The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-08-07

IdCy SAID again, Inc democratic
party listens to the voice of the
whole people, and guages progress
by the prosperity and achievement
of the average man" Yet, | say to
the world, speaking for myself alone,
that the OWens-Glass Bill without
the Henry amendments makes these
glorious declarations falsehood and
a fraud.
Mr. Henry sees from the unbroken
record of the party that it's best lead
ers have dreaded the power of banks
like they dreaded pestilence and fam
inc, and that the whole scheme of
asset Currency was the invention of
the ''plunder bond" and brought for
ward by that famous representative
of the "rapacious rich" Mr. Aid
rich and Mr.. Henry heard Democrats
everywhere charge that it was a
notorious scheme to coin the millions
of watered stocks and bonds of the
criminal corporations into wealth
through asset currency. He also re-
members that Mr.. Jerome made
Thos F. Ryan swear before a jury
in New York in 1908, that ninety
five per cent of all the railroad
stocks of this country was pure fic-
ton, fraud, water That is rep
resented nothing except a forced and
fraudulent privilege of the few to
plumber the masses.
He we'll remembers that the
Democratic leaders took the position
that an asset currency meant to con-
vert all this mass of corruption into
cash.
Mr. Henry's amendments without
interfering with a bountious issue Of
asset currency to the creditor classes
simply comes forward with a meas
ure that "Rescues the wealth produc-
ers from spOilation at the hands of
stock gamblers and spectators in
farm products" and also goes to the
Sovereign States and tenders them
two hundred millions upon far more
solvent security than any bank can
ever give for asset currency. This
money to go on to labor at cost in
a process of internal improvements
among which he names public roads,
bridges, irrigation, reclamation of
swamp and overflow lands, erection
Of public highways, etc.
These are matters of the gravest
concern to all patriots and mark the
foundation of civilization itself. And
If the money power will just relent
the rigor of it's rapacity, and let this
measure pass as now shaped by Mr..
Henry, this Republic will move into
an era of prosperity that will chal-
lenge the admiration Of the world
and the Democratic party will take
lease of power for life time.
But the greed of man is his beset-
ting sin, and the corporations are
exercising this greed without the
toning influences a soul or heart,
and without the love of God, or
dread of hell they are manifesting
it in terror everywhere,
And the malOdorOus scandals of
the Crupps in Europe and the steel,
powder and gun trusts, in our coun-
try shows that these corporations
are not only willing to rob the COM
mon man, of his money, but are will
ing by INSCRIPTIONS methods of
fraud to make legal condition to
force millions of men into line of
battle and slaughter, that they may
pile up more millions of money while
the country runs red with blood,
and countless millions moan in cruel
war.
Mr.. Henry and his friends have
presented an open door by which the
millions of common people in the
common walks of life can enter the
temple of liberty and dwell in peace
and prosperity.
UCYCT ONE1D DAUTG ON TWIN