Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Mr.. DickersOn and Judge Gray.

{ Mr.. DickersOn has been so courteous to me
that had forgotten our political differences.
only short time ago enjoyed his hospital
ity, shot over his land. and took with him "a
wee nip" Of the juice OF the peach, with honey
Il have felt an affection for him ever since.
usually shoot a small calibre gun, choke
bore. that confines the shot, makes a close
target and does as much execution as many
large ones Inever shoot into a flock, always
single a bird, but somehow a shot strayed and
penetrated Mr.. Dickerson, and l want to apol-
ogize for the aecident-I really thin K, though.
it is desecration FOR him to bring Judge Gray
down from heaven, "a shining STAR" and
"stand" him among men.
Say, do stars stand 1 thought they just
"twinkled, twinkled," and imagine Judge
Gray one OF 'em. A reversed metaphor
though, would have been better, more in az
cord with the subject and situation. He
should have started the Judge a mere man
and carried him away from the earth up TO
heaven, and stood him among the stars. the
/ big, bright ones where he could twinkle, twin
kle. But II he had taken him to heaven, he
might not have brought him back, might
have set him on a permanent golden throne.
with the celestial choiTs s1rum ming the harp
and chanting "holy! h0ly r'-Oh, horrors
what would have become OF the world, and
the Palmer aud Buckner Republican party d?
But free silver seems to trouble Mr.. Dick
erson, while he doesn't even thiAk Of free
bank-notes, and apparently doesn't know
that we had bimetallism for more than a
hundred years, free gold and free silver, at 10 .
TO l. The Democrats jus. wanted the govern
ment to continue issuing money as it had al
ways done without the slightest change
whatever. 1t was the capitalists who wanted
the change, the bankers, and they made the
Republican party pass a law demOnetzing
silver, with the metal, too, at premium so
that bank-nOtes could take the place Of the
government money destroyed. The govern
ment gives the bankers every note they issue,
they pay simply for the engraving and print
Ing. That's the whole purpose of the gold {
standard, and isn't it nice for the bankers? I
Is there in all the world more paternal gov
1t takes such splendid care of its a
-ich children, but how 1t robs the poor by in a
iirect taxation to give to the ricn.
And yet the farmer, even takes up the bank Il
srs' cry, "hfty-cent dollar, bank notes the best b
money In the world and the bankers chuckle s.
md laugh, and the very first idiot they meet h
hey cry out, "hello, hayseed you farmer -
The farmers can't even pay $500 month for
'aying $4,000, and yet they continually vote
o enrich the bankers and manufacturers and
npoVerish themselves. 1 know no class OF b
'euple who display so great folly Why N
oesn't the government give the farmer and n
aoorer money AS It gives the banker? Isn't H
be farmers work as hard and as essentially NJ
seful as the bankers? Why shouldn't il Ii
ay the farmer for two crops OF grain when N
e grows but one, as it gives 10 the banker W
9th bonds and bank-notes for one Invest c,
lent? and why not pay a laborer for two co
ay's work when he works but one? The Jo
rinciple is precisely the same, the Injustice
OF greater. The farmers, laborors, doctors, NJ
nd all true workers. should stand together
abolish all such sumptuary, class Iegisla- Pl
on and do away with protective tariffs ship
lbsidies, and bank-notes; the issuance OF Ca
loney is function Of government, and II so
lould not be relegated 10 individuals or cor.
Orations. He
Judge cray may be man OF character and
1illly, aud yet Mr.. DickeTSOn must admit Wis
at win all his splendid opportunities, e
d not distinguish himself abON others IN -
e United States Senate leaving behind
'lther the memory Ofa great speech or great a
ed He is conspicuous to-day, not because Y
his faithfulness to Democracy, but solely
cause OF his service to the Repu. lican 4
rty, and in return Republican Presidents u
We nonored him as no Republican ever be-
re honored a Democrat. You may praise @.
S RepubicanisIn but you can not com ~
end his democracy.
j. S. PRETr YMAN, JR.
lferd, Del, March J. 1904