The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-10

At the opening Of the Commits
sioners court at Indianapolis last
week, Che room was filed with APP.
plicants for liquor permits.
A small delegation from the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Uni IN was present, and opened the
session with prayer. The Com.
missioners have turned complete
legal somersault since the last
term. throwing the burden of proof
upon the remonstrants. Sixty one
petitions are to be passed upon.
At Fl. Wayne, the ladies took
the Commissioners by surprise,
with an attorney, appearing before
them, to oppose the granting Of
liquor selling permits. They con-
tend that their petitions were not
gotten up according to law.
After long debate with the
county attorney they retired in
disgust.
In Logansport, Cass county, the
ladies are making determined re-
sistance to the granting of permits.
They are confident that every pc
tition not in strict conformity with
the law, will be rejected.
The Commissioners court of
Jefferson county, was the scene Of
. hard fought battle between the
liquor and temperance elements.
Tho ladies had procured quite a
number of names which had been
signed to several liquor sellers
applications, asking the com,nis~
sioners to consider their names
withdrawn, and, with these docu
ments in the hands of an attorney,
they were confident of success; but
the liquor men brought most Of
these same men who had signed
The two papers into court, and had
them declare they wished the first
signature to be valid, and the
second to be null. Under the cir
cumstances but one applicant was
defeated.
The Presidents Views ON the Cur
rency.
Senator Jones has obtained the
permission of President Grant to
publish the following memorandum,
prepared by the latter. expressing
his views on financial questions:
I believe it, says the President,
high and plain duty to return to
specie basis at the earliest pos
sible day, not only in compliance
with Legislative and party pledges,
but as step indispensable to last
ing national prosperity. I believe
further that the time has come
when this can be done, or at least
begun, with less embarrassment to
every branch of industry than al
any future time, after resort has
been had to unstable and temporar.
expedients to stimulate an unreal
prosperity and speculation on 6
basis other than coin, the recogniz
ed medium of exchange throughout
| the commercial world. The par
| ticular mode selected to bring
about the restoration of specia
standard is not of SO mucl, conse-
quence as that some adequate pla,
be devised till the time fixed whe,
the currency shall be exchangabl,
for coin at par, and q plan adopted
and rigidly adhered to. 1t is no
possible that any legislation sug.
gested by me would prove accepta
BILE to both branches of Congress
and, indeed, full discussion NIGH
shake my own faith in the detail
of any plan I might propose.
| will, however, venture. to state tn
general features of the action whicI
seems to me advisable.
The financial platform on who
l would stand, and any departur
from which would be in q spirit c
concession and harmony in refc,
ence to conflicting opinions is a
follows:
First, would like to see the legs
tender clause, so called, repealed
the repeal to take effect at som
future time, say July 1st, 1877!
This woul cause all contracts mad
after that date for wages, sales, etc
to be estimated in coin. It woul
correct our notions of values. I'll
, specie dollar would be the onl
dollar known as q measure {
equivalent. When debts afterward
contracted were paid in currenc,
instead ct calling paper dollar
.. dollar, and quoting gold at SO niue
premium, we should think an
speak OF paper as at SO much di
count. This done would aid great
: in bringing the currencics near,
together at par.
Second. I would Ike to see
!, provision that at o fixed day, 81
= July l, 1876, the currency issue
e by the United States should
c redeemed in coin on presentatie
' to any assistant treasurer, and th
. all currency SO redeemed should
.. cancelled and never reissued. ]
effect this it would be necessary
authorize the issue of bonds pay