People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-11-12
IMPLIED CONTRACTS.
How the BOndhOlding Goldbugs Love the
Old Union soldiers.

] The gold standard ysUss is We f."
itself into an early grave over the lear
that free silver will cut in two the rj-'-
slons CT the men who saved the nation.
They whine about the 80 cent dollar"
and insist that the nation oweS the old
veterans money worth par, and a whole
lot of stuff like that calculated to arouse
prejudices. Of course, anybody who
knows the attitude of these gold stand
ard shouters will discount the professed
love for old soldiers borne BY them.
These shouters for the gold standard
were not always so kindly disposed to.
ward the old soldiers. When the BOYS in
blue were enduring untold hardships
aud facing death daily, the gold stand
ard people were not worrying 50 much
through fear that the soldier would not
get 100 cent dollars Any kind of a dol.
lar was good enough for the soldier
then. Even the 40 cent dollar that was
used to pay the paltry Sl3 month paid
the private soldier was good enough
money in the eyes of the men who were
at home scheming to get hold Of Uncle
Sans bonds with the deprecated money
and convert them into "coin" bonds
that were to be paid in gold alone.
Have you ever heard Of one of these
tender hearted gold standard advocates
demanding that the old soldiers receive
the rest OF the wages due them? Have
you ever heard one of them demanding
that the so cents that was not in the
dollar paid the old soldiers be paid to
them now? Their silence on this point
is really vOciferous. No, indeed. These
tender hearted guardians of the age
worn veterans never think about that
phase of the question. They have wiped
the record of the past from their con-
Venlent memories and are looking only
toward the future.
While these old soldiers they now love
so dearly were facing death and disease
and untold hardships the gold gamblers
were not worrying about them. No, in
deed. They were too busy manipulating
Uncle Sans finances so they could buy
bonds at 40 cents on the dollar and re-
ceive 100 cents in gold for them. 1t
mattered not to them then that these
manipulatiOns resulted in making the
defenders of the flag receive 40 cents on
the dollar for their services. This great
love for the old soldier is q creature of
recent growth. 1t WILDE observed that
these men who are bowling so loudly
about an implied contract with the
bondholders are not saying anything
about an implied contract with the men
who fought at the front while they fig
ured behind. That is a phase of the i'm.
plication business they always avoid.
The veterans of the war for the Union
are pretty well acquainted with the
brand of affection displayed by these
men. They have an utter contempt for
the skulkers who remained at home and
trafficked in the honor of the govern.
ment and the blood of its best men.
They want little of this "implied con.
tract" business applied to their case as
well as to the case Of the bondholders.
If this implied contract holds good with
the bondholder, the old soldiers have
right to believe that it also holds good
with them, and, if this is true, there is
about 60 cents due TO the old soldiers
for each dollar they received as pay for
carrying the musket and following the
flag. Omaha World Herald.