The representative., 1896-07-08
SHEER NONSENSE.

There is no man can talk more
abominable foolishness upon the
money question than a gold bug Re-
publican,-except a gold-buR Demo-
crat.
Here is part Of speech made by Mr..
Thomas Frawley of Eau Claire, tenn
pOrary chairman of the recent Demo
cratic state convention Of Wisconsin,:
1.-THE paramount issue presented is,
shall the Democratic party Of today
stand where it has stood for upwards
Of a century OF its existence, for q
stable currency, measured by a stand
ard that the enlightened judgment Of
the commercial nations Of the world
have establishe and that experience
has approved? Here and there are
traces of lukewarmness and apostacy
may exist" the speaker said, "but
the Democratic party today. especial
ly the democracy Of Wisconsin, as
ever, insists that the honor and In
tegrity of this nation shall be pre-
served; that its promise 1t made In
the hour Of dire necessities OF our
great civil conflict to the pensioned
heroes now living, or the widows OF
those dead: that all our obligations,
no matter what the occasion, or when
issued, shall be redeemed: no repudia-
tion, either in the way of dcbased cur
rency or change Of standard shall or
will be permitted. The credit OF our
nation, like the immutable principles
upon which our government rests.
must and shall remain unchanged and
unchangeable."
Think of the ignorance or assurance
of a man who would tell the world
that the present single gold standard
had "stood for upwards of century,
Is it a century since 1873? No; it is
twenty-three years, not the fourth OF
a century, Prior to 1873 we were. as
every man not born fool knows, on
the double standard-the mints were
open to gold and silver alike.
And then he say, that the promises
made In the hour Of the nations dire
necessity must be redeemed. He
knows, or ought to know, that the
principal of our obligations was ORR
ginally payable in 'lawful money"
which included gr,enbacks; this was
changed to 'coin," which means to
this day gold and silver: and now the
two old parties have united to de-
monetize silver and pay those obliga-
tions in gold alone. Let Mr.. Frawley
read Mrs. Emery's "Seven Financial
Conspiracies, and il he does not be-
come a Populist we would advise him
to cucumber r the earth no longer with
his useless carcass, but 60 and hang
himself.
And then Frawley continues:
"The Democratic party knows that
in this era Of commercial and indus
trial progress no nation can success
fully sever itself from the great sis ter
hood of progressive states. and adopt
or use some special medium Of ex-
change and arbitrary measure of
value in opposition to the rest Of the
enlightened nations of the world. 1t
believes ard insists that without an
international agreement, the country
cannot maintain the parity of gold
and silver, at ratio Of 16 TO l, With
out attempting to deceive or mislead
those who profess to believe that the
panacea of all our indus trial ills Is
tnat the national treasury shall be
turned in to barber shop or market
house for the product of silver mines.
The Democratic party insists that un-
til the standard established by the
wisdom and experience Of ages as the
safest and best. shall continue as the
measure in our commercial affairs. 1T
insists that the logic of protection
will compel the Republican party ulti-
mately to grant the demands Of the
six states whose delegates sailed out
of the st. Louis convention on the
silver barQue, washed along on the
waves of selfish tears.
Frawley ought t. have lived In 1776.
and he could have assured the Ameri.
can people of that day that mo ma.
tion can successfully sever itself from
the great sisterhood of progressive
states" Progressive abortiOns OF
despotism, whose people are crushed
into pauperism, and forced to fly to
America to escape extinction. And
we should think only such thoughts
and adopt only such courses as they
and the Rothschilds will approve!
And II this be true why do We dare to
pass law on the tariff question with.
out waiting for European approval:
And this knave tells US that "the
Democratic party insists that the
standard established by the wisdom
and experience OF ages, shall con
tinue," etc. The wisdom and ex'
perence of ages during 5000
years, established the d0uble-stand-
ard; the single gold standard is an In
vention Of the money-lenders, born
twenty-three years ago, in the United
States, in the interest of greed and
for the robbery of the producers.
Really Frawley beats 0. NJ. Hall In
talking nonsese, and when we have
said that we express the superla tive
OF human idiocy.
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