, 1874-10-23
THOR Views On tho Currency Qucs-
ti0n.
The Canvass in the Fourth Illinois
District.
Great Popular Revolution
Against Hurlbut.
ke|sogg's Registration Dodge Fully Ex-
planned.
Miscellaneous Items,

FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
1M1Tn AND oAuLr1E1p on THE ouRRENn7
QUESTION.
Iho nomination of Mr. Sidney Smith aud 1lr.
H. u. Caultlcld as opposing candidates. for Con-
gtoes IN tho First District 1nakos their vfows on
tac CURRENCY question matter OF considerable
interest. Mr. Cau1tield nado a speech on tile
ash OF October Of liant year. at q mass-moeting
IN tho lnterests Of tho Peoples party, in which
ne incidentally discussed tho currency question.
anu advocated fnilasion. IIe made another
speech on tho 9TH Of October Of tho present
yoar, before tho Nominating Convention of hls
district, in which lie plainly took tue opposite
ground
h1r. Smith alao gavo his yiows on tho sub
5ect In speech before the Convention which
nominated him. Ho dcclnred himself in favor
OF return to specie payments at tie earliest
practicable day, md donicd tho right Of tic
Government to isano irredoomablo paper and
mako it loyal tender in time Of pcaco
The following arc tho extracts from tho
speeches roforrsd to:
MK. oAuLFIELD FOR MORE MONEY, OCT. 4. 1878.
Why. folio"-citlzens, -::as wo look around Us
now at tho financial condition of our city. and Of
this country, let mo ask, il tha any time for Us
to DO blckering about small police regulations?
Sands OF our poor men discharged from your
lnilsoads aud from the public works. to SEQ that
thoy llayo their taxes reduced. md tl,at thoy are
pa'a a1ss hes wh ns2 s aps q t. papg what
Of supporting tlcir families through tbs
winterf fApplauso.1 all othor quostlol,s must
sink into nsiguiicanco compared with that
.;stl question OF bread and meat. gentlemen, for
coming wintor. Let us not, tllon, iale away our
ability in going of aftcr phautoms, but lot US
adhere To those things aud 10 those principles
Which aro necessary to got us out Of our present
cla' panio has pItored morcantrlo 10 circloa. w,
heas Of t1u failure of 20 wEu.e4.lo jry-eoods,
house in New York. We had hoped tias this .
panlo, pk, would m !: not enter thcuo circles. We had
honed that 1t would roman where it had begun.
and apfead ruin among those only who had
brought ruin among themselves by MI kinds Of
stock k-jobbing. md projects for building railroada
70 the moon, and all over tho Wilderness
While it Is truo that no aro entering upon
nothing but campaign for our own nlupicipat
goYorntnolit, it may he we'll for us, as tho great
reprozopiative city of tho Northwest, to let our
nay DO well to ad1nonlsh them that We feel with
tho immonBo crops which we hayo to moye from
the Northwest, with tho itumonso cotton oron
Which our friends Of the South have to move,
it with tho facility with which they should BE-
moved. for tho purpose nf placing In our CON-
metclal citelcs that amount of money which II
necessary ,rt ror tne business OF tho country.
not be bought with the present amount Of yoar
n,onoy:-1loro money. Wo do not complain conn
that the money We llayo il not good, but
wo complain shat it is 10 good that wo have not
enough OF 1t to do tho businrss' Of tho country
Y, Mo should therefore lot o..r voice bo hoard at
Washington, asking Of these men, whom they
moet in Congress, thst thoy will supply thao
wants OF tho mercantile communities Of tho
country, and Of the farming communities Of tho
country, with sufficient amount o: reliable
money to do tho business Of the country, Il ID
true it haB bcon snd that much Of tl.o monov OF
tho conutry has boon locked up III these bogua
railroad corporations. That may be 80 Il may
bo That whom they aro brokon down this money
WI return TO these proper cilcles in the tnan-
cal bussneAa of tho country; but, surrounded as
wo arc. by tituncial difficulties, nc know
hus hpd "nSfS %sn security is .,t to como from
arc boarding up their Groenbacks to-day In your
Fidelity Savings vaults calling for n return to
specie payments, we must bay to these mon that
thoy nro attempting to bring financial ruin upon
TIC country. Tho cDuntry is not prepared for
any such step as that at this day. would bo
glad If tho time Ind como when wo could return
to specie Payments, but this financial crisis has
shown as that tho timo ig fur distant when you
eau return to such u position ns that. Tho Con-
grees OF tho country must supply the workshops
OF the country the farmers Of the country, tho
mercantile communities Of tho country, with
estaf esiRt mooy t os r. say ny G m @ ah nS1es
borer vino is worthy Of his hire. [Chccrs.]
M1s. oAuLflELD AGAINST MORE MONEY, OCT. s,
1874.
Upon the question Of finance, hare to say
that am OF tile opinion that the agitation Of the
currency question by Legislative thiniters. altar
the recent panic, las done much towards tho
paralyzing of business throughout the country
and continuing want Of confidence in the pub
would willingly loave tho question to work
out itB own solution by u gra,lull restoration Of
confidence aud prosperity throughout tie coun-
try; se want 10 experiments. no tampering
enough alono." It waH thonght BY many that
tho panic was tho result Of an iugutiic.ont
amonnt OF currency to transact tho baslncss
Of a.. Ne ". country. Il had this appear;
that millions OF uncn,ploye1 capital have been
driven into colnera and will seek Investment as
soon as confidence is restored. This confidence
must como by dogroes. Tl.cso hoardod treaauros
gradually 1ioat out upon tllo etanno|A Of business
and trade until q restored prosperity wlll cause
tho public mind to resi- aecuro in tho ASSURANCE
that all is right. The precious metals must
boon III tho past, tho basis Of trado the world
ovor. Thay aro to-day tho real basis OF our
III tllis country. am, therefore, in
favor Of tho Springfield Platform, and OF
confidence and restored prosperity ot thu country
will permit. ...
But mn oppoaedlto any sudden or spasu,odto
effort In thnt direction. an anxiouH for such
which tho laboror receives TOR daily wagon worth
loo pouta in guild. l nm equally opposed to con-
traction III tho present condition OF the country,
hut want to whit until tue pent-up volume Of tho
currency IL all brought into active circulation,
whon va can be the batter 1ndgos as 10 our fu-
turo action.