The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

Oeen muVuaily Dulis up by the harmonicr. y
operation OF their Drawn and brain and Du. -
just as the blood Of the east and tt woesy
mingled on the common battlefelds q, !, "ess
public. And now comes this young nav "' ~ :.
we mad not suffered enough from 800, - !!
strife, and talks of "enemy's oountrv TIV'"0aa
They seek to excite what thew o.,, ~,
poor" against what they call "tbe r;Ohn
this land OF great opportunities for all ~,
now as ever, SO many of the poor Of vs, .usre
are among the rich Of today and 90 n,o!
the rich of today may be among the noo na Ny o
morrow. Their candidate for the nros,s " W
press'Ated characteristic spectacle vbon Neuc!
time Ago he was kindly shown over W. s sOlus
OF tha governor OF Newly rk, who is b;r'n.,:
an example OF the p,ior country bow r;s1n =
able AID honest effort to aff1uence and ILL.,
ton, and when that candidate then stra,a.s
way In a public speech drew invidiopu 49,
parsons between the elegant house. On .s'
huoson ana the poor cabins in tia ,v.s.
teacnlng not the true American lesson n, sr..
cess won oyrhonest industry, thrift and rntas
PRISE but the lesson that those who have sno.
ceeded less should hate and fight tboss WI.
nave succeeded more-a lesson utterly nv.
American, unpatriotic and abomnablel
Ihey tell the farmer-most cruel decsnt;,.
-tnat ne must and will be made independors
OF the. world abroad, while year after vss,
from SOU, CO0.0O to 500, G1OOOO worth 81 o..
agricultural products must seek the for.;-
market to find purchasers and wbiio n".ssa
will hurt the farmer more than sar;o, su;;ns
palrment OF the great home market bv a Lr ~
ness crisis. a., y " ouss
~. False Friends of Labor.
They proclaim themselves the speeis, cb.
pions of the toiling masses, while their ~.
would rob the laboring man of half Of his 90
ings and grievously curtail the vslue Of n.
wages. Am l asked, if the silver st.nd.J
will relatively reduce wages, wbv 90 r0rs
employers of labor are opposed to il, m.
reason is obvious, because, aside from al, cou.
siderations Of sentiment, the prudent ennIov,
ers of labor know that they would loss yssti,
more through the disastrous disturbance =
business sure to be caused by free cop,,S
victory than they could possibly gain by *
cheapening Of labor. And would not the toiljps
masses suffer most from that disturbances Il
business? He is traitor to the laborine MAJ
who tells him that he can profit by the ruin
Of his employer. -
The agitators denounce the gold standard r
the device of monarchs and aristocrata
while the history Of the world teaches thai
from time iinmemorial 1t was favorite trich
Of unscrupulous despots to fleece their subjecte
by debasing the coin Of the realm, and that
those who out Of the monetary confusion
evolved fixed standards OF values and moneS
that would not chest have always been rank,
cd among the most meritorieus benefactors d
mankind and especially of the poor and weak.
They seek to inhame the vanity Of the Amer
lean people by telling them that we are great
and strong enough to maintain any monetary
system we like and to keep up the value d
our money without regard to all tho word
abroad-while our own history TEACHES us that
a. century ago the American people were
strong enough to shake off the yoke Of Great
Britain, but not strong enough to save theil
continental money from declining in value h
nothing; that In recent times the Americaa
people were Strong enough to subdue gigsn,
tic rebellion, but not strong enough to keep
an indefinite issue of grsenbacks at par, and
that this republic may be able to conquer the
world, but it will not be able to make twica
two five or to make itself richer by watering
its currency. :
. They speak Of the silver dollar as the money
Of the constitution, while they must know
that there Is not one single word In the cons 4
'titution which, honestly interpreted, could
Justify such a claim.
They invoke for their cause the names d
Jefferson and Jackson, while every reader d
history knows that jefferson and jackson
would have stood ashast at their wild scheme
# creating by law q false value and would
ave kicked out Of their presence ss publis
luisance any one seriously advocating H.
he American people, assuming them to b !
Without intelligence. Far worse are the sp'
,eals they address to them, assuming them
70 without moral sense.
Immoral Pleas.
They have been teaching the people thss
because the prices of wheat and other things
nave fallen about one-half since the SO called |
characterization year, 1871 have shown why
those prices have fallen-it Is not equitaois
that debtors should be held to pay more than
half the amount of their debts in gold, that
they should be released in correspondents
with the decline Of prices, and that 1t would
therefore be right to reduce by free silvn
coinage the value of the debt paying monel
BY one-half. v
Subject the principle to simple test Wbei
contract debt. 1 owe what it Is mutually
that am to pay. Our whole ousy
ness life and social fabric all human inter
course, rests upon the binding force OF sucl
Unless it be expressly under
stood, has the debtor the slightest right
reason to demand that the creditor shall
satisfied with less amount in paymenta
wheat or cotton or something else had mean
while declined in price2 If so, would not tA
creditor also have the right to demand 'nd
The debtor should pay more in proportlonn
wheat or cotton or something else mean"a1
lad risen in pricep If neither OF them na.
thought Of proposing or OF accepting SO au.'.
urous q contract, how can such claims 10 ~
ified If based upon q mere secret meneai 20
,rvation or an arbitrary afterthough" III ~
lot monstrous that such an assumption snOuI
,e taken as a warrant for the reducuon
ne sweep of all debts by debasement Oh !"
tandard Of value? /
And yet he who has watched the free COW
ge agitation knows that just this appel.
EDITORS Is one of its main allurements Lns,
o their speeches, read their literature, and!
1eet ever recurring-now in soft spoken ~
now in sly suggestion now
he Language Of brasen cynicism-the prom,
hat free coinage will enable the debtor u
i'd Of his obligations by paying only pa
hem. 1t is scheme of wanton repuaa.a
f private as well as public debts, not as ,I II
ovld not pay in full, but because we W.
refer not TO pay in full-the practice reso o.
D by the fraudulent bankrupt-ano tn I .oi
lOne0 Dy law, a6 q pert Oh our Ho'i01
The Coming Verdict.
Fellow citizens, think this out. 1t IS "a u
1atter-a matter Of vital import to 1he ~
nee Of this nation. The father VINO '
UGH moral principles to his children eu.;
hem for fraud, dishonor and the peni.el.;
he public men who teach such morsi =.
les to the people educate the people! :"
and adherence OF manRinu.
alton that accepts such moral principe o
OF live. It will rot to death in the ioa .nD
lew of its own corruption. Ii the na"rb
epting such moral principles be TINS lo pcr, Is
will deal blow to the credit OF Gem
,stitutions from which the cause Oh ii''
rnment will not recover for centurle'.
But, thank God, the American peY a,
ever accept such moral prlncipl'S5s r
merican people will. before eleclloH al
ives, have fully discovered what a. NE
leans. They will Indignantly repe] .hs b
insult offered to them py Wv
clans who have dared to ask TOT ~
, bonoSf man r1pon the offer OF Sucn S.