West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-07-02
Does Anyone Else Want To Answer
The Cornerstone Questions!
NORTH FORK. CALIFORNIA, }
June IL, 1896.

To the Editor OF rnE AWous.
DEAR SIR On the 5th day OF
May mailed ain article to the
Cornerstone, the Prohibition organ
published at Wheeling, The article
explains itself, Will you please
publish it for the sake of fairness
and honesty?
To deceive and mislcae seems to
be the purpose of the sound money
pirate wherever found. Is it pos
sible that there is a millionaire
with his i'll gotten gains back of the
Cornerstone ? If there is, he is n
burning and shining light (shame)
to inspire the God-and morality
party. If so, he is sweet-scentod
hypocrite to be pail. bearer to truth
and honesty. To vilify the free
silver cause as u "fraud," and stig
matize it as "repudiatiou" and
"the dishonesty of "A 80 cent dol
lar" is very easily done; but to
bring forward proof is task that
no millionaire beneficiary of venal
legislation is equal to. The pauper.
lied common people, despoiled of
their honest labor, are in no mood
to listen to assertion without proof.
To suppress the facts and to mis- i.
guide its readers, is noble mission
for paper of high moral ideas,
such one AS the Cornerstone is |!
All, well, that organ is welcome to
the pleasure and distinction it now
enjoys of having helped disrupt the
Prohibition party organization. 1t
has turned its back upon the
wretchedness of the poor. has joined
hands with the soulless syndicates,
combines, and trusts. All. of honor,
fairness, conscience and moral in
tegrty in the Prohibition party can
now show their sincerity by going
with John L. st. John, tho Marshal
Ney of their cause. Among them
be IL. But parties of national i'm.
portance might we'll take a lesson
from the folly of the boodle-loving
leaders Of the Standard Oil serving
Party of Prohibition. No man, no
orgaV, no continuation can entirely
succeed in deluding the people,
conceallDg the truth. or coercing
their followers to adopt their reyo-
lutionary fads.
Yours for f,irnsss,
A. w. FREDERICK.
Here is the article in question,
which was refused publication in
the Cornerstone
EditOr C0rHeyst0Re,
WheeItHg, w. w.
DEAR SIX In the editorial CO...
umns Of the C0rRerstone, April 23d,
/ am surprised to find the following
language 50 uncompIimeutary TO
honest believers in a gold and silver
double volume--of constitutional
money: "Attack the fraud of Free
Silver on its merits. Show up the
injustice and dishonesty Of 80
cent dollar. Make 1t clear that
Free Silver means the Reputation
Of one half tho debts Of the coun-
try" There are persons with con-
sciences too, as / tried to show
some months ago in the Cornerstone,
who are dubious Of the honesty Of
the sound money single standard
gold dollar that has Displaced the
double standard silver and gold
dollar recognized by the Constltu.
tiou and adopted by the foreiathers
in Pursuance Of that Consultation.
Your subsciber is oue Of those old.
fashioned people and desires With
your permission 10 ask you few
leading questions along the liuc Of
the Free Silver Fraud upon the
"merits" thereof. Thanks for the
word merits" Please answer
through the Cornersfoag these sim
plo interrogatories and enlighten
some old style people on the merits
Of the Free Silver Fraud.
When tho silver dollar and gold
dollar we're both freq to be coined
at the mint they we're each practi-
cally 100 cent dollar, we're they
not 2
Silver was one half our primary
money, was it not
Outlawed by the Government as
a money metal and bou0ht aa a