The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-09-02
Demonstration Of Silver.

IL is hafdly conceivable that thirty one
yeais ago, the rcpresen' atives of the
people entered into a conspiracy against
the farmers and other lab0rers to strike
down silver. the money of the world
from the EARLIEST dawn of history. The
facts 60 to prove that the money power
(Sbylock) engineered the scheme 50 as
70 deceive legislators as to results to be
expected. AS recent writer puts it:
Ihe thln edge of legislation AS inserted
ny maud between the two halves of the
worlds money with the effect of depre.
eating silver aid doubling The value of
X"io. we propose TO give some tes,i-
inony tltt The above SLa elnenL /, u up
senator Thurman said: when The Till
Was ptIdlrg Ill The senate. We thought
IL Simply bill 10 reform the mint, rex-
ulate coiUage, &c. l think there is noL
a single member of the Senate. unless a
member Of the COMMITTEES from which
The Dill came, who had the slightest idea
that II was Intended 10 demOuillz. sll-
yer. Hon VIM. ID. Kelly, chairman
OF the bill on coinage, weight and meas
ures In 1913, said in 1879: Il Can say
mat the committee on COLDS who report
ed The original bill were faithful and
aple, and the bill reported by me AZ their
organ, contained poison for both the
standard silver dollar aud the trade dol
lar Never having heard until lous
time after It's Enactment into law OF the
suostil lution III the Senate of the sections
which dropped the standard dollar. |
am prepared to say that in all the legis-
iatlon OF this country, there is no mys-
tery equal to the denomination of the
standard silver dollar of the United
States l have never found a mau whu
could tell just how 1t came about or
why"
Senator Beck said in 1878: .Th. bill
demonttlzlng silver never WAS under
stood by either House Of Congress.
say that with full knowledge of facts
NO he "spaper repUrter-abd they ale
the most vlgllant nen ever saw in OBJ.
tanning observation-disclosures that 1t
had been done" Mr.. Kelly lays the
blame on the Senate, but Mr.. Dick
makes u clean acknowledgment of the
wnole affair, leaving the reader to infer
that both houses, reporters, door Keepers
we're all either dunk or asleep, the uoor
OF the Senate open, 30 the daslal dly thief
could enter without mOles' alton, tamper
With the bill to his liking, and 20 home.
de may have come from 9reat Britain;
she denonetized silver III 1916, and ha,
Deen anxious some. time to give US "A
lesson III hnance }pator Allison says:
ihe bill was docS6fed, 80 it seems, DuL
who was the doctor He killed the pa
tient aud left. and we are none the wiser.
Even the nurses tSenat0is] fail to give
us slnformation." Hon jsmes G. Blame
declared In 18S0:&s'H0 70 b0wer Was con-
ferled on Congress TO demonetlzs elLher
metal. =" The late senator Vabce sand:
Ihe power of money aud its alli 8
throughout The world have entered into
conspiracy TO perpetuale the greatest
crln 9 or this or any other age. to over
throw one half Of the worlds money and
thereby double heir own wealth by ell
chahcing the value of the other half
winch AS in their hands. The mo,..y
cnah3 ers are poilutihg the temple OF our
aSeHsa ana1so;sa aasys ;ashsr s ,ss,'I e, ;
la!ion u hich the people have had 49, 70
snbmit q Gt all pass on M PsrboD psr 90
s,anda d.o - lt ~ favor OF the gold
standafd fer 81 fbs A. mo"av nna 70 De the
noGna m;t a;,a nny cnanceqk being elected. ad.
but remember up to 1896 it was a,,;," ' q
lively corpse. And had It not been that
the money. power had 50 intrenched itself
behind It's golden breastworks for az
years e to BE almost invinoihle. silver
would % TO day where it stood in 1872
What am trying to do is to enshrine
tne body hold q post mortem examina.
ilon, and II possible, ascertain who mur.
dered our dears friend! But I have
made complete failure. So [ close
with request that all who are pilins up
their millions of gold here on earth. and
worshipping only the god of mammon. to
read the 5th chapter Of James, especially
Cne hVe first verses. They are pro.
phetic and mean you! G. Bono.
Sedalia, S. G.