The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-09-29

borne in this country, it is to be
borne by the poor-always.
They are the first to suffer. Let
the blast of war blow over this
country; who goes to the war ?
Who goes to the front The
millionaires Not one. Who
goes ? The great presidents of
corporations f? No. The men
who preside over the great vaults
of gold Not much The poor
man goes because nine times out
of ten the poor man is the more
patriotic. The poor bear the
burdens of this country and of
this world. Only few years
ago our money was gold and sill
ver-money that had been the
money of man for thousands of
years. Our silver was demone-
tized and goln made the stand
ard. There is no man in the
United States with ingenuity
enough to account for the demon
etization of silver in 1873. There
is not one. | do not think the
few should have the right to
combine to increase the value of
what people call money against
the debtor and in favor of all the
creditors. | want free coinage
of all the silver you can mine
from the mines of America, and
if there are those who are not
willing to take silver we will not
trade with them"
Band dance tonight /!
At the Republican primary
held in Challis precinct last Sat
urday afternoon, the following
named delegates were elected to
attend the Republican county
convention to be held in Challis
on October 3rd !:
John Stephens.
K. Mckenzie.
H. T. Powell.
VIM. Waters.
Chas. Jensen.
]. G. Dougherty has on record
on his phonograph two of w. ].
Bryan's famous speeches-one
his speech at Chicago convention
mo Crown of Thorns; No
Cross of Gold" and the other
his great Madison Square speech
in New York.
Last Saturday afternoon the
Democrats of this precinct elect
ed the following delegates to at
tend the Democratic county con-
vention to be held at Custer to-
morrow
Geo. Clemow.
A. @. Bomar.
VIM. Stine.
Jas. Wilkinson.
Joe Boggs and Johnnie Kilcup
were down from Clayton several
days last week.
The Challis band gave an open
air concert on Main street last
Friday night.
Bryan does not seem to be dis
couraged over the fact that
Maine has gone Republican. He
says that he does not expect to
carry Maine, neither does he ex-
pect that Mckinley will carry
Mississippi.
A Vermonter said the other
day "Waal, l ;llers bin Dim
ercrat, but I amt goin' ter vote
for no silver Puppleist. I'm
goin' ter vote fer Mckinley.
Dunno much about him, but his
W ife, Hanna, is er damned smart
woman
A short time ago the Chicago
Record sent . man down to inves-
tigate the ''deplorable condition"
of Mexico and to give facts as he
finds them. His first letter, pub
lished a few days ago, says that
no farm hands receive less than
$40 month, while mechanics
earn from IS to 81 per day, and
railroad engineers 1925 pei
month. This is the condition in
silver using Mexico.
The Mckinley organs are max
ing great point over the fact
that the Major was in the Rebel
lion. and Bryan was not. 1t is
rather unfortunate that the silver
nominee was only six years O.
age when the war closed, but 8
man should not be blamed for the
lateness of his birth. McKinley's
adherents should be a little more
charitable. The United States
today is just crowded with mil
lions of people who are daily
rendered unhappy by the fac
that the Lord did not provide
for their appearance on earth
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