Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-16
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"A Choice Specimen Of His Populistic Ha
r;,ilgc Oh tile Money Question

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"A Choice Specimen Of His Populistic IIa-
range OH the Mopey Question.
Hon. Populist Lawless, one of the
principle mouthpieces of the popocratic
party in this county, aud the most in
corrigible and uncompromising advo-
scates of the pop theory of finance. is
now running up and down the Hills
eNpounding his doctrine of ''more
money" and "cheaper money" at every
cross roads. He has talked in nearly
every precinct in this county and at
last accounts was working his jaws
necessarily in Custer and Pennington
counties. But Pop Lawless' favorite
style of oratory is OF the curbstone
variety, aud when he succeeds in cor
railing a little group of voters on ii
street corner he uncorks his vials of
pop argument ~ and pcurs it forth
like certain Minneapolis pops. accord
ing to tie Journal. something like this:
Here. you tool of Wall street. to say
nothing of Lombard street poor.
weak slave of the money power. You
insenate golabuis. listen to me! lii
settle this whole financial question
mighty quick. just listen. can prove
everything say by statistics I've coppca
ont, and don't You forget it! I've got
it all down pat u:ld there's no sor: of
show for any Mall whe wears IL waller
ribbon to try to answer my arguments
and defy anyone to try it. AS 1 was
about to say when you interrupted me,
there is only oncway to save this coun-
try Just one, and I'm the wise guy
that knows what it is. Ii Rothschild.
the king of the gold bugs, and the boss
of the money power. doesn't own you.
body and soul. youth have to admit be-
fore get through with you that there's
only one way to undo the Crime of 773
and save this country from wreck and
the constitution. That's il! You bet!
Whoopee! Do you see my point? It's
just as easy as breathing. just stop IL
minute and think! While hold firmly
onto the lapelo of your coat and breathe
defiance. not unmiNed with onions and
beer, into your face. Let me ask you,
as man to man, what was the price of
wheat on Sept. 81. 1892? You are 81
lent: you cannot answer. Enough .
Neither can you tell me. jaundiced gold
worshippcr that You are. what Thomas
Jefferson said on Oct. 2i. 1882 at 2:i5
p. IN. No, | should think not. Or else
you wouldn't try to sneak away from
my unanswerahle argument. Aud vet
you and your corrupt OIL party. writh-
ing in the money powers grasp. claim
you can save the country. say nit |!
ann devoting my entire time and at
tcntion to saving the country. My
wife comp!nins Shat instead of standing
around Ga nCnicasuavenitc,, Xempii.yi.S e
my patriotism. ought to get out and
hustle for the wherewithal to live on
But I'm too busy to work AMI the
great cause of the people. the masses
against the classes. needs my clarion
voice. Besides, women don't under
stand these things. Why. my wife uc-
tually don't know the difference be-
tween the great crime of '7:5 and the
tell her, either! Meanwhile the coun-
try is going stTaight to financial ruin
j,ls.. because il hasn'ta strong man !i.:'
Bryan or Me to run things for awhile.
Well show the gold robbers with their
lappreciating dollar and their unappre-
ciating methods what's what. Huh! l
should say SO. You just wait till cleo
tion. The poor. unfortunate, poverty
stricken silver mine owner and us fell
lows who have helped him will then
get what belongs to US. Tho money of
the constitution-that's what we want
and plentyo of it. Just think of it-only
s23.29percapita in this benighted coun-
try. Andlotso of us workingmen haven't
got that much. We must have it and
more too. Every town ought to have
it's own mint and turn out money to
order. That would fix me all right.
What Ineed is more money. I'm busted.
After I've saved the country I'll be in
good shape. All of us silver men who
owe money will he. AS was saying,
I'm busted. And it's all on account of
the Crime of '73 by which the money
of the constitution at Sixteen to One
was demonetized and-Here! Don't go
away can explain the whole thing to
you in less than two hours.