, 1874-06-18
Rovulsion Of Public opinion on Tho
Currency Question.
How the Congressional Districts VIII
Go.
An Analysis Of the Situation.
Correspondence qf Tic Chfcaoo Tri1,.ns,

no" PURPOSE to Bayo similar Wow OF tho sit,ln
LION Ill the Congressional DiBtriotn and cBpe
ciallS 90 1t rcatos to tho yroat current quoutiot
Of Intuition.
1ho impression las got nbroad that Missouri
anu, lndood, that tho entiro WoHt, lis prao,
tlcally unit for Imitation. III one Honsc, 20 IN,
aa MisHouri is concerned, this would Heen, upo,
superficial observation. to bo correct. But Q
moro attentive and caroful aorutiny will
MODIFY THE IMPRESSION.
1t WILL show TINT tho prevalont dosro la not TO,
Imitation specially but for anything Tint will
give aomo promise Of toIlof from "1nrd tiines.'
As rui", 1t maybe enil thai wflatoyor preference
exists among tho people OF Missouri for Imitation
III preference by ipforonce, 30 to speak
Tint ia to say, those who want Initiation want It
sololy, ,bocauso they have boom told llayo tlefn.
solves hastily supposed, TINT 1t would bring
them relief from tho "lard timea." Thore IL no
Bottled, deliberate opinion. founded upon careful
inquiry aud investigation, that Imitation Ia the
best policy for tho country. On tho contrary, !
fnd that. ,snco tho Presidents soto, many mon,
regardless. of party, hnvc turned about to rofoct
upon tho question, whether tho opposite policy
may not DO the shorter road to permanent tlnall-
cial relief; uud tlat they usually conclude, ut
least, Tint
IMITATION ID NOT WHAT TllEY WANT.
know w1,at aov ,rhor r otato t,,a+ +,,oro ,s T.,
,r:..'s -, Ae. a'a'o sn"s s4ots a. -
al'nboutl oec!oeo ana d"lee"eproad roVals1on OF
scntltnont mud opinion On tlis subject and
that 1t is growing every day. As I have been 4
personal witness OF tho Processes by witch it
has been produced, propose TO give M account
Of them, simple tn oagh they be. do this, hot
only to giyo ashurn nee Of tho corrcctuesa OF my
That u{o Il,
occurring, but alao rs q mnttor Of useful
information to thoeo WHO haye not
had similar opportunity of observing
tho variations Of popunr optn,on
On thie important subject. Ab VIII be seen, too
this uccount ia necessary to tho Glucidatiou aud
confirmation OF What ! shall have to Hay about
the approaching political campaign i'll tho several
Congressional Districts Of this State.
Whom, IN tue face OF what wns generally be-
noyea M TO be US best limo ct posiaa policy, aud
pop.liar influence from hls own section OF the
country, President Grant VETOED tho Imitation
bill, the stald,.. conservative portion OF tic
that portion OF the larmora-
nlsde Ais yeto-mcaaago
and it's proenant words turned them back upon
their ow', nntivo oaution concerning this inall-
olat question.
somo TOW wero converted outright by tho
message ftei,s Alone otlors sought further light
AASiA atAeA AAA9AAp NAA
Az wore supposed to be familiar with
tue diihc;ut problems Of Finance
banketH and brokers, especially. III most Of
such cases, tho mon who wore consulted were
not Interested IN the Imitation scholno,-woro
mon whoBe occupation had male them familiar
With the fundamental principles OF tllo philon-
ophy OF tlna1lco ! AMI their tails with tboAo
cautious farmers served to confirm and olucitate
the vlows Get forth In tho Presidents yeto-
message.
:, onco started upon tho process Of inyestiga-
t1on, mud furnished with Ten contrnl. basi1Rr
iflhcipioa TIC atardy of tho Lead
men III each noigllborhood oanlly corrected the
la to e'roneons notions which had inclined them
20 favor !n1lat1on as ueans OF relieving hard
no Ihe thor tongIs to mud they
THIS PLAIN FASHION
" Gold and silver arc the worlds cllrronov,
which We must use i'll atl our dealings with tho
World; Ihe vni.te OF our bonth and Of orr
5reonbackB nnd National Bunk notes, HB well III
lie yalao Of our wheat aud corn, will be meas
lrel by gotd and silver. Our greonbacks aud
therefore, are not IN reality money.
EhoY are simply promises to my
nonoy, ant they have xal1o only bo-
'nllBo people have faith that tho money
hoy promise will bo pnid. The fact that they
'ro not vanod dollar for dollar with money
lows that thoy are at disadvantage, for some
eaHon or other. Tho paper Of q good debtor
,,ught nos to 30 thus d'sparagcd. When it is.
HpAo ID ootaotiiA!b h4oHE Will Hls buatuoAH-
management, ut least; and q prudent MN
'ught, under such circumstances, to bring his
'apor up to par, II ho eau. But nobody would
l,ink TINT he could do go by increasing tho
mount OF ]liH paper, On tho contrary, cyery
nun OF common'aenBo would expect linn to
essen 1T md keep on lensoning 1t until what
cmatncd out was as good ns tuy other mans
nper; until all his Observation-Disclosures feit
perfect confidence tint he was ablo ut any tin1o
o moot bis indebtedness whoneyer called upon
0 do SO; and until Ills paper was
GOOD FOE ITS FACE IN MONEY.
% It is with these groenbaoks asll National
'nnk notes.. Whenever thoy arc redee,nablo,
oltar for dollar, in money they can he used for |
aoney, mud will answer tho sa.no purpose, |
hut tlcy cannot be brought to sucL |
nlNo by increasing their amornt lnfla-
lou ia not the wny to apccio-payu,out and |
10 increase Of greonbaclss aud Natonal.Dauk !
otcB, as matters now stand, IL not tho way to I
lrnish tho country moro money, nor to relieve |
10 hard times."
These arc very simple and commonplace !
Iowa; but they arc Just Bucl, viows as I;layo !
card advanced with practical effect in many q
onyersation among noi5hbors ut tho roadside.
! familiar discussions of current afraira.
1lio processes have Eanlod a. helping to ef.
,ct the feVulslon OF opinion Oh tho clrtanot
leetipn arc bDer(fcnl nn1 nnnn fo fla 1,nuf