People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-29
JUDGE DOSTER.
One Of the Very Best Speeches Of the carz'
paign.-GoId and Silver Treasured by
the Standard.

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made in Wellington during the whole
campaign. Judge DOSter is noted for
his intellectual force, his polished
manner and eloquent passages. He
has few, if any equals in Sumner
county. 1t is regretted that he could
not have had a larger audience. Com
ing only one week after the Martin
BOtkin rally, it was inexpedient to
urge another demonstration so soon.
But the speech was one calculated to
carry conviction to thinking minds.
He gave history Of the demoneti-
zation of silver 10 the leading nations
of the earth, beginning with England
in 1916. At that time silver in the
London market was worth 6Ot pennies,
or sl.2l, and had been stable at that
price for centuries before. Since that
act there had been a continual craze
for demOnetizing silver. All the civ
ilized European countries had :ol-
lowed England.
Silver, Of course, fell in price, and
no wOGder. Suppose a general law
should become effective barring white
corn from being fed to stock; yellow
corn would 60 up and white corn
would 60 down. Suppose wheat
should be restricted to the use Of pan
cakes; its price would decline.
My Judgment is that our depression
Is not due so much to the "crime OF
'73" as to the combinations of all the
leading nations in demOnetizing silver.
Republicans who have honOred US
with their presence may ask what has
induced all these great civilized ma
tiOnS to demOnetiz9 silver. | answer
that if you will take into account the
interests of all the lower and middle
classes, silver has not been demone.
tized by their will in a single nation
on the face Of the globe. The people
Of those countries have not been con-
suited. It was done. by the ruling
classes.
What is it that constitutes a state?
Not lords and dukes, but men.
In this country we are supposed to
advise with the people on pending
questions. Was it done, my Republi.
can friend, 10 the matter of the de.
monetization of silver in '73? No.
Read Republican testimony upon that
point.
What has been the effect OF silver
demonstration and gold mUnometal-
ism in Europe and the United Statesi
The logic OF your position compels
yon TO say that prosperity reigns In
Europe. Is it true? No; not a single
beneficial result can be traced In any
one Of those countries to gold mon
ometalism. On the contrary the oppo
site is true. Europe is one vast pow
der magaziney read to explode at any
time. II you claim differently point
you to the Nihilists In Russia. Social
lists in Germany, Anarchists in Italy,
France and England. and agitators
calamity howlels cranks and mad dog.
In America.
He who lays these misfortunes sole
ly to the Cleveland administration Is
either a demagogue or a fool. II so
what caused the discomfort and de
preston before 1892? What brought
the Farmers Alliance into existence
When was 1t that Senator Ingalls,
your greatest statesman, denounced
the Republican financial policy! Jan
uary IA, 1891. When was your Home
stead strike against q reduction O
wages and the imposition Of more on
erous terms than prevailed unde
| Cleveland's first administration
Under Harrlson's term and the mucl
Wanted Mckinley law.
The harder times now are due onl,
to the lapse Of time-rlpening fruit
OF Republican policy Of contraction
and characterization.
Judge Doster then took up the CT!
about the 50-cent dollar.
He said, there can not be a 5O.cent
dollar when measured by the products
Of that country which issued 1t ant
made 1t a full legal tender. l was il
Mexico in 1881, and bought a box o.
cigars for $3.50 in Mexican money.
was back In Mexico In lS9i-thirteeI
years later-and remembering the
brand Of cigars as being excellent,
inquired for them again and bought
them at the same price, In the
meantime silver bullion had faller
.oout so per cent. l paid the same
| prices at the same hotels 10 1894 as
did thirteen years be - Silver anG
products had still the same co-relativt
value In Mexico. But We do not need
| to 20 to Mexico for an illustration
Products Of the United States and
silver have kept the same parity
Wheat, corn, oats, pork beef, cotton
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