The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-12-14
The Cause of Free Silver.
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N the Geld standard IL Coed. yvhs
xst Ne Open ana Above beard
About NJ.


II the gold standard IL good thing.
"a MEASURE that appeals to ihc sound
Judgment Of an intelligent public, why
was II necessary TO pass The demon
rtiEation act by meaus Of falsehood,
fraud and forgery? WIN some gold
standard advocate please tell us why?
An intelligent pablic IL generally able
TO appreciate a good thing when Il II
presented TO them In the light % It's
own merits. without having 20 be fprccd
TO accept II by means that are for
hidden by the moral Law aud made Grim
innl by the statutes.
IL was the fifteenth section az the So
called "mint law" of 1879 that demon
ctised silver. |, accomplished lie pur-
pose by simply emitting the silver del
lar from che list Of coins. and combining
the legal tender feature Of subsidiary
silver coins 20 Eve dollars. The follow
ing h. literal copy ~ this infamous
section. which was printcd near the
middle of bin tina, measured over ~
feet in length when set In type;
See. Is That the silver coins Of the
United States shall be n trade dollar a
half-doliar. W S-ccni piece, quarter
dollar. or zs-ccnt place, dime, or teH-ceni
piece: and the weight 81 the trade dollar
shall be t29 sfalns troy. the weight of the
half dollar shall be u grams and nns-haf
Of a gran; the quarter-doilnr ana the dime
shall Nbc respectively. onc.ha,f ana one
NTH OF the wtlghi Of said haif-dollar and
said coins shall be legal tender nt their
tel 40
ct-dlng i've dollars In one payment.
Now. for the purpose Of bringing the
issue sqnarrly before the public, we
assert that this section was not only
wnrdcd and printed In such way rs to
avoid detection and TO deceive. but IL
WIS forged. II was not In the hill that
passed congress, II was never read
before either house Of congress II
was never debated by congress; In
fact II was not before congress IN amy
shape or form whatever, but II was
In the hill that the president signed.
II was plain. deliberate. criminal forg-
cry. We fully appreciate the gravity
of this charge and we do not make Il
with view Of creating n sensation.
We state n simple fact, tie proof OF
which we have in our possession.
Who was the forger? As 10 the ac-
tual writing Of the forged section. that
In matter Of con lecture. but cir
cums;aniial evidence stronger than
that which has been known TO hang
mtn points tu the party who might
have procured the forgery. Congress
will he asked 10 investigate this matter
either a. the coming session or the one
that will meet In December. 1900. and
all the evidence will then be submitted
and published
During the time that II WINS before
congress this so-callcd mint hili' was
nlsn sent to England and Submitted
10 the board Of directors Of the Bank
Of England for their approval. Why
was IL necessary 10 refer IN American
law tn the Rank o. England for It's SAME
iinn? win some gold standard ud,o.
cate please answer this question? We
would like 60 ask. also. il corscicBtious.
~ honest men, knowing these state
mcnts To w. true, can contiuuc'to Civ,
their support 10 law thai was secured
10y faischood, fraud aud forgery. and
which bad to be- secretly sanctioned by
the Bank Of England before II could
pass the American congress. Of course
some will say that this is n mere trick
Of politics, and ease their conscience
in that way; but in due time. and Ia the
proper place. proofs will he presented
that are absoIutCly overwhelming
Mississippi Valley Democrat.