Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-27

TO the value Of the money OF which
the banker has a monopoly; that when
silver was secretly and stealthily de-
monetized, property holders and wage
carriers were robbed exactly as the
man is robbed who has his pocket
picked; that the reconciliation of
silver would be a simple act of justice,
a restoration of stolen goods to their
proper owner.
But this was not the main feature of
the argument. 1t was pointed out
that wherever the single gold standard
had prevailed the farm had gradually
become waste land; agricultural dis
tricts had been slowly but surely de-
populated, and population congested
in the cities; that such conditions were
the sure precursors of national decay,
because the conditions of city life are
not conducive either to the physical,
moral or mental w~ell-being Of men.
1t was commended that as the increase
of the volume of money of final account
was a measure calculated to benefit
the whole people, the money lord
should bear his loss, if loss came to
him, in the same spirit that the peas
ant or artisan bears the loss Of a son
who dies for his country upon the
field of battle. There was no serious
or successful attempt made to contro-
vert the general propositions of the
advocates of free coinage, but the
arganaentNm Gd b0mieem was resorted
to. The miners and railroad work
ers were told their wages would be
cut in two, and that while it might be a
general gain to the whole country il
would be a personal loss to them.
The bond holder and the gentleman
who loans money as a business, were
told hat free coinage would be a per.
sonal loss to them because it would re.
duce the purchasing power of their
money by raising the value OF prop.
erty. Manufacturers did not hesitate
to inform their working men that they
would lose their positions if they cast
their votes as their patriotic instincts
dictated.
In the first battle Republican lead.
ers regarded a man who would sacri.
flee his immediate personal advantage
for a future good as a fool. The cardi.
nal idea of that party is get and have
in any way you can, The foundation
of the Republican party was laid in
sentiment; men felt that human
slavery was wrong, and felt it sc
keenly that they were willing to make
sacrifices Of both money and comfort
to accomplish it's overthrow. There
was no hesitancy then on the part O
Republicans to interfere with property
rights or disturb values; but long age
it become a purely mercenary ma
chine, an asset of the corporations
Organized to resist an aristocracy o
slave holders at the south, it has be
come the tool of the aristocracy of TIT
north and of Europe. Founded fol-
the purpose of bringing freedom to al
classes, it has become the most usefu
implement in the arsenal of the
oppressor.
We defy any one to point to a single
argument it has put forth in the las
decade and a half that has not beer
addressed to MATS grosser nature
they either excite the cupidlty or arr
addressed to his lust for power, or tt
the qualification of his material wants
1t is a h~umiliaAng fact to many Re
publicans, but it is nevertheless a fact
The full dinner pail Is set over against
the fundamental principles of this
government. Under Republican teach
ing many will, like Esau, sell theil
birthr1ght for a mess Of pottage. Esau
received the pottage. His modern
]ntotv cannot saw as much