The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-23
lone BANKERS
OPEN BOAST
Declares That Enough Votes will Be
Bought to fasten Upon Us
the Gold Conspiracy.
MINUTES SCATHING REJ0lNDER.


son Accompaniment. that Is, In what
we name the money element--one Of the
national banker species, openly made
boast that the goldocracy propose to buy
q sufficiency Of votes to turn the silver
tide. And we are ~ understand, too.
that the person did not whisper the
threat Us thing too infamous to breathe
aloud. but spoke it out as one speaks OF
purchasing sheep or horned cattle.
To be sure no one supposed this man
to have any scruples sufficient to restrain
him from doing the wicked thing his
threat contemplates. He long since
sent his conscience on vacation, and
then finding that for any business he
has to do in this world. he had no need
for it, continued to extend its leave OF
absence until at last he does not even
know whittier the poor thing has jour
neyed; though we as preacher OF
righteousness take this occasion TO warn
him that he will be confronted by and
by, by this castsway. and that 1t will
have it out with him. In a Forum and
Presence, the highest in this universe.
But now he knows only that he is bet
ter of without it.
But one would think that surely his
fears might suffice TO suppress any open
boast OF scheme EVERY STEP IN THE
coSsUMMATIoN OF WHICH INVOLVES THE
COMMISSION OF A FELONY.
haa ha NJ n
Of the rich and rascally of all ages
First they impoverish. then seek to cor
rrDt the people.
But q bribe won't last. II serves,
when it serves at all, the single occa-
sion only. 1t must be repeated as often
as elections recur. and in the long run
must under every possible law, human
and Divine, prove poor and ever
poorer investment; even were there NO
constable to take into the account, no
penitentiary doors creaking within plain
hearing of she briber.
Or do these Boosting bribers think
that il they can but win this fight they
will so fasten their scheme upon US
there will be no help for it,
No help? None. Messieurs, say you
Then the law Of gravitation and Other
God. fixed laws are not fixed laws at all
but will yield to pressure exerted from
right. plutocratic quarters? Don't yov
believe 1t, on your lives!
It was fine, stately and what they
called-.'noble" dame of the reign o.
Louis XIV who consoled the tearfu
friends Of q notably wicked courtiel
lately dead. by the assurance that Zoo
would think twice before damning {
gentleman Of his quality" 1t was not
80 years later when Scausculottery wa
tanning the skins Of gentlemen" Of thu
very same quality" tanning theil
skins and making comfortable. IL q bi
gruesome. hardware of the product.
Oh, yes, the law Of gravitation is still
sxtant in this worlds in fact FIxEI
law and continues to act at the rate o
10 feet per second. whether the thin,
acted upon be the dome Of st. Peters o.
bit of bird lime from the tree on you
lawn!
But you! Who are you. whose vote
are thought to be for sale? For, o
course. no BUYING in such case can b,
any possibility take place unless ther,
be a SALE There must be two to ever
such vile bargain. ~ there must be. +,
all bargains.
Pottage is hard to come by, to be sure
these strange. new days; not that it i
80 scarce, for all marts are full Of it, al
storehouses bursting with it. ant
cheaper than pottage was ever befor,
known, il we but had the right cur
rency wherewith to buy it. BUT BIRTH
. RIGHTS! American birthrights bough
at such price ss never were birthrightl
before under the skies; have these falleI
10 cheap that Shylock and his emissariel
can boast their ability TO buy THEM q
they would swine in market overt?
Obi American men? Are you then n
longer men at all. but only cattle? o
IL this bankers boast burning, shame
less libel on you?
. We are poor. we Of the commonalty
poorer than Lazarus. many Of us-hav
ing no dog even. as he had. 10 lick on
sores. But. in Gods name. are we
poorg So poor that we are willing
, sell ourselves and our children into sue
/ bondage as this audacious, shamele
|, beaster promises uss II we shall do tn
A thing God Is merciful. He will phi
our children. but he 10 just. too. al
: will damn usi
But, Sir Banker, grant You and 20
fellow conspirators can buy enough
Z the wretched whom your internal pc
cies have made no, to balk this nigh
movement for restoration and y,
I were powerful enough the other day
\ coerce majority Of the federal SUPPER
D court 10 override the precedents OF
3 years and 10 exempt you and your XII
from a. righteous tax ~ was ever Il
4 by human law-grant you can and "