THE IETTER OF A PATRIOTS SENATOR WOLCOTT TO COLORADO ' REPUBLICANS. He Tells Why He Caaoof Support the Chicago Platform, Even to Secure Free Coinage in ' America. - f Under date ot July 31, 1896, Senator Kd ward O. Wolcott, of Colorado, issued an address to the voters ot that state, giving bis reasons tor supporting McKlnley ana -not roiiowing his colleague, Senator teller, out of the-republican party, it is a man--; iy. patriotic, strong and convincing letter, auu nas rallied to his support a large ma- : Jurny ot the repuDlieans of that stale, xne reasons he gives are just as gooa in - mis state as they are in Colorado, ana au voters, of whatever party, who are tempt l oy- tneir aesire tor tree coinage to ig nore the grave dangers to which he cans attention, should give tnem Woughuui -conaiaeration. 'ihe address is as ipiiows: "to tne Voters of the State ot Colorado; The -people ot Colorado are entitled to " know at Such a Juncture as ta fte vie. -ot tneir representatives at Washington. Among the great privileges we enjoy jin oer republican institutions are freedom ot conscience andtreeaom of speech, and" l snouid hesitate on this or on any other proper occasion to declare my belief and Siy convictions on any public Question, f nouio despise myseit even more than i aesoise tnJse incendiary newspapers and Hysterical uiaiviuuuo wuw -r - tnreacs and vituperation can choke the utwranceV of any eelf-respecting citizen Si CoTorado, wno has an opinion to ex-. ' iresa or "a principle to aeclare. ' : iie silver question is most vital. In- -teruatloual bimetalism at the tormer ratio iSToi course, be the most aesirable me?of restonng silver as a .money . metal because the disturbance of values, wiiicn mignt follow tne inauguration ot Trie couTaie by ihe United suites alone, wotld oTavolued. and the question as to ine exportation or hoaraing of gold would Le eamUiatcd. in my opinion, however. - &"oSSL Burtf- afpne d under wise "Jl anouid deserve and receive the contt-2Sf5-iir .Lii classes of our people-open nTmlnts to the unlimited coinage of silver and successfully maintain that metal at a - . at tha ru fill tit lb tO 1. IB- SepenVnuyotnera-ni of the wOrm. iuug tne seven years of my puulioj serv tee in ihe senate, 1 have always held this 'tww? My vote on all questions attecting the currency has been identical w.tn that of other senators usually Known as silver senators, .and. while my utterances on the iuVeriuetuon may not have been as fre- BuyB " , nr nthura whose quent or as wa u -ZZrn on - views snare. v---- - , tnlA DUDJcCi 13 ticai , IUC YC TV a m ta-";he financial plank of the national re ' publican plattorm is. In my opinion, far Irom satlSiactory, and those members ot tne party who believe as 1 beueve, will struggle earnestly and hopefully for the lull and complete recognition and adop tion y the republican party 01 the hu mane nrlncipie ot bimetalism, animated by the belief that tne party which -on every other great question involving hu man freedom and the weliare of mankind iiaa stood tor aii " -ennobling, will yet realise that a conuu- lurther impoveriaiiment and Buttering. The platform contains, nowever. a most . - - nlQlialnir T ha IMrtV important suiLeiucui, -w . - to "the turtherance ot binietaiiam by 1- - a, K i enrtn tfl.lt II of "hm pledge, the history of the party Sn othei questions requires the luile-t credence; me uvaououvn'-s of the silver question makes it certain to my mind that every effort will be earnest ly made by tne republican party to secure to- mis country me u,b . .77.. 4:-v, apdvti Is ntv- sincere opictioft that, Oliver wdlnberestoreditsp .as a money u ' ZTui that wnen wim jttuiMu w"v--' -be accomplished through the action ana efforts ot the republican party. Kxcept on the money question, no man in Coloraao who believes in the protection of American labor and American proaucts and American industries, and who loves his country, can read the platform without hearty ap proval: and no man doubts that Major StcKlnley will bring to his high paice every quality needed by a president of this great people. " - n . - MT DryaU I1U9 UCCU uu.iiti - presidency on three separate plattorms;- - . - xv. .J t nartv tllP TlODUllSt Darty and by the sUver party. - The last named party the silver T?arty does not ueserve sriuus wuDmciawwM. , " members were present at its recent con- venuon in ou uu, .r - , , report the convention hall as being less than half full. The - democratic party nominated Mr. Bryan upon a platform .the -financial portion of which was everything that could be desired, and the rest of it everything that is, in my opinion, un desirable and hostile to the interests of our country. I decline to stand upon this platform and vote for this candidate, even with the alluring free-coinage plank. X cannot do It. I am a believer In protec tlon, and shall not abandon that belief. The supreme court of the United States w - .ki. irihnnil' Iho hitrhest 111- ; dicial tribunal in the world. - I will not .help -to smircn it. x mo Suvc.iMi. . be enabled to- pay Its running expenses, purpose, and I fall to vote it supplies to keep It aiive, I shall consider that I vio--Sate my oath as senator. The recent re publican congrees- ntut uccu uc.uc. " "7 v f ul nor extra vagant, and I must decline to certify to a statement I know to be un true. When, some months ago, the rail way strike at Chicago grew beyond con : trot, and innocent lives were being sacri ficed and millions of dollars'- worth of prop erty was being destroyed by lawless men; when the sheriff was powerless, and the governor failed to perform hta duty, the president of the United States, with fed eral troops, under sanction- of law, saved further bloodshed and destruction, and thereby deserves the thanks or every man who values our liberties and believes that the rights, guaranteed us by the constitu- - tion ought to be sacredly guarded against lawlessness of every form. . - . - -The recent travesty at St. Louis, the popuhst. convention, has but illustrated the- elements which naturally gravitate toward -the candidacy of Mr. Bryan. Every cranky quirk, every incongruous and ludicrous and misshapen idea which . the wheels in the brains of men . could evolve, buzzed and whirled through days of talk, but the net result was Bryan. Government ownership of railroads, tele graph and -telephone lines, initiative and referendum, silver money and more money, had their advocates, and at the end, on assurances that all who voted for Bryan would be equally recognized, Mr. Bryan was the almost, unanimous choice of the convention. : "Because, therefore, I believe that free coinage will come through the efforts of the republican party, and because the democratic and populist platforms, ex cept on the money question, are odious and hostile to the welfare of our country, I shall not cast-my vote for Mr. Bryan. ' - "I hold my commission from the repub lican party. Many of Its members, includ ing some of Its leaders, in the exercise or - their judgment, have announced their- in tention of leaving the party. I shall stay.. My loyalty to the party which has hon ored me is entirely consistent with my loyalty to the highest and best Interests of "the state I represent in the senate of the United States, and I know no reason why I should abandon my party or desert its colors.- There is in my mind no reason why (t was not as much our duty to vote for Weaver four years ago as for Bryan . today. The Omaha platform, declared for free coinage, and was no more objection able than the Chicago platform; and Bryan Is vouched for by leading populists as being 'as good a populist as lives.' The populists have not changed in the past four years. It Is we who are expected to Join their' organization. Others may find It a wise experiment, but I won't do it. Whenever the course of events could make it possible that I should speak from the same platform as Tillman or Waite or Ig natius Donnelly, in advocacy of the same. 6 residential candidate, I know there must e something wrong with me. "What we . need In Colorado Is less hysterics and more common sense. - We have glorious resources, yet In the Infan cy of their development. We are suffering from the Imposition of a mistaken finan cial policy, which it Is -our natural and proper desire to see overthrown asuipeedily as- possible. We are one of 46 states In the Union, each free and sovereign. Within our borders live about one one hundred and fiftieth of the people of the United States. - We live in a republic where the majority rules. - The vast majority of the people of the. United States are honest and of a high average of intelligence, and de voted to the perpetuity ot free institu tions. Our great desire is to induce a ma jority of the people of the United States to believe as we believe. The way to the accomplishment of this result ia not by vituperation and abuse. The press of the country. Cast as well as West, is largely responsible for the bitter sectional feenng now sought to be invoked, it is for us who do not own or control newspapers and who are not in the business of throw ing mud, to remember that of the millions of people who will cast tneir ballots this fall, nearly all are as patriotic as we are, and with us equally desirous that this re public shall live, and not die. The people of the East are our brothers; we sprung from the same loins, we have a common country, a oommon death and the same dear flag. ' This gospel of hate which i now being preached should hnd no follow ing among sane men, no welcome among good citizens. "We who believe In the free coinage of both gold and silver at our mints at the ratio heretofore existing will secure the adoption of our views when we are able to -induce the majority of our fellow-citi-ens to share our belief; when people who do not agree with us now shall be led to agree with us, not alone because of our arguments on finance, but because our vie.wa on other great questions entitle us to public confidence and respect.. Free coinage will never come. In my opinion, out ot the jumble and folly of the Chicago platform, nor will it be heralded by the cap and bells of populism. , ' "KDWABD O. VOL.COTT." - Wages la Mexico. " Chicago Tribune. ' A. J. Warner, the popocrat, ' discourses thua: .'it is now generally admitted that, while the United States, on a gold basis, is suf fering from prolonged business stagnation, Mexico, on a silver basis, was never so prosperous as now. The explanation of this difference in the business and industrial conditions of the two countries seems to puzzle a good many people, and especially those who hold to the belief that the gold nelr service with the respect and grati standard is the condition rnder which a rt rliwi hrav nhle and aelf-sacrl- country ought to. thrive best., The beet way to ascertain; whether -a country is prosperous is to find out what the reward of labor Is there and also: the prices of those commodities which are in common use. That country is the most prosperous where a day's labor exchanges for the greatest quantity of the necessaries of life. - ; : - Tried by that testr what does the Mexi can prosperity Warner extols amount to? The folio whig tables will throw some light on the subject. The first one gives the wages paid in the City of Mexico, which has about 360,000 people. The first column gives the actual , wages paid," the second column gives their gold value, and the third gives American wages paid in gold or Its equivalent: Mexico Value in OCCUPATION. B" Hi Carpenters . : Bricklayers , blacksmiths Painters.. .- .............. Masons .......... ........ Printers 4 Clerks in stores Unskilled labor House servants Hotel help ................ Uooka Factory- hands ........... -Farm hands ............. Car drivers "conductors1 ,-.v. v.'; .v.. Policemen ................. feliners ..................... Railroad engineers ....... Jiremen ................... Conductors brakemen m 001 00 75 1 00 125 87 87 1 25 $2 00 3 00 2 60 2 00 4 00 4 00 2 50 126 50 -1 00 3 00 "- 2 00 1 60 2 001 2 601 1 75 1 25 2 50 2 60 - 20 17 : : 25 1 251 25 25 --37 50 75 - 1 25 50 25 6 00 4 00 s 00 1 so 3 001 2 00 2 m 75 : It will be seen that in a few instances the Mexican working man gets as many Mexican dollars at the American working man gets 100-cent United States dollars. Generally the wage-worker who Is paid in Mexican dollars gets fewer ot them than the American gets of full value dollars. According, to Warner this is prosperity. The second table deals with prices. The first column shows what the Mexican pays for the necessaries of life in Mexican dol lars. The second column shows . what he would be asked were he to pay in gold value American money. The third column shows the prices paid in this country: "Mexico. U. S. Gold or Value In silver equal - silver. Bold. in value. Tea, per pound. .12 00 Flour, per pound 08 Bacon, per pound 50 z Lard, per pound. 30 Beef, per pound.. 20 Mutton, per lb.. 20 Coffee per lb.... 40 Sugar, per lb.... 10 ' -Beans, per lb.... 10 Potatoes per Ib-. OS Corn meal, lb... 20 Rice, per lb 09 " From which it appears H oo v 04 25 15 10 10 . . 20 - ' 05 - -06 ?o OVA that the 50 04V4 06 08 . 10 15 25 - 0594 .0214 . 01"4 .- 0214 Mexl can gets less for his labor and pays more for all he consumes.' The day's labor of a car conductor there will buy 12 pounds of flour and 6 pounds of beef. Here the day's labor of a car conductor will buy al most 28 pounds of flour and 12Vt pounds of meat. . - : - - - Nevertheless, Warner declares that labor prospers in Mexico, and he proposes that the American workingman cast his vote for a candidate who will give him Mexican prosperity. " . -', Undoubtedly Mexico is more prosperous that she was 20 years ago. -She has pro gressed in - spite of her having a silver standard. She has had a more stable form of government. American capital has built railroads, which have opened up the coun try and given value to products whiah were - valueless previously for lack of transporta tion facilities. . But with all the progress that has been made, that which counts for prosperity in Mexico would count for wretchedness in the United States. American workingmen who feel inclined to vote for Bryan should t 11H v lha Ahnve tahlea at Wfleea and nricea before they cast their ballots to Mexicanize the labor of this country. . - Brooklyn Eagle. '".. William McKinley made a brief speech Wednesday to the surviving members of the regiment in which he served during the war, and In the course of it he said he believed "it. was a great deal better to open the mills of the United States to the labor of America than to open the mints of the United States, to the silver of the world.'.'. William J. Bryan made a long speech at the Madison-Square garden, but in the whole course of it he did not say a thing which will stick In the minds of the voters like this epigram which his rival for the presidency coined in Canton. - - If we coin a sliver dollar of full legal tender below the current value of the gold dollar,' we are simply opening our doors and Inviting England to take our gold. With our gold flowing out from us we shall be forced to the single silver stand ard, and our relations with the leading commercial countries of the world would be not only embarrassed, but crippled. What gain-should, we make, therefore, for the circulating medium if on opening the gate for silver to flow In, we open a still wider gate for gold to flow out? James G.-Blaine. . . - - . 1ffnnh1 loan -nartv TtepUUlICtlU puny "The stands for honest, money and the chance to earn it:!' ' ; WIWAM mckinzmy; McKlNLEVS LETTER Con. : from lgt page. v FOREIGN IMMIGRATION. . . ' The declaration of the platform touch- : lng foreign Immigration is one of pecu- "llar Importance at this time, when our -own laboring people are In such great distress. . I am In hearty sympathy with the present legislation restraining foreign immigration and favor such ex tension of the laws as will secure the - ; United States from Invasion by the de-' . barred and criminal classes of the Old World Wnilo we adhere to the public, policy under which our. country has -raised great bodies of honest,- Industri ous citizens wno have added -. to the : wealth, progress and power of the ooun- try, and -while we welcome to our shores . the well disposed and industrious im migrant who contributes by his energy and Intelligence to the cause of free government we want no immigrant.- , who do not seek our shores to become citizens. We should permit none to par ticipate in the advantages of our civil . izatlon who do not sympathize with o -acts and form of government. - . . should receive none who come to tnal e war upon our Institutions and profit by public disquiet and turmoil. Against all such our gates must be tightly closed. . OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. - The soldiers and sailors of the United States should neither be neglected nor forgotten. The Government which they served so well must not make their lives : or condition harder by treating them aa auppuants for reuet tn 01a age or ars tress, nor regard with disdain or con- ' tempt the earnest Interest one comrade naturally manifests in the welfare of an-ther. Doubtless there have been . pension abuses and frauds in the num.- -erous claims allowed by the Govern ment, but the policy governing the ad ministration of the Pension ' Bureau must always be fair and liberal. No de serving applicant should ever suffer e cause1 of a wrong perpetrated by or for -another. Pur soldiers and. sailors gave , the Government the best they had. They freely offered health, strength, limb and -life to save the country in the time of its greatest peril. And the Government must honor them in their neea as in flclnsr men. "who are justly entitled to generous aid In their increasing neces sities, -v ; .. ; ;-. .- . , -. OUR MERCHANT MARINE AND - - - .. - - NAVY. - - - The declaration of- the Republican platform in favor of the upbuilding of . our j merchant marine . has my hearty approval. . The policy of discriminating duties in favor of our shipping which prevailed in the early years of our his tory should be again promptly adopted by Congress and vigorously supported until our prestige and supremacy on the seas is fully attained. We should no longer contribute directly or Indirectly to the maintenance of the colossal ma rines of forelen countries, but provide r an efficient and complete marine of our own. Now that the American Navy is. ; assuming ' the position commensurate with our Importance as a nation, a pol-x icy I am glad to observe the Republic- -an platform strongly Indorses, we must . supplement It with a merdhant marine that will give us the advantages in both our coastwise and foreign trade that we ought naturally and properly to enjoy. -It should be at once a matter of public policy and national pride to repossess this immense and prosperous trade. - CIVIIi SERVICE REFORM. . The pledge of the Republican Conven-" tion that our civil service laws "shall be . sustained and thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended wherever prac ticable" is In keeping with the position of the party for the past twenty-four i years, and. will be faithfully orjeerveu. ., j5i)r-opporieats decry; those reforms.- r -They appear willing to aoanaon aii tne .. e oo advantages gained after so many years 1 00 of agitation and effort. C They encour 4 60 age a return to methods of party favor- : 2 00'itlsm which both parties have of ten de- ; nounced, that experience has conaemn- . ed and that the people have repeatedly disapproved. The Republican party earnestly opposes this reactionary and entirely unjustifiable policy. - It will -take no backward step upon this ques tion It will seek to Improve, but never den-ad e the public service. IT DEMANDS SPECIAL ATTENTICJA'. . '' There are other important and timely '-, declarations in the platform which I cannot here discuss. must content myself with saying that they have my approval. If, as Republicans, we have lately addressed our attention with with what may seem great stress and earn estness to the new and unexpected as- -sault upon the Ananolal Integrity of the Government, we have done it because the menace is so grave as to demand especial consideration, and because we are oonvlnced that if the people are aroused to the true understanding and meaning of this silver and inflation movement they will avert the dangor. : In doing this we feel that we render ths hu nrvin rtossible to the country, and . we appeal to the intelligent conscience and patriotism or tne peopie, lrrespci.--tive of party or section, for their earnest support. WILL MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER- We avoid no issue. We meet the sud den, dangerous and revolutionary as sault upon law and order - and upon those to whom is confided by the legis-. lation and the laws, the authority to up' hold and maintain them which our op ponents have made, with the same cour age, that we have faced every . emer gency since- our organization as a party more than forty years ago. Govern ment by law must first be assured, ev erything else can wait. The spirit of lawlessness must be extinguished by the fires of an unselfish and lofty patri otism. Every attack upon the public -faith and every suggestion of the re pudiation of debts, public or private, must be rebuked by all men who believe that honesty is the best policy, or who love their country and would preserve .unsullied our national honor. SECTIONALISM ALMOST OBLITER - ,- - - ATED. ... The country is to be congratulated upon the almost total obliteration of sectionalism which for many years , marked the division of the United States in slave and free territory and finally threatened its partition into two separate governments by the dread or deal of civil war. The era of reconcill- -atlon, so long and earnestly desired by General 'Grant and many other great leaders. North and South, has happily come, and tne feeling of distrust and hostility between the sections is every-, where vanishing, let us hope never to return. Nothing Is better calculated to give strength to the national wealth, Increase our power and influence abroad and add to the permanency and secu rity of our free Institutions, than the restoration -of cordial relations between the people of all sections and parts of our beloved country. - If called by the suffrages of the peo ple to assume the duties of the high office of President of the United States I shall count It a privilege, even in the slightest degree, to increase the spirit of fraternal regard which should ani- . mate and govern the citizens of every section. State or part of the Republic . After the lapse of a century since its utterance, let us, at length and forever hereafter, ' heed the admonition of Washington: -There should be no" NoptK no Sonth. no Bast, no West but a common country." It. shall be my constant aim to improve every bppor-, t unity to advance the cause of good government by promoting that spirit of forbearance and lustics which Is so es- aenuai to our prosperity ana happiness, by. Joining most heartily in all proper efforts to restore the relations of broth erly respect and affection which in our1 early history characterized all the peo ple and all the States. I would be glad to contribute toward binding lrrindivls- -ible union the different divisions of the country, -which, indeed, "Have "every inductmerit of sympathy and Interest" to weld them together more "strongly" than ever. I would rejoice to see dem onstrated to the world that the North and South and the East and West are not separated or in danger of becoming separated because of sectional or party differences. - The war is long since over; . we are not enemies, but friends,- and as friends we will falhtfuliy and cordially co-operate under the approving smile of Him who has thus far so signally sua-, talned and guided us to preserve in vie-, late our country's name and honor,' iti peace and good order and Its continued ascendency among the greatest govern ments on earth. WTT.T.T AM M'KINLEY. w. v A-PLAIN TALK TO JOHN SMITH. . In Which He Is Shown How Free Coinage - ;: W11L Injure Him. : This means you, John Smith.' Ik makes no difference what your calling may be, if you are a workingman the question which now confronts you is of. the very greatest importance to yourself, your family and your friends. -. - ' Smith, vote for the candidates Twhofavor the free and unlimited coinage of silver it -xr do so on the ground that free silver will make you more prosperous. You know that you would like to get higher wages have a better house -tcTlive in, wear bet-1 ter clothes land be able to provide more comforts and luxuires for your wife and children, and, being a hardworking man who has not had much time to study financial questions,, perhaps yon are inclined to believe that there's some thing in this talk of cheap money for the workers. If so, here are some points for you to think over : ' . -. ' - This free silver agitation did not start with you, John Smith. It began with the owners of the silver . mines, who wanted to get a higher price for their product.; They were, cunning enough to see that the people would not listen to a barefaced scheme of special favors to one small class, so they went to work ' to convince the farmers that prices of farm products are too low. To them they said, "If prices were measured in cheap silver dollars, you would get twice as much money for what you selL" ' They did not tell the whole truth, -that the farmer would . also pay twice as . much for everything he - buys, and so they soon found themsleves with a con siderable number of followers.,; Then they tried the workers.-- To them they said : ."Free silver will give the country . more money. More money will give the j workingmen better wages.- If you want more wages, vote for free silver. " j - In; the first place, John Smith, you will notice that when the silver mine : owners and their agents are talking to the farmers they: don't say anything about increasing wages. This is because the farmer wants to get nis labor as cheaply as possible. ; Then, when they talk to you,' they keep mighty quiet about raising prices. This is beoause . they know you don't want to pay high prices lOTwnatyon uuy. xes it is as OBriniii as that two and two make four that if goods are measured in 60 cent silver -dollars your bread, meat, fish, vegetables and everything yon ."eat your clothes, -your furniture and everything for which yon spend your wages, will be just twice as dear as they are now. This is not gold bug lies. It is what the silverites say when they are talking cheap money to the farmers. - - Now. John Smithy do you see what free silver means? And do you want a system under which the price of every thing you buy will be at once doubled? Are you willing to vote for a certainty of being paid in cheap dpllars which have only half of the purchasing power of those yon now get? The "16 to 1 Bhouters will tell yon . that your wages will be doubled and that if . your em ployer does not at once give yon twice as many dollars per month or week you will simply have to ask for more pay. Do yon think you will get it, John Smith? You know how hard it is for the workers to get even a slight advance' In wages. Yon know that there are many idle men who would be glad to take your place if you went on strike. Can you afford to take chances with a scheme which is certain to double your living expenses for the sake of the bare possibility of higher wages? Think . it over, John Smith, between now' and November. Talk it over with your fel low workmen and' vote according to your own best interests. -'.r ; Inevitable Oonaeqoeneea, - The experiences of all lands and of all ages utterly exclude the possibility that any one should profit by a depreci ated . currency except an' exceedingly small minority of money, dealers and successful speculators in" public dis tress. In the spirit of gambling that is thus engendered in an epoch of depreci ated currency very few of these persons are permitted to enjoy their innings in the long run. . When the prices of prod nets nominally rise, the balance is re dressed by a rise also in the cost of pro duction and in the ' wants - of the pro ducers. " Every rise in prices under an inflated currency, as .well - as under a sound system of money, is followed by Increased production and by a depression of prices through increased competi tion. But a violent disturbance of busi ness through a sudden change of the monetary standard to a silver dollar containing only - 53 cents of bullion oould not be made without causing - widespread distress. The only adequate explanation of the course of the advo- cates of free silver coinage is that they are but dimly conscious of the conse quences that would follow the adoption of their policy. Philadelphia Record. A Sixteen to One Town. ; ' "Is this a 16 to 1 town?" asked the drummer. -'"v. - "It air on Sunday," answered the native, r ; -- .; - "On Sunday?" i:-. - " . " Yaa, Sixteen goes flshin to one go In to church. " Cincinnati Enquirer. , A MONEY CATECHISM. SOME PLAIN ANSWERS TO IMPORTANT v QUESTIONS CONCERNING MONEY- " Why Gold Is Preferable to Silver ' Bulky, and Business of Civilized World Is Adjusted to It iws' Cannot Make. It -f Ims Acceptable Honey Senator Stewart and Silver States Prefer Gold. " , - Question.' What is money? ' Answer. Any common medium of exchange which ta accepted as payment in itself. '- '- ; Q. What is representative money? A. , Any common medium of exchange Which promises to pay money. , Q. What is meant byprimarymoney?' A. This is a new phrase introduced to confuse people by suggesting that there is also" secondary money.-- " -: Q. What is money of final redemp tion? A. This is another late addition to the American language implying that there are several different kinds of money. There is only one kind of money in this country, j There, are several dif ferent kinds of representative money. . . Q. Give examples of each. .A. Gold coin is money. - Everything . else that- ?irculate8' whether of metal or of paper, " " """J- r Q-" Is - silver com representative money, . 'A. It is. " ' ". -.' Q. In what way does the government promise1 to redeem its silver coins? A. Bjr the act of congress of -June 9, 1870, it promises to redeem all coins smaller than $1 when - presented . in sums not. less than f 20. . By the act of Feb. '28, 1878, the .government promises to -receive silver dollars at par. in all pay-; 'meats to itself. By the act of July 19, 1890, it declares' it to be the policy of the government to keep the two metals at a parity with each other. ; By - two different acts the secretary of the treas ury is authorized to purchase coin and to issue the obligations of the United States therefor, c". . ' -v - - -' Q- What is the indispensable quality and ffrst requisite of money? A. That ' it should be universally acceptable. - Q. Is there any kind of money uni versally acceptable but gold? : A. There is not --. . Q. Would not silver be equally ac ceptable if it were equally legal tender? .A. Silver dollars are legal tender. Give any man the option ; of taking 100 of these pieces or lO.goldpieces of $10 each and he will choose the latter. Therefore the are not equally accepta ble. : - v. - v Q. Is the difference in weignt tne only reason why gold is more acceptable than silver? A. That is not the only reason now, but it was the main if not : the only reason when civilized nations made their choice between the two. .'- Q. What reasons exist now that did "hot exist then?, A. A variation of 60 per cent has taken place in the value of the two metald. In addition to being 16 - tiroes, as htavy, silver has lost one-half. 0f its value during the interval. . r ' j j. Are there any other reasons why silver is :,not equally -acceptable with: gold? A. Sea ; although a limited ; amount of silver (and also of nickel and copper 1 ; ,is .used as a medium of ex- change, it is now a commodity in the markets of the world subject to the same fluctuations as other commodities. Peo ple do not like to use a fluctuating com- ; modity as moneyand will not if they can get anything better.- Q. Have you mentioned all the rea- ; sons why gold is acceptable as money and silver is not? A. The most decisive reason is that the civilized world has - adjusted itself to the gold standard dur ing a long period of time. All business . is bottomed on it It is an accomplished fact coextensive with the commercial world. To change to another, standard wonld be literally turning the commer cial world upside down. v - Q. Can such a change be produced? A. Absolutely impossibla In a conceiv able case one country may turn itself upside down, but that feat would not make gold less acceptable or silver more so, even in that country. Acceptableness is a state of the human mind which' laws cannot change. j Q. Is the preference for gold uni versal? A. It is universal among civi lized men. Even the silver advocates in the United States prefer gold in their business affairs, that is everywhere ex cept on the stump. ' Senator Stewart of Nevada makes his mortgages payable in gold. ; When he was reproved for this bad example, he said that .he merely followed the universal custom on the Pacific coast, where he ' lives. So we have his authority for the statement that in the section of the Union where - the demand for silver is most vociferous everybody prefers gold in his private business. ' Q. Can you give any other examples? A. The territory of Arizona brought a bill before congress two or three years ago, asking Authority to issue bonds payable specifically '. in gold, on the . ground that the money would be bor . rowed at a considerable lower rate of interest than if they were payable in dollars without specifying the kind of dollars. The state of Utah is negotiating a speciflo gold loan now. for the same reason.- . Yet both Arizona and Utah are politically for silver. Q. What do these acts signify? A. Two things: First, that gold is prefer able to silver in the general estimation of mankind ;' second, that payment in gold is an advantage to borrowers. New York Evening Post. N ' ' Bllvente Vampaign vims. ' -. The platform adopted by the silverite wing which controlled the Democratic -national convention contains abundant material for stirring campaign mottoes. L"Free Silver Inflation," "Debt Repudi ation," ."Property Confiscation'' and "Commercial Stagnation" are brief and truthful statements of the aims of the' ' cheap money Democrats and the certain results which would follow their success in November. . Shouting these cheerful, strains, the silverites can march to the certain defeat which awaits all move ments based on sectionalism, greed,' ap peals to prejudloe and hatred of property The silverite catechism. In Which Free Coinage Theories ' Are , Plainly Stated. - , , What is money? Something made out 01 nothing by government. '.; . . Is there any limit to . the ' amount ot - money which government can., make? Only the capacity of the printing presses -of the country.' Z, - What kind of money is the ( best? That which has the least value. ' What does "cheap money" mean? ' Money that will buy very little wealth, . Why. are some people poor? Because . the money they get in exchange for ; their products or their labor will buy a large amount of goods. ' : How can the poor, all 'be made rich? By stamping 60 cents' worth of silver "one dollar" and thus decreasing the t purchasing power of money. s ' , - What is a capitalist? A wicked sinner v -who has worked hard and saved "up jr little property. - What is a patriot? A man who covets --. his neighbor's property , and wants to ,1 get hold of it by law. - What does "repudiation" mean? It is .. v ' a simple scheme for readjusting the in-- -equalities between the men who worked and the men who have not ' What is the golden rule of the silver ites? Do others as they would not do you. - . ' " -' " -- What are we to understand by "hon--esty" and "good-faith between men?" ! : That creditors are to be cheated out of one-half of their property whenever the - debtors control congress. . - - Why not benefit debtors still more by repudiating all the claims of creditor That will come later. . The publio must -. be educated into silverism liv detmMw. - What is a creditor? A fiend in human v shape who loaned 100 oent dollars and doesn't want to be paid in dollars worth 50 cents. - , -. . - ; . How will free silver help the farm-" '.-7 era? By causing the withdrawal of all ' loans, paralysis of industry, stagnation - -of commerce and idleness of millions of ' workers who now buy farm products. : How will the 16 to 1 scheme benefit., the working classes? . By" making them- . pay twice as much for everything they h buy, while giving them little or no in- ' : crease in wages. It wilf also confiscate " half of their savings bank deposits. What is a silver mine owner? A good, kind, unselfish citizen, who doesn't . want higher prices of silver, so that he - " will get rich, but simply because he loves his fellow man. ' Does his love for the workers lead - -him to pay more than market rates for : . his labor? Not much. Business and - sentiment are two different things. Be- sides he doesn't have to. -. - What is a sound currency? - Dollars with 50 cents' worth of silver and 50 cents' worth of fiat or paper dollars all " - ... fiat. ."" . " . What is the chief duty of a good citi zen? To hate everybody who is Indus-' - trions and thrifty, and . to meekly swal low all the nostrums of the cheaD money - office seekers. - . : ,- j How oan the people be made prosper-- , vfB? Br xattiE (iLuu .rsaiiMfc';i2:i.-rTiw oouraging the investment ; of capital ; contracting the i currency by ruining ent ' ItlAvoN iltntrincr . nnf trrA ti1 Aval1. V - Whidden Graham. . 'x.. ' - - V.-. .-. - . The Grand Army of Creditors. :-- '- The gentlemen who think that they : have made an attractive bid for votes by proposing a 50 cent dollar for debtors - . iaj pay uicir ucubs wiijxi uiu iiiwiiiug .. . without their host. Every state of the Union is full of creditors, and they will ' ' never consent to defraud and cheat themselves. J ' . Among these creditors are: , All persons who work for wages; sal-' ary or by the piece. All members of building and loan ' . associations. " ' . '' All depositors In savings, national, state or private banks. . . ' : All holders of life, fire and accident - - . All members of benevolent and fra- v temal insurance orders. - All holders of industrial insurance. ' All widows, orphans or wards de pendent wholly or partially upon the income from investments. ' ' A1 educational and charitable iosti- -. " . fnHnna iAriAnrlATil: whnllv m- In nnrt n T ' ' - on the income of their endowments. -. In fact the 60 cent silver dollar o : would be of advantage to- few persons f in tne long run save tne speculators, who would gamble on . the1 inevitable . fluctuations in its purchasing power and 1 in the price of commodities. Exchange. . ; Boma Things Nobody Can Do. IT It is idle to ' 'hurl defiance' ' and boast - of what this great nation can da It . .. . rtoTror Yiaa Fiaoti aKIa tn mfl.1nfj1.1n himAtnl- " lism under free coinage of both gold and silver, even when the conditions -" were far more favorable than now. This nation is unquestionably "broad enough to legislate for its own people -without waiting for the aid or consent ,. of any other nation on earth," but this.' nation tried for over 80 years to. secure bimetallism under a legal double stand ard and completely failed, . And as this ' nation, "broad" as it is, is not able to v mtMiiliu ik nan nn. mnm nArfarm u such a feat now than it could in the past Louisville Oourier-JournaL . . .- - " The Prwent Standard Bost For All. The present currency standard should -' be maintained because it guarantees an honest dollar to rich and poor alike. The farmer is sure of full value for his ' -products. .The laborer knows that his services .are paid for with honest money. If the currency maintained on the pres- : ent gold standard is the "money of the -wealthy," as the free silver advocates -assert to awaken the prejudices of the common people, by the same token it is - acceptable to the poor.; -The wisdom of the present basis is seen in the fact that individuals prefer a gold standard . . . dollar every time, and what is best for - -. individuals is best for the nation. Do-. ,J - troit Free Press. . . , -i ' -: The ratio of summer girls to summer men at the seashore resorts is 16 to L atcKlnley is the choice of the people. .