Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-05-21

and long about BLEEDING Kansas" "
He elogized at great length the
late John Brown the hero Of Ossa-
watomIe, a gentleman whose KNAPP
sack was No. az and whose bOdy has
been mouldering in the ground. He
told how much blood had been shed in
Kansas, the home Of ''isms" and Mary
Yellen Lease. "Kansas is the
home OF droughs and cyclones
he cried, it gave birth to chinch bugs
and populism. Why chinch bugs are
the bane Of my existence. They are
my nightmare" he continued as he
skillfully scratched his left shin with
the great toe Of his right foot. 1t
was to poor deIuded pops like these
! that he came out to talk to. He'went
on TO say how he was doing this speak
ing out Of the goodness OF his heart.
He had never gotten anything out Of
politics, no not he, but was inspired
to talk by his loye Of the dear people.
He was good meeting house kind Of
man, on the order Of Lemuel joe
lyn who "believed In the Book from
kiver to kiver, but couldn't keep from
fighting roosters to save his life."
HE DEFINES MONEY.
He then graphically told what
money was and its origin, relating how
"in the days that are gone Maggie"
there was no money in the backwoCds.
No circulating medium and the peo-
pie had to barter property. He told
q pathetic tale Of man who had a
dog that he did not want but he
wanted sheep, and another man had
sheep that he wasn't enam-
ored on, but he was hungering
and thirsting for dog and how these
men who we're so necessary to each
others happiness looked for each other
seven years before they met. This
happened in the Waldo Hills and
caused money to be invented, sound
money at that.
THE TooZoNlAN EPIGRAM.
He got off the Toozonian epigram
that the basis of money should be
human toll,
In short he preferred the human
toll standard to the Gold Standard,
but his piety would crop out at times
when he would cry aloud, "God made
the gold and put 1t in the mountains" "
ORIGIN OF THE FIAT MONEY.
He related what horrible time some
old kings Of England had in getting
their annual rakeoff because the peo.
pie had become tired Of giving up. The
kings then wentsinto the business OF
making fiat money and would put the
subjects in the Bastile or Moro castle
il they declined to receive 1t. This
was the real origin Of the Populists.
When the English came over in the
Mayfower they brought their fiat
money with them and tried TO swap it
to the Indians who had wampun,
which was sound money for two reas'
ons, because it represented human
toll and would "sound" when they
ratified 1t.
At this point it was easy to imagine
a smile to cross over the features Of
President Lincoln on the CANVASS near
the speaker.
COLONISTS HAD MONEY TO BURN
He said the colonists had money To
burn. In fact they had so much the
didn't know what to do with It.
When they took it to the banks they
carried it In pillow cases. He admit
ted that Alexander Hamilton and
Thos Jefferson consented to the es-
tablishment OF the 16 to l ratio and it
had never been changed. Here tine
picture of Mr.. Lincoln smiled again,
and it began to dawn that the bring.
ing in Mr.. of Lincoln's picture was q
Populist trick and served to call down
the speaker when he got too gay and
festive, as on the occasion when he
was giving Mr.. Veach drubbing for
advocating the Issue Of paper money
to carry on the war, thing Mr., Liz
coin did
BEGINS TO READ.
He seemed TO run out af something
to talk about and began to read ex-
tracts from various speeches Of Sena
tors Morrill,, Sherman and Others on
the crime of '73. He had a
valise full of these speeches as
Yoluminous as the proverblal
barrel of sermons used by young
Methodist circuit rider. At last the
lamp went out and stopped the read
ing business. He then chanted:
'The day is dark mine eyes are dim
I can scarcely see to read this hymn,
and began to talk some more.
NO SILVER BEFORE '73.
He said there was no silver coint
until after the crime of '73. He was
willing to pay all kinds of money fol
a dollar made before that period-the
dawn of the golden era, This state
ment fell on the audience with dull
sickening thud, to use stereotyped
phrase employed by reporters in writ
Ing up a hanging.
JoRY'S LITTLE BOOK.
Mr.. Bingham read from and expa.