The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-08
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BISHOP NEWMAN ON 1HE FREE
COINAGE FALLACY.

opinion country passing through
most. if led the revou
ton and the rebellion patriots not partans for
heroes not demagogues In such crisis the responsibility OF
the clergy is their plain The duty of every
CHRISTIAN minister Ten Commandments
teularly the one which Thou shalt not steal
For the present must back from Christ to the Mo-
sale law No. do not quite that for Christ was the de-
Tender and Mosaic law Let rather
that We should preach and again. the Sermon on the
Mount Those who have nothing risk would assa the rights
OF property There sacred right than the right to
have to hold and enjoy the product of the brain or the muscle
The Ten Commandments property with the imminent
of law and the rights of threatened let the
voice of the pulpit from proclaim to the Popu
lists and Anarchists and Communists Thou shalt not steal
I'm the conferences committed to charge there some
thing 1000 ministers their attention to what
believe the of shall them
the Importance Of all the influence they in the pull
pit and out the which threatens country
against the possible triumph Sewa and the eec
on of that pledged free silver coinage
The pulpit powerful freeing the slaves
1t be made powerful recamng those of
pie who have been led notions of honor and hon
the false If
the part or the clergy denson the churches let the
dissenson
OF the right than and quiet while dshonor umphs and
the and miners of the national credit enhroned in
high places.
"The advocates coinage enough
money with which to do business and that the of
free coinage will money
see if that is true 1t be that be-
fore have silver dollars mined
and then the bullion must be Now, the sill
is controlled by the comparatively who the
mines They will have the money you it
from them? Shall sandbag shall rob their
ure houses how it? They will give to
for nothing Then how will the medium be ncreased
The silver from only and that controlled
by few They will be benefited and shall have
new set of puocrats the basis OF wealth silver But
and benefited
There are a great idle in this country today
who ready and willing crying give for
fami Of
men believe that their condition will be tetered free coin
is That might who
the silver mines and who will have silver dollars the
OF free coinage would that they would
spend their opening industries
and in reopening old that shut But
such disposition will the
money In fact anything. you
get from silver man s L. and that is the alpha and omega
of his argument
'The advocates of free poor
mans hope They do a laboer, his
wages in dollars that benefited
when the price of the necessities Of life will be just doubled In
order that the merchants live And the too! How
is he to be benefited? He his
wheat and his corn and his barley Admit that Then he will
have to double what he for his Seed his cloth
ing his shoes and whatever Injuries He will be-
therefore, no better off than he
"And while adjusting ourselves to the cond
tions If adjust them, there will be
ic and business
and the laborer going Sober thought
will convince both believe that policy
to the inspired ringing up centuries
believe the will back, 4
IF am entitled to speak for ALL 1t Protes-
tant Christians The
the symbol of Among Catholics however,
is revered with love that deep and in
sublime In the convention Bryan Chicago
and In the convention that ndorsed him
and supporters In their
painted yellow, thorns
and marched around hurting
ion at that the symbol Savior's DEATH symbol
which is the Catholics hope and which his
and alteration How Catholic
scoffng understand don't be-
lieve they will"
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