The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-09-26

Ii tAtS uaIkneSS OF secret council and
with the avarice of demons. strike down
of h money of the constitu-
Q n this for the credit of the
country. But they tell us there eve
was any money of the constitution.
marvellous! Living in our second CEN
fury, n greatest nation on earth, and
all time, and no constitutional money!
Webster declared in the Twenty
congress that gold and silver
are the money of the constitution and
that the constitutional standard of
values Is established and cannot be
overturned To overturn it would shake
the whole system. Gold and silver at
rates liked by congress constitutes the
standards of values " sh:s ccs.:.:y
and neither congress or the states have
authority to establish II other stand
ard or to dispose of these" Webster
mas been upheld by the supreme court
authorities, our chief j~urists, statesmen
and economists.
One Of the most brilliant statesmen and
economists of the last ha.f OF the CEN
Iury. the idol of his party and the pride of
the nation, sad m his great speech in the
United STATES senate February I, 1878. II
Deileve gold n silver CON TO be the
of the constitution indeed the
money of the American people anterior to
me const1tut.on. money which the organic
OF ING republic recognized as .nde-
- W t-N.SLCitCt. y lJoMCl
was conferred on congress to declare eth
er metal should not be money, congress
mas: therefore, in my Judgment, no more
gold; no more power to demonet-
re either than to ~demonet.ze both. In
tn-s statement, i am, says Blaine, hut re-
peat.ng n d.ctum of the first const.tu-
tlonal lawyers. But constitutions and
authority do not daunt YOU friends, they
must save the nations credit. BY methods
SHOWN 70 corrupt legislators and covering
.ne Revolutionary purpose Of the bill. they
al last succeed N getting this measure, SO
Iar-reach.ng n revolutionary in its pur-
pose, through congress. Up to the present
sitne but one senator has been found Uohn
the bill demonetized silver. l have
that this bill was worked through
congress by conspiracy, secrecy and fraud.
James g.. Blame, speaker of the house
When the Dill passed, said, Il did not know
the bill ~demonet:zed silver" Senator
says. Il frankly admit that l did
nor now Congressional Record, Feb
ruary 70: 1878, Senator Beck of Kentucky
says, The bill was never understood by
either house of congress-, l say this with
full knowledge of the facts, no newspaper
reporter-and they are the most v.glant
It had been done Congress
s!onal Record. volume Z, Fo~rty-fourth
congress; page 26o. DR.. Burchard of nli-
part 5, page 4.a6o, July 4, 1878. says. The
coinage act of 1873, unaccompan.ed by eny
report on the subject from any
committee, and unknown to the members
or congress-, who, without opposition, al
lowed i to pass. under the belief, If not
with the assurance, that 1t made no alter
atoms in the value of current CONS,
changed the unit of value from silver to
gold.''' Senator Allison of Iowa in Con-
Record, volume I, part 2, Forty
fifth congress, second session, page Loss,
says. But when the secret history of this
bill of 1873 comes to be told, 1t VIII disclose
the fact that the house of representatives
Intended to coin both gold and silver, and
to Place both metals upo the
was the true scientific position with refer
ence to this subject in 1873. but the BILL was
doctored-.t was changed after the discus
son" Mr.. Bright Of Tennessee. Congress
SION Forty-ffth congress-. page 5S4, SAID,
passed by fraud IN the house. never
having been printed in advance. being a
ing been read at the clerks desk. the read
having been dispensed with by an I'M
preston thst the bill made nc material al
terat:on N the coinage laws. 1t was passed
without discussion, debate having been cut
oft by the operation of the previous ques-
ton; it was passed to my certain .Efor-
nation. under such circumstances that the
fraud escaped the attention of some of the
most watchful as well as the silent states
men in congress at the time-aye. SIR. it
was a fraud that smells to heaven; it was
a fraud that VIII stink in the nose OF pos
dIll lOI WHICH SuIne DSISOUS must
give an account in the day of retr.bution."
l might add a multitude to these test
monials but forbear. Who worked this
legislation through congress?
Who was to be profited, but the foreign
and the home bondholders? certainly not
the people. or they had been consulted.
Webster says. 7 cverturn this standard
Of gold and silver would shake the entire
system" Who nave made his attack up
on the money of the people and have
sought to "oNerturn the constitutional sys-
TEN" but YOU friends the Associated
banks and the bondholders." Legislation
of such vast Importance. far reaching, de-
and revolutionary in its purpose,
under which u nation reels in the throes
characterized as the Crime and infamy of
Who a protited by his attack on
the money of the peopse? Who has de-
based the silver dollar, If II be debased?
Who wants an honest dollar more than
the people? Is it an honest dollar that con-
increases N power to buy more
of human b and brain? Is this not the
constantly increases the inability of
the debtor to meet his obligations? Does
such a dollar preserve the public credit?
What Is the supreme standard" of values
in which you hope. is It gold? zoo never
put it there. God did not make man for the
gold, but gold for man. Every success of
your supreme standard, gold. nails labor
Every great nation that o friends, the
associated banks, Rothschilds & Co."
can induce to strike down silver as stand
ard money of final payment. creates a
and ever increasing demand for gold.
IT'S purchasing power, adds mill
ions in value, that must be given up in
human labor and sacrifice to meet the IN
creased demand for gold. This is the sure
path to the enslavement OF the masses Of
all countries, and your allies lave been,
for over q quarter of a century, taking our
beloved country with an alarming rapid
.ty towards that fatal end. The unwise
and unnatural remedies that you and your
associates has not only cruc.tied labor and
commerce, but capital Itself on the cross
noaot.easam oyhs IS d'.A So
m.n.strat.on as a model Of prosperity to
be desired N the future, Goo forbid. The
in all It's history has never known
commercial disasters, reaching its climax
under McK.nleytsm in 1891. with IL, 273
great commercial failures, aggregating
over 5000 during his Administration. The
census bureau shows that the decade from
so to 20 was the most disastrous to the
masses and home owners of all u past
In New England. that country OF
r.g.d economy. the home owners fell off in
every state. the decrease amounting to
2i,117 families. The percentage of tenants
was double there in 1880 that It was IN 1850.
the middle states. where the farm owners
42,GOO, and the tenants increased
y 1000. In Indiana, Illinois and Ohio the loss
in ownership was over 81 900, and the gain
Al Aontii6 Az "lioiCe ~
try, one quarter of our crops were raised in
the former year and over one-third in the
year by tenants with only As per
of our people home owners, and they
under a crushing Indebtedness.
from so to 80 we had our stand
ards in full and und.sputed control, but
with scuh disastrous results, meeting their
with general bankruptcy and disas-
ter to the American peop.e in 1893. Bishop.
you have forgotten the sos and of the d.s-
asters of that period, or else you have been
unobserving. That was the period that
the laborer back toward serfdom
and the country on towards crime and
anarchy. Have you forgot the great labor
strikes of that period, with scores OF men
down like dogs by the Pinkertons?
Have you forgotten the report made in
in 1888 by q congressional COM
m.ttee, this report avs, In order to keep
the miners disciplined. and the coal market
under-suppl.ed. the railroads restrict work
month on what they can earn in SIX or
eight days, and these restrictions are en-
forced upon the miners by Withholding
cars for them to fill.' You could not nave
the report of Prof. Beemas of the CHI
university in 1890 and 1892. He re-
ports wages at 81 and S. a week, and the
We're allowed to work only half of the
tine, so that they received but 81 and 81. 90
a week. and that pad u of the company's
nos and Ohio. And a later report from a
committee appointed by the chamber of
Of the four leading cites of Ohio
at the request of Governor Mckinley, Feb
1895, the committee mad their re-
March / following. and in the report
say: We find that the miners have
received only on an average OF q cents