Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-21
Official Paper. of County.
Gold Buggery Criticised.

Inc dubuque II eralu is IN Il ter
rible frame of mind because G. A.
Walsh, secretary of the democrat ic
state central comittee, favors Ex-Gov.
Boies as delegate at large to the
Chicago convention. Mr. Walsh as a
democrat, has the same right to adj
yoclte the selection of Boies that the
Herald has to favor Judge Babb or
any other of gold standard. The cir
cular letter, which he sends out, does
not need the sanction of the commit
tee, it has that of the democratic
rank and file, though they may be
sold out OR betrayed by
the bye-and-bye bimetallists, who
confess to the need of bimetallism by
talking of an internationally agreement
to bring about that result.
That paper can view with the ut
most complacency the efforts of the
New York reform club composed of
men interested in the maintenance of
dollar that will buy twice as mnch
of everything produced by labor as
is just. The members of this Climb is
made up about equally of democrats
and republicans, among the members
OF its committee are such unterrified
democrats as Chas. s. Fairchiid and
William H. Trenholm both of whom
held positions in Cleveland's official
family, and of such shining repup-
lican lights as Horace White and
William s. Opdyke, who can sur
render their political convictions
upon the tariff and minor issues and
combine for the purpose of enhancing
the purchasing power of the dollars
which they hold, and which should
be an intimation to the wealth pro-
ducers that they should likewise CON-
bine.
The respectable bankers and money
lenders of Wall street comprising the
sound currency committee have dis
covered that their saying that the
silver craze is over didn't make it so,
and they have felt compelled to ar.
rouse themselves to renewed efforts
to propagate measures for their es-
pecial benefit.
The 81 of March this Office received
from this committee proposition to
carry reading matter favoring their
interests, and hostile to the interests
of the people among whom we reside
which they would send Us in plate
form free of cost. The expense for
this will cost them some millions of
dollars. Is there any man in Iowa
simple enough to believe they pro-
pose to spend this money for the bene-
fit of any but themselves? Here we
give the body of their letter:
In order to push the educational
work for sound currency and to resist
the efforts of free coinage advocates
to put this country on free silver
basis this committee has arranged to
supply sound currency matter to
newspapers in certain states. We
offer to supply it in two forms: Sound
Currency Plates-We will supply
these through either the American
Press association, the Western News
or the Century Press Co. A plgc is
issued every four weeks; later we may
issue as often as every two weeks,
There will be no charge for these
plates, but you will have to pay ex-
pressage on them. Ali orders for
plates must go through our office.
Ready yrints-If your paper is a
ready print and is printed by the
Western Newspaper union, A. N.
Kellogg Newspaper &c. or the Nebras-
IA Newspaper Union, or any of their
branch offices, you can have from one
to two columns of our matter inserted
by notifying your company to that
effect
We already observe some of our
Iowa exchanges are giving the matter
which this sound currency committee
has prepared, and the committee says
as the campaign progresses the SER
vice will be increased and all the
while the service will be increased
and all the while without cost to the
publisher except expressage on his
plate.
In this, as in the Mckinley cam.
paign, is demonstrated the power OF
combined and organized wealth. But
brief time has elapsed since Mr.. Nc
Kinley was bankrupt with an i'm
mense load of debt. OF this load. or
gained wealth has relieved him be.
side raising the means whereby he
could organize and conduct a cam
paign in the interest of combinst
wealth. The friends of equal coinage
of silver and gold are unable to cope
with this rich millionaire club O.
bankers and spectators, but thei
contention is in behalf of the people
and in that is the strength of theil
cause because the people are boil
the judge and the jury which mus
decide the case. But this flood o
goldbug literature must be met ant
its falacy not only exposed hut tn,
mercenary character of this commit
tee held up to public scorn.
If England has power to interfer,
with American credit, our fool finan
niQ1 nolicy ic tho oouco IF II ord ~, &c