Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-25
From Tuesdays Daily.

overly large but select audience. A half
dozen or SO ladies' were present and sat
IL The right wing of the orchestra cir
Gle. The audience was in fact mostly
grouped comfortably in the arquet
but few scattering seats in the dress
circle were occupied. The galleries
were entirely empty. Few lawyers were
present which was greatly regretted by
the worthy Jones, for it appears that
he is never happier than when set in ar
gument against the fixed and carefully
elaborated theory of some worthy cham
pion of the law.
After mild roast on the condition
and temperature of the opera house the
Rev. Jones went straight to business
and started the play, taking all leading
parts himself and completing the cast
of characters from bald head row iii the
audience. The cast was as follows:
Rev. W. w. Jones, Chief Exempllfier
and Elucldator.
Selected Actor, Dyed-in-the Wool
Republican.
Selected Actor, Mossback Democrat.
Selected Actor, Germany.
The Selected Actors were silent actors
and acted only in pantomime and bv
proxy through the chief Exemplilier
and Elucidator The Rev. w. w. ones
in the latter character, was simply i'm
mence. In rapidly changing characters
now Plerpont Morgan, now Rockefeller
and again Secretary Carlisle or Presl-
dent Grover Clevelond, he fairly made
the air slzzle with burning oratory.
His moods were as varying as the
March winds according to imperSon-
atIons-and the strain of his climaxes
was tense according TO moods.
The compass of his spendidly nod
ulated Voice was something wonderful
and no less remarkable was the clear
mu steal silver-ring of every word. AT
moments the voice of the silver advO-
cate was like the sound of many wat
ers magniiied to the rush and roar of a
great cataract, again it was like the
murmur of some whipping ripping rill
as it steals gently through meadow
charming with musical cadence all with
in the compass of its rhythmic sound.
When the Rev. Jones, as Chief Ex
empllfier and Elucidator turned abrupt.
ly upon Dyed-in-the Wool Republican
and fairly singed his hair with scath-
ing roast, the effect was often startling
and even bordering on the tragic
Mossback Democrat would be immense
ly tickled and Germany would chuckle
clear down to his boots, but when the
tables were reversed and the Chief Ex'
emplilier and Elucidator wheeled with
out warning and dropped thunder
bolt of denuncation on the head OF
Mossback Democrat the spectacle OF
the profound bordered SO closely on the
ludicrous that the laughter OF the audi
ence was like the roar of mighty
storm without any musical cadence
whatever. And so the work of Mr.
Jones continued.
Many facts were presented which are
not only worthy of but demand the
serious though of the whole American
people. 1t was shown that any change
in the amount of silver contained in
minted dollar would completely in
validate the coin clause in L. ;. govern
ment bonds and make it mandatory
upon the government to pay in gold
lie showed how all money is "fiat'
money every dollar in this country be-
ing created by "a decree of the people
He showed money was not inherent
in any metal or substance from the fact
money does not exist in any mental OF
substance SO as to be inseparable from
it and that the quality "mOney' does
not naturally pertain to any metal Oh
substance. lie showed that the
supreme court and the highest govern
mental authorities had been compelled
to admit that money was whatever the
government ruled to accept as money.
The speaker explained clearly anC
quite satisfactorily that free IL to
coinage would have no detrimental ma
tlonal effect by making this country
dumping ground for silver. Of the sill
yer brought to our mints for coinage
one-tenth would be retained by th'
} government and replaced by the coppe
and glass alloy. Foreign silver, there
fore, shipped to our mints would eithe
} have to be returned to Europe lessene'
J in value by one-tenth or be invested
here in the United States. If it wer'