The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-05
IMPLIED CONTRACTS.
How the Bondho1ding Goldbugs Love tn
Old Union Soldiers.

How the Bondholding Goldbugs Love the
Old Union Soldiers.
The gold standard press Is worrying
itself into an early grave over the fear
that free silver will cut in two the PEN
sions Of the men who saved the nation.
They whine about the $50 cent dollar
and insist that the nation owes the old
veterans money worth par, and O whole
lot Of stuff like that calculated to arouse
~prejudices. OF course, anybody who
knows the attitude Of these gold stand
ard shouters will discount the professed
love for old soldiers borne by them,
These shouters for the gold standard
were not always SO kindly disposed to-
ward the old soldiers. When the boys In
blue were enduring untold hardships
and facing death daily, the gold stand
ard people were not worrying 80 much
through fear that the soldier would not
get 100 cent dollars. Any kind Of q dol
lar was good enough for the soldier
then. Even the 10 cent dollar that was
used to pay the paltry $18 a month paid
the private soldier was good enough
money in the eyes Of the men who were
at home scheming to get hold Of Uncle
SANS bonds with the deprecated money
and convert them into ''coin'' bonds
that were to be paid In gold alone.
Have you ever heard of one Of these
tender hearted gold standard advocates
demanding that the old sold1Rss receive
the rest Of the wages due them? Have
you ever heard one Of them demanding
that the 60 cents that was not in the
dollar paid the old soldiers be paid to
them now? Their silence on this point
Is really vociferous. No, indeed. These
tender hearted guardians If the age
worn veterans never think about that
phase Of the question. They have wiped
the record of the past from their CON
yenient memories and are looking only
toward the future.
While these old soldiers they now love
SO dearly were facing death and disease
and untold hardships the gold gamblers
were not worrying about them. No, in
deed. They were too busy manipulating
Uncle SANS finances SO they could buy
bonds at 40 cents on the dollar and re-
ceive 100 cents In gold for them. It
mattered not to them then that these
manipulations resulted In making the
defenders Of the flag receive 40 cents on
the dollar for their services. This great
love for the old soldier Is a creature Of
recent growth. 1t will be observed that
these men who are bowling SO loudly
about an implied contract with the
b~ondholders are not saying anything
about an implied contract with the men
who fought at the front while they fg-
ured behind. That Is q phase Of the i'm
plication business they always avoid.
The veterans Of the war for the Union
are pretty we'll acquainted with the
brand of affection displayed by these
men. They have an utter contempt for
the skulkers who remained at home and
traficked ia the honor Of the govern
ment and the blood Of its best men.
They want a little Of this ''imphed oon-
tract'' business applied to their case as
we'll as to the case Of the bondholders.
II this implied contract holds good with
the bondholder, the old soldiers have q
right to believe that it also holds good
with them, and, If this is true, there Is
about 90 cents due to the old soldiers
for each dollar they received as pay for
carrying the musket and following the
fag.-Omaha World-Herald.