Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Gold standard.

pecii anu is uuii. Auu SUN Muth Ian
ma says "there are no trusts in the
country. Angeles Herald.
Gold Standard.
There is much rejoicing in Repub-
lican circles over the passing of the
currency bill by the House. but the
measure must now go TO the Senate
and will suffer many changes. The
i bill as it now stands cannot pass the
Senate and when 1t is amended may
be rejected by the House.
William j. Bryan in letter to the
| New York Journal sets forth his oppo-
sition. to tire House bill in plain and
! logical words. He points to the fact
! that in 1896 the Republican party de-
clared for International bimetallism,
J but now the mask is torn off and bra
/ zenly adopt the Wall street gold policy
without qualification.
| AS matter of fact In 1896 nine
/, tenths of the Republican party favored
, bimetallsm. The Democratic party
stood on the same ground. There was
no difference in the object sought and
the only contention was as to the meth
!, cd of securing 1t. According to the Re-
, publican platform. the followers of
Mckinley wished to secure the double
, standard through international action,
while the Democrats favored independ-
ent action.
But the House bill settles the ques-
ton regardless of future contingencies
and fastens the yoke of gold on the
necks of the people. Already gold
panic has swept over Wall street. The
Senate should go slow with the gold
bill. The supply of gold from South
Africa has been cut off. The war in
the Transvaal has caused England to
/ become purchaser of gold and be-
| fore long there will be u currency FAM
inc which will end in tremendous panic
| IL the single gold standard is adopted.
Growth of Government by Injunction.
| With a miners union leader jailed in
| Kansas for making public speech in
alleged violation of an injunction. with
five strikers in Jail in Chicago for vjo-
lating an injunction by committing
breach of the peace, and with the typo
graphical union of New York tied up
/ in their Sun strike with another njunc-
ton, government by injunction may be
regarded as a chancery plant of vigor-
Gus growth, says the Public. Let 1t
! grow but alittle more. and judicial pro-
ceedings may be greatly simplified.
Justices of the peace, grand juries aud
| petit juries in criminal cases, and even
penal laws, can then be abolished, A
blanket injunction forbidding every
body's doing anything the Judge thinks
improper will answer every purpose.
Offenders can then be punished sum-
marily for contempt of court. This
may sound eNtrayagant, but it is not.
Many people would be astounded to
realize how far in this direction gov
eminent by Injunction has already
gone. BY gradual encroachment it has
Knocked all the older precedents into
cooked hat" and invested judges with
i power to punish for crime without the
4 intervention OF juries. Nor to punish
for crime only, but to prescribe the
crime to be punished. In the Kansas
case the crime consisted in making
public speech in n private hall, hired
for the purpose from It's lawful owner,
and in which speech the Judge himself
comedies that no disorderly words were
uttered or lawless suggestion made.