The herald., 1896-08-16
GREENE GOODS CIRCULAR
Latest Republican Scheme
to Intimidate Voters
IN INSURANCE COMPANYS plan
To Influence Policy Holders
Against Free Silver
SOME PALACES EXPOSED
Jacob L. Greene Of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Called Down In Plain Terms by Q Los
Angeles Mechanic
He Replies to an Implied Threat by Taking
Demand for the Honey He Had Paid
and the Cancellation Of His
Policy
Jacob L. Greene Of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Called Down Ia Plain Terms by q Los
Angeles Mechanic

the most nefariouS, diabolical ana mean
est scheme ever conceived in Ameri-
can politics to coerce, frighten and in
timidate the voters of the country.
This plan. which is sure to come to
disastrous end, has been conceived ana
is being executed by the managers OF
"great religious statesman
Mckinley of Ohio.
Fearing to trust their cause to the
sober, intelligent freemen of America
they have resorted to the plan indicated
with boldness never seen in TINS coun-
try before.
This plan contemplates the fulfillment
of Mark Hannas observation of few
DAYS since, that "if Mckinley cannot
be elected by one means he shall be by
some other"
The country has heard of the bankers
plan of intimidation in support of the
single gold standard: how they attempt
ed to frighten their depositors by warn
ing them that in the event silver was
remonetized they the banks would be
compelled to pay their deposleors III
..depreciated, debased money. IL Is
true the vankers have already seen the
error of their way in California ana
have "took it all back" and resolved
that they always had and always Would
nay in gold or its equivalent. They dlu
not foresee what less able men should
have expected-that depositors did not
propose to take any chances on 'ne u
ture: but taking Mr.. Banker at ms
word. began demanding their deposlts
forthwith. The shoe now shifted TO the
other foot. and the bankers "immedl-
ately got themselves together, passed
the resolution Indicated and stopped
the current of Withdrawals. This infor-
nation is in the nature OF blt OF IN
side history but it is all strictly true
Then again laboring men. and espe~
cially employees in factories and machine
shops have been given to understand
that they of course are free and at I'D
erty to vote for whom they please but-
well, if things should turn out badly IN
the event of Bryan's election, and the
shops and mills should close, then, OF
course, employees could not blame the
proprietors. nor could they say that
they (the employerS) had not warned
them in time.
Lastly the great life insurance COM
panies of the east, or, at all events, some
of them have SHE'D their castor into
the political ring and are having their
saw about the dreadful calamitieS OF
"debased currency" With unspeaka-
BILE gall the managers of these great cor
porations, feasting and fatten1ng on the
life-blood of the people, to whom, III
many cases, they are granting extreme
ly meager returns for the money IN
vested. are engaged in the contempti-
BILE as we'll as unlawful attempt to in
fuence their policy holders in behalf OF
the plans and platform of the Republl-
can party This IS a new and unheard-
of attempt on the part of the Republi-
can managers heretofore to influence
Inv fhreatS the exercise of the right Df
suffrage. "The doctrine of sound mon
ey'' forms the basis for these latest out
RACES against the inalienable rights of
a free people: and is meeting with the
''rontempt which it justly deserves.
Joseph l.. Green, president of the Con-
necticut Mutual Life Insurance compa-
ny of Hartford, Conn.,, is one Of the man
ayers of a great corporation who has
descended into the dirty pool of poll
ties in behalf of the aforementioned
religious statesman" In circular,
loaded with sound money CD ideas, he
has insulted many of his most worthy
and most intelligent policy holders in
this neck of the woods.
One of them, at least-an intelligent
mechanic-has had the courage and good
sense to get back at the meddlesome.
fat-salaried president of the Connecti-
- cut Mutual.
Following is a copy of letter sent to
Greene by the aforesaid mechanic. Pres
ident Greene will probably learn to his
sorrow that American workingmen arc
doing some thinking for themselves this
year. and do nos propose to be intimi-
dated on the one hand nor humbugged
on the other by the fallacies and absurd
tiles of the goldbugs. Here is the labor
ers letter to the wise co and august
president of his life insurance company:
Los ANGELES, August II, 1896.
Mr.. Jacob l.. Greene, President of the
GnnranfinIlf
Conn..-Dear Sir: After carefully read
ing your circular of July IA, 1896, AMI
pondering its contents for several weeks.
] have reached the following conclu.
eions:
First-You have attempted to influence
through their selfish fears. American
citizens in the discharge of their sacred
right of suffrage. This | hold to be un-
worthy the head of great corporation.
Second-I hold that the following
clause in your circular is absolutely
false: But now comes a political party
and avows its distinct purpose 10 make
dollar mean three distinct and widely
different things" This (the Democratic)
, party aims to make every dollar pur-
chasing medium for 100 cents worth;
\ not to make a dollar to purchase 200
cents worth and another 100 cents worth
Third-You. not being member of the
Democratic party, deny your authority
to state what kind of metal the admin :
istration would use in redeeming paper,
as you do in this paragraph: Should
this party so led come to power upon this
platform the government dues, instead
of being paid, as now, in gold al 10O cents.
br in paper, which it now redeems with
such gold and never with silver would
fbe paid in silver or in paper redeemed
lin silver which silver we could use n
] trade al only its bullion value of - cents
; in the dollar" In other words. ] do not
believe you know any more about the
policy congress and the president will
follow than l do.
Fourth-The following statement can
not be believed by any one with a prac-
tical knowledge of silver mines, because
at the present price (68 cents) q large
number of silver mines are idle, as it
does not pay to work them. THE ores
are now easily accessible, in ineXhaust-
1ble quantities. from which silver can
be put on the market al profit of forty