The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
SECRETARY CAGES BILL.
Republican Double Dealing with the
reople.


A press dispatch of December 10 says
.hat secretary Gage, in explaining the
bill he presented TO the committee OF
banking and currency. said:
'"The objects I have In mind In the series
81 provisions offered by me are four in num-
Ser:
Il. To commit the country more thor
,ughly 10 the gold standard remove. so far
as possible. doubts and fears on that point
and thus strengthen the credit OF the United
states. both az home and abroad.
-. To strengthen the treasury In relation
% It's demand liabilities, I'm which are in
,luded ~Ercenbacks, treasury notes, and the
Incidental obligations TO maintain on a
parity, through lnterchangeabiliiy with
gold. SO far as may be necessary, the pres
snt large volume Of silver certificates and
silver dollars.
-. To do this In such n way as not 10
contract the volume OF circulation in the
hands or the people.
"a. 10 take an initial step toward a sys-
lem OF bank note issues without the con-
1itional deposit Of public bonds as security
therefor"
We arc further informed that the
committee has reported the bill as thus
prepared, practically without change.
1t will be noticed that Mr.. Gage says
II is the purpose of the bill to commit
the countrythe mo-e thoroughly 10 the
gold Standard
There is no doubt but that tens Of
thousands of republicans voted for Mr..
Mckinley believing that he was at
heart opposed to the gold standard and
favorable to bimetallism. And now at
the first opportunity his secretary Of
the treasury proposes TO commit the
country the more thoroughly to the
gold Standard" and a republican COM
mittee in accord with the Mckinley adj
ministration approves of and reports
such a bill.
All hypocrisy is thrown off. In
power. there is no longer any neccs-
sity for practicing further deception,
and the country is TO be driven harder
and harder upon the shoals of ADVERSE
ty. The people, bonded to the money
dealers by taxation and other oncrous
obligations for untold millions OF pub
lie and private Indebtedness. are to be
placed more thoroughly than ever up
on the gold standard"
What will the republicans who be-
lieye in b~imetallism and an American
policy think of this administration
which they assisted in voting into
power? Assisted because they believed
Mr.. Mckinley mt heart was n bimctal-
list? They are men of honor and can
not afford to follow the Mckinley adj
ministraiion. They are men of strong
convictions, and should be prompt in
repudiating the leaders who have sold
out their party to the money power.
Each step the republican party has
made on the gold standard when be-
fore the people has been taken by n
fragrant attempt TO deceive the people.
For years they protested that the gold
standard was the farthest from their
intention. and Mr.. Mckinley himself
.arraigned Mr.. Cleveland for unjust
silver. Those who know of the trait Of
the demagogue in n class of politicians
and the designs Of the money power
knew what was to be expected and
pleaded with the patriotic republicans
to go with the Chicago convention. that
had taken up the cause of Lincoln and
Jackson and Jefferson against despots
whose purpose, or the natural conse-
quence of whose action is, to e~nslave the
American people.
The time has now arrived when the
Of the spirit of Lincoln are band
ing together to save their country from
white slavery;"to save themselves and
their children from being sold into
bondage; and there is no time to be
lost in throwing partisanship to the
winds, MS their forefathers did in 1856
and in 1850. a nation is in peril. The
cause of freedom is at stake.
The collection of flakes under the gold
standard to pay interest upon the mu-
nicipal, county. school. state and ma
bonds held by the money
changers-mcn Of Mr.. Cages class
means the perpetual servitude Of the
people. II means that they are deliv-
cred into bondage. 1t means. should
they approve of Mr.. Cages proposition. |
they have placed manacles upon
own limbs,
W II. HARVEY.