Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-08-08
JUDGE r. ". HUGHES.
He Will CheerfullY support Bryan
and Sewall.

Iue following leUUer lrOlu % uuS0 ~
w. Hughes, of the United States Dis
trict Court of Virginia, under date OF
July 25th, 1896, appears in Free
Lance of recent date. Judge Hughes
has been since the war one OF the
foremost, if not the foremost, repub-
lican during his day in the ranks OF
the republican party of the State.
Here is his letter. Read it;
A. P. Rowe, Jr, Manager.
Dear Sir:-I have no objection to
making known through your col
umns my feelings in regard TO what
was done at Chicago in the late Ma
tional Democratic Convention. That
action was the natural corollary OF
measures that have been in operation
for twenty years, and the necessary
results of present financial conditions.
1t was surprise to the gold class,
and TO its newspapers, political man
ayers, and city, town, and village
proteges, who have so busily voiced
ITS ideas, measures and policy, for so
long a time unopposed.
The Chicago platform is criticised
for its alleged embodiment OF some OF
the ingredients of communism. There
il in fact but one issue before the
country, and that is whether or not
there shall be gold only as the stand
ard of value and money of redemp-
ton. All other declarations at CHI
cago were mere distractions. Inc
voting masses are thinking OF moth
ing but the money question; and the
presidential election will turn singly
and solely on that issue. The MAYOR,
ity at Chicago were deeply III earnest
on that burning subject, and gave
little heed to other provisions OF the
platform. II was natural that IN the
Intensity of their feeling on the main
question in vast hall crowded with
ten thousand spectators, they should
have given little attention to any OBJ
iectionable expressions which got,
probably by fraud, into the platform.
The radical and revolutionary
policy of gold money only which was
secretly and stealthily inaugurated
in the United States twenty years
ago, had produced the most profound
discomfort throughout all classes OF
society, except the gold class. IhlS
discomfort was angrily demonstrated
in the proceedings at Chicago. No
wonder that indications OF incipient
communism cropped out. If the radl'
cal and crushing policy of gold money
only continues long, this country
will be filed with moderate com
munists. | abhor communism III
every form and degree; but l much
more abhor the agencies that pro
duce the execrable thing. The most
potential of these agencies is the
policy OF gold money only; for the
gold class practice communism IN lts
most dangerous form. There Is very
little of the gold in the civilized
world thai is not syndicated. III Is
put into affiliated pools i'll all the
money centres, and is owned as com
mon property by the syndicates.
The gold trust was formed in London
long before the Standard oil and
sugar trusts were formed in America
The example set by the gold syndl-
Gates is as pernicious us the practice
is contagious 1t makes other classes
OF people think OF pooling theiI
property Of all kinds; and the seeds
OF communism are thus planted III
American soil What is communism
but the desperate effort of the small
property holders to protect thelr
possessions from the all grasplng
power OF syndicated money. The
Rothchilds alone control two-thirds
OF the world's gold yet the gold class
who thus set the example of con-
munism, is the loudest in decryins
the alleged adoption of their own
policy by those who seek protection
from it, and who are stigmatized as
incipient communists.
The voting masses OF the country
abhor communism in their hearts and
though they may sometimes give en-
preston to communistic ideas, they
Will never so far adopt the policy OF
the gold class as to syndicate their
own property.
The intelligent people of our coun-
try will never tolerate the long con-
tinuance of any policy put upon the
country by any class tor its own
especial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Every such
policy is necessarily ephemeral here,
and will sooner or later fall to pieces
under the popular frown.
The proceedings at Chicago were
phenomenal; but grew naturally and
necessarily out of the radical and
revolutionary policy OF gold money
only, which was secretly. stealthily
and without the popular knowledge
or consent instituted by the gold class
in 1873; and has been quietly, dill
gently, and remorselessly enforced
ever since. 1t has produced an all
pervading indignation among all
classes of our people save one. 1t has
sown some of the seeds OF communism
in our Republic, which has hereto
fore been free from the abonination.
The growth of communism on this
side Of the Atlantic would be disas-
trous in the extreme, and Illuminating
in the last degree to our pride OF
country. l have no fear that the can
didates who were nominated at
Chicago will sympathize in any de-
gree with any incipient manifesto
tons of communistic anger which
may have found expression at
Chicago.
The policy of no money but gold
has paralyzed our industries, depre-
ciated all property values, under
mined wages, and spread distress and
dependency broadcast over the land.
The people are everywhere indlg-
nant to an extent not dreamed of by
the class which put this baneful pol
icy upon the country, or by the news
papers, politicians, small dealers and
petty bankers, who are industriously
preaching up the Ubiquitous policy III
our cities and towns. These various
agents of the gold class have sepa
rated themselves from all relations
with the voting masses of the coun-
try and are entirely out of rapport
with the popular thought and feel
ing.
The action of the Chicago conven-
ton was surprise to these strangers
to the popular sentiment. The cleo
ton in November will be greater
surprise The gold policy will be
voted out of existence by a majority
never before known in presidential
elections.