The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-09-21
Smart Aleck Talk.

Democratic Call.
Some of our Republican contem-
poraries affect wisdom and atte mpt
to be funny and smart by the re-
mark that:
"It takes two of Mr.. Bryan's sill
YER dollars, and then some more,
to buy bushel of wheat nova
days."
This remark is being used by Re-
publican, half-breed, gold Demo-
cratic and mugwump newspapers
and they have continued to make
the "Bryan dollar" the object of
their silly attacks. The same
senseless sneer can be noticed in
some OF the so-called and most con-
spicuous sound money organs. AT
the same time, many public speak
ers and some public officials, who
evidently get their brains from
these weakling newspapers, are
carefully utilizing every available
opportunity to assail the metal in
the standard silver dollar, and con-
tinue to disparage the coin which
constitutes the bulk of the actual
circulating medium in the United
States.
These demagogues are two emp
ty-headed to remember that the
"Bryan dollar" is just like the dol
lar used by Vanderbilt, Morgan,
Aster, Rockefeller and other gold
standard satellites. 1t is the same
dollar which is paid to the honest
laboring man who produces that
which the aforesaid Wall street
magnates consume. 1t is the same
dollar created by congress, by the
people of the United States, and
all this smart Aleck trash and slob-
ber talk that IL takes two of those
dollars to buy bushel of wheat is
absolutely false. The bryan dol
lar" yea, the 16 to dollar, which
either in the shape of paper re-
preventative or in coin is in the
pockets of all classes fortunate to
have one, will buy just as much
wheat or any other commodity a.
a gold dollar. The fact that the
government has been able to hold
Its "Bryan dollar" up to a parity
with gold ought to be good reason
for supporting it. Instead of this,
these servants of the money power
continue to assail it. The enor-
nous stake which the United
States has In silver, in its coinage,
its bullion form, and in the mines,
ought to admonish patriotic citi-
zens that a continued slump in the
commercial price Of silver is
fraught with great danger to the
nation and it should not be mat
ter ofjokes. and smart silly remarks.
Ifthis assault on silver is continued,
with the foreign influences against
it, it will result in one of two
things to the people of America.
1t will either destroy the pres. Mt
parity between gold and silver
coin, and bring upon us a panic,
the like of which, we never saw or
read of. or it will prove the fiat
theories beyond contradiction.
These gold standard poodle-dog
servants don't know, and have not
enough gray matter under their
scalps to learn, that they are as
much interested in the silver metal
as are the adv ocates of indepen-
dent bimetallism. They have to
be told like simpletons that every
decline In the commercial price of
silver bullion, no matter from what
causes, is dangerous and continu-
ell misfortune to the government
and the people Of the United States.
The sins committed by these advo-
Gates may not be visited upon their
own heads, but their own poster
ity and the coming generation will
live 10 curse and condemn the
slightest memory OF the men who
are responsible for the outrage up
on the white metal. These may
be harsh words against our fellow
man, but their acts call for such
language and make its application
to them timely and opportune.
Allen Mckay Will Take Notice.