The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-21
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same kind on behalf Of few SILVER
mine owners would he attended with
more success at this day.
Cheap ,iensy Eailssy.
It Ia said that we want cheap money
that cheap money win stimulate busi-
ness, and raise the value OF labor and
farm products. Have tho iessons OF the
war been entirely forEottenf Dota the
south country again desire an illnatra.
I tion OF Tat moneys II 90. befote tax.
ing the final plunge. II would be wen 10
recall their sad experience with cheap
money. History tells US OF the time.
an1 many live yet who rcmemhers when
| get IS for a bnshei OF wheat and pay
800 for q pair OF bcotss and. according
10 our free silver friends idea, business
| was then booming and prosperity was
| abroad In the land at q two-forty gait.
INo. my FELLOW citizens. tho government
can mako a. coin In denominati pn. hut
not In value Value p not the name OF
| the thing but the worth OF Il The gov4
ternment might declare that copper cents
shculd pass "a dollars but that would
simply nean > change Of name the new
| dollar. thua named, would be worth no
I more than the old ccut, and would buy
| no moro than Il would. &, (, - u = i7tit
In the constitution. which IL invoked
70 often by our free coinage friends, The
power OF congrcs. TO coin money .
| coupled with a clause enabling Com
| eresS TO fix' the standard OF Weights and
lmeasurce Congress has power to make
| 2 standard quart OF what Il now . pint
but let mo nBlt my enthusiastio silver
| friends. Would that make the new
quart hold any more than the old pint
| measure. and would I not be dishonest
II ! had borrowed fifty quarts OF cider
before the standard of value was alter
ed, 70 afterwards pay II back with fifty
| Of the now quart, or old pint? NGreat
| applause Again, does II take any ar
gument 70 convince you that the neigh
Dor from whom you borrowed, the nifty
| quarts of cider. learning OF the conten-
plated change of measure. and that you
| expected 70 repay him with one half the
| quantity you had borrowed from him.
| would sinme diateiy, demand and require
| settlement before the change took place,
and you would have that to pay your
debt and at the same time have lost
your credit.
What Would Happen.
This Is but an Illustration of what
would happen II by any possibility Mr..
Bryan should be elected President of
the United States. Long before his In
lsauguration, and before any laws could
be passed for the free and unlimited
| coinage OF tho western mine owners
silver at the ratio Of sixteen to one, all
debts now owing In this country would
be collected without waiting on the Sill
yerites milleniai day, when debts would
BIS paid with fifty-cent dollars. (Ap-
liplause ana laughter.1
This IL Q serious matter, This Is Just
what would happen. Can you imagine,
| can the mind OF man conceive the dis
ltress and inevitable destruction of pfo-
| perty and values that would result from
the collection. within a period of eight
to ten months, by the creditor. OF all the
outstanding debts and accounts due
from the debtor class? That Il 10 say.
the property Of all debtors, not having
money for immediate settlement, would
be thrown upon the market and sold un-
| der process OF law. at q time when those
| possessed OF ready money, and whom
| our friends, the silverites. 80 loudly de-
| nodnee, would reap q harvest from lbs
purchase at greatly reduced prices. And
10 IL would be that the debtor class.
| whose creditors arc not now demanding
| payment. would bring about that state
of affaira which would require immedi-
| ate collection of debts. and the daluded
debtor who had voted for this craze,
Imagining he was lettering his condi-
ton. has only hastencd the day of reci-
oning and brought about his own finan-
cial destruction.
It is such a calamity that the Re-
publican party desires to save tho
country from. Our every effort should
be exerted TO silence the bowling DEM
agugue, restore nSfecling OF security,
bring about q resumption OF business,
and mako It possible to restore such
confidence In the ability and disposi-
ton of the debtor TO pay his honest
dollars as viii quiet the fears Of the
creditor class. then, and not TIL then.
will the dark clouds of doubt and dis
trust break and disappear before the
rising sun of returning prosperity.
Then shall we have a resumption OF
business. labor shall find employment
and seward. The employment of labor
viii increase the demand for and the
price OF farm products. the all strife
shall cease. and prosperity VIII be
| present with the farmer in his fields,
the miner In the depths of the earth.
the Iaborer at his furnace. the mer-
chant at his counter, and the capitalist
at his factory; then win timid capital
and boarded wealth come forth and
again seek Investment.
No one has escaped the blood-curdling
Il
| 1873, ,(Appiause) las related by the sii-
| yer orator. He knows all about 1t. and
tells you OF how In the dark. and With
| out the knowledge of the American peo-
| pie. silver was dempnetized, and he ac-
tually believes 1t, because Coin, i" their
great financial instructor, has told him
so.
That acrims.',
Let me say to my misguided silver
friend who says this:-Don't say II
again.-people may not know Just how
| ignorant you are Of financial legislation.
II You do not publish the fact The bill
1 that dropped the silver dollar from the
coinage was introduced In the Congress
| OF the United States on, the 18th of ApfiI.
| iSI0i was under discussion In the house
and senate from that time until Its pass
age on February IL, 1874. a period OF
three years; was Introduced In the
| Forty first Congress and reintroduced
In the Fnrty-second Congress. It was
| printed thirteen timex by different Com
| crosses in the house and senate. and
| was published and circulated through
the newspapers and sent under frank
OF senators and Representatives to near
ly every home in the land. IT was not
a partisan measure In any sense. Over
| one hundred pages OF the congressional
record are taken up with the publication
i Of the debates. The provision dropping
| the silver dollar was in II from start to
finish. on an aye and nay vote In the
senate Senator Sherman, who you claim
| was the arch conspirator and prime
mover Of this crime of 1873. voted
against II fApplRuse), and Senator
i Stewart. Of Nevada. your big champion