Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-11
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was of a convincing nature free from
partisan snubs or any devices in rhet
ORIG employed for holding the interest
of the audience and employed for that
only. He held close to the present
issues and attempted to dodge nothing
The few notes found below, which were
cleaned on the wing will assist those
who heard the speech in remembering
certain parts.
The ballot is the means by which the
voter instTucts his government how to
act. The voter in voting the domo-
cratic or republican ticket votes II up
hold one of these two ideas of power
First, the republican idea that the pow
er donated to the government by the
people can be honestly used by private
corporations or individuals for their in
divIdual betterment, backed by the the
DRY that in lettering the few it ultl-
mately betters the many. Second, the
democratic idea that power donated the
government should not be farmed out
to individuals.
The most dangerous power that can
be delegated to the hands of corpora
ton or individuals is the power to con-
troll currency. Our government has
monopoly on money. 1t has not only
the sole right to make it but 1t has the
right of compelling people to use it..
Its power differs when compared to
that of an individual who takes out a
patent. He has the right of making
his patelt, and the only right, but he
can not compel people to use his device
in preference to some other one which
might answer equally as well. The
government has the exclusive right of
making money and the right of com
polling it to be used. Taxes must be
paid in money; not in corn, or hogs. or
anything else which might be substi-
tute in value. If the individual con-
trolls the United States money system
he not only has monopoly of increas
ing or diminishing, making prices high
or low, like monopolists who control
sugar, oil, etc, do Besides possessing
these ordinary powers of monopoly he
can command the use of money in
preference to commodities of the same
value. On money depends the proper
exercise of law in the courts of justice,
the proper maintenance OF thorough
fares, the declaration of war and great
national projects So you see how all
important it is and how great the con-
cession would be If placed IN the hands
of individuals.
A recapitulation of parts of tie
money arguments shows that the de-
monltization of silver was accomplish
ed by stealth. Point to single state
constitution, or county constitution
that even suggested that free mintage
of gold and silver was hurtful, publish
ed near the year of denomination.
The result of the decentralization which
worked itself out silently through the
years was that the one metal gold had
to perform two times the work which
it had done before. All the demand
which had been present for both gold
and silver were concentrated on gold
Various authorities such as Rothchild
acknowledge the truth OF that state
ment. 1t is impossible to make both
ends of teater board rise and fall at
once. When silver became robbed of
its powers of money it fell with the
other commodities and gold went up.
If law should be passed compelling
people to disregard the use of wheat for
food, corn having to take the place of
wheat, would rise quickly and wheat
would fall. The only way TO bring
back the price of wheat to its normal
condition would be to repeal the law
which restricted the use of it. So with
silver and gold. The only way to bring
back the price of silver Is to repeal the
law which robs it of its legitimate use.
dustry from the auction block.
The republicans say, do not agitate
the money question. They decline to
leave it alone. Keep the money ques-
ton quiet. Those who advise thus
have met at Indianapolis in MONETARY
commission and prepared bill which
now awaits the action of the House of
Representatives | refer to the Over
street Bill. Why are they not discuss
ing it? Is there another march to be
stolen on the people parallel to that of
'73 E? They dare not discuss the Overstreet
Bill any more than they would have
dared to argue decentralization of silver
in 70.
When you anchor the country to one,
either gold or silver you have an I'M
steady standard capable of being cor
nered and controlled by the individual.
Unite them and you have a standard