The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-04-05


Republicans, il the gold standard is good
what vas that amendment put in there
for, reviving the hope Of international
bi-metallism? The gold standard is
either good or bad; II it is good then we
don't want to change it by instituting in.
ternational b-metallism /; II it is bad then
why do the republicans insist all the
time that the gold standard is all right
You will find that the republican party
is preparing to make another fight under
the mask OF international bi.metsllim.
It is trying to deceive the people again !;
and when man comes to you and tells
YOU he wants honest money You ask him
why he refers to its honesty. have al.
ways had my suspicious of the man who
is always talking about honest money.
I am afraid he is like Peter Cartwright;
he said he was sanctified, and another
man said yes, he was sancti6ed in spots;
and l am afraid these fellows talk 90
much about honest money that they
haven't time to be honest in their man
ner Of getting the kind of money they
want. The republican party to-day is
carrying forward step by step the gold
standard. It hasn't got to the end yet /;
it don't dare to take away from the silver
dollars their legal tender quality. The
republican party will demonetize the
silver dollars as soon as they dare, and
will tell you how they will start, because
those who have watched the gold stan
dard know the track 1t makes in the
road. When they wanted to repeal the
Sherman law they began to present the
Sherman notes and demand gold and
then they began to raise halloo about
an endless chain, and they said these
notes are to be re-issued and they are to
be used to draw the gold out and they
must be retired, and they coerced the
country into retiring the Sherman bills.
Then they presented the green.back and
insisted the green-back was danger ous-
yet they have got law that when you
present green-back and draw out gold
it cannot be re-issued except as a
gold certificate; it is no longer govern
ment paper, and every time it goes out
and the gold dollar comes into the treas.
ury they are preparing to contract the
currency. Now they say you must re.
deem silver dollars in gold, and present
the silver dollars and draw out gold; and
then they will demand that you with
draw it's legal tender quality. They just
take a step at time and as soon as the
patient gets over the last dose he will
have another.
l want to talk while about the trust
question. have found that some peo-
pie who wouldn't think about the money
question at all would think about the
trust question; because when a man
butts his head against tree he cannot
help but think about the spot where his
head hit; yes, and men who didn't see
what the trust question meant in SO see
now. met republican, or who was
republican, down in Rhode Island. l
had known him in Nebraska; he was a
very strong republican there, and as l
talked with him he told me he was in
the rubber business and he said he had
been having difficulty with the rubber
trust and he went on and denounced
the trust, and after he had talked while
| said. "You used to be republican !"
and he said eyes; voted the republic
can ticket in '96, but know five hum
dred men among my own acquaintance
who voted the republican ticket in 90
who will vote against the republican
party this year" He had had
experience. couldn't help but
think OF one OF Solomon's proverbs.
| recommend that book of proverbs 10
you. The proverb wanted to call your
attention to is this: 1.-The wise man fore
seeth evil and hideth himself, but the
foolish pass on and are punished
There is great idea there and it is
beautifully expressed, but it Is so long
that | have condensed it SO you can re-
member it more easily and in it's
condensed form it is this, 1.-THE
wise man gets an idea into his
head but the foolish man gets it in the
neck" You cannot help getting the
idea bat you have your choice as to
where you will get it. MANY who would
not think on this subject in '96 have
thought about it since, and many
who will not think about it day
will feel about it hereafter. But why
should you wait tor a bad principle to be
developed until it becomes SO strong that