The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
Dorsheimer on the Financial Question.

Dorsheimer on the Financial Question.
The specia! correspondent of the Cincln-
natl Enquirer Und. DEM, writing from Ini-
annapolis on the 30th of September gives the
following report of conversation In Lieu
tenantGovernor Dorsheimers room in ho.
tel IN that city, at which Ex-Governor Curtin
of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Henry G. Lord and Mr..
Wash. Mclean Of Cincinnati, and David Rod
man, late Secretary Of State OF Missouri,
were present:
by the way, Dorsheimer," queried Gov
ernor Curtin, what stock do you come from ~
"My father" replied the Lieutenant, 'was q
native OF Hesse Darmsadt, and my mother
was Pennsylvania Quakeress. My father
and all his brothers were immense IN stature,
and my father used to delight in astonishing
feats of proves almost up to the very day of
his death"
your mention of German ancestry" con.
tinued Gov. Curtin, "calls up the Pennsy lvania
Dutch of my state. Now, tell you, gentle
men, it is my conviction that if Governor Til
den succeeds, he will owe it above all other
things to the attitude of the party on the Re-
sumption act, and his own admirable letter
recommending the repeal of that obnoxious
date AS an illustration, let me refer TO these
sober industrious Dutch who make up about
one-third of tie voting strength of Pennsylva.
MIA. They are thoroughly and almost uni
tormly opposed to that act, and speak sober
" when | say that if Indiana or OHIO goes
ID smocratic in October by ten thousand or
i've thousBnd-yes, or one thousand-just
enough TO show that the force of the Repub-
lcan organization is broken, Mr.. Tllden Will
carry PENNSYLVANIA in November. What we
want, and all we want, is the prestige of sue
cess In one of the October states, and have
L., hall lNn 4,
er element of disaffection IN our state In
York and Lancaster and Reading and Phila-
delphia, those ancient ground rents, which
have come down from generations back and
are perpetual, were made payable in silver,
and the act TO demonetiZe that coin has had
most depressing effect n those interests, and
it is charged, OF course, TO the unwise leglsla
ton of the republican party
"Well, | fancy, Governor" said Mr.. Dor
sheimer, that silver values will speedily re-
turn with the passage of a bill TO remuIe'
TIE, and | FULLY agree with you on the vast
importance Of the finance plank in our plat
form II was bold step for the be nOcracy
to take in ST. Louis, but the country likes
party measures to be set forth in PLAIN, strong,
unmstakable terms. 1t likes this financial
bravery"
ats just this way" chimed in Mr.. Rodman.
"Whcn I'm on the stump in Illinois talking
to the Germans, they want to know about the
Democracy riding two horses. | tell them
the party has put mp two candidates, one rep
resenting the gold views of the East, the 9th
er the greenback views of the West. Let
each section elect Its members of congress on
whatever issues 1t chooses to MAKE and then
the whole business can be hsrmoniOusiy set
tied by legislation
That's precisely IT," SAID Governor Dor
sheimer, and his eBrnestness showed that he
spoke by authority aud expressed the hearty
wish of the Eastern Democracy 10 submit the
whole question for the future TO the power of
congress and unite now with the West in de- /
handing a repeal of the resumption date.