The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-02-01

| soon as We nave warmer weather will
start out and gather votes.
| An Exposition of Southern Principles
| No money metal, and disqualify every
men who sells his vote, be he white or
| black.
Editor Representative: A special from
New York, under the head OF "A New
| Democratic Money Plan," acredits Mr..
Bryan with originating the idea of a
| paper currency, without any redemption
quality, as the only circulating medium
| OF our country. This is the first claim
l have ever seen of William Jennings
Bryan to even tolerate, much less
| originate, the idea of paper currency.
and am surprised that you would allow
this statement to go unchallenged Mr..
Bryan has been blatant for the free
coinage OF silver at an arbitrary value,
and If the Democratic party retains the
silver plank in it's platform l think he
Should be made it's standard bearer
above all men. He has done and is
doing more for silver than any man of
this day, but when it comes to the pa
per theory of currency, Mr. Bryan
should be left out entirely. Such men
as S. w. Holiday of San Francisco, CAL,
Milton Parks, of Texas and Donnelly,
OF Minnesota, tower so far above him
that he would hardly be noticed among
such lofty pyramids of statescraft.
l admire Mr.. Bryan's energy and per-
sistence and wish his zeal was enlisted
in better cause than the restoration
OF silver. If his energies were directed
in way to bring about the relief he
processes to desire, all good men could
follow him, but he is struggling to bring
about conditions that engender more
hardships and all his hopes are in vain
am the original anti-metalist and for
% years have talked against the use of
metals for money, always contending
that their use was unscientific, undemo-
cratic and unconstitutional: that paper
money could only be the correct consti-
tutional currency for popular govern
ment. Metalism is essentially undem-
ocratic, unpopular, unrepublican, I'M
scientific and unconstitutional and why
all parties have not repudiated gold and
silver l cannot see. Wholly un-Ameri-
can, l cannot see why any political
party in this land could house and
nourish them. Intensely selfish, they
demand that they be made the primal
and final equivalent of all things. They
must strengthen every pledge and cover
every obligation. Every man must bow
to them and every debt be paid in them.
There is no bond or sympathy outside
OF them. They demand all, grab all and
hold all. l am anxious to see some
party, champion the cause Of greenbacks
and fight the metals to their death. |
would rather see this money question
settled properly than any other ques-
ton Of our governmental policy There
is no other question that compares to
1t in Importance to our people
All this talk about trusts is mere rot
and intended to draw the attention of
the people from more important con-
Germs. All men of sense know that,
under the American constitution, we
have no right to say what business a
man shall follow, nor whom he shall
associate with him in business. Why
attempt to mislead the people? You
cannot prescribe any man or any bust /
ness. The only way to prevent harm
full combinations, or to avoid their evil |
results is to fix conditions so that the |
people can live independently OF these
large concerns. Let governments be so |
constructed and SO ordered that he who |
labors can reap the benefits of his labor
Help the individual more and not do
all for corporations. Pay no attention
to the pledges of any party to legislate
against trusts, for their status is as
legal and they have as much right to
exist as any other corporation When
the standard of value is placed in man
instead of metal-when labor is regnant
instead of gold-you need not fear COM
binations of capital to hurt mankind.
They cannot control the standard until
they purchase it, and when they pay for
it they are mighty apt to operate it.
This will put men to work and keen
them to work. They cannot operate
against but must operate for labor when
that is made the standard of value. But
with a direct loan from the government
to the individual, labor can pursue it's
own avocations and prosecute it's own
business, and it need not look to cor
porate capital for employment Let la
Dor combine and see to it that all who
are given the lawmaking power are
friendly to it. Let no man go to your
state or national legislatures who is
not in full sympathy with your cause.
Listen to no man who advises you to
keep out of politics. He is not your
friend If you keep out of politics you
keep out of benefits. A man should
carry his politics and his religion
wherever he goes. Whenever a man
1rops either to suit the crowd he hap
pens to fall into, that man will never
amount to much in any vineyard.
Through politics policies are made law.
No man can believe that the world was