The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
LETTERS FROM THe People

body wanted all they could get Of II tbef
worked for It. or sold anything they had
for ~, In fact N was what We were Seu
orally paid in. and yory glad TO gci D.,
too.
The banker fnds the check which calls
flor -. by inspection they find that u
| has been raised from 81 10 ~.
Now why did Jones change the check
\ Because It was moro valuable to him.
He would rather have 4 as " reads than
| the way the original read Smith has
Jones arrested Twelve of these men
who passed the currency bill are Jurors
The case against Jones is called Smith
/ testihes that tho contract or check called
/ for 80 The banker swears that he paid
Jones S. The jurors look AZ the check
and all agree that the figure was
changed to T. making the contract or
check more valuable to Jones than the
original one. They all agree that II Is
a clear case OF robbery, and asasess his
punishment at confinement in the state
! penitentiary Now. since one who sym
| pathizes with poor Jones remarks in the
presence OF one Of these jurors tone OF
these finaDciersl that It's wrong and hard
| 10 send Jones to the penitentiary, to work
hard. and then be disgraced for life Just
for IS. the difference between 81 and IS.
The tinancier would quickly reply. ITS
not the So; it's the principle OF the
thing"
You understand Jones changed the con-
tract. We must preserve the honor and
integrity of this county and Jones and
| all other rascals must understand that
/ they have no right to change contract
whereby IT. is worth more to them than
The original. This government had con
tracts out aggregating over eight hundred
! millions They We're drawn payable In
silver dollars, coin OF standard value,
July IA, 1890, but as s9 in gold was the
value of ten silver dollars these contracts
could have been paid in either coin and
clearly the government held the option,
as all debtors should have II any differ
ence exists. The bond holders, credit
oe, say that gold is the best money
known to the civilized world and our
bonds II made payable In gold, will be
worth more to us, and now 10 you viii
change the contract you will preserve
the honor and integrity OF this Nation
and will make our contracts worth mill
lions OF dollars more to us. We want
you to understand that We don't intend
Ito demand payment in gold. Oh no.
Hts JUST matter of FORM We will ac-
lcept any kind OF money In payment.
rise to remark; II we had Judas lscariot
and Annanias they could not keep pace
with this tribe of preservationists. Their
new tricks are wonderfully ahead of old
methods. These preservationists In 1896
said Bryan and his followers wanted TO
repudiate the contracts. We knew then
that they wanted to change the contract
and would do so when they got chance.
The only thing left to do Is for inc
senate to concur and the president TO sign
the bill. The next move by the only
honest intelligent statesmen viii be to, ge'
rid of the silver. treasury notes aud Sher-
man notes. After that to preserve the
honor and integrity Of the nation they
Will demand that the privilege OF issuing
and controlling money shall be turned
over to indviduals-- National bankers.
4 The last and final act will be to estab-
Ilish National banking trust. How
long, oh, how long will the people be
deceived BY these fellows who are sticky
all over with honor and integrity, below
ing like SO many prairie bulls when mes
quite grass Is atits best, about nail. wire
leather. oil sugar aud other trusts, as
well as expansion, all to detract the minds
OF the people from the financial--the main
issue OF today and should be in the cam
palgn OF 1900
The preservatlonists tell MS the issue Is
dead, that there is no Importance at
taching to this question; that trusts anc
expansion are the leading issues. VIVA
q lie, Thor action proved that tn,
financial question was the most impor-
tant of all. They did not wait TO organic,
first thing on docket.
For that lie the lord ought to hay,
killed the whole set who advocated thr
bill. He shonld have struck them with
lightning without Numbering 10 warn
them of approaching danger. Annania'
was struck dead for a less oflense, fo'
he only stole for himself,
While this bill was pending there wer,
more failures 10 banks than ever know
in the history Of this country In so shor
a period Had n free silver bill beer
pending these failures would have beer
charged TO the cause individuals, cor
porations and hanks falling, and genera
psnioky financial condition prevails in TIL,
great money oenters Of tho United States
under the gold standard The daily pa
pers report business In every line I'M
usually good in Mexico Cunder the silvo
, Standard No bank failures. no ind
viduals or corporations failing, The sec
rotary nf he lruessury of Mexico report
every business good and smooth ssiiiu.
for private and public business The ser
rotary Of The United States treasury ha
strained his energy for the past twent,
days doing all in his power 10 prevent
financial disaster. and yet he and his co
laborcrg are In doubt as to the result
What contrast between a silver standar,
country where they don't make any fus
about tho honor and integrity OF the ma
tion, and q gold standard country wher
we are in an eternal strain trying to pre
serve the honor and integrity ~ the Ma
tlon by stealing from the people By Iega
enactment, Lea Reatv