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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
FROM A BUSINESS MAN.

A Chicago Merchant Speaks Out for
Restoration OF Bimetallism.
One of the bright signs of strength
for the free coinage movement is the
support it is beginning to get from bust
ness men. The manufacturers of the
country, or, rather, those whose mills
are owned by American home capital,
are largely for free coinage, as witness
the sentiments of their great organ, the
Philadelphia American. The small MGR
chants, especially those who do trade
with agricultural constituencies, are
largely for free coinage. But occasion
ally some of the biggest representatives
of an exclusively city trade speak out
for the restoration of bimetallism.
John V. Farwell, the big Chicago dry
goods man, expressed himself a short
time ago on the money question. eft
cuts little figure whether wages arc
high or low if people cannot get work,
and do not think that ever before in
the history of the country there were
SO many people out of employment as
now. At least never knew such pres
sure here in Chicago. The trouble back
of all our trouble in this country and
the world is lack of money! mean real
money, redemption money, not promise
money; for all money which haste be
redeemed in Some other money is only
a promise to pay and is potent cause
of panics. The less real or redemption
money there is the more vaIuab it is.
and, CT course, the lower the price of
property. When the great nation de.
monetized silver they cut the quantity
of redemption money in two and we'll
nigh doubled its value. It was a ire
mendous profit for the money king; for
you must remember all the securities
which they hold are the same as gold.
and when they push up the value of
gold they enhance the values of their
securities along with it.'-Pcnny Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
FUsIoNIsT REPUBLICANS.
a Patchwork Party of Unstable POlicie.
and Principles.

A Patchwork Party of Unstable POIicIeA
and Principles.
The republicans denounce the demo-
Gratis for accomplishing fusion of cleo
toral tickets for the presidency with the
peoples and free silver parties in the
western and northwestern states. They
are also very indignant that democracy
is to have the cooperation and chief
support of the same parties in the
south. Some of the extreme populists
of the south, however, who wish to go
still further than their party in oppo-
sition to gold monometaI and take
more radical ground in other legisIa-
ton, are strangely being sought for
coalition with the republicans.
The McKinleyitcs have given the most
INSCRIPTIONS denunciation of all the
pOpulists, from top to Sottom, calling
them anarchists, Jacobins and COM
munists. Now that the largest part
and the most reputable of them nave
formed alliances with democracy, the
republicans are greedy to secure the re-
naming and less reliable members of
the populist party. Hanna raised no
objection to them on account of anarch-
ism, not in the least. Training with
the high tariff party covers multitude
of sins.
The republican party, while denounc-
ing fusions. should remember that il is
nothing but a patchwork of fusion in
origin and history. It has no abiding
principles or policies Officeholding is
its chief ambition. 1t VIII form an al
lance with anything or anybody 20
gain or to retain control. Being the
party of the minority Of the whole Eco
pie. its most abiding policy Is Sentrnl-
ization Of power in the federal govern
Hient and curtaiimeut of the powers of
states and of the people. This was TIE
policy of the federalists of old, and of
the whig party which went into frag-
mentaticu in 1882.
The republican party to-day is itself
only the political cFazyquilt of fusion.
constructed in 1854 by the wings. know
nothings and disconnected ofice-seek-
ers in other organizations. =. Buffalo
Time&
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
GOOD NEWS FROM LONDON.
Free silver Promises the Three Thing
We Most Want.

Free silver Promises the Three Things
We Most Want.
The London Financial News. the rec
ognfzed financial authority OF treat
britain, says editoriaIly in its last is
sue:
.sThe success of free coinage will
bring down the rate of interest on
money and cause an immediate rise in
the price of all commodities. When
silver becomes primary money the
American mines viii pour their products
into the mint, and new era similar
&c that produced by the issue of green
backs during the civil war will begin.
Gold will leave the banks and enter
into competition with silver in the ave
nues of trade, and the manufactures
of the United States, which have been
shut down or crippled since 1892, viii
again resume their fight for the Eng
lish markets.
at is doubtful whether the Tepub-
lican party can be held much longer
in check by sound money statesmen,
as its adherents are divided by powerful
factions. The democratic party is also
breaking up under the weight of the
free silver agitation. It matters not
to Great Britain which party succeeds
if the gold standard is maintained. but
either of the old parties or new party
which goes into power pledged to free
coinage viii be inimical and prejudicial
to English manufactures and trade"
This is certainly good news from an
unexpected source, says the Minneap-
oils Penny Press.
Free coinage will bring down the
rate of interest on money"
Gold will leave the banks and enter
into competition with silver in the ave-
nues of trade"
''The manufactures of the United
States which have been shut down or
crippled since 1892 will again resume
their fight for the English markets"
Is there anything the matter with
these results? Is not this what Amer
lean industry and the American people
are working for? Let US have the in
dustrial and trade revival, and have an
end of the present gold standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03

gold dollar. it viii be easier to Obtain with
the products Of toll silver dollar or gold
dollar than 1t Is to-day TApplause.l II there
Is any person here who is afraid that under
the policy proposed by the Chicago plat
form we are going TO have a flood of money.
and that you viii be dOwned in II, We can
not appeal to you for support But If there
is anybody here whose experience is such
that he is willing TO risk the disastrous con-
sequences of that Hood upon him We ask
you to consider whether we are not entitled
to your vote? Ia voice: Are you a demo-
crarTI / think the principles which ad-
vocate are democratic IA voice; Are you
a democrat?l
IT am myself, but you can call me any
name you please. You cannot swerye me
from what believe to be good for the peo-
pie Tremendous applause.l If bimetallism
IS to be restored the United States must
take the lead. (AppIause.l I assert that
the American people have the right assc
the ability to legfslate for themselves on
every question no matter what other ma
tions may think. bout ii. ILong applause-l
The man who says that bimetallism is de-
sirable and yet that the United States IS
impotent to bring these advantages to our
people has made an admission that shall
not make We appeal to you to remember
that the United States is the only nation
that stands ready TO protect its own people
from every danger, foreign and domestic.
IApplause-I Other nations may protect
their people, as they should. but our ma
American people. l want to suggest that
you are interested not 50 much in knowing
the objections TO our plan as in knowing
what plans the opposition have to relieve
the conditions. Why don't they propose
something's 1t IS because they ~ lot know
what ought to be done. So they are poor
people 20 lead you out Of bondage. Laugh
teri Is il because they know and will not
tell? If 50 they have not the candOr that
ought to be possessed by those who would
redeem the people from their suffering and
distress. CAppIause.J
They say that our dollar will be a 81
cent dollar. Well, now, nay friends, they
refuse to apply to the silver that is pro-
duced in the world the law OF supply ard
demand.
Increase Demand by Legislation.
We say increase the demand for silver
by legislation and that new demand, acting
with the demand now in existence, will op-
crate upon the price of silver. We say that
that new demand will be sufficient to con-
sHme all the silver coined at the mint, and
being sufficient, Will raise the value OF
silver bullion to $L29 throughout the world.
!AppIause.J We have reason for our be-
lief. They simply say IL won't do it, then
sit back and propose absolutely nothing.
If we need relief from the gold standard
we must secure IL for ourselves, and If we
must secure this relief for ourselves we can
only secure 1t through n party which be-
iieves in the restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of sixteen to one, with
out waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation" prolonged applause.1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
a PANIC NOT NECESSARY.
Reasons Why q Return to BImetaIIfsm
Could Not Produce . Crisis.


Could Not Produce = Crisis.
Our banker friends predict panic as
a result of the return TO bimetallism.
They say that long before the legisla-
ton comes, removing the disabilities
from the silver dollar and making it
equal with gold in every respect, when
the capitalist or the money-lender fore
sees that the gold standard is to give
place to the bimetalIic standard, he will
rush into liquidation; he will demand
his money from the bank; he viii fore
close his mortgage, he viii convert into
cash all available assets. This, they
say, viii cause panic, if in fact it be
not in itself panic.
Now, panic anywhere, whether in
military operations, on battlefield; or
in an unreasoning throng of peasants,
as lately in Russia; or at the time of
d confagration or other great calam-
ity, is deplorable. It consists in the
eclipse of the reasoning faculty FOR the
moment and the loss of self-control.
Selfishness becomes rampant, and the
participants trample upon one another.
The rational advocates of bimetai-
ism do not underrate the terrible conse-
quences of a panic. But a panic fore
seen can be prevented. 1t is even as
serted as fact of history that no panic
foretold ever occurred. Just here lies
our safeguard. The great body of the
American people-what we know as
the masses of the people-want bimetal-
lism. The most thoughtful have taken
in the facts of the situation, and are
convinced that it would be for the gen
eral good. 1t is not a new question.
The discussion began to be earnest and
thorough as long ago as 1878, when
such men as Blaine, in the United
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
MONEY PowER VS.. THE PEOPLE
Text of q Circular Recently Issued by
the BimetaIIic Union.

Text of Circular Recently Issued by
the BimetaLIic Union.
President Warner, of the American
Bimetaliic union, has issued the follow
ing address to the friends of bimeta1-
ism in the United States:
The political campaign now In progress
and the election to be held on the third day
of next November involve the most i'm
portant economic ard Industrial question
ever presented for the consideration OF the
American people. 1t is whether the present
gold standard, with a continued fall of
prices, greater business stagnation and in
tensified suffering among the poor, shall be
maintained, or silver be restored to its
former right of unrestricted coinage, thus
establishing the bimetallic monetary
standard, guaranteed by the constitution,
and upon which our people lived and pros
pered from the foundation of the republic
down to the year 1873.
It is a question freighted with moment
Gus consequences to humanity, and one
which should be carefully studied by every
voter before he casts his ballot. This can
not be done through the medium Of ordinary
daily newspapers, for as a rule, they are
filled with catch phrases and appeals to
special interests that are simply intended
to prejudice and misIead.
This is a struggle between the money
power" on the one hand and the great
army of toiIers and producers on the other.
The former is determined. if possible, to
maintain the existing gold standard, be-
lieying that it's constant rise in value gives
an advantage to those whose wealth is
chiefly in the form of money, and money
obligations. With very few exceptions
the great newspapers OF the country are
directly or indirectly controlled by the
mo1ied classes and welded to the interests
Of wealth.
No fortunate and favored class ever yet
voluntarily surrendered any advantages
enjoyed by ii, political. social or financial.
Every reform originates with 1t and is con-
sunmated by those who suffer from the
conditions complained of.
The people chiefly injured by the exist
ing monetary system are those who are
engaged in productive industry, and those
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
A GEM OF HuMoR.
But Which Side Should Laugh Seen
Somewhat in Doubt.

But Which Side Should Laugh Seems
Somewhat in Doubt.
This gem of humor from the ever
scintillating mouth of our own Chaun-
cey DePew is pervading the press of
the nation, having been given publicity
first by the New York Press:
Chauncey NJ. Depew told a good story
yesterday as showing the ludicrous side of
rhe free silver craze. "A man could ret
rich with one dollar as capital If this coun-
try had free silver" he said He ccLId
take one dollars worth of silver, have IL
coined, and then go to the United States
treasury and get a dollar in gold for IT,
with this gold dollar he could purchase
more silver bullion at 80 cents on the dol
lar. have it coined and repeat the process.
BY this financial trick the government
would be made bankrupt within a week.
mine owner 20 get rich
If anybody could get dollar at the
Ii,iEt for so cents worth of silver.
how could SIR. Depew's man buy this
amount of silver for less than one dol
lar? Moreover, what is there in the
free coinage programme which prom
ises q gold dollar in exchange for 37iH
grains of pure silver? Mr.. Depew's
humor seems to be akin To that of
Baron Munchausen.-N. Y. Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
Soc a Sew Exneriment.


The British New York Times quotes
daily from the Bible the words: "A false
balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but just weight is His delight" This
is supposed to have some reference to
the money question, and it may be in
tended for Wall gt-eet readers, who are
too busily engaged scaiping each other
IL search the Scriptures. Now. If the
FINES continues its researches, it will
fiEd that Abraham weighed TO Ephron
the silver which he had named in the
audience of the soEs Of Heth 400 shekeIs
of silver, current money with the mer-
chant" So that as far back as the days
of Abraham, silver was current money
with the merchant. The Hebrews took
care that no congress should demonetize
t.-Phisadelphia Item.
1t is said that hornets never use
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
The CsuaI EoldbuC view

There is a man in Chicago by the name
Of Hill whosees everything upside down.
He would make an excellent advocate of
gold monometalIism.-N Com
Inercial Appeal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
Greed of Gain.

The whole tendency of our age is
toward money-getting, and this crowds
out even the greater interests of home
and country. Too many of our states
men serve their country for what
their country will give them, not what
they will give to their country; too
1nany office-holders occupy places of
trust for their own profit rather than
their country's honor, and too many
of our young men are living for what
they can get out of life rather than
for what they can put into it.-Rey.
Alex. Lewis, Baptist, Worcester, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03

The ordinary cellar is responsible
for as many deaths as diphtheria,
scarlet fever or typhoid. OF course
we allude to the cellar under the
house, nine in every ten of which are
damp and of temperature favorable
to the development of disease germs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03

The Vatican is one of the coolest
palaces in Rome, because of it's immense
aixe-1.1oo rooms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03

1t is said that hornets never use
the same nest second season.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
WANT NO FIAT.

President American Bimetallic l
GEORGE z. BOWEN, Secretary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24
FOUND DYING.
DR.. G. VI. Segoin. Drummer for Il Drug
House. Died in Santone.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 21.-(Special.)
DIR. G. NJ. Segoin, who has been in the
city some days stopping at 4 hotel and
who. from papers and letters IN his pos
session, evidently represented the Zumo
Pharmaceutical company and Meyers
Bros. Drug Co. of st. Louis, was found
this morning at $50 O'Clock in a dying
condition on the east bank of the river at
Guenther's upper mill, in the southern
part of the city. The police were. notiti-
ed and Segoin was conveyed to the city
hospital, where a nurse attended him and
administered antidotes and treatment for
morphine poisoning, but without success,
and he died one hour later.
Justice Jones was summoned and held
cornorer's inquest on the remains and
took charge IF the papers and effects. OF
the deceased. Deceased has been staying
at the Menger hotel, but left there last
Saturday morning. Two trunks OF his
and some mail are still held at this hotel
His wife resides in Morgan, Texas, ant
has been notified of his death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24
THE AUTHORITY TO RECOGNIZE
NEWLY CREATED GOVERN
MENTS.

The legal mind of the country is now
in mortal travail. The question is, who
has the authority to recognize the au-
tonomy of newly organized government,
the president or congress? The question
would be much more important if the
newly organized government in Cuba
could be found and located. Congress
ought to send junketting committee of
their own members to Cuba to find the
civil government and if they could find
it, then the question of whose right it IS
to recognize it would be a question OF
Importance.
In the mean time, Mr.. Oiney seems to
have the best of the argument in his
claim that it rests exclusively with the
president under the constitution His
opponents say that Gen. Jackson, when
president, invited congress to act in the
recognition of the newly created South
American governments. While Gen.
Jackson invited the action of congress,
he thought it important to waive the
right of the president, which makes that
citation endorse Mr.. Olney's position.
We are very much inclincd'to the opln-
ion of Gen. Jackson, and that seems to
have been that while strict construc-
ton of the constitution lodged the author
ity with the president, that it is para
doxical in the light of the fact that con-
gress alone can declare war. The act
of recognition is the minor act and should
be involved in the major or larger right
to declare war. Again, the recognition
might be considered as n declaration OF
war by the government attempting to
suppress n rebellion of the de facto
government proposed to be recognized
That is strong reason why the author
ity to declare war should also have the
authority to recognize newly created
government, but, as we remarked, the
question is not practically important unit
some ode facto" government in Cuba has
been found to recognize. We would fee
very cheap if we recognized the rebe
government in Cuba and sent our embas
sador or other representatives OF TIT
United States there who failed to tnt
the locality or capital of the government
and would be compelled to come bacl
| home, wouldn't we?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24

We have received from our embassa-
dor at Constantinople a very interesting
copy of the journal Illustre Ture Malu-
mat" or rather we suppose it is inter-
esting or Judge Terrell would not have
sent it to us. Our only regret is that
he did not send it by his 'dragonman,"
who could have translated the articles
to us. There is, however, a gauntletted
hand directing our attention to one par
ticular article, with the sentence running
along the arm of the hand, 'Of course
you understand" OF course we under
stand that sentence, because it is writ
ten in white mans language, but that
is the only thing we do understand. How
ever, the judge is excusable, as he knows
we are learned in all ancient and mod
ern languages, but when quite young
man we declined a consulship to Constan-
tinople and in that way lost an oppor-
tunity to master the gibberish of the
Turk. Come to think of it, that gaunt-
letted hand may mean war. Save us
from the Turk until the Spaniard tires
ct wipins up the ground with Us.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24

The original Santa Claus was no other
parsonage than st. Nicholas. who was
archbishop of Myra in A. d. $40. and
the name took the German form which
came with the German custom Of the
Christmas tree to this country. With all
TcutonIc and Scandinavian people st.
Nicholas was Il great saint. The old Gus
tom of choir boys in the cathedral rec
rgniH.ng Santa Claus as the guardian of
the young was shown by their choosing
boy as bishop on the day Of ST. Nicho-
las. December 6. These boy bishops ex-
erciscd authority until the 2Sth day of
the month. One of them dying within
that time was buried as bishop in Sal
isLury cathedral and honored with a
stone monument near the altar. In north
Germany the custom. is for some one rep
resciItirs Santa Claus to pay from house
to house visits, giving the children pres
cnts and written advice. He comes at
night after the children are asleep and
finds the shoes of the children on a ia
Die. but this Is on the 9Th of December.
We have changed the custom for Christ
mas eve, aud our children hanging up
stockings to receive Ire gifts On behalf