V 1 ' CTT7 W A Bl" Q AWN Wfl K D S miDA'S SEJ1T0E OBCE TALKED WISDOM. . - . . - ' . - i. n u hi naladed Follow- """"" " " we country, which T would distribute itself en May Learn the Inevitable Conseqaen- rg the laws of trade throughout . , " the country.-January 28, 1K4. Congres- en of Free Coinage. . : SSSiaisSSa. page 866. , , We hesitate whether we will give the ; laboring man a dollar which has purchas-. log power enough to support him. We hes fienator Stewart, of Nevada, waa not al- lute whether we will .atop the "pecula wws tofhaSnVtoefree coinage of uon In gold in New :ork. VVe hes Slro Uiat he now Is, as the subjoined, jtate whether we wul take , out of the furnished by Dr. S. A. Bobinson, nktor William M. Bte wart, of Nevada, was an trncoi gold standard wTelectS senaTorin SsT and re-elected during the three ..I1""" under coiimaerauon. which was r,i""0n7akeJon ttta u fnr the senate, and is said to have voted for Its final passage. . , ocubuh " -'- 7. . r-i . n a.jknrov, ai nnnmiuieuiT uuv v. uie """-- de. pass upon such "'"JL fully keen and alert, and as a represent- m suVSr Uuwany oSerT-e probabUity of hta being ignorant of toy provision of r?5"tAT.rfh7ntabUltT it after it had been under coMiaeiwoa from April 26. 1870, to eDruary . and been debated until the tuscussion nueu. In IRfiB. hla last term Closing xuaruu r iiw Tn tha first ouestion. "Does not the t hlh vaina. th f.rm uihn daatrad ZT" .v 1 1 .u 1 . v, Vi7- . -f, fho rnlnaire act. i.m whether we shall be nonesi auu ::'. . . r T , ran unw u wimu u ii more uu i TT".rCl T f '7a was nt hesitates- and the senators ap- o" oue .uiuuii to cnange nis piace 01 residence couio una Btlned every impulse of manly independ !f5.nexnrL 1 tVlTX-mic and call Mmlt t'TtoZ"'! e-oe. to pons. to the call of our. coun lumnof.weGlobeflsshtjtom itwSr ra,he charge That T . . . A. i j . tnn-Aj4ihla . uiucuivrai ate with English gold, it being Impossible ate wiu iu6' 3HHnaiair most determined land able aavo fSstaMslni,, tracts from peeohen made ,. w.1 alter we pas prove. He said: "I want the standard gold, and no paper money not redeemable to gold." Let everybody know what a dollar is worth. Then the man who goes West to buy produce will be under no necessity to Insure himself against the fluctuations of the currency. He can pay the tun vaiue nf the wheat then without the fear that a change to we price of gold will break him down before he gets back to New York. The wheat will be measured by the same standard-gold-in IUinois as it is in iaver- pool, and any man fuJU" WJ now It is a mystery: the whole subject of finance is a mystery; and what do we see every day? We see those who devote their attention to It maktag large fortunes out of this mystery. Let us do as all the peo- Which was worth $1,328 an ounce in 1870, pie of the world have been doing from the was, though falling steadily, still worth beginning, measure our values by gold, $l.78 in 174, the year in which these re adopt the standard that all can understand marks were made. Senator Stewart's sec and get rid of this mystery. February 11, 0nd term expired as abpve stated, March 1874, Congressional Record, page 1392. g. 1875. In 1S87 silver had fallen tp 0.9782S The question never will be settled until an ounce, and it is not uncharitable to you determine the simple question , whether suppose that those having a commercial the laboring man is entitled to a gold dol- . interest in it felt that they must do every lar if he earns It, or whether you are go- thing in their power to improve the mar-; ing to cheat him with something else. That , i . . ii ..l.i. iktn rrha nan- 1 me upauui uj. mo pie wUl hold right on to that, and they w 11 mm, to tha conclusion. I am entitled to -. tost as good money as my neighbor,'' and jjjothaiailyjthey will U flnaUy. come un - "ft will get to be a big party. It was a til It i little party in England once, but It. grew wonderfully. It has been a Jittie party in this country occasionally, but under Silas Wright.. Tom Benton and Calhoun and others, It grew to be the party of the country. The whig party had to adopt it and put it into their platform to order to get along at aU. Everybody had to say that the laboring man was entitled to a good dollar. That was fought over. They wiu ngnt it over again uu wo i.i i. j will win. There have been a great many battles fought against gold, and won every lime. Gold never ha inst gold, and gold has 9"'?- mlsad. . YOU .aV VOU have CTOt UD a COm- J m - promise bill on the question whether gold shaH be respected. Gold has made the world respect it all- the time. The Eng- -llsh people once thought they could get along without goia lor awniie, nut wey had to go back to it. June 12, 1374, Con- gressional Record, page 4909. I do not care how much you discuss it or how many resolutions you pass, tney ao not make any ainerence; you must raran -. . to the same conclusion that all other peo- pie have-that gold Is recognised as the universal standard of value. It is the measure mat must db useu. u aDie 10 suppose mm wubb mieraicu ance ef our national government, the en measure by which your 'wealth must be would naturaUy turn to the attorney whose forcement of its laws and a wise admin tested; and whether it be pennies or mil- remarkable ability, great energy and thor- istratton of Its business affairs. I think lions matters not, it Is the measure thai ough knowledge of mining had been so wnen the representatives of a great po must test all wealth. The wealth of the serviceable to them. . -- lltlcal party, like that which convened United States is tested Dy tne same ruie. It naa Deen ana always wiu ue wb uiukw stone of measurement; and when you de- part from that and try to figure up any ,h- Maaa-a whtah tha (irM doas not recognise, - you get Into confusion. At- tempting to reconcile them it is idle to t.u, .hn.,t Tt I. Idle to talk about com- r- - -- --- . , it; and it has been tried in almost every civilised nation. Do not let us try w aeceivB nw auwi,wi US try IO maKC xaem wwwvb uj buui nocupocu. of legislation that we can give them something of real value, we can give . -a .h.. that I. hattar than the universal standard of mankind. Do not deceive them to that regard. Let them know the facts now. I believe that it would be highly injun mi. to this eoimtrv to strain Inflate the currency. I neea not enlarge upon ' " - - , the evils of a depreciated currency. This country has felt them too severely to re- auire that I should mention them: It mat ters not what kind of a depreciated cur rency you have, it necessarily entails many evils. January 23, 1874, Congres sional Record, page 865. I say a depreciated currency is attended ZSnTll' .pXdneniTwt. against it. in shipping grain, as was Ulustrated. from Illinois to wverpoo , fn7uTePifWa?nTt !5sure.. ."".n.8i??eJuS5aon rs HrcharV the grata la to remain to his .possession, step uy ua n """' Sucerdwecoumerwruto agatostttem. Is it not a fact with a flue- tuatlns currency that the value of wheat ln Illinois is the price to Liverpool, less the ' cost of transportation? When you have a depreciated currency you have not only to take into account transportation, but - yon have to take into account the tosur ' ance that every man who handles the wheat will take against the change in the price in gold constantly coming upon him. It gives .speculators and middle-men a chance to cut both ways and eat up the consumer and the producer. But suppose you adopt what the world adopts -as the measure of value for your currency. then what will you have? Then you can faave all the currency which you have got money to buy. You will nave sae world's currency. Yon oan nave all tha money then that yon have got the representative of value for. xou can nave inflation tnen promising on any ower measure vl hiuc, our currency to aDout one-uau s?i i prra- ail thouzhtful loval men to sever their re- . . , -; -rr-. - " 5. .f.5 r thi. i2L-? -TanShTfhtr I-aJ."5 ZtJJl 5 Z SST tTt r.ryan' &&mS& - on a sound basis. Sir ton want alone in disposing of th. profits, a. well When silver waVsed admission "to thi rvta ttsUta. noh'thtoJ 'raUornde "rktl t .OUih-l0i!L ?Ll?L2Ll " ta. "le?1,1LaUn T5,taout kin- Ber nilnta. By what process has the vast KldW w&d'not vou"o?Brr ofSol.r,to,0about SowMof ThJ country, and when you adopt th maasnre mission of Burone." pralriaa been nettled and turned into oul- and the whom thing was a nwlatU. sUver wkieh U la we various o titer ihanea of value that the world recgnlxes you will have sufficient mow to do the business of the country wltH, the same as they-, do anywhere else, because IX you have got crops to move uiu ivu va s -. money, the world will come to your aid at once, but If when you have a depreciated currency that drives all the rest out, thai prevents your using gold, then you will nave these same difficulties. If ..... .vti tha universal measure ot value-gold-as your basis, then, your cir- cutotion would be flexible, and it would be much harder to make a "corner' on the ,hi nauntn. on the circulation ol 7. We hesi- tate wheer the .profits of Jand saU 0f getting rich on your depreciated "J?" L.T. tX hrin down the rate of tZaClWBvMthr7't't'it ctoms. taxes and au puDuc SrotSesdbSnesVanditiSthevery dues. It does not so accept silver dol- : " , pphruirv 20 1871. Con- thing we wanU-February W. m. v. n r.-h,,nrt.nt to eet the wa oji.b icwwvw m.w-. - V. n furnish all ?h. m-nv that is necessary. They w"l J SSUu I Is mluedtft a Juniry ?et .JBtt.Mneooie ,rh nurduaaid our re- weve, with our sources, I say there will be no difficulty .bout getting uracieni - why. sir. everywing we measured by goio. xour greeuuww to eik nnrprrai n iriML lub uuuuvm i . mlHH amftn reaDS fnha reward, while tie producer is VUO "'"l w , a demand for gold by using it. In - .ted .if- n..m.nt has Sold left EngW when she s.uo wea. irre- deTtnbin ti the reaulaf sn had to go bftck to the "fj111"" T lore sne comu efV tond w the same way. u have legrislated gold out of your pountry-. In vite it back, and forty million people wiu set you all the gold you want. ou wm have all the gold you need as a regu- lator, as a basis for your currency, and t come very shortly. The we Shall naVe prosperity oasea upon a cernni..- penty oasea upon a cfiwww.- February 20. 1874. Congressional Record, paKe 1678. - These . quotations prove that Senator Stewart not only thought the gold stand- ard the best, put tnat ne neuevw 1, atnrLtls the pr osperity of our especially we farmer and working man There Is one thing which we should per- haps consider here, ana ket for it. nn.. ,,A-a-t- InnAtvl wara mnnh 'crraatar i uiraiso", .. , than most people suppase,-and Nevada was deeDlv concerned. A lew tacts wiu ehow this better than anything else could d0. From 1873 to 1878 the Bonansa mines shipped $100,011,086 05 of bulUon,. and from that sum paid dividends (proms, oi wm.- 140.0W. or wltmn a iracuon or per 0f the entire products of the rntae The ConsoUdatedlrginia began payiw divi- dends May 1874, and In 1877 had paid $35,- 640,000. The California mine began paying dividends May. 1876, and to December, 1877, inclusive, paid $21,600,000. Twenty Com- stock mines in Nevada, other than the Consolidated Virginia, . paid $47,223,000 up io uecemmr, un, uuw ' mcu. over $40,000,000 of it. Nearly aU of this vast sum was taken from the Comstock lode, a Vl?l"J ""J" loDg and from 60 tO SOU feet Wide. But this was not all of the money made out of these mines; they increased their stock from 294,300 shares in 1870 to 3,431,- 200 in 1877, and the profit made by the sale or these snares ana Dy speculating ui uihu was enormous. Silver mining Is the great- est millionaire mill ever known. please bear in mind that It was to Senator Stewart's efforts tnat tne permanent set- .. . . , ., . , tiement oi we Tines oi nearly au ui we ereat l"m "?' and that he acquired a fortune In mining and mining litigation. It is not unreason- In 1887 Mr. Stewart was agam eieciea a uzutea Dtaxes Koaiur, auu au oinm bwu one of the most resolute, persistent and successful advocates of the free and un llmtaA iwfn.M n.f ailvar at tha ratio nf lA to J, and Its unrestricted use as legal-ten- der money, which would undoubtedly result In .liver monometalism and denreciatlon of -..C7Tirri.,.. gold, while its production had increased from $81,800,000 coinage value In 1873 to fwv,vw,4w mm amu. vv uivi4 w as KiarmuiK to me silver muieowiiciB, iuc Ruction 8 of gold had increased f rem su,75U,uuo in 1874 ttne year in wmcn tne that Senator Stewart insists that it is the move uuana itum wb specuuea ii only safe standard of value) to 130,81B,600 in 1892. These conditions stimulated the owners of sUver mines to stiU greater efforts to imnrove the market for their product, and there being no other aavo- i. T . , cats of their interests as able as Senator Stewart, he was, in 1893, agraln elected a United States senator. Indeed tt Wat Unfortunate. Pittsburg Times. - the'seday' SST "deUvd hlf oi f.-lll.hi. aeareratlon of i non word. ---- V" , 7 -" 7hV AiZZ tog ourrurncy- would'" VrtogjorTnd nrosneritv to the neonle. Major McKlnlev satraj? ,rhic!f,a ,7,7. .t fTf hi. nw lth ahnitt Eft elnnuent and nertlnant worrl. Address.ng the comrades of the old regl- ment of which he eras a boy private when tha W nratnr wu. hut a vaar-nld ha ha Major McKinley furnished an inspiring keynote for the friends of protection and sound money to this campaign,, when he said: ' "I do not know what you think about it, but I believe It is a good 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." , A Mighty Gift. ' St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . Mr. Bryan said in his speech of accept- ance that free coinage to this country will bring the silver money of the world un to the gold level. As this will present of $4,000,000,000 to the "world, question is, how Uncle Bam can go GOV. McGONNELL'S LETTER. IDAHO'S GOYERJOR SPEAKS DSDERSTASDISGLY. OUT He Tells Some Plain Truths to the Publlsh- er of toe Silver Organ at Spokane, Wklck cr vi iitm " May Be Belief ical to Them. - - . - ment. - - - ..." , in 1873 not one brick of the now baautl- . ful city of Spokane had been laid. Where - ' your courthouse stands today, the yelp- "Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank BOISE CITY, Aug. 14. 1896. (Publishers ing of the coyote might be heard almost you most sincerely for this evidence of Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.) any night in the year. Yet, in less than your esteem and confidence. I cannot re Gentlemen: notice in your issue of 20 years, which intervened between the aiize a man ever could stand in the August 10 three questions proposed by Mr. demonetisation of silver and Cleveland's presence of a more thoroughly representa C. W. Simmons, of Kellogg, this state, election, our city attained its magniti- tjVe and patriotic body of American citi- wfliai7u unie uuuawc w . - States accepts silver certificates to pay- If waJ tru6i ,t wouId 4 sur. . prising condition of affairs. A silver cer- . . . i . n nn UBw w merely a uruuuae to pay upon preeia.tioa ruim iwikto v. dollars. Under your. Interpretaqor the promise to pay would.be accepted by the oastonis officers, but the payment itself wYrwume j presume you Intend to be fair, . and alye correct answers to the questions orODOUnaeQ to you. ,f y0U' wiU refer to ;.', , v.hn-,. -k. isng Wni And j mi -r-i i j - w , - cohwge of the Standard SUver Dollar and to Restore ItS Lezal Tender Character." language Is as follows: . i'ney snau oe a legal tenaer ax weir nominal value for' aU debts and dues, njt aansututional. because congress constitutional right to enter into a pri- vate asTeement or contract Which IS not in violation of law. ' You wind up your answer as follows: "Why Juggle further with this point? Tbe facts could not be plainer. The gold reserve is held in the treasury exclusively iw n" 'wcmiiwu v treasury notes, ic ih never paiu uui. i" .),. - -iiirai. dollars or sliver ner- ,,n0, ,. .ii.,... rHmari exclusively in silver dollars, and silver dolJftr ae redeemed In .nothing. These f nftve bem thoroughly established' , leMer, and teieg,ams from the highest ofRcMa ot the .tpewn?; Any one who qUestions their correctaess can Inquire of the treasury for himself." ,s tt- flr8t time such a Btate. ment has appeared in your paper. The Intent of the answer appears to be to lead the public to believe that the present silver dollar Is not a good dollar because it Is redeemable In nothing. Of course, a sliver dollar is not redeem able in gold; why should it be? It is a money of final redemption, - the same as a $20 gold piece. Would you pretend to say that a $20 gold piece is redeemable in any othef money? Certainly not. Would you pretend to say, if we restored the . . ... .. . . . Ifea antt Bnllmltea coinage OI Sliver, inac Se .liver doljarn would be redeemable to ,,, . tha- - trough the medium of some of yonr . JgJJnSS, edUoii . -,' '-. - ' ;- i think the time has arrived when every cltiaea ha. a right to express himself on this subject, and I think the public has a , t "epect fair and nnequlvocal tate- ment. newspapers so Jong as tney undertake to answer questions. In my judgment when the bolters from the republican party and the populists democrats claim to be the only silver men , country, they arrogate a fooi deal to themselves. Personally, I nave always been an advocate or tne ... . unUmIted coinage of silver, and. today. I believe that this nation alone ?ghfreysiore the white metal to its former n-nnfa In Hntn, an wo anantan (ul uuu. aa v uu . w w v v,iifcv protective and - reciprocity laws. But I am a blmetallst, not a monometallst, and T believe that monometalism in silver WOuld be even worse than monometalism Jn gQ j Relieve that under the demo ojatlc party no other Increased use of sll ver can be obtained than that of mono- metallam. t do not agree with you or other so- - t, called silver men. that the free coinage ot silver is the paramount issue. I be- Ueve that the paramount issue to this na- Uon te and always has been.the mainten- ln Chicago and nominated Mr. Bryan condemn the president of the United States, he being a member of their own. narrv fnr aunnrasslna tha China a-n rlnts ' , , ... . , , Mt judicial tribunal for rendering decisions not In conformity with their neculiar ... Mi...i L i. . . w i. .....c iu. not be tolerated today by the humblest piOWboy that guides his plow through American sou. ana an insult to tnat nag may be an directlv oxferM hv mrfn rhino- . tf thrfsiaLt and nl supreme court as by firing upon it in some foreign port. when tha raramor nf . tata iiw. th. state of Illinois falls or refuses to uohold lldnZX ofe nresident to Internose and nroteot the n-. a w. -i.i M.ca vi ui Llia I state, and see to it that the mails are not interrupted. When the officers whose duty jt is to enforce the laws in a county of a state, fail ln the performance of that duty, should not then the governor then exercise his right? And what better right uu m wurn, mo siaui iun.ii me the president in one ot the states of the natlon? Then: who shall presume to sav to me because I will not unite with such an aggregation of individuals to unholdlnr l4lnMaiM u their vagaries by supporting Mr." Bryant that I am not to favor of free coinage? I refuse to be weighed to the balance with such people. The so-called "crime" demonetisation of silver was enacted gress ln 1873. What was the condition of your now State Of Washington? YOU ana 1 kn tnat was a vast expanse of prairie, mountain and forest, but sparsely settled. In all of Its vast domain there was not one town worthy to be called a city; there was not a mile of railroad, except a tramway at the Cascades, and, perhaps, the narrow gauge of Dr. Baker between Wallula and Walla Walla and I am not certain that even that was con structed at that time. T nnlr .mln t -....a haa..,t..t ... 1 - it was four years ago when we were enter- . h. -xa ,t. which resulted to tte election of Graver m.lSt Srw - ,k!r. h. a G,roJer Cleveland. What a change had taken nl,M1 Irnitilr, what m.rtiriaii'. nrn A P'ace! . Inquire what magician's wand hesi. answer. city. DUt au over your state, was neia r thai other niaa. of nttiahia crea. W. Kanlrs trt thrflTtlft UB UMW1 jwu TV a vss - w tLUllS UilUCU . LIIB rOUUCilL UL JTULU W-ICJT HUV wtr nil Af Alll nnfTV. WA ATA ntre In mm. be a m-nH aaV wnnM.1t I ,an til said ha did not iinriarstnnri It tn anv Atha. ' Annordinff to tha ISaat data available naa loucneu inu uiBD&ia vour oeauriiui xjie situation. Deinir exDiamai rn mm na 1 11 1 1 v . the. how it was possible that so much could waT than that each man now having a there is about $4,000,000,000 ' of silver coin ra It l-IT- V .V.J.T..h"V S"rr " dollar would get 1 dollars for it if Bryan employed ln the world. The greater part Uvated grain fields? Mr want nneelM of enoourecement herve otuw sprang up like magteT Bow has capital been obtained to build such magnificent lines of railway T Upon inquiry you will flnd.that.the re publican party, which your columns now so severely condemn, is deserving of the credit for this progress. Through their legislation, granting land to the landless. tens ox thousanas ex nappy, prosperous families occupy what in liatt was a wilder- ness. The protection of republican legis- lation by foe taring the lead mines, the coal mines, the lumber Industry, the hop inuustry. we wool waustry, we miimr Industry, the barley industry, and every other industry of your state, has made it possible for such Hnpreoedented develop- cent proportions, aiwougn nre,. witn its wished to remove could dispose of bis prop- erty. But November. 1882. arrived. The rws was rhed, from one part of the con- vnenx to tne ower tnat tne osmocrauu trlumpned. tnat arover Cleve- land waa elected. With bated- breath, thoughtful men and women, in every . , . state ox tne union. Degan to.taia 01 we probable consequences. Values of all ciagses of property at once began to de- cUne. until now. after a little over three vaara nf damocratiA adminiatration. real estate in your city, and everywhere in vour .tata. will not iveraa-e over one-half Iha nriT it waa whan Cleveland was IT" r I. ,r 7u i orthTmaWtaWcln oTyoux sta! . . w iuo uun m. uw ' especlaily your. city, are leas prosperousT Tho mntn, r, la tha ,1U as vnn wall ess silver In circulation, or have we had during Cleveland's admin- utration, than before, or nave we less money of any kind? The monthly reports 8nould oast my vote for the representative a P"' whose touch is as fatal to tba blaeSB mteresU of this nation as Is tha simoon of tha Afrloan desert to hu- man life. Explain to me how the demon- etisatlon of silver in 1873 brought the panic 0f 1898. Explain to me how it happened tnat ti,e progress and development of this nation during the years between 1873 and tne election ot urover vieveiana were greater than ever before In its history. . In answering my questions, please do not deal in vagaries or idle assertions, What I say to you concerning the progress of your state and the- nation cannot be challenged. History is said to repeat n.if .rt tha . h of .tin un who remember a tone when ambitious . men de8lr0us of holding positions In the United States senate and house of ZJJZJ?1 inf thenubllo oatronaKe of this nation, ar- rayed one section ' against another, by tne Df such opprobrium as "vile Yan- kee," "black abolitionist," and other epi- that, snooaadad' in aaflurlnsr the secession qf ls'of the sisterhood of states from the Unlon. In their efforts to fix slavery as a permanent institution, and to establish themselyes as as a "Southern aristocracy" they deluged, this nation with , fraternal blood, sacrificed the lives of over a mil lion of the noblest and bravest fathers, hrnthar. of tha land Tt maftars T-S SfJ ,w M, "S! the re- ""w" "'r . . JS?? SSLl hrZ?hf on that U"J?M ? i . I ?" - - JBr. ' ylnV oneection of "the oountrv Dn aryhV the wS and we South bT' tttf muehT,The5 aa-alnst the East- How much of their oamor u Que to ineir amoiuon is a suo- Ject for -thoughtful men and women to oonslder. As has been shown, the most prosperoua and progressive times this nation has ever known have occurred since silver was demonetised. . Ask yourself, JJl?,l1J I1, l". Did this clamor for the remonetizatlon Zt " uw' vVlXJS, . ',rl5 XZZ ' orfL?S,lnrtri from the people, or the politician. Did. it not originate with the ambitions of the would-be senators or the state of .Ne vada V Is it not true that when the Corn stock began no longer to yield its divi dends the property of Virginia City, in consequence, began to deteriorate In value; that then, and not till then, was the first clamor raised for the remonetizatlon of iniTOr w nan rnara wu a anamnn nr ia . A." .rs::: . . .tate took no thi im. and u Montana ?le0 Uw,,MnS; ?n tn nF?n.Jm, state took up the cry, and as Montana, were ad mitted, eaoh having silver mines, they Joined with their neighboring states in the interest of free coinage, hoping there by to at least benefit their own constitu ents. '.- s Is It not true that when the democrats came into power they assailed every In dustry of the West? Is It not true that Mr. Bryan was a member of the ways and means committee of the house which re- ?Z,1 f 5? "o-cailed Wilson bill? 1 1 r, Y ' , w5n the bill was re- Ported lead was placed upon the free list, nl1 . . th nrndnnt nf ?ff, 1 5?i L Th t J?!j ns wWc veT '8 " .- J. 1 IZ. 111 V " -"-w i.", Protection which lead now enjoys? Then,, if these facts be true, please ex- ?lam " your readers now we may hope I a reY,va' or our industries and an duIeTy Thelelon" o" MrBL, "ce,.ry. tne electl? of .?Tn as president. W. J. M'UUMNlSLaU Governor of Idaho. puts vllle Courier-Journal. The statement of Bland that ih. i. not a dollar in the United States that Is wi ur money is wnony untrue. Before - a dollar of either silver or ' gold was coined, a diligent inquiry was made as to tha eommemi.i .i. i?Tr ver in the markets of th. .h T.-. . ' " w"-v - son w. th. aaZ V V. J . he" was' not" ashamed T o to ?ore"lgS countries to find what a-ni .nt- vi lion were worth. On this baala tha nria-ini ratlo of gold and silver was esLbllsnad The ovemet iJ nMaf'fi else of an omnipotence which did not exist. It sought to find out what tha mat. als were worth to the market, and to put a stamp on them that would Indicate It As soon as they parted company the law was powerless to keep them in concur rent circulation. Chicago Tribune. - - .- -. At a democratic convention In Eastern lUah,aan a mo m a-n. ..a ,a I tion indorsing a 16-to-l basis and gravely stated that he was In favor of trhaMiiia " Kovernment gave without price to each man that now had one dollarf 16 dol- iars, it would do for the present, and a hi...... Ji..!.t.. i .1 , V . higher division could be arranged later on. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS DEPEID TIE1B PARTI FROM ASSAULT. . - . : Things Said by Judge L. L. McArthnr in His Address to the National Democratic Con ventioa at Portland. . sens. Every profession, every trade ana its represent--of this as noticeable and political agitators nhaalxe our disaooroval of the resulU of th Chicago convention, of its desertion of democratic principles and iU surrender to DODUllsm. 4he denic The democratic party, by its history, tdltlana and nolicv. has always advo- tradition, and nolle, has always advo- cated sound money. From the time when - - Jefferson created it down to the present nour the true democrats of this country have known no other orlnolDle and accent- ed no other theory of finance. The Chicago wmtuHin uti.fur in favn. nt tha f nw . unlimited and Independent coinage of silver 7ZT, and false ratio of 18 to l 7 :rxrr;rn. to carry it into effect " 1V T . "1 anect'm diSS our disastrously . every wage-earner, as well as every indus- . i t.lu tha ln,nlh anrf inin. nf man ara dlanlaved. Instead of beln. as Ks advocates claim, a panacea for every ill that afflicts the state and the individual. - It will destroy confidence In ern the ebb and flow of the tides. Legisia- tion is absolutely powerless to createVklue. Whenever there Is a difference between thaaammarolsl valneof a coin and ita value as assumed by congress, you may depend upon it, that its commercial value win control, unless, as is the case in this coun- try at this time, It Is coined on govern- ment account, in such quantities only as will not aisturo its parity witn goio. un- der Independent and unlimited free coinage the owner of silver bullion will be able to take it to the mints, have It coined and returned to him in coins stamped with the dollar stamp, and containing 412ft grains of standard silver. The government, has nothina- further to do with the matter. It wiU not be called upon to maintain the parity of these coins with gold, and they will never rise above the commercial value Wf the hnlUan atSTZtiSt. understsnd me; 1 do not mean to say that silver will always remain at Hs present commercial value: I concede that. If the Chicago platform Is ever enacted into a law. it will temporarily rise to value, but I de. not believe, nor does the history of the WOriq s nuances juauiy any one ui uenev tog, that the gap between gold and silver will be closed. Gold, following Oresham's law, will flow out of this country, and we wul have silver monometalism, pure and simple. - - ' ' "I am aware that many eminent and many worthy men have the fullest confl- j - .i , iiaa on n limited coinage of silver will be beneficial f to this country, and that the fears which many of us entertain are groundless. - Wan,Stlntrbe de-t bided bybuse of candidates or of parties, I shaU oe glad If historical exai d it some one wiu cue me to n historical example wai can oe uui So far aa I ajm tof ormed. I feel Justified --j- that there is liot to the world today, any nation of commercial conse- quence that gives free and- unlimited coln- age to silver. Before we are asked to change our present financial policy, before we are asked to turn our backs upon the' principles of our party, have we not a right to demand that we be pointed to some country in which, the policy of the Chicago platform has been successfully and beneficially carried out? 1 am in lavor ot a nrm, unvarying maintenance of the present gold stand- ard. I am opposed to the free coinage of silver as undemocratic and as fraught with danger. I believe that the best in terests of the people of these United States, the people of the South as well as. of the North, of the West as well as of the East, demand that whatsoever they earn by commerce, by trade, by agricul ture, hv labor of all kinds, shall be Daid . - . . . . . . . , - in money ot tne nignesi stanaara anown 'Th. rhioaen world. The Chlcaeo convention utterly Ignored that fundamental principle of the demo cratic party which declares in favor of the largest personal right and liberty ot the Individual in his private relations, free from governmental control. This it did when Tt denied the right of Individuals to make such contracts as in their Judg ment would best subserve their personal interests. It is a false theory of govern ment and an undemocratic principle which says to the citlxen, that you shall not make such contracts as the exigency of your business may demand, provided they are not tainted with immoraUty. When it refused to adopt a resolution protecting existing contracts, it trod too near the verre of renud at i States shall preserve domestic tranquillity and protect the lives and property of the 4 r.t. 1? i t 2. .v.. , w. - erclse ot an 'doubted constitutional pre- rogative, after a recreant governor had failed of his duty, acted upon this prin ciple and terminated the Chicago riot. For this he was condemned by the Chi cago convention. Its condemnation of his a,ctlon is revolutionary and undemo cratic. "No officer of this republic is above crit icism. The decision of any court on any question is recognized as being the proper subject for calm and dignified criticism. No matter how much we may differ from tne supreme court of the United States in its opinions on public questions, no party and no congress has a right to In vade' its priroatlves Sr piss any law wnicn enau bud vert it as one or tne co- ordinate branches of the federal govern- "lent. The threat to reconstruct the su- Preme court because it declared against ?"tH.WP"itJ .J.he.-Ln.cm,, .5" in uimviuwviHuu KUU ns V WIU LIU lilt iy, iun .U.'. V." """"...f Convention to theuTremV court should be resented by every lover of his coun- try. A court cannot be Independent which U Llahle to he 'packed." in order to secure .aff ?'.n-....T? ff??7 . which contemplates the commission of. aucu an uuuage. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Candidate Bryan, at the notification meeting in New York, said: "We contend that the free and unlimited coinage of sliver by the United States will raise the bullion value of silver to Its coinage value, and thus make sliver bullion worth $1 29 ln gold throughout the world." The Globe-Democrat has already pointed out the Ignorance and absurdity involved to thfa .Hnmntt.n YS aa It nlll ha wln.atul by Bryan himself, and by scores of others on his side, talkers and writers, between this time and the election day, and as It may impose on the Ignorant or unthlnk- tog, to whom It is addressed, let us exam- , 1 1. a m .i toe at lenth,. and set forth Its folly more on for me to follow. has been estimated nt between $2,000,000,1 000 and e.000,000,000. Placed at the lows, of these figures, the amount of silver W the various forms in use in the world amounts to K 000,000,000 at Its marke value. Bryan's contention Involves thi assertion that free coinage of silver bj the United States alone would make thi K 000,000,000 worth ,000,000,000. A simpli statement of what this assumption mean: reveals Its absurdity and folly. The "70, 000,000 of people" whom Bryan triumphant ly declares the United States has. Is i very large number, but it Is only a smal part of the 1.200,000,000 or 1,500,000,000 con tained In the world. Ignorance or knavery, sometimes one sometimes the other, and sometimes ai admixture of both, have dictated attempt at one time and another by various na tlons to make bad money good, and al have been failures. Bryan, of course does not know enough of the flnancla question to have read about this Ene ush and French Bryanlsm of "the past we will cite one or two American Illus trations of this folly, which he may b presumed to know something about, bui the meaning of which he has evidently missed. Between March - L 1878, when coinage under the Bland law began, and November 1, 1893, -the date of the repeal of the Sherman law, the United States coined In round figures $420,000,000 in 8taP?,ardJ. !SZet- dollars, and from the J?lddle of 1890 to the latter date it Issued 1156,000,000 of Sherman notes, based on sil ver bullion purchased by the government. In fifteen and two-thirds years the gov SJSISe,niJ,ur.chased silver enough to make $676,000,000 of currency. What effect did this vast absorption of sliver have on th3 K.S "JLS?6 metal? The market value! ji iue grams oi pure silver in a dol lar was 92 cents at the time that the) iauiuiBc am oi 15(0 went into operation, and it was down to BO nanta at th. nnA Ing of 1S94, Just after the repeal of the1 Sherman law. Sixteen yearsr bulling ofl the silver market by the government hadl accomplished only this. Free coinage, to be sure, was not In operation at any time during this period, but the silver absorp tion was on a scale never seen in any other country in the world in any age. In view of thta costly and humiliating failure of the United States to check the decline in silver, does Bryan suppose that free coinaro wrmlri aon th. n.tT.. ffi cents. Its present quotation, to $1 297 NS reasonable being believes that he does. New Torlr Hun Some personal response seems to be due to tna mima-iu. , r r wuu nave sougnt irom me an expression of my indiviaual Opinion as to tha Onrv in tha n.-aDa.. icai campaign of those who aunere to the principles which hiwerto nava ch.nxkr. izea We democratio pariy. . , " -wuii.Liwii ui uuuqos ciaoptea in we name ot We democracy by tne Chicago convention is lor. we most pari so nosTile to we doctrines which have prevailed in the aemocratio party to We past as to de mand its rejecuon by all woae who would not abandon We democracy's esaentlal ideas and best traditions. . '-hioano platiorm invites us to es- tarnish a currency wnich wia enaoie a man tn nav Hta .. . . . , j . ucia mm mxii, as lauca property as he would have to use in order to pay them now. This proposition is d.s- r"".. uu uot "y tna au tne advocates J of the free coinage of silver are disooncst.1 w. wcur luuiiuiii, were W so many are doubUess honest to intention. But x am unable to reconcile with any Ideal of integrity a change ln, the law which will permit a man who has bur rowed Huo to pay his debt with Ituu, eacn one of which is worth only half as mucn as each dollar he receives trom the lender. The Chicago platform sanction, the use of the appointing power ot we presiuent ln such a way as to control the teaerai judi ciary iu deciding questions ot constitu tional law. It contemplates a change In the personnel of the supreme court of ta.3 united States to the end that the recent decision declaring the Income tax uncoaf, stitutional may be reversed. Strange timea indeed, are these, when a man is told that in order to be a democrat he must favor the imposition of an income tax, and the destruction of the Independence of the judi ciary! Hull more alarming is the clearly Im plied approval of lawless violence con tained to the denunciation of what is de nominated in the platform "government by injunction." Veiled in the language ot moderation, the wild light of anarctm shines thfSugh. . In my opinion, without reviewing th Chicago platform f urwerf the i declara tions in -regard to the currency, the su preme court, and the income tax. and tne repression of forcible lawlessness by the aid of Injunctions, are enough to demand Its rejection by all good citizens and the defeat of the candidates who stand upon it. - I regret exceedingly to tind a disposition quite prevalent to array the West aga.nst the Bast in the discussion of these mat.' tara I aaa nn n.nn.4n f : differences sectional. Here there is no, po- is expressed toward the East by some, Western newspapers and public speakers Good citizens can perhaps beat aid the cause of honest money and law and order w.wuub luvie tiute w rational argu ment and less to inefficient abuse. All questions relating to the tariff have become insignificant for the time being, ln view of the possibility, however slight, that the abhorrent principles of the Chit oago platform may prevail. The duty and the necessity to compass the final over throw of that platform by assisting to the defeat of William J. Bryan are most im perative and solemn. This may most cer tainly be accomplished by voting tor the electors pledged to the support of William McKinley; but I have no quarrel with any democrat who adopts any other course which seems to him well adapted or better adapted to the same end. ' C. A. DANA. Philadelphia Telegraph. Suppose you are a poor man, working for 12 a day. Suppose Bryan Is nresident and the country is under the free silver' regime. Saturday night comes and you are paid your wages twelve silver dol lars. The government has said that IS ounces of silver are worth one ounce of gold, but you know very well that it takes Sift ounces of sliver to equal one ounce of gold. The government has said that a silver dollar is worth 100 cents, but you know very well that it Is worth only 63 cents. How do you know it? You know it because the bullion to a silver dollar cannot be sold to any mart ln the world for more than 63 cents. Therefore, the government is a cheat. Suppose you go to the butcher to buy your Sunday beef. You pay him a dollar, but the butcher knows the dollar is worth only 53 cents, and he gives you only 62 cents' worth of meat. Your baker, your farmer and your . merchant do the same. You find in dis may that your i2 a week will only buy a1 little over half as much as It used to buy. You ' are absolutely helpless. And how about the rich man? It affects him, too. of course. He must suffer as well, but he can afford to have his dollars cut ln two. You cannot afford It. No man of modest means and there are hundreds of thou sands of men of modest means can afford it. You must stint, you must economize, you must sacrifice little luxuries to which you may have been accustomed; finally, you must starve. That is the picture of popocratlo triumph. It is Just as certain as death if Bryan is elected. xne fouowlnsr facto, terselv stated, ara commended to the consideration of those who lack the time or inclination neces sary to the intelligent .study of the finan cial question, as presented in the world's uiuuewij uuitory. -j.ney present a Dries comnendlum of aaiiit. th. .a,..- wmcn is readily discerned. He who run. -may read, and reading, form ready and intelligent conclusions: 'irsc xnere is not a free-coinage coun try in. the world today that Is not on a silver basis. Second There is not a gold-standard country to the world today that does not use silver aa money along with gold. . Third There Is not a sliver-standard country to the world today that uses any gold as money along with silver. Fourth There is not a silver-standard country in the world today that naa- more than one-third aa much money in circula tion per capita aa the United States have: and Fifth There is not a silver-standard country in the world today where the la boring man res si yes (air pay for his daya