The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-24

upon the country without IT. knovi
edge wholly In the interest Of . fev
men who control the bulk OF III
worlds gold. and which cannot b
fairly defended In the eyes Of eithe
God or man.
Fortunately the silver kings in thu
Senate are amply able to take care o
themselves In debate and In parlia
mentary tactics.
The "Morrills." the "Shermans." thu
'Aldriches" and the "Platts" are ex,
.eedingly cautious how they run W
against such men as Jones and Teller
and Wolcott In debate on the silver
question. Let the Times Herald make
a note of that.
voorhees,. Harris. Vest. Jones Of Ar
kansas. White and Daniel are among
the very ablest men. not only In the
Senate. but In the entire country. The
American people will scarcely be pre-
pared to accept the Times Herald's ell
sgant conclusion that they are either
knaves or rascals.
In this connection II may not be out
OF place to say that Senator Allison.
who is classed as sound money"
man, claims to be a thorough bimetal-
list. He is opposed to free coinage by
the United States alone. because he
fears that this country could not main
tain parity between the metals with
out help. That. however. is merely .
question OF detail. and the weight Of ar
gument is decidedly with the extreme
silver men.
When paper like the Times Herald
enters upon campaign of vitupera-
ton It should. first. at least. lay foun-
dation OF substantial argument This
i would undoubtedly do IL 1t could.
but 1t has none.
Let the reader glance at the following
sample taken from the editorial re-
erred to:
The strange spectacle Is thus pr
ented OF the silver kings taking pos
ession OF the gateway OF legislation by
eizing upon the Senate finance COM
nittee to make Government pay a law
ul dollar for half dollars worth of
'hite metal. the profit to 20 into the
ockets OF the silver kings; while out
the country labor is to be beguiled
nd bamboozled into a secret order to
heat itself into thinking that so cents
good enough dollar for wages.
live me dollar for half a dollar
ny the Senate silver kings to Uncle
am. I'll give you so cents for the
ollar Of your wages say the same
Ings to the American workingmen.
cts call ourselves patriots says
DIN Harvey to the workingmen.
nd you take so cents for the dollar
your wages to prove you are patri-
s."
What should be said OF the intel
ritual capacity or the intellectual hon.
ty OF man who can write such a
ess as that?
Consider for a moment what Il
mounts to. Under free coinage the
'vernment does not buy" silver. II
erely takes the bullion and coins Il F..
to dollars" handing the dollars"
ok to the man who deposited the bull
IN. Now. according to this great and
lthful champion OF sound money"
len those dollars are handed out to
Infamous % silver king" they
g worth 100 cents each. He can nay
iebt or buy goods to that amount with
CD dollar. He can pay the dollar to
hired man, but the instant Il
aches the latter 1t shrinks to so
ats. The spectacle OF the same iden-
al dollar being worth 100 cents in =
hands OF one man and only so cents
the hands OF another is strange"
Iced. but not half 80 strange" AZ
warped and disordered mind Of the q
n whose fertile imagination has con- =
ed up such an impossibility. There
method In his madness" though. for
carefully refrained from suggest
that the workingman who received
silver dollar could pay his own debt 4
h It; that the man to whom II was n
IS paid could in like manner pass II
to the next. and that thus il would
form its endless circuit OF duty.
-th just exactly as much In the
Ids OF one as In those OF another.
ewdly enough. he follows the dol
from the silver king to the wage =
ner. where. after working the mir
. Of instantly cutting II down to 50 u
Is. he leaves 1t. s.
he idea that under the increased m
land created by free coinage silver IA
ion would permanently rise in value ~
not suggested; that IL the dollar -
nld fall in value the workinRman VI
Id naturally demand more OF them NM
his services Is carefully kept IN
That the Rothschilds.
Curries. the Morgans and the Bel.
lts have any selfish motive in o. -
ng free coinage is not even remote.
linted at In this wonderful bit Of
osophy. The writer simply swells
|-cent dollar to a lOO-cent for thu
mt OF the silver king and then he
INKS It back to so cents In order 70 =
the injury Of the workingman. II
magician Of the Times Herald
q only have performed in the pres.
OF Pharaoh. Moses and Aaron
AZ very well have nut tho,. N