The Penn's Grove record., 1896-08-28

purchased f0r az cents vi tnt uOiiai. Al
ten wears he cleared S693, 096, l33 of
the American people, and probably
Lucifer knows how much since.
But what led the representatives OF
the peorle, not of the money power,
but the true democracy, to put that
plank in the platform at Chicago and
throw down the gauntlet to half a mil
lion bankers with millions Of money!
Read the following which was issued
March 18th, 1898, eight days after the
Inauguration of the bankers President,
Grover Cleveland, by the Bankers As
ISOLATION to its members and is known
as
III PANIC CIRCULAR.
Dear Sir:-The interests OF national
bankers require immediate financial leg
islation by Congress. Silver, silver
certificates and Treasury notes must be
retired and the national bank notes,
upon a gold basis, made the only mon.
ey, This will require the authorization
of from $500, 000, 900 to S1,000,000,o 900
of new bonds as a basis of circulation.
You will at once retire one.third OF
your circulation and call in one-half Of
your loans. Be careful to make mon
ey stringency felt among your patrons,
especially among influential business
men. Advocate an extra session OF
Copgrt IS for the repeal of the purchase
clause of the Sherman law, and act
with the other banks of your city in Sc
curing a petition TO Congress for its
unconditional repeal, per accompanying
form. Use personal influence with
congressman, and particularly let your
wishes lie known to your Senators. The
future life of national banks as fixed
and safe investments depends upon i'm
mediate action, as there is an increas-
ing sentiment in favor of government
legal tender notes and silver coinage"
We were told by The Tory press that
the coinage of silver, more money, was
causing a money famine and our read
ers know they could not get their own
money out of the bank at that time.
We have a circular, written by J. W.
Shuckers, private Secretary of Salmon
p. Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the
Treasury, which connects Grover Cleve-
land and John G.. Carlisle in conspiracy
with the Walt St. bankers, with the
strongest cilcumstantial evidence,
That conspiracy broke GOO banks, prin-
cipally in the South and West, closed
factories, threw thousands out of en-
ployment. Result, desclate homes,
starving mothers and childt-n, thou.
sand of idle men trampiug the country
and marching on Washington TO ash
redress. That was the Mcbeth-dag-
ger that murdered industry in the dark,
and she still lies pIOstrate. Thou
sands of idle men in Chicago led
to the strike. Then the chief conspira'
tor and causer in the White IIoust
sent soldiers 10 shoot the lnen down
and a Judge threw mel in prison by
injunction law without n trial by jury
which the constitution allows. That
is what caused the following plank Il
put into the Democratic platform a
Chicago:
ave denounce arbitrary interference
by Federal authorities in local affair
as a violation OF the Constitution Of TIN
United States and a crime against FREE
institutions, and we especially object II
government by injunction as a e ant
highly dangerous form of oppression b.
which Federal Judges in contempt o
the laws of the States ard rights o
citizens become at once Legislators
Judges and Executioners; and We ap
prove the bill passed at the last session
of the United States Senate, and nov
pending in tho House, relative to con
tempts in Federal Courts, and provid
ing for trials by Jury in certain case
of contempt"
Gov. j. B. Altgeld (all. gold knew
the canses behind the scenes, which W
are just learning, an9 put his foot of did
approval on it. AT once a servile pres
proclaimed him an Anarchist" and W
have men In u town who believe tn
LIARS. The breeders of anarchists
the real ones are in the White House
at your national cash box and in Wa
ST. Altgeld is a patriot who is stand
ing by the common people against tn
causers of anarchy, the money power
Eyes, and his name will be green !
the hearts OF millions Of people, lonI
after Grover Cleveland and his tim
servers are for gotten"
"Perish shall all that takes
From labors board and can,
Perish shall all that makes
A spaniel Of the man."
These quotations on Altgeld are IL
words of Chas. II. Schreiner, Lincol
Elector for Harrisburg dist. of Pa, !
1854.
The blood-shed of the Chicago rio
ani>the starvation Of Coxey's army
on Cleveland's hands. Like Banquo
ghost, they will not down. Conscient
has made a coward of him. No VOL
der he has had for two years a sentin
with II gun i'll a box in front of Il
White House to protect him. No wol
der he travels with a body guard. i
is now in Buzzard's bay and drivir
the farmers and laborers OF this coul
try TO the buzzards as fast as lie ca
with his single gold standard.
Why should he fear his countrymeI
Does MI. Bryan need u body.guardP
he afraid to talk and mingle with Il
people? Does he need a Canton Chine
wall around him and a paddock on h