Connecticut western news., 1896-10-29

maintain prices, and the deficiency can only be supplied by the silver dug ont of the ground in the mountains of the West by the industry of our people. I heard two men talking politics on the cars this evening and one of them said the real difficulty of the American peo- pie is an overproduction of goods According to that, the ouly way to get rich is to stop work, No. there is not an overproduction of goods. There is an underproduction of the power to buy. The money powers of this and other countries will not allow our peo- pie to have enough currency. We are suffering from an overproduction of Hanna. We have been upon the road to single gold standard for 25 years and comparatively small number of men row hold the wealth of this coun- try. The single gold standard is millstone upon the neck of labor. It is greater millstone than Fisherman Grover Cleveland is upon the neck of the Palmer and Buckner conglomers- ton of mildewed, moss-covered Anglo maniac monstrosities. Thomas Jeffer- son said that the unit must stand on both metals and the doctrine of Jeffer- son is the doctrine of the democratic party today.
 But, they tell us we must have an honest dollar. Ask 8 republican for the definition of an honest dollar and he will tell you it is gold dollar. Ask him what gold dollar is and he will reply that it is an honest dollar. It re- minded him of play now being acted in Nav York in which one of the actors is asked if he does not want to earn an honest dollar. sNo," he answers, "I belong to the other party" We all want honest money. We all believe in honest money. The republicans have no patent on the honest dollar nor on the American flag. An honest dollar is dollar that is just between debtor and ereditor;tha does not increase nor shrink in value. One that will buy as much to- day as it would ten years ago and will buy the same ten years hence. Prof. sity. the author of book entitled "An Honest Dollar" and now in favor of the election of Bryan and Sewall, was quoted in support of the speakers position. An honest dollar should keep prices on a level, but prices have run down since 1873 in the proportion of III to 63. Is the gold dollar, which buys nearly twice as much today as in 1873. an honest dollar?
 The speaker paid his respects to Palmer and Buckner by relating story of two farmers, one leading a bull and the other, two calves, who met on the road. The animals got tangled up aud the calves escaped, Their owner watch ed them a moment and then exclaimed. ''Go it, goli darn youl You'll know the difference at supper time"
 We are told that all we want is confi- dence to bring back prosperity. It was said that if we would repeal the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman law, confidence would return. We'll, we re- pealed it. Did confidence return Has anybody got any confidence here tonight? If he has wish he would nnbottle it. Shall we listen to false prophets again and vote for gold, which we never see, and against the metal which does all our work? Some say if we vote for free silver we shall have 8 flood. and others tell us we shall have a contraction. drought. If all the sil. yer in the world were brought here, ii would not give us but about S2 apiece. David B. Hill said in the senate in 1898 that we need not be disturbed about 8 flood. Blame was also quoted in favor of the remonetization of silver, also General Palmer in favor of free silver. If there is such a thing as an honest dollar, It must be silver dollar.
 We are charged with wanting to pay the laboring man in B cent dollars But no laboring mans newspaper in the country favors Mckinley. They al support that young giant sprung from the Joins of this great republic They say free silver will put us on { level with China. Why will not the gold standard put us ou a level with Turkey, which is on the gold stand ard?
 The idea of ratio of 32 to is arran nonsense. The value of money de pends on the law of supply and de mand. Silver was at par the day il was demonetized and would rise to pa if it was remonetizsd. Give back tt silver it's ancient rights at the hints apd you give it back it's ancient value. Tn, ills we bear are too grievous to b, borne The democratic party is eternal ly right in this matter. France main tained the parity of the two metals fo TO years and this great country witl twice the population of France and II times it's area, can do 1t. The speaker related a story of the greas psiute
 Michael Angelo painting picture of [ miser with his greedy, up-turned palm and closed with an eloquent appeal t his audience to support the nominee of the Chicago convention.
 MT Briggs then called for thre
 cheers for Bryan and Sewsll and thre , more for the speakers of the evening which were given with a will and the the audience dispersed.
 NEW MAR l. BORG.
 Mir Segar is to move into the hous that Ed Adsit vacated and Mrs Joh
 Alexander and her daughter are goin