Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-14

! their varied interests-tO be active and
! aggressive political campaigners from
January to December 81 in each and
every year.
| Why does not the Post call off the
dogs of financial war? Why are the
Cages, the Fairchilds, the Bynums
the Laughlins, and the whole pack o.
goldbug howlers canvasing the coun'
! try TO ''more thoroughly commit the
United States to the single gold stand
ard?" Why are Wall streets goldbug
missionaries, styling themselves the
Sound Money Club" deluging the
country with literature from the inner
circle of Wall and Lombard street gold
gamblers? Why are tie boards OF
trade throughout the country loading
Congress with petitions to utilize oar
unfortunate relations with Spain for
the passage Of the Indianapolis-Gage
plan Of turning the finances of the peo-
pie Of this country over to the tender
mercies of a banking syndicate and
robbiug the government of its constitu-
tional power ''to coin money and regu-
late the value thereof"
The Post further says:
There is time enough, if properly
apportioned, for the farmer. the me-
chanic, the miner, the manufacturer,
the merchant, the professional man,
and all other citizens to give that at
tention to politics which every good
citizen owes. To introduce the ''bat-
tie of the standards" into an agricul-
tural meeting is as unnecessary and IN
expedient as it would be to push the
Is to l proposition upon the attention
of religious conference.
Who authorized the goldites to ap-
portion out the time which farmers,
mechanics, miners, manufacturers, and
professional men may occupy in dis
cussing political affairs? There has
been some complaint with regard to
the manner in which Speaker Reed ap-
portions the time for discussion in the
House of Representatives, and it has
been suggested that he sometimes cuts
off debate on questions disagreeable to
him. Now comes the great defender
of Gage, Bynum & Co. and proposes to
apportion the time which the people
may take to reply to the heresies of
these 1oouacious pO1dites
The Post deprecates the introduction
Of the battle of the standards into ag-
ricultural meetings. Why. then, do
you flood every agricultural gathering
with your goldbug literature? Why
do you call your miserable trash to the
attention of every farmer in the land
in season and out of season? If it would
be inexpedient and unnecessary to push
the 16 to l proposition upon the atten-
tion of religious conference, why do
the gold propagandists do that? Why
do they constantly mix religion with
gold gambling? Why do they pretend
that their mode of swindling is honest,
and call upon the peops to stand by
the honest swindling which they do.
and to cease to complain of the iniqui-
ty of the powers that be? Why do the
great majority of the leaders of gold
standard contraction make long pray
ers and thank God that they are not as
other men? Why do they call the
people, anarchists because they are
opposed to rascality? Why do they
call them disturbers of the peace be-
cause they groan under the burdens of
taxation imposed upon them by the
pharisees and hypocrites of the gold
standard combination? iSiIUer Knight
W0tch2tda.