Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01
FOR CALL COMMEND US TO THE POST.

FOR GALL COMMEND US TO THE POST For first-class unadulterated al gall commend us to the New York Evening Post. That mouthpiece of the interna-
 tional gold trust actually has the gall to
 make the following statement in a recent issue:
 The conduct of the bankers in parting with gold for the purpose of maintaining the credit of our government has occa- stoned some embarrassment to those who are in the habit of denouncing the
 money Dower,' selfish wealth. 'corpor- ate greed and other distractions. These critics have been unable to deny that the proceeding had a generous and patriotic look that the bankers really gave gold in exchange for promises to pay dollars which may possibly in few months be worth much less than gold.''
 What the Post means to say is clear. It intends to convey to the Wall street bankers, whom it subserviently serves, the idea that they have really deceived the people and made them believe that their act in coming to the rescue of the treasury gold reserve was actually tinct- ured with patriotism
 To carry cut it's purpose the Post would make it's Wall street banker bosses y that is now and has been making the fight for the people against the gold trust has become somewhat embarrassed because of the demonstration of patriot ism on the part of the bankers.
 That's rich indeed. Where is the news paper that has shown any symptoms of embarrassment because of the action of the bankers? If failure has accompanied ba affa of c H. bankers to show beyond peradventure that selashness, pure and simple, and not patriotism and generosity inspired the conduct of the bankers we have not seen it.
 Every newspaper nearly in the land that opposes the policy established by Charles Foster during the Harrison ad- ministration,a and carried out by direction of President Cleveland during his ad- minstration, has called attention to the conduct of the Wall street bankers in go- ing to the rescue of the treasury, and without exception demonstrated that it was selfishness and not patriotism that prompted the action. In no instance has there been a failure to show conclusively that in spite of the claims of the gold bug press that the proceeding had a generous and pa triotic look, there was in reality no generosity or patriotism in- volved in 1t at all
 It was simply a case wherein the gold trust reached the con cluson that to permit a bond issue would be to destroy all possible chance for the election of Mckinley. McKinley's defeat meaning, as it does, that after the 4th of March next there will be no more bond issues in time of peace to supply choice investments for the i'll gotten gains of the gold trust, the bankers in the hope of aiding in the election of Me Kinley determined to postpone the bond issue until after the election.
 The intimation of the Post that the bankers are entitled to double credit be- cause they are exchanging their gold for promises to pay dollars which may poss.- bly, in a few months be worth much less than gold is rich in gall also
 If the bankers really think that Bry- ans election would result in greenbacks and treasury notes falling below par they know they are running absolutely no risk in exchanging gold for them now. They know that they have the presidents pledge to issue bonds as often as the bankers choose to deplete the gold re- serve They also know that the election takes place in November, and that im- mediately thereafter they will have only to step up to the treasury window and demand a return of their gold for the bills they are now receiving in return for the gold they are surrendering, and in that way get their gold back and also be accommodated to another issue of bonds before the official term of the pres ent occupant of the White House expires.
 The Post may be able to make its Wall street banker bosses smile on 1t and keep putting up for 1t the stuff that makes the mare go by such rot as is contained in the above clipping from it, but it will avail nothing with the people. There Is about as much foundation for the statements quoted from the Post as there was for it's assurancestoit to its Wall street banker bosses several months ago that the silver craze was dead. There is just about as much truth contained in the Posts statements as there is patriotism involved In the con- duct of the Wall street bankers in keep ing up the treasury reserve.
 Goodwyn's vote for the negro Murray will have cost him the votes of more than