Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-20

years; until Mr.. Cleveland came into power
the second time, you did not hear any COM
plant about our money, did you? iou did
serve. All this trouble has arisen since then.
Why? Simply because, as every intelligent
man knows, they adopted a policy Of Tree
tariff policy. and the drst result was the par
alysis of business, and the second result was
deficient revenues to the Government.
Now. my fellow-citizens, the best remedy
for this whole trouble Is to put the Repub-
lican party back In power; restore the policy
Of a protective tariff: reinaugurate the policy
Of reciprocity, and give to the American
people an economic administration under
revenues to live and everybody engaged 10
business in this country and every laborer
In the country find something to do.
Lieut.. Gov. A. w. Jones presided at the
evening meeting, and made a brief speech,
in which he characterized the Democratic
national platform as one Of anarchism and
bankruptcy. He said the Democrats stole
rhe Populist platform in order to be ad
mitted to the Populist church, and char
acterized Watson as one Of the horns
of the Democratic dilemma. He then
introduced the speaker Of the evening,
Stewart L. Woodford. who said:
The honest fulhllment Of Populist pledges
would put us on a paper basis, redeemable In
paper and In paper alone. and just where no
civilized land is to-day. 1t would be a cur
rency Of soap bubbles. ~redeemable In soap
bubbles, affording no basis or foundation for
any superstructure OF business. farming or
labor. I~rredeemable paper money always
begets and compels speedy and continuous
Increase. And such increase has always end.
ed in reputation. The world has had three
experience Of Populist finances within the
last 200 years.
Gen. Woodford then reviewed John
Law as Minister of Finance in France
during the reign of the Bourbons in 1920.
When the French tried the experiment
again in 1889 Talleyrand said: "You can
arrange it so that the people shall be
forced to take 1000 francs in paper, in
stead of 1000 francs in specie; but You
can never arrange it so that a man shall
be obliged to give 1000 francs in specie
for 1000 francs in paper"
Continuing, he said:
Mr.. Bryan is the candidate Of the Demo
cratic party and OF the Populist party. The
Democrats declare. just as do the Populists.
shall be Issued by the Government. Here
their agreement with the Populist party
stops. The Democracy declare that such
legal-tender paper shall be redeemable In
Populist platform am l able to fnd either
purpose or willingness on the part OF the
Populists to redeem such paper In coin. The
difference. II honest. Is radical. Courtesy
requires us to believe that the difference Is
honest. The fat money Populists trust NJ.
Bryan. and, therefore, dare not. They
have read the Democratic platform, with Its
promise to pay money In coin, and yet they
who believe in constant and increasing Issues
Of irredeemable paper believe In Mr.. Bryan
The fact Is there Is cousinship between tho
silver dollar worth So cents and the paper
dollar worth nothing.
Brief speeches were also made by Sen
ator Foraker, Congressman Watson.
Judge l.. W. King Of Youngstown and
Emmett Tompkins of Columbus.