Show BOND BUYER The Th Democratic candidate for or pr President in his letter o of acceptance said that to assert that the Government Govern- Govern went ment is dependent on the assis assist C R ance or goodwill of a portion oi of r the people oth other r than a fi t jf majority is to assert that we f have a government in form but without vital force This was said said- t in opposition to the theory that t the tJ e t government is beholden to the gold speculators and bond buyers Ine In e opposition to what Mr Bryan s said saidI id I we find the following the republican i t proposition Because the city of Lincoln Neb in a lime time o of profound peace p was dependent on the assist assistance ance of certain capitali capitalist ti wl when en t wanted anted to raise moner money to pave it its streets and put in sewers was it any 1 j roof that the city's government was was I one of form only r The on is not tenable tenable- The city of Lincoln was absolutely independent The capitalists who lent money lent money to the wanted want- want ed edan an investment and got a good one T They ey doubtless received bonds at at- fair a-fair a a. fair air rate of interest bonds that were absolutely ly secure bonds that constituted a mortgage on every ery foot of property in t town wn The security was gilt edged and there was probably probably probably ably competition among inv investors The people of Lincoln asked for nothing better than was nominated inthe bond Th They y wanted wanted- such pavements and sewers as they had contracted for and were pay pa ing their credit and asked for and got no nomore more Very likely as in most cases of that sort the bond buyers got the best of the bargain There was wasn n no dependence in the matter The transaction was a business one So it is between the go gold and bond speculators speculators spec spec- on the one part part and the United States on the other only the speculators want more than the government received depreciated gret greenbacks war times or any other sort of currency that that was b bi ba considered sacred gold obliga obligations ions They nand de-nand that credit money shall be redeem r redeemable leem able abe in a sort of f coin roin which is scarce and nd which l thc they they can can corner corner r though K the hr legal an I l obliga iron ison is for or either silver r bo gold l Id at the option of or th the S Secretary e ry of Tre li the Treasury c All AU o of the Cd Cabinet inet officers r ex except ept Secretary S y h ill indicated in some way wa their ser servile ile fi fh delity to tJ the president Th There re i is a a. n go growing impression that tha t M Mr r Cleveland eland has found in hi his of f state a tough cu customer r one h he cannot order about as to expression of opinion and at the time me one she he e dare not dismiss from his official 1 family We IVe art not advised that Mr is afre free a.-free Ir coinage moan man Probably he is not is-not not b bathe buthe t he doe does not seem disposed to be perspicuous o i on the subject when to d do so m might t be e accepted as e evidence that th thattie t tie he was kicked into writing or sp speaking aking Mr Cleveland Cle has encountered stumbling ng blocks locks thi this s year The dein democratic crati national c convention ul reg-ul regularly called and regularly organized repudiated him utterly No N man in public life in inthe inthe the history of cf cf t the lIn United States ever received so so- startling act of f official treachery and And now Mn Mr oine Olney se seems ms to to be be defying him |