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The Commoner.
OCTOBER 23, 1903.
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A Famous Old Whistle.
A dispatch to the St Louis Repub
lic under date of Washington, Sep
tember 12, says: The silver boat
swain's whistle with which John
Brown, tho famous- abolitionist, piped
orders to his men while they wero at
Harperf Ferry, has been discovered in
Washington. It Is an ordinary boat
swain's whistlo, about nine Inches in
length and shows tho polish given it
by long use.
When John Brown gathered his men
around Harper's Ferry and began his
preparations for seizing tho arsenal,
he instructed them to hide themselves
la the forests of the mountains, with
tho understanding that they should
listen at sunrise and 'unset for their
orders, which would be piped through
the boatswain's whistle. The jnen car
ried out-his instructions to the letter,
and for 'some days the people of Harp
er's Ferry,, already In a state of in
tense excitoment and fear because o
the abolition movement, heard the
mysterious pipings at Brown's head
quarters. Tho notes would bo taken
up by the nearest of his followers and
sent on over the mountains, until the
last of the band, had received his shrill
instructions. Nobody except John
Brown's men understood the import of
the signals.
When Brown was, captured the whis
tle was taken from him by Lieutenant
Stewart, who afterwards became a lieu
tenant general in tho confederate
army. Stewart presented the whistle
to a Colonel Washington, who, in
turn, gave it to his friend, John Cas
sin, then a well-known lawyer in this
city. The whistle is now in the pos
session of .Mrs. Mary A. Cassin, who
lives in Georgetown.
John Brown told Lieutenant Stewart
that he had had the whistle a long
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time and that ho had used it in Kan
sas in his ilghta with tho Missourlans
heforo ho went to Harper's Ferry for
tho purpose of arming tho negroes of
Virginia. Tho officials of tho Kansas
Historical society are endeavoring to
obtain this relic of tho great aboli
tionist, but Mrs. Cassin does not wish
to part with her historic treasure. The
whistle is in good condition, and its
authenticity is notfo be doubted, as
Mrs. Cassin has letters from "several
persons who took part in tho capture,
prosecution and execution of John
Brown to attest the truth of its history:
out of a metal which tho republican's
admitted was worth at least 50 cents
on tho dollar, but today tho republican
party proposes to mako money on tho
paper assets of tho banks, or the
bonded indebtedness of states, rail
roads and municipalities. In other
words, instead of a currency based on
50-ccnt silver, wo aro to havo a cur
rency based on debts, or something
vorso than nothing."
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The Currency Question.
In his speech at the opening of tho
Ohio campaign, Hon. John J. Lentz,
referring to the currency question,
said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: No one
could bo better pleased with the selec
tion of Grovcport for the opening of
our county campaign, for it was hero
that I addressed ono of the best meet
ings of my first congressional cam
paign in 189G, on tho occasion of tho
third debate between myself and Mr.
Watson on tho money question. At
that time the democrats of tho coun
try asserted that tho money question
was the paramount issue. That was
seven years ago, and as tho physiol
ogists teach us very particle of our
bodies is replaced by new matter in
seven years, so we find that within a
-period of seven years the paramount
issue of tho democratic party has been
replaced by the par. mount issuo of the
republican party When we take into
consideration th fact that President
Roosevelt some tvo months ago had
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and
others, meet him at,Oyster. Bay to dis
cuss the question of financial legisla
tion, and the time for calling an ex
tra session of congress to deal exclu
sively with the money question, it is
quite apparent that the money ques
tion is not a dead issuo.
"When we consider that Senator
Aldrlch, of Rhode Island, has had a
long conference at his homo, lasting
many days, in which Senator Allison
of Iowa and many others, participated
In the work of preparing a currency
bill which would provide for an in
crease in the volume of money; and
when we consider that It Is now sub
stantially determined by the president
that an extra session of congress shall
be called to convene on the 9th of No
vember for the sole purpose of legis
lating on the money question, it must
be apparent to every intelligent voter
that the money question Is again the
paramount issue.
"The republican papers are full of
editorials proposing an Increase of
currency, but they undertake to dis
guise their real purpose by speaking
of thoir financial legislation as a bill
for 'a more elastic currency,' when
they really mean a bill for more cur
rency. Most of us democrats would
prefer a more adhesive currency so
that it would stick to us a little long
er than it has in the past If we are
tp read the caption of their bill lit
erally, we would be justified In charg
ing the republican party with an in
tention to coin money hereafter out of
rubber instead of silver, as tho demo
crats proposed.
"When one takes Into consideration
the fact that those republicans who
bought United States steel preferred at
$97 a share, and are now selling it at
$63 a share, and those who bought
steel common at $40 a share, and are
now selling it at ?16 a share, It would
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