People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-11-05
A Lie Out Somewhere.

Now, as to the Blaine speech. W.
did cot have it in August and after
Naugle published the statement that
he had published the Logan speech
believing it To be correct extract
we did not deem it necessary to pur.
sue him on the Blaine speech. But
his extract from the Blaine speech, is
equally false. For instance, he puts
these words into Blaine's mouth: "If
therefore. silver has been demone-
tiled, | am in favor Of remOnetizinu
1t. If It's coinage has been prohibit.
ed, | am IN favor Of having il to be
resumed. If it has been restricted, !
am in favor Of having it enlarged
But Blaine never uttered a single
syllable or word of any Of these sen.
fences or anything like them.
The VOICE hasn't the Congress
sional Record at hand. We at one
time editorially commended a bill
introduced in Congress by John
Davis providing that public library
should be established in connection
with every post Office in the United
States, in which every record and
document issued by the government
should be kept on file and easy of
access. We were ridiculed for such
proposition at the time, but all can
see now that if such were at hand
such disputes as the above would be
at an end.
In the absence of the record we
refer the editor of the Mail to the
"Life Of James G. Blaine" by James
Wilson Pierce, D. D. L. L. D., on
sale at Cranes book store. On page
82l Of that book, beginning at the
bottom of the page and continuing
over on page 322, we find the follow
ing language in the body of a speech
by Blaine. Anyone can see these
books and satisfy themselves-at
Cranes book store, Wellington:
''If, therefore, silver has been de.
monetized, am in favor OfremOnetiz-
Ing it. If its coinage has been prohib-
TIED, am 10 favor of ordering it re-
sumed. If it has been restricted. |
am in favor OF ordering it to be
enlarged"
There is a lie out somewhere.
Who is guilty?
The speech from which the Mail
quotes and of which Mr.. Long says
the Republican committee has cir
eulated millions in this campaign is
evidently doctored, else it would
have the above paragraph in it. And
as further proof Of this we ask the
reader while he is comparing this
speech to also compare the qotation
made by the Mail following the
above comment. He will find
words omitted and interjected in the
middle of sentences just for the sake
Of making them more emphatic and
explicit, words which do not appear
in the original as given by this "Life
Of Blaine" just as skillfully wedged
in, as it were, as if "Naugle" had
done it himself. We are not so un-
charitable, however, as to charge this
mutilaton to richards. He is none
too good to do it, if he found it nee
essary, but the Republican commit
tee had evidently, in this case, pre-
pared it for him. A committee
which could commit such a base
forgery as it did concerning the Lon
don Financial News quotations,
could be depended upon for any
kind Of forgery.
The whole contention of Mr..
Blaine was that it would be better to
have an international agreement.
The speech quoted from was made
Feb. 7, 1878, nearly twenty years
ago. Then an international agree
ment might have been, and many Of
US thought it was, possibility. Now
It is out Of the question, and all the
money element are contending that
the gold standard is the inevitable
and proper standard. Do you sup
pose for one instant that Mr.. Blaine,
who SAID in that same speech, that
II believe the struggle now going on
in this country, and in other coun-
tries, for single gold standard,
would, if successful, produce disas-
ter in the end throughout the COM
mercial world" would not be for
forcing the world to the issue as is
now so ably advocated by William
Jennings Bryan1 This would be the
only outlet for Blaine's intense
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