Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-10
LETTER FRox a POPULIsT.


Hon. Thomas B0ckman writes Us
letter dated al NarshBel5. Coo
county, Or. April -:
Il would like 20 make a few state
nsents from the standpoint Of PObu
list 10 regard % the union u force
for future action EYery P0palist j
perfectly willing for the government
70 coin all the silver into money thai
can Be dug out - long a. the peOple
are snKi0Us 70 have silver a.
money. But they recognize this Ooe
fact that nothing j. money until the
government by it, stamp makes II
money, ard god OF bad money j.
simply q matter q legislation behind
that starUp. sod all We want is the
same legislation behind all money
stamped or issued out a. a circulating
medium zmOog the people.
We bold this statement 10 Be clear
aud inoOntrOTertab!e that wherever
08e kind u money has 10 Be redeemed
10 seuIe otber kind u money, il
places the government under Obiiga-
tion TO swap dollars ~ith the lodi
Yidn2I whC demands it, makes that
demand from the fact that he SEES an
advantage 10 IL to himself We slsO
hoId, aud claim that there is not q
b4se on record that can set aside this
statement. that ali money j. depend
ent entirely a. To its good or bad
qualities upon the nature aud
strength Uf legislation upon which III
Is based. IL is stated. and has been
told time aud again 80 much 50, that
that it is supposed to be true BY the
great majority OF the people that
where the government issues paper
money, it thereby becomes in debt
for il, and that it could not be other
wise than that the government must
redeem that paper money with coin
moDey. We as POpulists make this
statement perfectly conscious that
we are correct that the government by
stamping paper which shall be
received ana shall pass as
money aud letting the individual
have IL, taking his obligation for it
the government is not 10 debt to any
body, but the Individual Is indebt TO
the government, and when that per-
son takes back and pays TO the gov
ernment according to the Obligation
he gave In the same kind Of money or
any Kind OF money thai settles the
matter. II IL was paper money he
paid the government could do with il
just what IL pleased, either burn IL up
aud issue new TO the next man, as pay
Il out again. Aud where the govern.
nent should pay out that kind OF
money for labor, IL should receive IL
back IN taxes, tariff, or any other way
hat might be designated whereby
Jhe government is 70 receive revenue
from the people.
This course would do away with the
advantage that the Individual can get
over the government. aud the billions
VI dollars that have been drawn from
tue labor and productive resources Of
the people Within the last thirty years
ought to be object lesson enough for
hem 70 begin 10 see the point. No
Populist can ever give up or yield one
n these points, though he may hold
lhem in allegiance for the time, like
was done last fall, and though he may
DE crowding forward the initiative
ind referendum IL Is not because he
has abandoned one OF his ideas on the
money question, but Il is because he can
nope for better results when the whole
people can be appealed 10 than he can
possibly expect from one so easily cor.
-upted, present representative system
4 legislation.
CHEnAwA Wins. The Chemawa
BOYS are convincing the many base.
'all teams with whom they haYe
played that they have
thorough understanding, OF the
game. In the game at Salem Satur-
lay afternoon between the Salem aud
chema@a second teams. the latter