The news boy., 1896-09-12
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
After two weeks serious consider
alton Editor Tromly, of the Poplar
Bluff Republican,, has attempted what
he might be pleased to term reply
to the NEwsBoY's article of August
I'D. Although he worms and squirms
through a half column space without
saying much, If anything, he totally
ignores the original point of attack,
that the ''gold standard is nothing
new."
He opens up with the "crime OF
1878, and says sit was before Con-
gress for three years, fully debated,
and every detail explained. 1t is
useless to reply to such statement.
Editor Tromly knows better. We
will see that he gets s100 if he can
find newspaper that knew that sill
yer was being demonetized at the
time of it's characterization. When
the newspapers were ignorant, how
could it be expected that the people
knew of it. Even President Grant,
who signed the bill, did not know
that it was bill to demonetize sill
yer, and his son, U. S. Grant, Jr.,
headed the California delegation to
the Republican convention at st.
Louis, instructed and an active work
Ell for free silver.
"The enormous Republican surplus
was the slogan which elected Cleve-
land in 1884, shouts Editor Tromly.
Wrong again. 1t was at the eXpira-
tion of Cleveland first term that
such an enormous surplus had piled
up. The question was, what shall
be done with the surplus?" A Re-
publican administration was put in
and the question was solved. After
four years Cleveland returned to the
White House and, instead of the
enormous surplus" he inherited
plates which had been prepared by
the Harrison administration for the
issuance Of bonds. When Cleveland
stepped in lie found an empty treas
ury and he was appealed to by the
business interests to call an eX-
traordnary session of Congress.
Since then his financial policy has
been identical with that Of the Re-
publicans. To make it palmer to
you, Bro. Tromly, is not Cleveland
supporting the Hanna platform to-
day? Is he not doing everything in
his power to defeat the Chicago nom
nces?
| But, as we expected, Bro. Tromly
could not get along without spring
ing that old tariff chestnut. How.
ever, on this particular occasion he
missed fire. He says: ''Legislation
in the direction of free trade knock.
ed the bottom out of our gold re.
serve, and then it was that the fell
lows over East had picnic, forcing
the government to beg for gold
Then You admit, Bro. Tromly, that
whenever the ''fellows over East
latch Uncle Sam with his pants lowr
they can force him to beg for gold.
We thank you for the admission.
Tie next point Bro TroIily makes
IS that ''one dollar is as good as
very other dollar aud mark what
he says: Before the free silver ag
itation anybody could go to any bank
with any dollar and get any other
kind OF dollar for it. ~
We don't like to question your in
selligence, Bro. Tromly, but such &
statement, coming from school boy
would be considered ridiculous. L
'!one dollar is as good as every Other
dollar, whether of gold, silver or pa
per, y as your St. Louis platform de
| -ldlCS. tutu Nlltlt SilSSt NOCld lu'
silver agitation, or any other aeita
zion, have upon either Of the dollars
Now, Bro. Tromly, we have tried
to answer every point you attempted
to make. If we have not, and if yol
consider that we have treated you
argument (?) unfairly, please so STATE
and we shall do cur best--if it take:
the hair off. We admire your pluck
because you are the ouly Southcas
Missouri editor, on the gold side o
the question, that has stood up be
fore us for the second fire.
Treat US fairly and we shall try t.
teach you the error of your way.
EsEe-.s-.ss.r.-.s.s-@=
: LOSING CONFIDENCE.
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