Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-10


an1 believe The only way We can reael
It is b. the labOrinz classes uuitin
and holding together. and let part
names have no influence. Thi
county will b represented a
Albany IL pgOsperitTdoes not hit Us 5
hard that we cannot come. I su
prepared 10 lag aside all othe
questions until the money question i
settled upon principles that wiz make
it possible to perpetuate the present
form Of government.
Baker-I heartily assure you that
I am ia sympathy with the move
mens. Many more letters have beer
received but they would only repeat
the same story. They are all from
representative men 10 the state who
know what they are writing about.
Under date Of March Is, 81, one
national leader whose fame is world
wide aud whose ''bGgle blast is worth
thousand men," writes Us: 1 highly
commend the union Of all forces op-
posed to the single gold standard.
Without such union 1 fear the in
dustrial masses will never secure a
lasting victory over the money and
the confederated monopolies. One
might as consistently oppose the
churning OF cream while suffering for
want Of butter as to oppose a union Of
forces while suffering untold mlseries
at the hand of a common enemy.
Some Of our sOcalled reformers are
more partisan than patriotic, and put
their respective parties above their
God ard their country, but 1 think
We should not .be 50 particular just
DOW as to whose party gives US the
victory just 50 we get it.
The national campaign arrayed the
money power. bOndholders, trusts,
the great corporations aud all pro-
tessional boOdlers with everything
purchssable, all on one side. While
the plain people with all this arrayed
against them AID deserted by many
of their great leaders, stood like
a stone wall for human rights, through
the fury of the conflict They were
not defeated but are still camped On
the field where they fought eager for
a renewal OF the contest, with many
coming to their assistance who al
lowed themselves to be lined up on
the Otner side by delusiye promises
and the pharisaic cry Of "sonnd
money" which has proven to be their
apple of Sodom.
The promised return Of prosperity
cannot be fulfilled under the gold
standard. With famine in Asia and
a war in Europe our products continue
to decline. The prices Of labor
products, as well as the supply and de-
mand, are established by trusts and
syndicates.
Gold continues to leaye the country.
labor, and products and
are not yet cheap enough to
encourage the Investment Of capital
under the gold standard.
Gold is again leaving the national |
treasury. Does Wall street intend TO |
force another issue OF bonds? Is |
money to be held from the people un-
iii they are willing 10 submit TO the
sjO),000,0OO bond issue, in order
that banks may issue bank
bAA AAAE1E puLNu1>tu
bonds; Or is it the paper mills that
are to be started instead Of the mints?
Win these greedy usurers never be-
ware? There is no limit to their
plundering operations. The time TO
stop is now. The hour has arrived,
lnd the people are here. Let them
act. Not as professional agitators /
but as American citizens whose gene
1logy and conduct has been truly
American from the Revolution to the
present time. II the homes and lib
,rties OF the people are to be taken
rom them for debt ahd taxes, let
hem be taken from US and not from
,ur children. Liberty and bonds can
rot exist in the same government any
more than freedom ana slavery. The