The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21
NE DISHONEST DOLLAR
Silver Good Enough For the SOL
der, but the B0ndh0Ider
Is Paid In Gold.

The Government For Years Made and
Circulated "Dishonest Dollars" Only
to Find 1t Out In 1873. and Five
Years Later Went Into the "Dishonest
Dollar" Business Again.
II the people of Indiana. believe the
half. or the Tooth part Of one-half of the
mouthings and vaporings Of the gold
bugs and their henchmen about the sill.
yer dollar, they must conclude that the
government. from its foundation. has
been engaged in coming dishonest dol
lars" and that when il was not coming
dishonest dollars" at its own mints. it
went into the business OF making Mexi.
can, Spanish and the dollars Of other
nations dishonest" by affixing a dis
honest value upon them and made them
pass current at such value in the United
States.
Under every administration, from
Washington to Grant, this thing Of
coming dishonest silver dollars" pro-
ceeded unques-ione but. in 1878. that
paragon Of integrity. John Sherman,
saw the monstrous dishonesty Of coin
ing silver dollars Of 4i2ls grains Of
standard silver. and by perpetrating a
fraud in the interest of Judas Iscariots,
the money bag holders Of the nation.
put an end to the coinage of dishonest
dollars No one knows, or will ever
know. the amount Of swag John Sher-
mau secured by this act OF treason to
the people. 1t is only known that. on
5000 a year. he became q multi mill
ionaire. was kicked out of Office by
William Mckinley and left. in his old
age. to reap a more abundant harvest
of obloquy than has fallen to the lot Of
any native American since Benedict
Arnold set the example Of selling his
country for British gold.
The fraud perpetrated by John Sher-
man delighted every goldbug in the
land, just as Arnold's treason won the
applause of the Tories in the war Of the
revolution.
But. it appears from the records, that
the people of the United States were so
enamored Of the business Of coining
''dishonest dollars" that In 1878, after
living five years with the mints closed
to the coinage Of dishonest dollars" q
fearful epidemic Of dishonesty seized
upon the people and swept over the
country. And again the mints were
opened to the coinage Of dishonest
dollars" and this swelling tide Of in
iquity and astounding cussedness rolled
on till more than 40O. .0O0. 900 Of dds
honest dollars" were coined-dollars
which in the high wrought indignation
OF Republican campaign openers de-
clared to be "two-fifths hes," and sees
no reason why the government may not
go to the extreme and coin q whole sill
yer dollar lie. upon the ground, that IL
the government puts In circulation o
dollar which is "two-fifths" q lie, 1t may
with equal propriety put in circulation
a dollar five-ffths lie-in fact. 60 into
the counterfeiting business under the
and laws enacted in con.
formity with the constitution.
II any one will 90 TO the trouble Of
reading the campaign opening address
of Hon. Albert j. Beveridge at Tomlin.
son hall. delivered some weeks since. 1t /
will be seen upon what sort of orator.. I
cal rations the distinguished speaker fed
his audience.
1t is not to be assumed that the Re-
publican campaign opener. though q
ragular Xasnviau orator tuada aov cr,s,
verts from the ranks of silver Repub-
licans. or in any wise demoralized
Democrats. but his reference TO the dis.
honest American dollar indicates quite
the kind of financial litera.
turc that suits the Republican party.
The American dollar. which the gold
bugs delight in denouncing AS dishonest
and "two-ffths . lis," IL these epithets
were warranted, would present the