Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-02

tenants. We are led to believe this !
country has grown in prosperity and
wealth beyond tho dreams OF the statisti-
clan, but the wealth is confined to few
-.less than 1000 owning one fifth Of the
wealth of the country, and Sl34 ,0O0,0O0
passing as wedding gifts with our Amer
ican daughters to 36 titled foreign |
heads. In the last 30 years we see our
population increase 80 per cent, business
failures increase 3lS per cent, convicts
increase 391, insane increase 342 per cent,
idiots increase 400 per cent, and expense
of running the government increase 300
per cent. Marriages on the decline, iii.
vorceo on the increase, and the ecrlptur
al precept, "increase and multiply, for
thou shalt people the earth" fast being
disregardeu, and the immoral effects of
permitting such crying wrongs against
a people bringing ruin to our land. | do
not believe all men are dishonest, nor do
/ believe We have not virtuous women.
! realize we need the wise counsel and
CO operation of our women in politics;
yet il it would lessen their influence at
home, or in any way detract from their
family and home duty, would forever
Danish the thought from my mind. |
believe we need their purifying influence
in politics. Politics seem to have grown
so corrupt that many are led to believe
that no man holds Office who will not
try to get all the spoils of the office
honestly or dishonesty, AID others will
say there is no man but what can be
bought. In the light Of past events
many may be justified in that belief,
though am not of that impression. I
believe that public office is public
trust, and public officer is public
servant of the people. Many we have
who place their email earnings in banks
for security, and l believe those banks
should be the strongest our country can
have, and should not be subject to the
will or fortunes of any one or more.
Now, therefore, 1 most heartily approve
of savings banks, established by state
or nation. I believe we should bring
our government down into the hands of
the people as far as is possible, and on
that line our United States senators
should be elected by the people.
We stand as a proud, great nation
with practically our vast public
domain out of the reach of the
free homeseekers, and millions Of
acres of unsettled land in the
hands OF railroad and other corpora.
tions and large owners, and what sbal
we do to honestly secure this vast, un
settled domain?
do not believe in system of govern
ment that grinds out OF it's Legislative
, mills millionaires on one side and pau
pers on the other. believe in the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at the
[ ratio of lG to as being Of common in
, terest to the globe. / believe as fret
3 people, with resources unprecedentel
for any nation, that our country is no
r bound to obey the wishes of some for
4 eign country that would fall OF its weigh
, if it mad not some other nation to depene
i, or lean upon. do not believe free sil
2 yer will flood our country with too mucl
/ silver money | see from United State
;. abstract 1895, frontlspiece, that tn
l. coinage per capita for 1893, was: Colo
i IS cents; silver l3 cents; production
o per capita, gold, 81 cents; SILVER, Sl.l
r for 1894, coinage, per capita, gold, Sill
y silver, l3 cents; production, per capita
II gold, 53 cents; silver, 81 "a; for lS9,
D. coinage, per capita, gold, 80 cents
e silver, 8 cents; no production giVer
II The same report gives per capita circu
n lation at 800 9G, but who will say there
10 S22 among the people--the masses OF tn
J. Doodle WIN uI5 duet PioNuSib
{. the wealth Of the nation? L believe fre
g coinage will restore values to propert!
F. and the appreciated gold dollar will r.
q cede to it's true standard value-lC
n cents Our patriotism WIS appealed to
l. 1866, when the strengthening act wa
d passed to protect public credit, and cor
rs traction of the currency followed yes
8. after year IN the interest of the monte
| k,r,rrht ah fha Hannnpf
= zation of silver in 1873. Then followe
h the repeal of the purchasing act OF til
:. Sherman law in 1893, after another al
,r pea! for patriotic action, and AL in Ii
Interest of the monied class. And nov
IS ia behalf of monopolies, corporation
n trusts, combines and wealth, an appel
W is made to our patriotism to protect ou
g. credit by keeping the gold STANDARD
1t which ia entirely in the interest OF tt
@. capitalists, to pay our obligations in golt
a which very feW contracts call for, as col
g. means either gold or silver, when, ~
to cording to good authority, lit would n
,e quire our gold production for space
le 10 years to pay off Our 100000
g. working people for one single month |
% the present low wages And whi
h could we do with sixty billions of debts
ID I believe, as Mr.. Bryan says in his lie
20 ter of acceptance, "The fact the deale
10 in money and securities have been ab
s. to deplete or protect the treasury, a
re cording to their changing whims, show
d, how dangerous it is to permit them
ly exercise controlling influence over Il
al treasury department. | believe tt
b. free coinage of silver will so stimu!a
Id trade relations that our mills and ia
I'd tories will commence operations, o.
IN army of unemployed will be furnish'
work, restore value to property, increa
he our per capita circulation, and, as
q. whole, be benefit to us as whole pc
g. pie. dearly love my home and fami
er fireside and desire to respect all fami
,r- ties. | cherish our free institutions.
re admire with much pride our wo
1t, derful progress in SCIENCE. al
be our great progress in all lines OF ira
,e- and commerce, and dearly love, with r
ly triotic spirit, the honor and flag OF o.
all great country. l am independent
to thought and action, believing, in all Int
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