The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-22

The FIRST exception % ? legal te1tler
Fas n $50 EsHlst q Hfea or 5Ja.
ports asss1 Interest es the public 6eist."
Il aHni9r@ o Hreers fssetzn. An Rkrpgt57n
30 : 8esal feaseT act IS rot Demo tic.
u sac ] fond rnyEelf in Eo1th Da-
Aof7 engaged in the farming and stock
3sssiR@ss and was very anxsoras to have
zaaEe Re i7eienged ton the eacticn who
faTe-ea the coinntete restora tsen of
sil1er 20 an equality with gold-biHet-
tslixTn.
Re was nominated and accepted the
grid Dlatfo-ul. I vas a special friend
Of ferator Pettfgrew and when he
walked oft Of the ccnTeat4on I heartily
apssreved Of his rTlanliHess and began
to publicly discuss the silver question
The Democratic PARTY nominated
BRYAN and to my surprise when the
Democrats, Po7ulists and silver Re-
puFlic6ns fused in fare- of BRYAN,
vas nominated for presidential elector
stuneped the state ard the BRYAN
ticket carried South Dakota by PTS
votes. The state WAS normally Repub-
iican by about 90 eco.
After that campaign ] BEGAN the
study of money, with a more earnest
desire than ever TO understand it's fun
damental principles.
Second, what am I trying to do
/ have no sinister purpose. am try
ing to discover the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth con-
corning he science of money and the
laws Of money in the United States,
without fear or favor to anybody.
Mcney is an important study. The
deeper you probe into its principles
and laws the greater the incentive TO
proceed.
have charted all the money laws
and the decisions of the supreme court
thereon and have outlined q hook to be
entitled: The Power OF Congress
Over Money Or Congress iS at Fault
My purpose Is purely educational /
am net q candidate for any Office.
have no money 10 publish the book
kand | have found no publisher as yet
willing to finance the same.
Publishers are not elernasynary in
situations. Will such hook pay? is a
fair business question
Pending this I see the national
monetary commission" has reported
rand submitted money bill founded on
the bank note. A chnrte- for SO years
based on an unconstitutional and xeid
bank note Is nlOnarchial and void and
may lead 70 revolution. 1t is injus-
tice to all taxpayers EXCEPT those who
may hold stock in the National Re-
serYe Association.
A legal tender B8dl4A IfBtE paper TO-
| the use of all banks Is oligarchy.
A legal tender bank note paper for
! the use and benefit Of one bank, the
National Reserve Association" for the
next so years is the very essence Of
monarchy:
! I cannot be silent when such a
scheme is pending. There is more IN
! it than dollars and cents. 1t is CUES
toin OF patriotism.
H..
! eminent paper money. made for the
/ use and benefit OF all taxpayers. That
/ includes all the banks, state and ma
1 tional and everybody else. pay such
! money into the treasury of the United
States and make no promise 10 pay
/ some other lawful dollar and 1t VIII be
| the very essence of pure democracy
and will be constitutional and valid,
securing the blessings of liberty TO
our posterits, so congress understand
IT, and Possess integrity. and there IS
/ no doubt of The integrity % congress.
There is 81 common delusion still
/ prevalent that nothing but gold and
silver is money. and the only way
Daper can be used for money IS 10
| promise to pay gold or silver on de-
! nnand and that makes bill OF credit
excluded br teh very wise finan cieFE
| who made the constitution; and sadly
1 dis6gured by the late decision OF the
supreme court in JHilliard We. Green
/ man clio L. s. 421.)
My motive is TO help educate the
people-not to injure the banks There
! is no injury in the defense OF what Is
| lust and right. The national none
| tary commission scheme is defective
/ and wrong and must be defeated OF
| generations unborn will wonder at cur
| ineapacity for self-defense and self
| government in 1912.
HENRY r. LASON.
] DeFmiak Springs, TIA.