Free Silver Vs. Good Sense

Any man wlirt does not openly deélare hie is for the iree coinage of Isilver, is opposed tio it.- Adri-m Press. "What an admissSim ! "Wlmt a.n a "mr oï voters there must tre OppoSed to tliS twin of fnee trade! It we!l Dor xli" eoumtry th-at tliiw &■ so;, for to eimeb a f ree silverlaw 2OAV. and ina.ke the purchasing power oí tlue pi'essent meaigne salaries receiTed by tflie wage earulng and "wrorkiag melu öf our nacSon fust aixiut or less tlian one-lialf oi what it ils tio-day, - ■vvliK-h iw coiaage will sureïj do. and the Press man, nor no other sano man dare deny it - would add misery uipon misery. The Owoxiier hte for yeaif-s warned iShe laboráis man that free trade jneant idteness tor liion, and that il he voted for it he was votim tlie ïread out of tlie mouth of liimseli' and temily. Tour yeav; ago he voted ior it, and lias repented ;n hunger and bltterness Of lioul ev-.ir rtnfee. 7SioY comes aiíotíiw delifcerateljy plamned i'eilucirae tio rob him of -vhat little ha hais: lei't. Mark Wils : The minute a íree Kilver bilí is passed, down Bes valué oí tíie silvw and the paper ourreney oí thiis country based on zilver, oneh.ilí ot more. lívery man -vvorkiais a BlaJitury and every woröngiftan ■will bepald Ín currency bafled on öilve.r. And táhe effect wlll be to döbaee all ealai-les, so tihat their purdbaBlog power wül be only one-lialf .or lees ot wliat they are to-day. Pree silver ia all riffht {or capital, wliich nlways takes caro oí iteelf, trat THE MAX WHO WOEKB FOR WAGES AXD AVIIO VOTES FOB FKEE SILVER IS A. FOOr,. He Bimply votes to impoverixh himBeM EUttd tía i'amily. This frea silver se home is .ne ten up to promote dishonosty. Itsmaiu and only ofojefet IB to help the' mam vrho te in delbt pay his ctëbte in a debased curraacy so that In reality he wül pay the mam lie owes ,cme,-halí teas oí the honcst delrt. But van tlK-n. if the dehtor dependa upan a salary to earn ttite money, he wUl toe wotse off thaa before, lor he wMl fiínd ttat salaries wiU ot go up as t'he 'curreney he is p:úd in goes S-oes down. and he wffl have nothing left to pay his defots with. Preo süver coinage avíII make the rfch richer, but it wiU Vo siraply suicide Par the másese. Tiie curreney oí this country to-day te a sa'e one and a BOund one. AA'hen a man Peoeiree a dollar lie has. a Hollar in n-nlity W vfeU as in name. Ohiaage thte, and you wiU créate a oandHion tibtat wlU bring disaster to ve great maesea who earn their linrtng ly th sweat oí thelr brow, and upan tlieir prosperity dependa the i hie pnosperrty oí tais nation. It i, easj to see how the fannerwho ís in debt or the manufacturer who la in ddüt and ha,s a largo supply Oí manufactured artïeles on hand, or ■the nierchiant who is in debt and has a stock of goods 0:1 'hand, would. favor a stíheme tliat would inilate tlie curreney, and lielp them pay their débts ccmtracted on an lionest money basis w4Bh a dollar that is debased and only wortfli balt what a dollar shiould be wortli. It üs eaisy to eee Oiow sucli people can favor tbs free and uiiliniited coinage of silver. But tney are the only classes -wSto will be benefited, if dislionesty brings a benefit to any one. To every otiher person this propositiop would tne a curse. We want no nionometalisin of oithef silver w gold, bat we wfftit both. metáis and a stalle paper cuvrency 'based upon tliem both, as we have toda y. It is 'best to let vel enougl alone. McKimley & Hdbart ! Tbat has the ri'g-ht ring. TVlen international fvee silver coinag can be secured t'hen free silver coinage will be safe, and not until tlu-n. The Kansas TVhiskea-s known as Senaitiolr Pffeffer, thimks the time has arrtved populism and to unïte. Sure pop. Judas received 30 pieces of sllver tor betraying liis Sa-viour. Teller hopes to make mUlione out of hls beorayal of tlie repuibllcan party. Pree silver is tlhe old threadbare nnd n.-iU--ln-ained écheme of greenbackism ■im a ne-w pdiiise,t hat's all. It's fate wül be the same Avlien the people coime tío understand it. Tlie trouble with the Tribune is that its o-ner appears to be a dyed-in'tlio-wool English born and :eH free fi-ee trader. Tlie free silver plank is only an excuse, t hat's all. HJon. ïon. M. DickijiBon, in .hiisj speech at the alumni jubilee last weet I ■susgo-ited tiiat some iellaw ought to start up a craze ,for t,hö free coinage of copper. Very cents-ible. TVTiion the Detroit Tribune walked out of the republicam party it tumbled into tlie all enveloping ann9 of its 'beloved twin ttoe Iteta-olt Eveninjg News. Ye G-ods wbat ,a sensation■al scène ! If tlhie demotíralte of Illiinois are not ea hieairtily sick oí their anarchist govmor. Altgeld, tftnat they ■will bury hiin dut of feight niest November, tlien íill refepecbalble pedple will be ashamd oí IllinSoils. "Whiem wHl the lnbolng man be tomr peUed to give up atout one-hnllf hiS acanty income to fhe greed of the class avIho1 aí-e im debt ? That's easy. When ai free siilver law ls legalized byl tiloso gOTörnment. The eilTflr men a,t St. Louis polled just ono-ninth of the votes of the convontion, and yet Tsecause this fcmall mincyrlty oould not control the ■rtelib'elratioms of that great body, Borne ot thiem got mbd, took their dolls and went hiome. Wlien mhjorlties celase to rule the mission of the republic will be ended. 1 If froe silver i-; not mOQOmetaltsm, what te monometalism ? The bright little villnge of Fenton has ralaed $1.000 for the oyclone suf' ferers. All honor to lier generous peoplc. Add ifi'ec sllvei' toïrce trarie and tlie Lord liave mercy on the people, lor ïiotiiiiiy but a miracle can nave lieru frora starvaíion. Lt th tree uüver policy be cariried at the polls next November mul that inortgage vill become due the day l'öllowing- and it will be no bluff euhor. All the populista tui-iied out to welco-iue Seaiator Teller as he paaBed fhrough the west toward his home. Of coui-se tSiey did. He will be wclooimed ljr such as those wlth hosplt alille mcutlis to a Btale political graTe. Th poor man whose wages have gome down witli the price of everjv tfhlng else will not be .fooi onough to vote for a policy that will rais the price of everything he lias to eat, drink and wear, with no corresponding ralse in hls salary. That's what fret' silver will do. Tttwee-íaurílis of the people of tliq Cniteil States are dependent upon wages or slalaries. Let money b cho: poned fuid the man on a salary Buffers. Free silver wlll clieapen money over one-lialf. Therefore fino man wíio receives -vages for 'his,' Tsioirk wlll vwtO for Wa own Interest. Tliat the populista ilisapprovc of ihe repuWican platform, and annouuce tliemselves ready to join luuids -witl the demócrata in a free tilver misade ought to be suíficiont reason íor wic people to approve of the action o the republkan national convention for sound money and good gOYern ment. The Colorado Sprints Gazette does nofc approve of the taction of Senator Teller, and believes that there are principies, espeeially those of tariil and reciprocity that outweish the money (questton, and believes that the people's imterests are safer ia tihe haindis oí the reputoican party than in any otlier party notwitJistandiiis the plattoiin. Tiue talk atoout the nomination of Teller by tii democratie convention, reminds one oï tlhe eame sort of a, stupendous llunder pertormed by the same party years ago, -vvhen florace Greelcy deserted tlhe party that he helped make. and that had made li'.m and went over to the enemy and look a nomhmtïon for tbe presidency i'ron ; :-vm. A"a -i he elected ? Not much H'. ;;c.':y may repeat itself. Ex-Orov. Iviioe mot with a serious accideaïi while at hisiann a few days since. in attempting to replace a bam door wñích liad partially rome off its tra-k. t!ie b i :k rollers tlid the 'ame !nr; ; n 1 ili 1 o" cll upo.i lila He lilas iull taita in "hls Hrt ncovery, the papers state, bot it apesara i:o be o. bad time }ust now Tor ex-govertiots. as spvcral have passed away wit-hin a few months, and the fact that eTents biave a tendency to clusler." is noihorious. Thej' -vvaited a g-roat many years for so-me íirst class funerala eforp Detroit commenced to grow. Judgiang ty reports of tli action of tlie pai'k commissioucrs in that city ig refuLSing a few days siiiee to allow au excursión steamer to land at Belle Isle. 1ccau-;o thny were ''foreigners," thei'e is need oí more íirst class finv erais thcre of 3d rate men. Pingree better chuck those park commissiODerg in the river with a stonc tiecj around ttuetr necks. Th repuiblican platform ííObtemplate-s no chango in the finances oí the couintrj', 'but demande a change in thie taviff laws, and calis íor a protective policy that will not only pro'tect the now empty dinner pail, lut fill it, and that will gradually pay off the national delt. England and impo.rterts olf foreign made goods will oppone thiis with all their might, l)ut the voters of thts country have comO to the cotacluisian that charity leginsat home, and will hereafter take care of thiemselves first. , Our free silver friends sihould rememter tlvat but few of the mortgages on farms are long time niortgages. Most of them are snort time martgages white many of them are due or overdue, and have been allffwed to i-emain unpaid by t,Jie capitalist because tlie interest was paid, and ti& did aofc ,want tha farm. Lefc a free silver policy be carriedi at tlie next election, and see rwhat wil! result ? Thls : The capitalist will deinand his money at once, and not being ablo to get it -will foreclose and take the farm ; eitlier that or the mortgage and interest will be made payable in gold. This is no lancj picture, as many avÜI find tsO iln;ii -borrow if f ree silver ever comes. Do you know what thö republican platform nieans ? "Wéll, it )s just tttiiis : Ain liomest dollar 'and an opportunHy to aarn tfiiat dollar. ■ ( President Harper oí Chicago ünl■vweMsy tlionght that thíre ought to bs fibffieient alumni in tfiiis state lo take care oí the intere.it- oí this great Dtodiversftty, and said ihat alttiough the institution may liave aO3t the .tax-payere considerable money, yet the U'iiiV'ersity liad done m':e íor Jltíiiig-an thaja Michigan had ever done for tCie UniTei-sijty. It was líhe fame oí MicUgain'a great univer'.-i'.y tfltat had made tlii3 stsute iuiown Uhrougluout t lie world. I.yman TurnlmU. wlio was a -enatsw froru Illi'iois and a trong man öuring live trou'blous war times lied ie 25th lost., at li w home in Chi -a ■:.). Hi was born in 1813 in. the Xutmeg state, and was admitted to the in Georgia in 1837. In 1840 he was elected to the same legislar ture in Illinois, oí wliicli Aljraliam Lincoln was a meniber; in '1841 liie Sva.s made eécreta-ry of state ; ia 184S eleeted a just.ice of -the Rupreme ocwirt ; in 1854 was 'clected to congress as an anti-Xeiiraska aemo-iat and in 1855, beFove taking Siie sent. was cliosen U. S. senator, reed in 18G1 an d'G7 serying 3 8 yens. He beeame a republican iu 18G0.