Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-09-24
The Editor's Reply.

Brer. Kyle has finally come out OF
his hole and writes letter answering
THE COURIER OF last week. The first
series Of questions we propounded were
too hard for him and he let them 60.
The second, he evidently imagined
easier, for he appeared at our Office
door with eight or ten pages of manu-
script and a self.satisfying smile ON
his face, as much as to say SWELL, my
boy, I've got you this time"
Let the reader judge.
Our dear, but fearfully misguided
Kyle premises his statement by re-
ferring to the editor as being short on
information, or "maliciously trying to
compound OUR (Ye Gods!) bimetallic
campaign with some imaginary silver
standard movement" Now we can as
sure our deluded friend that we are not
running the national campaign-we are
not old enough nor big enough to aspire
to such height. Our ambition is all
right, but We are shy, evidently, on
brains and influence to occupy the po-
sitions OF either Bynum, Jones or
Hanna.
Right on the question of true bimet.
allism is, in our opinion, where the
''nubbin' "of the whole campaign comes
in. Brer. Kyle declares that "there is
no silver standard movement intro
duced in this campaign by any political
party That's where you are mistaken,
Brer. Kyle. There is party which
advocates it. Advocates it hard, with
mum itiOns of war furnished by the sill
yer barons with their 56S, 100000 of
dollars. Go ask Stewart, and Hearst,
and Jones, Mantle, Clark, Higgins, and
the dozen other silver millionaires, who
are footing the bills of the demo-pop
campaign. Talk to them about bimet-
allism and they would laugh at you.
Let US look at few of your leaders
those martyrs (?) and patriots (?)-who
are drinking in with glee the gullibil-
ity of many q deluded mortal that they
may accomplish the greatest ruin, the
greatest amount of disaster, that was
ever accomplished in America, and at
the same time get a longer pull at the
public crib.
Let US see what they say about your
''bimetallism."
For instance, Senator Pettigrew
stated in a speech in Sioux Falls, Feb
ruary 10, 1896, as we'll as in converse
ton with the editor in Elk Point, Sep
tember 10, 1896:
favor the demonstration OF gold l favor
taking away its legal tender quality. You say
country. @ s' hope it Would. That Is just % what t."
| want.
Now, Brer. Kyle, the senator is q
pretty big gun in the pop camp just
now. You draw a great deal o! inspi.
ration from what he has said, and
rather bloat yourself with the idea
that Frank is patriot. OF course time
will tell. Heretofore his patriotism
carried q Pettigrew label. But he
speaks out bluntly, and is out and out
| for silver standard.
There is your friend H. L. Loucks,
another Leading light. In speech at
Huron, July 2, 1896, he said:
| Free silver won't help us much, and I favor
free silver only because 1t Is one step towards
paper money.
Now Loucks is honest. He Is one of
yonr leaders, and he ought to know
what the pops are after. Evidently he
don't believe much in your "bimetal-
lie" game of talk.
There is Judge Palmer, good look
ing fellow, nice talker, and all that.
You know he said at Madison, this
state, August I:
1t is true that II you take the lab0ring man OF
q Who n MSkns tor
ent standard. cOncede that 40 proposition
applying to an individual.
| Now the inference is that the labor
ing man would get dollar not worth
as many cents of VALUE under free
coinage. In other words We could not
have the CONCURRENT circulation ol
two coins OF equal value" That's what
bimetallism means, Mr.. Kyte-the con-
current (side by side, possessing equal
value, or they would not be concurrent
circulation. We wouldn't have it, Mr.
Kyle, for this reason: '.The cheaper
money drives out the dearer." That,
} a universal law, accepted by all.
Here we are, Mr.. Kyle, with Messrs
Pettixrew, Loucks, and Palmer, you
leaders, declaring practically for q sill
YER standard. It's a. plain as the nos
: on your face.
ii There is not silver standard cOun
) try on the face Of the earth where gOl,
) passes concurrent with silver. That
d Ia proposition that cannot be disputes
3 or contrOverted. To say that there
o not gold piece In the vast domain &