People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-17
SILVER DOLLAR IN MEXICO.
Iowa Man, by Affidavit, Attacks the Hexican
Silver Example.
Special to the Chicago Record.

Silver Example.
Special to the Chicago Record.
Des MOines, Iowa, Aug. 31.-J. H.
Kennedy, former resident of Iowa,
has attacked the statements so gener-
ally made regarding Mexico and silver
by making the following affidavit be-
fore E. H. English, a notary public at
Valley Junction:
II, James Fl. Kennedy, now resi-
dent of the town of Sinalva in the
state Of SinalOa, Mexico, do sOlemnly
swear that | am an American by
birth; that served three years in the
It'll Iowa during the late civil war;
that l have always been a republican;
that / have resided in Mexico for
twenty-five years; that | speak the
Spanish language as well or better
than l now do the English. l have
travelled through "a Of the27 states in
Mexico in an official capacity and as
interpreter for numerous syndicates.
l have had access to almost all
archives Ofthat country. lam better
acquainted with the customs and
usage of that country than l am of
my mother country. left Mexico on
the End day of March, 1896, coming
to this country to visit my friends,
relatives and old cOmrads. During
the last month in Iowa l have heard
more absurd and utterly false state
mentS made in regard to Mexico than
ever thought could be cOnjured up
by mortal man, all to deceive the
voter.
Zone most heard is that you can
take one American silver dollar into
Mexico and get two Mexican silver
dollars for it, or that you can get a
50-cent meal and throw down an
American dollar and they will give
you back in change a Mexican dollar.
brand this as utterly false in every
respect, a lie manufactured out of
whole cloth / assert that a Mexican
will not accept san American dollar,
either gold, silver or paper, for any
amount, but will referyOu toa broker,
where you can sell your silver dollars
as bullion for Mexican money, then
they will trade with you. The largest
hotel in the City of Mexico will not
acceptoAmerican money under any
circumstances but will invariably
refer you to a broker.
SPY paying the mintage any one
can take silver bullion to either of
the minis in Mexico and get Mexican
silver dollars for it, and for over $50
years silver has never fuCtuated up
or down to exceed 2 cents.
81 hear it asserted that the national
debt is payable in gold. brand this
as utterly false. Every dollar of the
debt, SAG, 100000, is and always has
been payable in the lawful motley Of
that country, and we are now paying
our debt in Mexican silver dollars. the
money of the contract.
81 assert that Mexico in the present
decade is making strides of advance
ment greater than any other nation on
earth. Twenty-Five years ago we had
80 miles of railroad, now we have near
5000 miles of railroad. We are build
Ing factories on every hand. Twenty
eight years ago, when the French army
was driven out, the Mexican govern.
ment was left penniless, not a dollar
In the treasury. We can now LAY our
entire national debt any day a demand
would be made for it.
VI am now on my way to Mexico ia
spend the rest Of my life. Any one
can find me by addressing a letter y
James H. Kennedy, Sinaloa, Me! %.
"1n conclusion l invite an honest
and thorough investigation into the
facts Of my statement and l defy sue.
cesful contradiction. l am not the
owner of mining stocks and no per-
sonal interest has caused me to make
this statement, but have given it by
request of an old comrade.
JAMES n. KENNEDY
Simpson and Silver.