Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-01-11
Sensible Financial Talk.


for debate Mr.. Calderhead
among other things said: "When the
world is pouring its flood Of gold into
this country because business de-
manded it here, you answered. LET US
90 to a silver bases ! remind you
Of one fact in the history Of the world
that you seemed to have entirely
overlooked and our own friends have
somewhat overlooked. 1t is a fact
that a little over a hundred years
ago, when the government OF france
was attempting by the severest kind
penalties to compel the peoples money
in payment Of obligations; at a time
when there was a death penalty for a
man who refused to receive the notes
OF France secured by her public lands;
at time whom il q man refused to
sell his wheat or his cattle or his
horses and accept that kind Of money
in payment for it, he had hlsproperty
appraised by the public appraiser and
sold by him for that money! at a
time when that kind Of money de-
preciated until 1t took thousand
francs to buy a loaf Of bread in Paris
that government repealed all their
legal.tender laws, and from every
crack and crevice in France, in Ger
many, and all Europe came the pen
MES and silver and gold coins cross
over to France, and in six months
from the time Of that repeal Napoleon
paid an ormy Of 100000 men with
gold coin. 1t is not alone legislating
concerning the standard which brings
gold into circulation or drives it out
Of it. 1t is the promise or the
threat to depreciate the legal'tender
money that drives the valuable
money of the country from circula'
ton.
Then you Democrats got hold OF
the administration. You 20. hold OF
that surplus, and what became OF ltG
You can not tell how you managed to
get rid Of our splendid revenue by a
tariff for revenue. You can not tell
how YOU ran us in debt 1882, OOO,OO
in three years. Then when we pro-
posed measure for raising revenue
you said, What are you doing that
for, why don't you declare war for
Cuban independence You had
been wanting Cuba for eighty years.
but now you must have Cuban indie
pendence.
'When we proposed first to pro-
tect our own country and protect ouI
own workingmen by a tariff that not
only protects them but also would
support the government, you said
What are you pretending to help the
people forP Why don't you 60 to wal
with Spain?' Then, when we had the
war and had won the victories and
made peace with honor by a solemn
treaty and undertook to perform oul
parts Of that treaty in the Philippines
it was your new apostle of peace wh'
denounced us for Imperialism, fol
militarism, and for making war upon
the principles Of liberty.
"And now, when we have fulfilled
every promise we made to The peopl'
in lS96-now, when we have mad
the revenue sufficient, when we hav
made Cuba free, when we have re
stored the business OF the countr
and the wages Of our workingmen-
now, when we have kept faith and ar
about to fulfill the last promise OF GU
covenant with the people, you answe
and say, why don't you do some
thing else, what are you doing thl
iorp
meanwhile you leaders assembl
and consult auguries and pour on
libations and look through glasses .
birds Of omen in the air and pray fo
a delusion to confuse the minds
the people again. What forP Wh'
condition Of our country would 20
!. changer Are our working people to
busyP Are our businessmen tc
busyp Selling too much abroad
Bringing too much gold into OF
country Have we too much re-
enuep
"Is our money too rich that
must be diluted for your
Every prophecy you have mac
. on this subject has failed, and yc
know it. What now remains for yC
but to stand aside and let the count