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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
DEGRADED MONEY

The advocates Of the gold standard
stigmatize the movement for the res
toration of silver to the place it occu-
pied in our currency prior to 1872 when
the coinage of that metal was stealthily
suspended as an attempt to degrade
the peoples medium of exchange"
They mean by it that the value or pur-
chasing power Of money will thereby
be lowered, OF, as they say, degraded"
Tn Ne OF purchasing power of
money he quantity of a commodity
or other form of property a given sum
of it will exchange for. For instance,
if one dollar will exchange for two
bushels of wheat, it has high value
OF purchasing power; if it will ex-
change for only one bushel Of wheat,
the dollar is degraded" by having its
purchasing power lowered. In the first
instance, one-half of the labor expend-
ed in producing the wheat is sacrificed
for the benefit of the owners of money;
in the second instance, the producer
of the wheat reaps the benefit and the
owners of the money, who live in idle
ness. are deprived of its gain. There
can be no fall in the value of money
without a corresponding rise in the
value or prices of other forms of prop
erty, including wages paid for labor,
and no rise in the value of money
which is not accompanied, or rather,
manifested, by fall in the prices of
other forms of property. Money and
other forms Of property, as Locke said
many years ago, exactly counterbalance
each other; and if the word degrade"
is used, this term viii apply as we'll
to other forms of property as to money,
and the question is whether money or
other forms of property, including
wages paid for labor, shall be degrad-
ed; for the effect cannot be visited
upon both at the same time, for the
two scales of the balance never rise
and fall together, but always alter
nately.
The relation between one quantity
of money, in which values are express
ed, and other forms of property is
about as one to forty, that is, for every
dollar in money there are forty dollars
in other forms Of money. Consequent
Iy for every dollar given to the owners
of money by increasing its purchasing
power, forty dollars in falling prices
are taken from the owners of other
forms of property. Is this a wise and
just policy for young and vigorous
country, which is already struggling
under an increasing weight of indebt-
edness, and whose wealth is not in its
accumulated riches, but in its produe-
tive energies-a policy that is enrich
ing the drcnes at the expense Of the
working bees of society What causes
the auetuation in the relation Of money
to other forms Of property, in other
words, in the value Of money? Until
this is understood we can make no pro
gress liz our knowledge Of this subject
It's not in the character Of the sub.
stance or material Of which money is
made that its purchasing power resides
but ia the quantity of it in circulation
AS this quantity is increased, other
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
LATEsT MoyE OF s1LvER lIEN.
Organizing a Propaganda for Work Among
LabOring Men,

Organizing a Propaganda for Work Among
LsbOring Men.
CHICAGO, June 2L-Western silver
men are organizing a propaganda move
ment for work among the laboring peo-
pie of the east. The first delegation
has reached Chicago and viii give the
next six weeks to agitation among the
trades unions of the city. It was sent
cut by the Trade and Labor assembly
of Butte, Mont. Its leader is NJ. j.
Elliott, a member of the executive
committee of the American Railway
union, who spent three months in Jail
with Debs and his fellow officers at
Woodstock. The other members of the
propaganda are Daniel Mcdonald, B.
II. Lindsey and NJ. J. Geiger.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
THE PATCH ON THE WORKING
MANS PANTS.

The patch on the workingman's pants,
The patch on the wOrkiHgman's pants,
The dude so derides it,
The poor fellow hides it,
That patch on the woTkingman's pants.
There's a patch of deep blue,
With skies shining through
The clouds that spring brings in advance
But the patch that sing,
Not so pretty as spring,
Is the patch on the wOrkingman's pants
When hard times begun,
At first there was one
Peeped under the coattaH askance;
But the harder times grew,
The patches were two,
On the rear Of the workingman's pants.
And year after year,
The patches in rear,
Have made persistent advance,
Till right in the brunt,
They have come to the front,
OF the unemployed workingman's pants.
The worldngman makes
The cloth that it takes
To clothe the world, everyone grantsi
But over his clothes,
The patch always grows,
'TilyOu can t tell the patch from the pants
H. W. Taylor.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

10 TEST the attitude Of the republi-
can party toward silver the silver men
on the credential committee presented
8 resolution providing for the coinage
q ths American product. This pro
position vas voted down by the same
majority that defeated the proposition
10 coin silver unrestricted. The senti-
1asat Of the party as represented at st.
Ioals vas for the straight-ous gold
steaaard
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
10 For Cripple Greek.

Remember that the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
ei6c is the only line running directly i5om the
east TO Colorado Springs the natural gateway for
the Cripple Greek district.
Colorado Springs lies at the feet Of Pixies Peak
at its eastern base and Cripple Creek IS part way
down the southwest slope Of Pixies Peak and near
its western base.
Two allTail routes FROM Colorado Springs are
offered you. Onc by the Midland Railway up Ute
Pass, via Summit, 20 Cripple Creek. Another
over the Denver G RIO GFande, via Pueblo and
Florence, to Cripple Creek. Take the Great Rock
Island Route 10 this wonderful gold mining camp.
Maps. folders aid RATES on application. Address.
I0HE sE5AsTfLs, Csnssat Passenger agent
Chicago, It's.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

THE news comes of newspapers and
prominent men from all over the eoun-
try boiling the republican party on &C
count of the attitude toward silver. It
would seem that. the g. o. P. had
changed places with the democrats in
the matter Of doing the wrong thing.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

CANNoNs doomed at Canton when it
became known that Mckinley had
scored, but it vas as nothing compared
to the bombardment in the west when
Il vas learned that Teller and the bal
aDes Of the patriots had walked out.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

THE opening prayer atSt. Louis con-
vention was made by a Jewish rabbi.
The people are trying to figure it out
whether it was done as a courtesy to
Baron Rothschild OF Abe Slupsky.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
DETROIT TRIBUNE BOLTS.

RepUd ates the Republican National Plat
form as "Damnably UnpatriOtio."
DETROIT, Mich, June 19.-The Trib-
une, one of the oldest daily newspapers
in the west, and the leading republican
paper of Michigan since the birth of
the party, will unequivocally repudiate
yesterdays action of the republican
national convention in declaring abso-
lutely for the gold standard as against
bimetallism. The Tribune will say that
while the party's candidate is all right,
"the platform On the only important
issue before the country is damnably
unpatriOtic and un-republican," twill
say; mo ones republicanism can be
impugned if he continues to stand
squaTely on the national and state
platforms of the past, and if be repu-
dates utterly the false and un-Ameri-
can illumination of st. Louis conspir-
acy," and advises active campaigning
against "gold monometallism congress
sional candidates"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

JOIN CONWAY, editor of the Norton
Champion, bolts the republican ticket
and platform in words that should
convey terror to the hearts of Marc
Hanna and his candidate. The best of
it is that John means it.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

QUITE 8 sentiment has been created
for free range law or agreement in
Sherman county. It's promoters know
that they can raise cattle, even though
crops are uncertain.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

IN analysing the description Of the
politicians gathered at st. Louis last
week, one is forced to the conclusion
that craftsmanship lies in the adipose
tissues.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

The golden calf was in evidence at
st. Louis last week, and the circulating
medium in the south has been per
oeptiblv increased.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

WANTED-A reliable lady or gentleman to
w distributed samples and make a house to
house canvass for our vegetable toilet soaps and
pure havCring extracts. so to Sl5 per month
easily made. AddFest Crofts and Reed, Chicago,
lis. 5-l5-g6.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

SPEAKING of prosperity, what is the
matter with the delegate business in
the south?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

The reSubmissiGn movement is get.
ting there even though whisky in Kan
sas is a drug on the market.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

TRE silverites in boiling the st. Louis
convention brought themselves in line
with the sentiments of their con-
stituents.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
Now ON to Chicago with the fight.

IT begins to look as though Teller
was the coming man.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

Now COMES word that the United
States is to foFeibly intervene to end
the Cuban war. Let it come.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

Has anyone heard a shout for Nc
Kinley in Kansas or any western state?
The ticket is a frost.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
PEOPLES PARTY TICKET.

Congressman. ...,...........N. B. MCCORMICK,
OF Phillipsburg,
State Senator. Maj, LEVI PRITCHARD,
OF Hill City.
Appellate Judge. ...............S. W. M'ELROY
OF Oberlin.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
SHERIEFS SAFE.
First published June y

lEuel DuB44cLlDu y u-io --sI
IN the 18th day Of June, 1885, at two o'clock
u p. m, at the Office implement building Of
the Goodland Commercial company in GOOdland
in Sherman county, state of Kansas, l viii sell
at public sale, the following property, tO-wit:
One iron fire proof Office safe, the property of
the GOOdland Commercial company taken under
a tax warrant in favor of Sherman county, Kan
sas, to satisfy taxes of 1895 due said Sherman
county, W. E. DUSTIN, Sheriff,
Dated June 8, 1896.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

The markets seem bottomless and
prices continue downward
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
THE TARIFF FRAUD,

Kiniey i law ' SIee,784,eeI
Revenue first year of Cor
man.Wilson law. I7e.35O,OOO
The difference between
the two systems, 2O,a3AsS9
Per capita difference be-
tween the two......... 3OK cents
And still our republican and democratic
friends insist that a paltry difference of 3O1a
cents to each person in this republic is great
enough to make on issue in this campaign.
A POinteT-Dont be humbugged by the tariff
fraud. More money is the issue and neither of
the old parties are in favor of it. Get in line for
the populist ticket.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
sure to Win.

The people recognize and appreciate real
merit. That is why Hoods SaFSapaEilla hss the
largest sales IN the world. Merit in medicine
means the power 70 cure. Hoods SHrsspaFilia
cures-absOlutely. permanently cures 1t is the
One True Blood Purifier. It's superior merit IS
an established fGes5 and merit vans
tSees's Pills are e2sy to take, easy 70
opssaiss Cure Indigestion, Esaaashe.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

PoPuusT POLITICAL CALENDAR.
July p, Peoples party national convention at
ST. Louis, Mo.
August 3, Peoples party state convention at
Abilene.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
M ade

Running sores broke out on my thighs.
Pieces of bone came out and an operation
was contemplated. I had rheumatism in
mylegs, drawn up out ofshape. Host ap-
petite, could not sleep. I was a perfect
wreck. 1 continued to grow worse and
finally gave up the Doctors treatment to
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
pie

The iron grasp of scTOfula has no
mercy upon its victims. This demon
Of the blood is often not satisfied with
causing dreadful sores, but racks the
body with the pains of rheumatism
until Hoods Sarsaparilla cures.
"NearIy four years ago I became at
hicted with scrofula and rheumatism,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

take Hoods saTsapariIla. Soon appetite
came back; the sores commenced to neal.
Ny limbs Strengthened out and I threw
away my crutches. 7 am now stout and
hearty and am farming, whereas four
years ago was a cripple. I gladly rec
ommend Hoods SaTsapsTilla." URBAN
HAMMOND, Table Grove, Illinois,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
GROWING RAPIDLY.

THE WHOLE UNION SUBSCRIBING.
The REPRESENTATIVE is "boom-
Ing" A great many are working for
it to show their disapprobation of the
dastardly methods used to destroy US
by the Penny Press and the Owens
crowd. Our fame is fast spreading
all over the United States, and sub.
scriters are pouring in from all direc-
tions. Here are the states represent
ed In the mail opened on August oath,
-one day: Mississippi, Washington,
Indiana, Montana, Minnesota, Illinois.
California, North Dakota, kentucky,
Iowa, Michigan, West Virginia, Wis
consin, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York. In the mail Of the
preceding doy were subscriptions from
Minnesota. Pennsylvania. Georgia,
Oregon, Michigan. Indiana, N. Da-
Iota, Nebraska, Florida, Montana.
New York. Texas, and Canada. The
manor is rapidly assuming national
proportions. Hero arc u states and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
OWEN OPPOSED TO WATSON.

SIN. Owen at St. Louis. wanted the
delegates from Minnesota to agree to
adopt the Democratic tohicago1 plat
form and nominate the Maine mil
lionaire, Sewall. for vice president. In
stead Of gallant Tom Watson. He
went to one delegate three times, and
urged him to vote for Sewall and
against Tom Watson, and the dele
gate refused. One of the delegates
overheard q conversation between
Owen and Jerry Simpson, OF Kansas.
In which the sockless statesman urged
Owen not to permit Donnelly's name
to be presented for president because
II 1t was the convention would be
stampeded and he would be surely
nominated; and Owen agreed that
was so and promised that Donnelly
should not be presented by the Mime
sofa delegation. Jerry was in the
same condition as Owen; he had been
nominated by the Populists for Con-
gress and wanted the Democratic en-
dorsement. and was ready to sacrifice
Donnelly or any other man. or the
whole Peoples Party for that matter,
to get back to Congress-.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
THE WHY AND THE WHERE
FORE.

The men who have been attacking
THE REPRESENTATIVE and its editor
are not dyed-in-the wool Populists, but
free silver jumping-jacks. who have
never boldly proclaimed the doctrines
of the Peoples Party. Owen has op-
posed greenbacks, free silver, the own
ership of railroads and the Initiative
and Referendum. Stacy was candi-
date for the Legislature in the Repub-
lican party this very year. and when
defeated Topped into the Free Silver
ranks. Aver was Democrat until
just before he was elected Secretary OF
the Peoples Party State League.
Williams is too much impregnated
with alchohol to have any principles
of any kind. We should be afraid to
strike match near his mouth to light
lamp to read the Omaha platform
lest he should explode.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
FREE SPEECH DEFENDED.

Indianapolis, Aug. 21.-Judge Cox
releases all the curbstone financial de-
baters the police bring before him. In
his opinion he says: ''The right Of
free speech is fundamental in our con-
stitution and must not be denied. No
police force can stop 1T. It is the
right of American citizens. This is a
time when perplexing questions are
puzzling the people. They are ques-
tions of vital Importance to the COM
mon people. It Is only by ample dis
cussion OF the questions that confront
them that they can learn properly to
exercise their right of franchise.
They have the right to discuss these
questions, and the court will protect
them"
The court criticised the policy of
the police In interfering with these
street corner talks by using the ordin-
ance against sidewalk obstruction as
an engine OF oppression. He warned
the officers that further arrests would
be useless, as the defendants would
not be punished.
The financial debates are still being
held.
Thank God for Judge Cox.
OF course it may be urged that the
gathering of crowds on the thorough
fares may block up the passage of
pedestrians. and be an injury to mer-
chants living In the neighborhood.
But the right of the merchants to
make money must be subordinated to
the greater and fundamental right of
free speech. The times are hard and
the people are too poor to hire halls
for their meetings, and it IS absolutely
necessary, for the continued existence
of the Republic. that the people
should hear both sides of the mighty
questions now at issue.
We are glad to note judicial dis
cussion which broadens public rights
and does not abPidQe them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
THE MIDDLE-OFTHE-R OADERS.

WHAT THEY MEANT AT ST. LOUIS
A friend asks US what was the point
Of differenc was between the Middle
of-the- Road delegates at the Peoples
Party St. Louis convention and those
who took the other side.
The Observation-Disclosures were
mainly the old-line, radical Populists,
who insisted that the preservation of
the party was Of more Importance
than carrying the country for Free
silver in November next. They were
not hostile to Mr.. Bryan, but they
thought it would be better, even for
Mr.. Bryan. that the Peoples Party
should put up it's own candidates for
president and vice president; and then
if Mr.. Bryan had moreelectoral votes
:han the the Peoples Party candi-
date all the electoral votes of the Peo-
pies Party should be cast for Mr..
Bryan, and the vice-presidency should
be given to the Populist candidate.
But ii the Peoples Party candidate
had most votes then all the Democrat
ic electoral votes should be cast for
him, and the Democratic candidate
for president should be made vice.
president. In this way all the votes
of both PARTIES would have been solid
ly united in the overthrow Of McKin.
ley. What we feared was that a d.
rect union and fusion with the Demo-
Gratis, by nominating Mr.. Bryan,
would rouse up many ancient preju-
dices, especially In the South; and
thus drive thousands over to the Re-
publicans; while Democratic fusion
with the Populists would irritate and
offend many conservative Democrats.
who had been educated to regard the
Peoples Party as collection Of idiots
and anarchists, and thus many other
thousands would be driven into the
gold party.
We still think we were right; but
the party took the course 1t did and
now all hands must turn in and loyal
ly try to do the best they can. There
is no use of grumbling. Stand fast for
Bryan and Watson.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
READ THIS.

ATROCIOUS LIES-ATTEMPTING TO
SUPPRESS THE TRUTH.
The Penny Press says that Mr.. Dom
nelly declared that 1.-THE Peoples Par
ty must perish-that he had made it,
and could unmake it," ETC., etc. Mr..
Donnelly never said q word Of the
kind, and the Penny Press knows IT..
The business manager OF this pa
per, Mr.. P. J. Seeberger, who was pres
ent at the interview in which 1t Is al
legged these remarks were made,
and heard every word that passed,
called upon the Penny Press Friday
noon last. Aug. 81, with q written
statement containing the charge, and
setting forth that Mr.. Donnelly never
uttered q word Of the kind; and that
Mr.. Dobbyn and Mr.. Fontaine had
been interviewed by him, and that
they stated that Mr.. Donnelly had not
used the language attributed to him.
Mr.. Seberger requested the Penny
Press to publish his communication
at once. This they refused to do. and up
to the date when this is written, noon
of Tuesday, Aug. 25th, the article has
not appeared!
The dastardly Penny Press put out
the statement in question to preju-
dice the Populists against Mr.. Don
nelly, and does not want to undo its
villainous work.
There may be rival publication in
hell, equal in meanness to- the Penny
Press, but we doubt 1t. The internal
regions do not contain two meaner
creatures than Frank Stacy aud w,
w. Williams. The devil himself would
be ashamed to have such wretches In
his boarding house.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
NOT a PEOPLES PARTY PA
PER.

Some one asks US If the Penny Press
is Popul st paper. Not bit of it.
A committeeman from the working
men, (Mr. Jenkins), propounded the
same question, and they told him they
were not a Peoples Party but a free
silver paper. Thank God for that!
You may call the Populists socialists.
and cranks and anarchists and re volu-
tionists, but for Heavens sake do not
make them responsible for that lying
abortion. There are," said the Mas
ter, vessels of honor and vessels of dis
honor" and the Penny Press is the dir
tiest vessel of dishonor that has been
exhumed during the Nineteenth CEN
tury. Civilization holds its nose when
the thing is mentioned.