Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
SENATOR KYLE ON THE ISSUES.
He Talks Populism to u Good sized Crowd
at the Court House.


He Talks Populism to u Good Sized Crowd
at tlle Court House.
Senator Kyle addressed quite an
audience at the court house last Satur-
day afternoon in regular populistic
style which seemed to please major
ity OF his audience. His appeal to the
passions of his audience was the usual
course SO far pursued by the populist
speakers here during this campaign.
While proclaiming free and unlimited
coinage of silver ut 16 to he failed to
show how prosperity would OF could
be produced by it.
He pleased his new converts by his
free trade views. It was amusing to
see the chairman of the meeting, a new
convert to populism, applaud the free
trade ideas of the speaker. The speaker
contended that tariff had nothing to
do with the prosperity of the people of
the country.
The wool men who are about 4,5OO,-
OOO small farmers and others are not
to be considered. Their obstruction is
tritiing matter when they have been
absolutely ruined, compared with the
benefit to the aggregation of silver
barons. He forgets that the egg in.
dustry alone is worth more to the peo-
pie of this country each year than all
the mineral in the United States for
the same period. He forgets to tell
you that labor is the wealth of the
country, not its silver or it's gold.
Conditions should be present to give
employment to the people rather than
to the jawsmiths. 1t is not the con-
traction of the currency that hurts us.
1t is the want of labor and confidence.
Restoration of silver" said the speaker,
''is the panacea." But he failed to
say that silver is more generally in cir
culation in the United States than ever
before.
Senator Kyle's definition of bimetal-
ism, quoted from an English expert, is
misleading: Equal privileges ut the
mints of the world of both gold and sill
yer, and the privilege of the debtor to
cancel all contracts in either gold or
silver" I Iam afraid the senator i'm
posed upon or misled his audience
In the first place this definition pre-
sumes a coinage by the whole world,
not by the United Statas alone. And
next, the ratio is not given. The re-
publican party is anxious to have an
international agreement, and il it can
be accomplished, the senator's defini.
tion will be correct with silver added
as agreed upon. believe no gentle
man of reputation who has any regard
for his standing in the future,
has, or will contend that this country
can alone enact q Law for the free coin
age Of silver ut 16 to aud keep the
metals at q parity. Common sense and
all the history Of the past show the i'm
possibility Of it.
The senator laid great stress on the
creditor receiving more than he lent.
l admit that it may be harder. to get
now than whom it was borrowed under
prosperous republican administra-
tion, but still the same standard ex-
listed then as now and for the past fifty
years. 1t was our great misfortune to
trust power to party that made great
promises then, as our free silver
friends are doing now. They landed
US in the soup and now We are to be
cooked still better BY another free
scheme.
A great part of the remainder Of the
senator's speech was given up to de.
nunciation of the republican party
which was much enjoyed by the new
recruits. A bourbon here told me that
these recruits will be the best demo.
Gratis the party will have this year, as
all roads out Of the republican party
lead to democracy, which has already
swallowed the populist party.
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