Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-24
Its History.

hereunder publish a letter by
a cousin who is, mainly, of my
political belief. 1t was written to
another cousin differing from us
in faith, and is fair presentation
of the history of the Republican
party:
You are right in your political
view Of the oppressor, but I am
sorry to note your admiration for
the "Colonel". Firstly, the Re-
publican party has been in power
from 1851 to 1912, excepting the
two terms of Cleveland. Cleve-
land was Republican disguised
as Dem ocrar. He, like all presi-
dents from Lincoln, (not incIud-
ed), was owned soul and body by
"the Interests" All the predatory
interests have had their origin
and growth in the last so years,
and the Republican party cannot
evade the responsibility. | cam
not attempt to give a history, in
detail, of what has been accomp-
lished in favor of The Interests
during the past half century.
will merely cite, without extended
comment, the principal stealthy
steps of these gentlemen of the
black flag, skull and crossbones.
First on the list, their henchmen
in Congress placed the two ex-
ceptions on the Greenback, the
money that ''sayed the Union"
and at the same time cheated the
soldier, and was the sole cause of
gold appreciating up to S2.85.
The next step was the issuance OF
U. S. Bonds. These were bought
with these deprecated Green
backs, thus changing a non-in-
terest-bearing debt into an in
terest-bearing one and resulting
in the cremation of 1900, 1000, 900 of
these Union-saving Greenbaoks,
'smaking money scarce, and there
fore DEAR" as VIM. Mckinley said
in a speech delivered at Toledo,
Ohio, along in the early sos, at a
Lincoln Birthday banquet. Then
the enactment of the National
Bank law-delegating to set of
selfish, greedy men, power that
for every minute of its existance
violates Article 9TH, Section VIII.
of the Constitution Of the United
States. Next, after Issuing bonds
worded payable in the lawful
money of the United States,"
these servitors Of the pirates in
Congress passed a law, dubbed
"the public credit-strengthening
act" changing the lawful"
money payment into "coin pay
ment." Afterwards, fearing that
the people might get their eyes
open and send a different set of
Representatives to Congress that
would repeal the "coin payment
law" they passed the "Funding
act" That act enabled these bond
holders to turn in their s'lawful
money" worded bonds and receive
aeav ones, with the legend "Coin
Payment" printed on them, and
at the same time exempted their
holders from paying any kind of
tax upon them. That was then
the contract, and you know "con-
tracts can not be impaired. Then
in 1873, the coinage of the silver
dollar was surreptitiously drop
ped. From that date until 1878,
silver was not legal tender in
sums of over $500. To-day silver
is legal tender for any amount
except as otherwise expressly
stipulated in the contract; dnother
exception made by the money
power. Then Jan. 1st, 1879, was
set for "The Resumption of Specie
Payments. Do you know hou
they "Resumed?" But you may
inquire, "What has all this to do
with the Colonel" / will get to
him later on; am only showing
you that under Republican domi-
nation the Money Trust was
formed--of all trusts, the worst,
Every trust, from which the in
dustriai people suffer, had Its
origin during Republican rule,
When the lion-killer was Presi-
dent he claimed that suit,s under
the Sherman anti-trust law, was
not sufficient to vanquish trusts
the law needed amending. Our
present Count Fosco, VIM. HI.
Taft, claims that the said law Is
all sufficient. Under 1t the Counts
prosecuting attorney disintegrat-
ed (?) the Standard Oil Go. and
the Tobacco Trust. What is the
result? Neither Oil nor Tobacco,
by virtue of the trust busting
business, is a single mill cheaper;
at least, pay ''same old prices Z
They are only sham battles,
placed on the boards to deceive
the superficial, stand-pat partisan.
When Teddy was our dictator, ht
busted (?) "The Northern Securi-
ties Co.." Result-the people pay
the same old extortionate freight
+ rates. The next step the lion
killer took was, without authority
Of law, to authorize j. F. Morgan