The Lamar register., 1896-09-19

try IS qualified TO pass upon the reply.
II you have $40 in your safe, sloo ia sill
yer certificates and glO0 in gold certifi-
Gates, and to-day someone comes in to
whom you owe slo0, which would you
pay hims Would be not go Of with that
sil0 IN silver certificates, and the gold
certificates remain in your safe? We are
very much inclined to think il il was
your own mother, whom you owed and
paid, she would carry off those silver GER
ttticates. WhyE There is a doubt IN
your mind. away down along your back
bone il may be, but it is there all the
same. about the value Of those SILVER GER
tificates IN the future, II Bryan is elected.
There is none about the goid certificates.
80 away goes the silver certificates We
charge no discredit upon you that such
Is the case. 1t il q trait OF human nature
existing in the breast Of every man.
Greshun's law SO often quoted We
would do it, 80 would you.
That Is why the silver certificate is do
ing SO much Of tho business OF the couu-
try to-day. II Is why 50 many Of our
rampant silver advocates IN the State Of
Denver arc now accumuiating every dol
LAT they can lay their hands upon 10 gold
or it, equivalent, and locking II up IN
safety deposit vaults. 1t is why eCoinf
Hurvey got the Mercantile National Bank
in Chicago the other day 10 give him
S3an0 in gold to use In his lectures, and
wns seen soon after TO lock it up IN
safety deposit vault 1t is why Governor
Altgeld. Of Illinois, draws all his leases
payable Ia gold, and Senator Stewart
nll his mortgages IN gold. Mr.. Sewall,
vice-preaidential candidate, does the
same. and 20 we might 90 on quoting.
II IL good business foresight. You can
not deny that, II Mr.. Bryan is elected
gold will 90 70 a premium, almost two to
one. That Is as absolutely true as that
you live, and We ask you to remember
the prediclion. Mr.. Bryan even knows
wants and all other true populists.
1t is useless for you to assert that the
statements we have made that silver Was
demonetfzed IN 1896, not ia 1873, are nm
tue. As we have before stated, books
and records are dangerous enemies to
democrat" II Is a matter OF record that
President jefferson stopped the coinage
OF silver dollars in 1906, and no more were
coined until Is35-29 years, Also that
the act Of 1884 was passed with the
Hvowsd purpose stated in speeches made
az TINT time by Thomas Benton. Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay, John c. Calhoun
and Andrew jackson, all the great
leaders OF that day. OF placing us on a
gold standard OF value with the great
nations of the world. We have the
spseehes and would like 70 print portions
Of them il space permitted. Refute
that statement II You can, but do
not make people weary with your
simple statement that these things arc
lies Anyone can make statements, but
give us fact or two to sustain yours.
We assert that 53c-it is Joc now-of
silver viii not purchase 1e0c worth OF
products in present gold valuation If we
accept free coinage OF silver, nor will it
pass as such in the ordinary transaction
Of business. Where and when did snch
thing ever occur? The dollar of our
daddiesT will not rise again, until silver
again rises in commercial value. The
silver sentiment is on the wane, the Dem
yer press to the contrary. Why was the
Reputation 'so-called" of silver a gross
imposition upon every solvent debtor?
How did ii assassinate laborg In what
way was it a crime against the interests
OF our people and the world2 In what
way will il benefit the United States to
cut loose from the commercial world in
its standard of value?
That make shift of Sherman law
was enacted to make market for the
silver mined in this country, all of it, and
it was believed according to the speeches
made by the promoters of it. that it
would raise the price Of silver to a parity
with gold. Why did it not? Give us
something to maintain your statements
and prove that you do know the differ
ence between a pine board and bundle
of shingles"