Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-23
GOSSIP BY THE wAYsrDE.
L,,ssr from Travelling Scribe Eastward
Bound.
ON THE TRAIN FOR ST. Louis, /
Iniv ia Sil6.

the eastern plains Of Montana, and
Western North Dakota with its bad
lands Is now all around us. j stopped
of at many stations and talked with
people about crops and politics. They
have the more OF the latter TO talk
about. The station agent generally
wears Mckinley button. The stock
range owners are for Mckinley In most
cases. The cowboys and laborers are
for Bryan. The farmers are not say.
ing anything. The sheep men are
supplied with Mckinley literature.
one sees but few badges or buttons
worn.
At tSpokane we were joined by Judge
John r. Mcbride. He is at tie head
Of a large bimetalllc club NJ Spokane,
and is delegate 20 st. Louis bimetal-
lie convention. lie was the only Re-
publican member Of the Oregon con-
stltutional convention in 1856, elected
as such. There was no party organl-
zatlon until 1851. He was elected the
first Republican congressman from
Oregon, entered congress with Allison
and Blaine. was made chief justice Of
Idaho by Lincoln in 1865, went TO
Salt Lake In 1865, went 10 Spokane In
1872. Was Republican national
committee man for twelve years, but
will now support Bryan for president.
lie Is a brother Of Senator George Nc
Bride OF Oregon, but does not agree
with him on the money question.
IL Is not astonishing that several
hundred newspapers are boiling the
Democratic nominee for president. 1t
should be remembered that many OF
these newspapers are owned by bank
ers and lawyers or goldbug politicians.
In coming out as they do they are
only showing their real hands, which
are the hands OF Esau, while their
voice has been that OF Jacob, and
while pretending TO serve the people
they have In reality been stealing
their birth right and patrlmony. The
same class OF Republican papers would
bolt a Republican nominee who In
truth and honesty represented the
people. Harvey Scott and our Oregon
Republican Grover Cleveland (Mr,
Dolph) have no use for men To repre-
sent the people.
Take the So. Paul and Minneapolis
dailles Republican or Democra tic and
they are for gold, gold, gold all the
time. The Globe, Dispatch, Tribune,
Journal, Pioneer, Press, heretofore
differing radically, are all for gold
now. They are owned by bankers
and syndicates. The little co-opera-
tive Penny Press Is alone for Bryan
and silver. The farmers alliance
paper, Farm, Stock and Home," is for
silver and Bryan. It's editor, Mr.. S.
w. Owen, was on our train bound for
81. Louis Bimetallic convention. He
says when Bryan spoke 10 the "Gold
and Silver club" at Minneapolis he
asked him what he would do II the
Democrats put up goldite or equlvo-
cal candidate. He said; "I'll bolt.n
IL came straight OF the heart.
There Is constant discussion on
the ears over the silver question.
The stock argument Of the gold nd
vocates is that II Is the quality OF
money that is everything, not the
quantity. l have been looking up
the quantity theory In some OF the
writers on political economy, find
they lay great stress on the import
ance OF a sufficient quantity OF money
metallic money. find nowhere a
writer expressing fear lest we ever
have too much gold and silver money.
I am a going 10 quote few standard
authors on the subject OF metallic
money, imitation and rising prices;
Prof. Walker, page so; "rhe differ
ence between an imitation OF the
money supply due TO the discovery OF
new mines and fields OF precious
metals, and an imitation due TO an act
OF government having the design and
purpose 10 scale down debts is Just as
wide as the difference between the
natural death OF misery rich man,
bringing his estate into the hands OF
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