The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

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land, during his first administration,
was dlshonoring one OF the precious
metals, discrediting silver and en-
hancing the price of gold. He in
sisted that Mr.. Cleveland was try
lng TO make money scarce, and,
dear and added he
would havs increased the value of
money and diminisheh the value of
everything else. Money the master
and everything else the servant.
If Mr.. Mckinley then understood
the real purpose of the gold stand
ard, as | believe he did, who could
think Jefferson capable of advoca-
ting policy which instead Of Sc
curing equal and exact justice for
all, makes money the master and
everything else the servant
CARLISLE QUOTED.
"Mr. Carlisle in a speech in 1873
said: The conspiracy to destroy by
legislation and otherwise from three
sevenths to one-half of the metallic
money of the world is the most
gigantic crime Of this or any other
age Ii Mr.. Carlisle was then right,
a. believe he was, in the denun-
citation OF the gold standard, who
can believe Jefferson capable OF be-
ing a party to such a crime?
After the election Mr.. Mckinley
sent commission to Europe to Sc
cure international aid IN getting rid
Of the gold standard, and a republi.
can congress appropriated money to
pay the expenses OF the commission.
The commission failed because of
English opposition, and English OPP
position was due to the opposition
of English financiers. Jeffersonian
democrats must have better reason
for submitting to the gold standard
than the fact that the Eng ish
tinanciers favor it, as means for
raising the purchasing power OF
their money.
IL have selected these three ques-
tions because they are important,
and because your position upon
them has been clearly defined.
Your speeches abound in express
sions Of confidence in the gold
standard, your correspondence with
Mr.. Warner sets forth your opposi-
ton to the income tax, and a news
paper item, quoted in your book,
gives you credit for drafting that
portion Of the indianapolis platform
which related to the retirement of
the greenbacks and the substitution
of bank currency.
A PRoPHEsY.
"Your prophesy that "a law to
prevent wage-earners and salary
earners from demanding and Sc
curing payment in gold dolla y
would not be winning issue eviu-
ces tender solicitude for the
lab0ring man. | might suggest
thlt bimetallism alarms you moe
than it does the wage-earners. 1t
was not the employees who were
frightened at the specter OF free sill
yer in 1896; neither did the labor
ing man share your desire to add to
the privileges OF the banks.
"On Dec. 20, 1897, year after
the election, the Federation OF La
Dor adopted the following resolu-
tions.
. Resolved, That we declare
ourselves most positively opposed
to the Gage financial bill recently
introduced in congress by the secre
tary of the treasury. 1t is a meas
ure that, If adopted as a law, will
only the more firmly rivet the gold
standard on the people OF the coun-
try and perpetuate its disastrous
effects in every form.
:" Resolved, That We pronounce
the Gage bill as an undisguised ef-
fort to retire our greenback curren-
cy and all the government paper
money, with a view to the substitu-
tion Of national bank notes in THEN
stead, ani thus fasten the national
bank system for years upon the
American people
81 am not willing to believe that
you are more interested in the la
boring man than they are them
selves, or that you know better than
they what is good for them.
"Yours Truly, W. J. BRYAN"