Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-04-30

reported in the Congressional GLOBE Of
Feb. q, 1867, where you said, That
equity and justice are amply satisfied If
We redeem these bonds at the end Of
five years in the same kind Of money,
of the same intrinsic value 1t had at the
time they were issued. The bondholder
can demand only the kind Of money he
paid and he is a repudiator and extor-
toner to demand money more valuable
than he gaVe?'
when the legal tender bill was be-,
fore the senate in 1862, I find you ad-
dressing the senate on said bill in the
following language:
" I much prefer the credit of the
United States, based as 1t Is upon all
the productions and property of the
United States, to the issue of any cor
poration, however guarded and man
aged.
DO not all citizens hold their prop
erty subject to our unlimited power Of
taxation? Do not all share in the bless
ings Of government and should not all
share In its burdens? Shall we inflIct
a loss only on those who trust and labor
for the government and relieve the sell
fsh, avaricious, idle, unpatrlotlc citizen
who will neither fight for, lend to, nor
aid the government?
Now, II you were honest then, and
your position was true, Is 1t not i'm
possible for you to be honest now and
correct in your convictions? You have
entirely changed your position. Either
you were false then or false now. II
making the bonds payable In gold
which were bought with paper at 80 to
40 per cent. discount in 1862 was rob-
berry, avarice and reputation, is it not
just as wrong today?
IF the legal tender quality Of the
greenback which you fought for on the
floor of the senate forced the soldier to
receive the same for his services in the
army, why is it not good enough today
to pay the class you style the idle, I'M
patriotic, who will neither fight for o.
aid the government
Are you not Cleveland's right hand
bower, aiding and abetting BIN in the
destruction Of the very money you
helped to create?
IF this is not true, why did you intro
duce the resolution, q few days ago,
exactly on a line Of the presidents mes
sage, which, If it passes, will destroy
our 500 million of legal tender currency
which has escaped the tomahawk Of the
gold saVages for so many years, al
though 1t bears the marks Of the stabs
Of the Wall street pirates to this day.
Il am glad you fellows have come out
Of the brush so that people can get at
you. It's so plain now the deception
has about run its course. The bloody
shirt racket, the rebel cry, the force
bill, the ro6ber tariff, the horse thief
Democrats, McKinleyism, Clevelandisn
and Shermanism. Monroe doctrine,
ponds, sound money, or the vail of war
can't stop this battle On the financial
question.
"And while the gold bugs CT both old
parties are hugging each other and
together, they win some day
Ind the masses are getting ON to their
OBJ The time is not far of when the
people will be compelled to Join hands
Ind work and vote together, or submit
o industrial slavery.
Now is the tirle to work. The battle
8 on, the enemy is advancing upon our
reedom. Don't give up. You mar be
lard up, but If The gold worshippcrs
you will realize that times are
;ood now. This is the age of trusts,
and monopolies, and they are
xacting tho last pound of flesh. Let
II opposition to existing conditions
ONE together and protect our form OF
government as we'll as our homes.
A. G. FORNET.
Belle PLANE, Kansas,