The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

United States before the world as a
nation OF knaves. coming dollars "two.
fifths" lie. and compelling the people
to accept them as IL they were honest
dollars.
To quote Mr.. Beveridge verbatim,
he said: If the government stamp
can make piece of silver which you
can buy for 45 cents pass for 100
cents aud II the gov.
ernment lies two-fifths in declar-
ing that as cents is 100 cents, why
not lie three-fifths and declare that
nothing at all is 100 centsr'
This sort Of rant Is accepted as fnan-
cial gospel by the Republican press and
the Republican managers Of the cam.
paign, and yet, when their attention Is
called to the fact that the dollar they
denounced as dishonest, and as lies, are
paid out to soldiers. they are then COM
PEELED to accept the Democratic posi-
tion relating to the honesty Of the sill
yer dollar, that 1t Is q standard coin,
irredeemable. sound as gold, constitu.
tionsl and primary money, legal ten
der for all debts, public or private, and
that its coinage now. as In 1892, meets
every requirement Of sound money. To
this the Repu ublican goldbugs are driven.
or be compelled to admit they have paid
soldiers in dishonest" money. But
this fact In no wise relieves them Of the
odium of mendacity which they have
earned by their puerile and studied
SANDERS. heaped upon those who have
sought with patriotic persistency to re.
monetize the silver dollar in the interest
of all the people.
But the Republican party, by paying
silver dollars to soldiers aud refusing to
pay them to bondholders, has placed 1t.
self ON record as party making dis
tinction between soldiers and bond
holders. The party regards silver as IN
ferior money and gold as superior
money. In peying the bondholders !,
surrenders It's option and pays them In
gold. In paying soldiers II exercises iti
option and pays them in silver. II sil.
yer Is good enough for soldiers. IL is
good enough for bondhoiders, and this.
If the case were submitted to the people.
would be the verdict And the Demo
cratic party does submit the question
to the people Of Indiana and asks for their
verdict at the polls on Nov. 8. 1898.
The facts are as stated. The govern.
ment is placed under obligation to sol
diers Of a higher character than its obli-
cations to bond holders. These soldicrs
performed patriotic service; they placed
their health and their lives in peril to
serve their country. Ii has been said.
and truthfully said. There is nothing
too good for soldiers" II the Repub.
lican party believed that, it must pay Its
soldiers in gold. because it says gold is
the best money" IL is the money which
it pays to bond holders, but 1t does
not pay the soldiers in the money
it pays to bond holders. Bond hold
ers will not have silver dollars,
which Mr.. Beveridge characterizes
as "two-fifths" lie, but 1t does pay
such silver coins to soldiers. and does
not permit them. as IL permits bond
holders, to choose the kind of money
they will accept.
II, as they are compelled to do, admit
that silver dollars are ''sound money"
sound enough to pay soldiers. why not
pay it to bond holders? Let Repub-
licans answer. If they can. Indeed, the
Democratic party Of Indiana insists
they shall answer, or sit as dumb as 30
many bronze dogs on the front steps Of
q plutocrats palace.