Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-01-28
A Story With Two Tales.

We once knew a boy who yoked
two calves together, and to prevent
them from twisting around and turn
ing the yoke he tied their tails to
gether; but when he unyoked them he
forgot to unite their tails and the re-
suit was they each went in an oppo-
site direction and pulled and pulled,
in a vain attempt to take the other
along, till the string broke.
So in the summer of 1896 a man by
the name of Hanna yoked together,
with the Republican yoke, the gold
and silver calves, and to prevent ac-
cident tied their tails together with
the international agreement string.
And on the third day of November
they pulled Major Confidence McKin-
ley from Canton to Washington with
ease. But in some way, since the
election, they have gotten loose from
the yoke, and are going in opposite
directions. The silver calf is going
this way:
"Rosolyed, That this Farmers Ma
tional Congress urgently requests the
incoming Administration OF the Ma
tional Government speedily to adopt
all practicable methods to obtain the
concurrence of sufficient number of
Nations to secure international bime-
tallism with the unlimited coinage of
gold and silver equally as money of
ultimate redemption, and thereby to
restore bimetallic prices for tn e
worlds commerce. .n-Resolutions in
troduced by Judge Lawrence at the
Farmers National Congress held at
Indianapolis, November II, 1895.
The gold calf is going in this direc-
tion:
GENTLEMEN OF THE MONETARY
CONVENTION: Your committee makes
the following report: This conven-
tioD declares that it has become alb
solutely necessary that consistent,
straightforward and deliberately
planned monetary system shall be in.
augurated, the fundamental basis of
which should be: First, that the pre-
snt gold standard should be main
tanned: Second, that steps should be
taken to insure the ultimate retire.
ment of all classes of United Staths
| notes by gradual and steady pro
cess, and so as to avoid injurious con-
traction of the currency or disturb
ance of the business interests of the
country. and that until such retire
ment provision should be made for @
separation of the revenue and note
issues by the Trerasury Dept. Third,
that a banking system be provided
which should furnish credit facilities
to every portion of the country and
q safe and elastic. circulation, anC
especially with a view of securing
such distribution of the 'loanabit
capital of the country as well tend t6
euualize the rates of interest in al
parts thereof. For the purpose o
effectively promoting the above OBJ
| iects. ."-Resolutions introduced al
the Monetary Conference held in In
dianapolis on January 1eand 13. 1897
Now, the question arises, will thu
international agreement string b'
strong enough to hold the caudal ap
pendages Of the calves together? Tha
there is a great difference of opinion
among the Republicans on the cur
rency question can not be denied. l
is to the interest of the farmers t.
have the volume of money increased
and that is the reason they favor fre
silver, while it is to the interest 0
the bankers and so-called bushes
men to have the currency contrac ted
and that is the reason why they wan
the greenbacks retired and the pre-
sent gold standard maintained. Now
this is the question, how long cal
two walk together except they b.
agreed?