uese-
Silver money is tu" only true common
measure
There we have Jefforson.s Vie" lh8t rs
| a medium or exchange. silver Wa 'n- 'I"e
metal Again I'm his critpttiv+ lNN' 'lts
! The establishment of "a money mint. ana oil
coinage for the United States ne says
..If we about tho dollar for or unit we
should strike four coins. one of sold. two
of silver and ore of copper. VIZ;
l. golden piece. equal lu value 10 Ten
| dollars.
2 The unit Of dollar itself of silver.
g. The tenth of dollar Of silver also
4 The hundrcdth of "a dollar, OF copper.
But il is useless TO multiply quotations.
! from Jefferson DDuu tlt subject ci plintI
ail!sm. ! repeat what have already s''lu
that the man who, with tn knoWle dEC CO., ol
the facts would set nm down as Hlo'"
mtalllst would deserve 10 rank as
! knavc or n fool
Again. as 10 what YOU are pleased 10 eau
| an attack upOu the supreme Court oi me
| United States. as embodied IN o". pat
form. ! beg leave 10 call your ATTENTION 10
! the fact that Jefferson SyouuJ neLl.u ,'il
! power OF the supreme Court 70 oN - i..
AN other departments OF the cover i.IH.lt
/ I'm constituting the Constitution OF me
! United States. Here Is what he said ABOUT
! the tendency Of OUR federal courts TO eA-
! tend their own jurisdiction: ~
we have seen. too. lldl ''Fil' 5! ~ ''