The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1898-04-06
BIMETTALIST.
Becomes Eloquent In His Con.
trOversy With M. w. T.
It's Case Of Greek Meeting Greek With
Our Two Well Posted Cor
respondents.
SOME POINTS WELL MADE.

tenu JnaJ tnaL would pc the pest tnlng
that could happen to us, for il one owners
OF silver bullion Ia fOreigner) should
brig his silver here to have it coined
into American dollars and then take
them back to his own country, he could
not spend them as American dollars,
but he would be bound to have them
weighed and receive their amount in the
money of his own country; 30 the fact
is that he would be out Just what it cost
HIM to export his silver to this country
and back home. So it is so reasonable
to suppose that il he does bring his sill
yer here and have it coined into Ameri-
can dollars that he would spend it for
American produce thereby circulating
his money among the American people.
lie would bring his foreign silver and
have it coined into American dollars and
leave his dollars with us and tai g
away our produce. So you see, my dear
strive would be the on,s to be bene fitted
by it.
You also say that we have had coined
since rs five huudr, d millions Of dol
lars, but you forget to state that the per
capita ol money in rs was S54 and that
to-day it is only $2l per capita and that
the increase of population has out run
the increase in the circulating medium
thereby decreasing our money one-half.
Again you say that the silver dollar
under free coinage would be OF the same
weight and 6neness and haye the same
government stamp on it and then you
say they would not be worth as much as
the present silver dollar, because
the government would own no part in
them. My dear sir, you talk as il you
did not know what the government was
or you suppose that the government was
come powerful genii that was dishing out
money to suit itself Do you not know
that the people constitute the govern
ment and that the people elect their cor
gressmen and then give them the right
to issue and coin money and name the
value thereof, aud when the people OF
the government open the minis to the
free coinage Of silver aud through their
representatives, the congressman, take
374l grains OF silver and have it coined
into dollar OF the same weight aud hne-
ness and the same government stamp on
il, don't you get it INTO your one horse
pumpkin head that it will not circulate
Tor 100 anywhere And again, you say,
that restricting the coinage o. silver holds
it on parity with gold. am glad you
made this statement, for in doing 70 You
have acknowle,'g ID that silver was only
a token money. You are good Demo
crat but hate to own up, and now, if, as
you say, silver is ouly credit money and
no better than pap~r money, don't you
think it wrong to tax the people to buy
silver bullion to make money that is no
better than paper money when paper
money is so much cheaper? You com
pare me to a midnight assassin. My
friend am proud to know that | went
to the election and voted in broad day
light for the restoration OF the silver dol
lar that the Republican party stabbed at
dead hour of midnight. You deny my
statement in r. ard to what Blaine and
Gr4nt said in r. gard to the demonetiza-
ton Of silver. Their words and works
are fresh in the minds of the people and
stand IA living monument to their ef-
forts to keep and hold both gold and sill
YER as the standard and primary money
Of the constitution. will further refer
YOU to the immortal II. M. Teller, who
plead so nobly for bimetallism in the st.
Louis convention in '96, and denounced
Mckinley and g ,ldbugism in such bold
terns that he won the admiration Of the
American people.
You say you think | am an uncompro-
missing Democrat. You are mistaken. II
any Republican can convince me that II
is right 70 surrender the right Of govern
ment to issue paper money and give that
right to national bankers; also convince
me that is right to fasten the single gold
standard money system on this county,
thereby establishing a government OF
syndicatee, monopolies and interest draw
ing sharks, against government for the
people and by the people, then Mr.. M!
w. 4. will do the dirtiest trick a poor
laboring man ever did do, and that is
vote the Republican ticket.
You spoke about McKinley's election
nipping hard times in the bud. Ha ha
ha Go of and soak your head. You
seem TO think that since Mckinley 10
elected that times are better when We
have heard nothing but strikes and bard
times and peoples homes beirg sold ct
the court house door for below their real
value. Do you call such as that pros
perity ? II you do your mind Is in seri-
GUS condition.
You ask me what position l take on
the silver question. take the position
Of the Democratic platform Of '96. Many
persons misunderstood the meaning Of
free aud unlimited coinage Of silver. a.