Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-28

Sdmuel h6lStOQ anu ". a. w l0Ule
spoke to a large crowd at the opera
house Friday evening Mr.. Ralston ad-
dressed the people first. A few of the
points which be touched upon may be
given in condensed form as follows:
The democratic party does not ques-
tion the right of corporations to
hold property, but it does say that no
corporation or rich man has the right to
dictate words to the pen of the chief
executive. Corporations are creatures
under the government and have a voice
in law only so far as the votes of their
individual members will allow. They
must not dictate for their own better
ment thereby sacrificing the betterment
of the masses.
The sound money argument" is but
begging the question. All financiers
think that their argument will produce
sound money. Test their reason. Ask
any two republicans to evolve system
based on the sound money argument.
So widely different are their ideas that
the two systems would not coincide.
Any free silver advocate can inform
you what their system is
If the next congress elected, is repub-
lican, it means the passage of the Over
street bill This bill was recently drawn
up IN Indianapolis by a monetary COM
mission composed of that class who
speculate upon the earnings of farm
ers and of the hard working peo-
pie. In that commission not one farm
er was found, nor one laborIng man.
yet the bill is supposed to represent the
wants of the lsborlng class. There is
not single republican in the state who
dares to face an intelligent audience
and present an argument in favor of
the bill. 1t was favorably reported by
the republican committee. 1t contains
among other things the following: "All
obligations of United States for pay
ment of money shall be paid in gold.'
Not as Mckinley said in 'S2, paid at
the option of the government.
In Cleyeland's administration ]. Pier
pOnt Morgan and his ring offered to
cancel Sl6,OOO,OOO if the government
would make the rest of the bonds
which they held redeemable in gold.
Then every republican in the legisla-
ture cast his vote against the measure
and justly declared against it If i'll
Clevelands administration the bond
holders could afford to lose S16,OOO,OOO
in order that they might realize the
profit of the gold payment, they now
could afford to lose q vast sum more
The outstanding debts of this govern
ment at that rate would become $780,
100000.
A second provisio1 in this bill is.
that no silver dollars shall be coined.
This is followed by the clause that the
secretary shall cancel S15,OOO,00O in
greenbscks. If at the end of ten years
every greenback is not in, then they
lose their value forever. The govern
ment will repudiate every debt which is
witnessed by the greenback. S346, 100000
in that time honored paper will be sub
stituted for the interest bearing cur
rency of the banks. Should a necessity
arise for money, the bill authorizes the
treasurer to issue bonds and sell them
for currency. Notice, not gold but cur
rency. Ii before the expiration of the
ten years we borrow money, then the
bill actually authorizes the treasurer to
borrow paper which must according to
the same instrument be paid back in
gold.
Mr.. Ralston here gave number
of historical examples of great
men who had advanced the same finan-
He ended the list of examples by say
ing, whenever a great misunderstand-
ing arises, it has Thomas Jefferson
on one side and bankers and foreign
capitalists on the other, God giving
me understanding, l will side in with
Jefferson every time.
The war question was briefly handled.
"War has its hardship" Mr.. Ralston
said "but there is no excuse for allow
ing our soldier boys to starve upon
American soil. War has its hard
ships but there is no excuse for allow
ing dog doctor to have in his hands
the lives of an entire regiment of our
sick soldiers" Rev. Dr. Carstenson,
of Indianapolis, has been slandered by
the republican press for exposing this
impostor. Think of it man whose