Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-24
CORRESPONDENTS.
Debate in Homecoming.
LONYKONING, MD.,
Septober the 20 onct, 1896.

TO the MINING JURNAL.
| have just arrove here to take part
in the campane aginst Palmer and
Buckner, the pretended candidates of
the bloc and the gra.
| am sumwhat lait on akkount of
wot Lem Cla,k calls the "hevvy rodes.'
The subsidized ralerode korporations
wot runs throo this town, hevvin re-
fused to give me a pas, | was kompeld
to hootf lit.
| hev never befour seen so menny
people who kno how to run the finan-
sial end of the government. THAR is
more than several hundred of EN- heer
and evry wun kin tell you that to
bring the sunshine of prosperity to our
land agin we all must vote for free
silver. Wen you ask EN- ho,c, tina Civ
you the crushin reply-''you, too, ar
wun of the dern raskils bot up bi the
infermus COLE bugs"
Then tina Sa-free Homage of silver
10 to wun, IS guaranteed to maik
everybody rich wether tina work or
knot.
One Teller told me that "single tacks,
Hennery George patient, marks t.
story houses gro on 0O-fut frunt lots
IN won mite and by redusin tacksis yu
increase the revenue"
Anuther Teller sed I'VE inte..d to hev
a law to prevent the thannicle guver-
ment from interferin with free citizens
when tina ar tareing up ralerode trax.
burning frate kars and stopping the
united States male"
Tha are to a man in favur of free
speach, ''pervidid our kind of people
maik the speeches"
Thare is almost ekal younanimity in
favur OF government onership of prop
perty now owned by luther people.
Then sum wants the adjustment of
the united States Sennit, but Teller
got a letter from Tillman sain "yu ar
too prevyus-wait till mi time is OUT
Sum other felers wants to do with.
out the soopreem cort, and wun man is
red-hot to CIV the Younighted States
army a free an unlimited turlow.
After thus gittin the public cent?
ment of the silver bugs on the sli, |
went to the Star offs and thar sot rite
| by the kuspidore mi ole friend, Kurnel
Vinegar Btters.
"Kurnel,' ses [, "hooray for free
silver :"
Pink" ses he, ''you alIus wus a
derned fool, but didn't know you he'd
gon plum crazy
"Aint you for free silver ?" ses l.
"Not hevvin any silver Mines ses
he, 81 don't see why shood be-"
Don't you want to see the prices of
kommoditys rise ?" | asked.
"Bein konsumer of kommoditys,"
| a. l. Il l.
wages is raised akkordin. Now, sus-
pose" ses he, THAT law wuz past
dublin the price of wool-wood that
bubble the price of awl other kom-
moditys p
NO." | ses.
'Wool is a kommodity,' ses the
kurnel so is silver. But if u bubble
the price Of silver you don't benefit a
livin sole on erth but the owner of
silver. He gifts . for wun. The guy
eminent coins his silver into dollars.
The man with the dollars wants to
buy wheel, and when he cones to buy
dollar-wheet he finds he kin Git only
wun bushel of wheel for . dollars.
That bubbles the price of wheat"
yells |, triumfant-like.
"Only in name," SEES the Kurnel,
camly: ''fer the pharmer kin only git
hat as menny clothes, hat as menny
pares of Shoes, hat as mennv things
generally to live on, and in the end is
no better off than befour."
"Agin, Pink" ses the kurnel, take
the konsumer, of wich, as befour scd, |
am wun-l konsoom terbacker, vittes
and okkashunly a beer. Under free
silver XIII git only hat us much for
my wages us befour,'
But your wages will be dubbled,"
SEES |.
pink" ses the Kurnel, "you are
ass. Wages is controlled by Il de.
mand and suppl. The only men who
will have rite to more wages is the
silver miners, and it is dowtful wether
they GIT lit, for everybody will want to
quit farmin and 60 to findin and
ownin bullyun. Enyhow, if tina don't
yu and me hev got to work for what
we kin git. Iu ort to git them
whiskers of yourn trimmed and go to
mite school,"
With this kruel remark he bit off IL
chaw of. terbacker, lit his pipe and jist
as he wuz levin he looked back and
| guy him this partin shot:
lime goin to hay talk with Charlie
Woollffon kommitty about yu,
kurnel, fer yu ort to be kept owt NV
| public places ontil the eleckshun Is
over" p. w. OF P.