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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
4
A fragment from a 19th century publication discusses monetary policy favoring free and unlimited silver coinage at a 16 to 1 ratio with gold and critiques political honesty. It notes Utah’s heated party fight, a Livingston tournament week with $3,000 purses, and ethics about justice and societal progress.
A broad invitation issued for a meeting of mining men from Washington Oregon Montana and British Columbia at Spokane Falls on Ort. Ind to form a miners association. The aim is to promote laws favorable to mining and no credentials are needed at first gathering. Reduced rail fares promised. Signed by a sixty member committee with A P Curry as temporary chairman and J K Armstrong as temporary secretary.
A discussion on monetary stability links stable prices to adequate money supply and critiques silver and gold standards. It cites Mississippi convict labor reforms and explores humane, productive use of penal labor, proposing public works like reservoirs and land reclamation. It condemns socialism as an irrational utopian dream while advocating equal opportunity and impartial laws.
The town reports general improvements with the Berg Bros frontage revarnished at the stone store. The Patriarchal Hall nears completion and will be a handsome building. Sidewalks are being rebuilt on Cedar Street and Mr Bowhay installs electric lights in Townsend Hose building and private homes on Cedar Street.
The town notes a cleaner street and better overall appearance with steady trade in general merchandise and livery. Saloon activity is dull and residents unite on national money reform aligned to the constitution as the path to prosperity, advocating curbs on usurious lenders to restore commerce.
Duluth Republican congressman Towne openly supports 16 to 1 free coinage of silver, defying European moves and drawing sharp criticism from the Pioneer Press as bumptious and erroneous. The piece argues Persecution for principle is an old tyrant’s tool, while praising Towne's steadiness. Labor Day is noted as a legal holiday, with a call for labor organization and a united ballot as its weapon.
A London dispatch reports the Bank of England ordered portraits of Cleveland and Postmaster General Wilson to be hung in recognition of their anti free silver work. The note recalls a prior era when Englishmen displayed Washington’s portrait in a non financial building for a satirical purpose.
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