The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1896-11-11

HOW COuue W part vi yOui NoiN
which really amuses me, because 1t ex-
poses such downright ignorance on your
part as to the real state of affairs in this
country at this time. You say Conf
dence has once more been restored"
During this whole campaign you people
and your press have made use of such
meaningless and mystifying phrases as
Gloss of confidence" Sound money"
"an honest dollar" etc tic, and when
called on to explain your meaning, you
have either been dumb as an oyster, or
your answers were still more mystifying
than the expressions til, mselves. Con-
fdence in what has bee n restored? You
use the expression like a knowing
man." but to save your life you can't
tell. You further say Car shops, iron
mills, in fact everything has revived
You seem to be more deeply interested
in the welfare of a few car shops and
iron mills Of Pennsylvania aud New
York than you sre in the prosperity OF
the farmers OF your own county and
State and the Unit, d States
Have you heard of higher price be-
ing paid for a single hushel OF wht at,
sirgle bushel OF corn, single bushel of
potatoes or a single pound Of tobacco,
cotton or pork since the election than
was paid before? Certainly not, and
yet you extravagantIy exc'aim, "every-
thing has revived"
These car shops and iron mills, to
which you point as proof of returning
prosperity, are only the ones which
closed down a week or two before elect
ion day in order 10 coz rec their employees
into voting for Mckinley. They closed
and said to their men, "If Bryan is
elected you need not return to work, but
il Mckinley is el' cted you may return
to work as soon as the fact is ascertained"
Those poor ignorant working men who
had been compelled to work so hard that
they had no time to read or study poll
tics and knew little or nothing about the
great issue involved, thought of nothing
but their hungry wives and little ones
and perhaps thought their employers
meant what they said, and so the act
had the desired effect and they voted as
their employers wished them to vote.
You noticed where 1900 commercial
men left Chicago yesterday with their
grips packed with goods" Now really
this is such silly twadde that beg par
don for noticing it. OF course they left
Chicago. They were all residents Of
that city and bad gone home TO exercise
their right of suffrage, having done so,
and taken a day of rest, they went forth
again to their work.
"The good people have said they do
not want free silver and by their votes
they have expressed their belief that re-
lief will come through the policy pro-
posed to be pursued by the Republican
party. No man will welcome such re-
lief lchen IL comes more heartily than l,
and while | do not expect ii if the gold
standard policy is pursued, hope may
be mistaken. | shall certainly watch
very closely coming events, and will give
credit where credit is due.
have written much longer letter
than / intended. Let me say in concu-
sion that | believe and earnestly believe
that no permanent prosperity will ever
come to the great common people OF the
United States until we have the free coin
age of both silver and gold at the present
legal ratio Of 10 to J. This will be the
issue in 1900, and that greatest, grandest
man in America to-day, VIM. Bryan
will lead the people in a grta victory,
am your brother,
A NJ. HARDIN