The Monitor-register., 1896-10-16
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
COLONEL iNeERsoLL ON MONEY.
He States Some Plain Truths In His Own
Unique Way.

He States Some Plain Truths In His Own
Unique Way.
Following is an extract from the
speech of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll
at Chicago on Oct. 8:
Money that is money needs no guar
antee. needs no hacker; it is always
good. No matter how many nations go
down to dust, good money remains for
eve the same. We have a man running
for the presidency on three platforms,
with two vice presidents, that says
money is the creature of law. If the
government can make money by law,
why should the government collect
taxes? According to Nj. Bryan, our
fathers were the friends Of silver, and
yet our dear old fathers in all their
lives only minted 5000, 900 Of these sa-
cred dollars. Now see what the ene-
mics of silver have done. Since 1878
the enemies Of silver have coined over
48O, oO0, 600 Of these dollars, and yet
silver kept going down. We are coin
ing now over 50, 900, 600 a month, and
silver keeps going down.
Senator Jones Of Nevada, in 1873,
voted for the law of 1878. He said,
from his speech in the senate, that God
had made gold the standard. He said
that gold was the mother of oiviliza-
ton. Whether he has heard from God
since Or not 1 do not know. But nov he
is ON the ether side. Senator Stewart of
Nevada was there at the time, but voted
for the act Of 1878 and said that gold
was the only standard. He has changed
his mind. No government can afford to
be a clipper on coins.
A great republic cannot afford to
stamp a lie on silver or gold or paper.
Honest money for an honest people, is
sued by an honest nation. You cannot
make a paper dollar without taking a
dollars worth of paper. We must have
paper that represents money. I want it
Issued by the government, and 1 want
behind every n of these paper dollars
either a dollar in gold or a silver
dollar worth 100 cents, SO that every
greenbaok under the flag can lift up its
hands and swear, 81 know that my re-
deemer liveth." That was where I was
20 years ago, and that is where l am
tonight.
For nations and individuals, at all
times, everywhere and forever, honesty
is the best policy. Better be an honest
bankrupt than a rich thief. Poverty can
hold in its hand the jewel honor-a
jewel that outshines all other gems. A
thousand times better be poor and noble
than rich and fraudulent. Nobody can
be helped by free coinage except the few
people who could pay their debts if they
were willing. Some say that it would
help the mine wners 1t would not.
Coming this bullion into dollars would
not increase its value, because you could
coin the bullion Of the whole world and
the supply would be greater than the
demand. Have freecoinage tomorrow,
and there is not a silver mine owner
that would make a dollar-not one-by
changing it into American coin. 1t
would only be worth what the bullion
is worth in the open market.
We want good money-good, honest
money. And there was never any real
prosperity for a nation or an individual
without honesty, without integrity, and
it is our duty to preserve the reputation
Of the great republic.