The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-11-30
THIREE WISE EDITORS
Their aaaseamanlfke Effort 20
Explain WHY tlao silver
Dollar should Nos be
HRA~nHAahZAl.

] ate OOME1IStOO Ou I 1H0AC0 n00
wild meeting to-day. They assem-
bled n q calm enough mood, and
were 8 little dilatory in coming to-
gether. Senator Jones dawdline
on the steps for some minutes pick
ing his teeth with q Nevada bowie
knife, aud Senator Howe telling 8
very amusing story about q Wis
consIn mule to Messrs. Bayard
Dawes and Morrill,.
1t being the day set apart for g
hearing of the New York journal
lists against the silver bill, q good
time was anticipated. Presently
there were observed coming up the
street, arm in arm, Messrs. White.
law Reid, Dana, George Jones, and
the editor of the Herald, whose
face could not be distinctly seen.
Behind them as a support were
Messrs. Jay Gould, August Bel
mont, Storey of the Chicago Times
and others not quite so well known
Following in the rear were 35t
bankers, completely filling up the
hall.
Senator Jones conducted the ex-
animation of the witnesses in a Wig.
orous manner. Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
first addressed the committee. He
said
gentleman of the Committee
We have come here from New
York to protest against the crime
which you seem about to commit.
The House has passed bill to re-
monetize silver, thereby dealing a
terrible blow at our national honor
which, if followed up by you, will
result In bankruptcy and aepudia-
ton. 1t has voted that 81 cents
shall make a dollar, hasn't it?
Senator Jones-If you address
the question to me, reply that il
has not. 1t has voted that 100 cents
shall make q dollar.
Reid--Doesn't the Bland bill pro-
vide that the United States bonds
may be redeemed in silver?
Jones-It might have that effect.
What is the promise made on the
face of the bond?
Reid-Al foreign nations except
them to be paid in gold.
Jones-What do the bonds them.
selves say about it2
Reid-It's reputation It's down.
right reputation!
"ThaL's it! That's it !" and fee.
BILE cheers from the bankers in the
room.
Jones What do the bonds say
Reid never noticed what the
bonds say. I don't care what the
with it! It's repudiatienl Repu.
di- there the bankers all got up
on the benches and gave nine cheers
for their speaker, and made a greai
deal of noise.
Jones-YOung man, you don't ap.
pear to know what you are talking
about. You can step down. Let
US hear some one else. Reid re-
tires somewhat flushed but defiant.
George Jones-I own the New
York Times, and l say this is dam
nable reputation scheme, and any
body that proposes to pay any OF
the bonds in silver is q rascaIly re-
pudiationist! l"Hi! Hill That's the
talk !" from the back seats.
Senator Jones-My dear name
sake, do you happen to know what
the bonds says about it, and whai
the bargain was when they were
sold2
George Jones-I don't know
and I don't care. I've got lot OF
'em, and the man who don't pay
them in gold is a thief and q rob.
Der.
Senator Jones-On the bonds
themselves is pledge of the gov.
eminent to redeem them in the coin
current at the time they were sold,
which included the silver dollar Of
4l21z grains, and q special law OF
Congress confirmed the bargain and
the bonds were sold on thai
George Joues Unterrupting)-I
don't cArel This is sophistryi This
is demagogueismi This is pedant-
ryi This is forgeryi This is simony
This is blgamy, sirl Loud cheers,
mingled with Kisses, from the back
seats.
Senator Jones-I understand you
to say, then, that the bonds must ell
be paid in gold because foreigners
expect it, without regard to law?
George Jones-Yes, sir Yes, sir
That is-why Cooking around al
bankers)-yes, sir! yes, sirl I do,
most decidedly.
Mr.. Dana (interrupting aud pull
ing G. Jones down by the coat tails,
Here Senator, I think ! can ex.
plain. George is comparatively ig-
norant. We hold that the bonds
must be paid in gold, because gold
is the accepted currency of the
world, recognized everywhere as
the standard of value.
Jones-Ahi That's ii, is it {
Don't you know, Mr.. Dana, that of
the 100000, 600 of the people in the
world some SOC. 100000, or three.
fourths, use silver exclusively, and
never see gold piece.
Dana-No, that amt so. That's &
blamed-error. There amt 3 word
of truth Cooking around at the
bankers(-or at least, whether it'l
so or not, say that
Jones-Don't you know, Mr.. Da.
ms, that only one-sixth of the peo-
pie of this world make gold their
sole standard of value, and that ev-
en- among these silver is the popu-
lar currency, and can't be got rid
of?
Dana-But the bonds ought all &c
be paid in gold
Jones-When the-contraet under
which they were sold says they mas
be redeemed in silverf
Dana-Yes, sirl Because gold il
the most expensive metal! TCheeri
on the back seats.
| Jones-But when we ceased TO
coin silver, silver was the most ex
pensive metal. III we had contin
0ed to coin it, and il continued tn,
most expensive, you would thinl
bonds ought TO be paid in silver
would You not7
Dana IcastiBg an imploring gIanc,
at the back seats)-I-I-(with
Yes, eiri
Story Tin the audience, risin,
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