Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-08-23
SHoUp THEN AND NOW.
Shoup i'm 1903, Shoup in 1000, and
Thereby Haprs m Tale

Thereby Hangs a Tale.
~ never spoke with more candor in my life than
do when say that believe the passage of bill pro-
yiding for free coinage would do more towards re.
! storing commerce TO its normal condition and in
bringing renewed prosperity To the nation than
other measure that can be enacted by congress-
Who said that? George L. shoup When did he
say 1t? In his senate speech Sept 49, 1893 1t is
corded in volume "a, part of the Congressional
Record page 14i3.
He said also in the same speech that the uncondi.
tional repeal Of the silver purchasing clause Of the
sherman law Twill make the victory Of gold mono
metasm complete"
He therein charged on the advocates of the repeal
of that clause that they were destroying Of the
most useful industries known to man. that they
would thereby "set back the wheels Of progress in
western states and territories" Then the distin-
guished senator lapsed into prophecy and said: 81
may be pardoned for calling your attention to what
the situation would be In many of mining dis.
tricts II silver is not protected. Our mills and smelt
ers would be closed, the MACHINERY LEFT TO
RUST IN DECAY; PUMPS BE TAKEN FROM
THE MINES AND THEY BE ALLOWED TO BE-
CONE FLOODED; villages and towns in which are
Churches school houses and electric lights costing in
the aggregate millions of dollars, WILL BE DE
SERTED and these prosperous communities would
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thousands Of families, and women who had once
occupied these homes, would be left homeless and in
distress. "
| This said Of the consequences Of the repeal oil
the silver purchasing clause Of the Sherman act All
these dire results Senator Shoup said would follow
fast upon the repeal OF that clause
Every word Of this prophecy has come true. Many
silver mining camps in Idaho once prosperous, where
once were hundreds OF happy laborers and families,
are now desolate and deserted the pumps are with.
drawn, the mines filled with water, the machner
left to rust and decay, villages deserted and their
sites the "resort of wild animals"
Who must share the responsibility for this era o,
desoation to the chief industry of Idaho? George
L. shoup
| As one of the senators from this state he voted
against the bill to repeal the silver purchasing clause
Of the Sherman act in 1893, but in 1900 while occu
| plying position given him by the silver men Of
Idaho HE voted for the INFAMOUS SINGLE GOLD
STANDARD BILL which makes token money Of the
silver dollar, and so far Hannaisn can do 1t sounds
the death-knell of silver a money metal
The repeal of the silver purchasing clause OF the
sherman act, direful Idaho as predicted by Sen
ator shoup, still left the silver dollar in tact and
equal to the gold dollar, but this Infamous bill fol
which shoup voted in 1900 degrades silver tn the
place of token money, and destroys all hope OF BIZ
metallism until it is repealed that Senator Shour
by his vote did incomparatiyely more damage to sill
yer than did the Ceyeandites whom he opposed with
such apostolic zeal in 1903. Who then is the vanda
the destroyer OF ldaho's chief industry
Who is in large measure responsible for Idahos
mining camps deserted their machinery rusting
their pumps taken out while the mines are filled with
water? BY whose hand was the vote cast that de