The Irish standard., 1896-09-26
GOOD as G0I,I
'HE WRONG or THE GOLD STANDARD

Although Lifelong Republican ,- fie
will Not Assist Rob- .s.:
s berry. o. !
s Prior to, the recent Bourke Cochran
..sound money" meeting in this city Capt.
C. W. Brown, Of the glass firm of Brown
. & Haywood, Of this city, sent an invita-
tion to Major B. F.. Burk, president OF the
Marion Window Glass Works, at Marion.
Irdiarla, one Of the largest concerns OF
the kind in this country, asking MIN TO
be present. Following is Major Burkss
reply It presents the cause; OF free silver,
from the manufacturers STANDPOINT, IN
an unanswerable manner. The letter
will attract the attention Of the entire
country. Here it is:
Marion. Ind, Sept. 18th, 1866. W.
Brown, Esq, Minneapolis Mimi: MY
Dear Capta;n-I am in receipt OF your
! Kind invitation I; to attend the Sound
money demonstration to be given IN
your, city on this 10th inst. / beg your
pardon for replying with an open, letter
to the chairman Of the sound money
committee and representatives OF the
rights of the American people. ! feel
justified in doing this because am an
Interested party. am one of the many
who cannot attend your so-called %
"1ound money demonstration. ! infer
your Sound money means gold only.
and am making many speeches and
saying all that can in opposition to
such Il s,,s5s 1855. ,s+,zss.... =, .
DISHONEST INTERPRETATIONS
Of the meaning of sound money. | main
tain that silver is equally honest with.
gold. and that its coinage, IL to l, IS III
the Interest Of the American people. 4
an: pleading for the liberty aud equality
Of opportunities for all and against tue.
intolerart oppression Of the many by the
few who will be the beneficiaries of the.
gold standard
/ notice that Bourxe Cochran is named
IS your speaker. l can see HMM vision,
harnessed and hitched by the gold stand
ard robbers and ready to move at the
crack of wall streets whip. I can hear
him proclaim N soft deceitful Language
that the gold standard IS the only honest
morey. / can hear his voice mingle with
the voices OF others, sitting in brazen
chambers darkening and obscuring the
hcr:zcn of hope, tearing from the tirlna-
:re.it tbs last star that is capable Of send
ing {. shining ray to the industra al world,
Tho vibrations Of these same voices can
bo traced back through the pages of his
tory to the civil war. The command is.
cruelty the honest money and rob and
pIunder the people. y, -f.s.S
NJ. piece Of gold in. soldiers. pocket
ever prevented bullet from penetrating
lila flesh. D.shancst money: as the gold
t,vcco.es cal. it: was good enough for The
...'Gicr w,-o Barred his bosom to the enc
4 IS b.!..,,e.s. The civil war turned the
;,as CT cur history red. it saturated our
~ Helm sol. with human blood Where
ID ,o1r honest money igold) and the
4acates Of the gold standard when the
,.s,:t1ry w:sj to be saved and the Union
mated? This SO called dishonest
= .:~:, CT that which might sc. called
81 ere GisEol est. paper money! was
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL ~
]! ~ Grand purposes. Why is It not good
,ix, fertile bondho,der, Bourlke Cock
sSgtl the gold standard advocates?
. T., either gold or silver, has been TOO
,r:f !c o honest to buy all the bonds with
); &. lave been Issued up to date
al. aaIz:, paper money of any kind, or
en-, old thing was good enough, was
t~.c;t enough, to buy the obligations OF
.l. government with, why S not the
sane kind OF money good enough to use
III payment Of these obligations?
IN only common business man
and have always been a Republican,, but
Il hate the gold standard with every drop
Of: life's blood, and l intend to do what
lita,e can TO defeat it,, I can see its
vi1lAer:ne Effects upon industry. can
SIC the sold standard measuring larger
and larger volume of all property and
conarlodft. es. ] can see the price of all
manufactured articles going down and
Go,:n under its blig.lting influence.
can see wreck and ruin and the wild
stare OF insanity as it's legitimate result.
can sec labor deprived of a living and
reduced. TO a beggarly existence. I can
see others watching with sleepless pa
ticnce over cradles where a hungry child
is begging for something to eat. l car
see brave men toiling on by flaming
forge. on giddy scaffolds, among roaring
machinery, in deep, dark mines, on the
z rushing trains or on the wide seas,
through summers heat and winters cold,
: in order to KEEP the. wild animal Of hun
ger from asv@- - ..,=
THOSE THEY. LOVE,
/ can see the star Of hope sinking in
the breasts of these brave men because
the gold standard will measure more and
more of the fruits of their labor / can
see many an honest man, who hoped to
pay his debts, who hoped to own his
4. property without a mortgage, who hoped
to plant flower in his garden that
would blossom and bloom in the smiles
of his children. I can see him in disap-
pointment finding relief in suicide. +
say to you, in all sincerity that,
while reason maintains parity in the
Kingdom of my brain will not vote for
The gold standard.
Why is not silver honest? Congress
has said it was honest in the Matthews
resolution, which passed both houses OF
congress. John Sherman, j. G.. Carlisle
and VIM. Mckinley have all said silver
& was honest. No one has been stronger
advocate for the use of silver as money
(not redeemable in gold) than Major Me-
kinley. Abraham Lincoln said 1t was
honest, and that it would ultimately
make this one of the richest IL not the
Wealthiest of all countries It has al
ways been honest, and always will be
honest; but the few dishonest rogues who
& are trying to take advantage OF the sit
ssuation and rob the country Of half, It's.
h money are the ones who are yelling dis