The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-01
THE SILVER QUESTION.
40 pRksENTED BIZ LEADING
STATESMEN.
..,ton In the senate-The Assistah'
treasurer In New YORK ne
fuses TO Receive it-Wnat
Matthews and N0or-
hees Say

WAsHISGIos, Jauua'J
sor,s discussion and the submission OF
too amendments TO the silver bill, the
whole matter was postponed until next
Monday. A vote will probably be
reached inside of ten days. Many VINO
have opposed the remonetlzation OF Sill
yer now gracefully yield since 1t Is clear
,bs,tyo-thIrds Of both Houses favor the
scheme, and the people are overWheIm-
ing ior it. This class believe tnst
Hsyes will not interpose veto
,o the inevitable. The Post Of this
morning, Illustrates this class of people
thus: Abstractedly the people are
wrong. But when they come to the
scratch. with two-thirds msjoritIes in
Congress, they have that peculiar and
prsctical sort of right which might
makes, on their side. The situation re-
minds US of an snecdote OF Frederick
the Great and Vol.aire: The King took
the philosopher out tor ride'
and the latter entertained the tor
mer with his most brilliant sneers at
things as they were, together with his
grsndcst theories of things as they ought
to be. Suddenly the carriage came IN
sight of the parade ground, where some
regiments Of FREDERIcK famous grens-
disrs were going through their evolutions
whereupon, the King graspcd Vol.
tsire's arm, pointed to his inVinciole
battslions, and remarked in his rough
way: "My dear sir, sll that you say Is
very fne, but yonder is something that
boats all your id philosophy"
A strong Reason for Hurrying mp
the Passage of the silver Bill.
new YORK, January 3l.-POstmsster
lanes has addressed the following tele-
yrsm TO Postmaster General Key: "The
Assistant Treasurer of the United States
at New York refuses 10 receive trade
dollars on deposit from this office and |
| sm therefore compelled to refuse them
from the public, which causes serious
ANNOYANCE and compliant. Please IN
strucL me in regard to the mstter. The |
Assistant Treasurer says the reason why |
he refuses to receive the trade dolsr Is
because it is not legslized and that were |
he TO be succeeded and his accounts closed |
I'D. his successor would unQuestlonabiy |
refuse to countensnce any trade dollars
that he had accepted
Views or stanley Matthews Upon
ihe Political Effects OF Presiden-
iiaI yeto-How senRtOr voorhees,
Puts IL.
WAsHINGTo n, January 81.
In conversation with correspondent
on the subject, Mr.. Stanley Matthews |
said:
81 Am most certain that the amend. |
ment reported from the Committee on
Finance, giving the government Inc
bsneRt of the coinage, together with the |
lim itstion of monthly coinsge 10 not more |
thsn s4OOO,OO0 nor less than S2,OOO,OO0, |
will be adopted by the Senate. AS
10 compromise beng made on
the number OF gains to compose the sii.
ysr dollar, think that is scarcely POSI-
ble. Propositions 10 unite on silver
dollsr of 420 grains have been msie.
Those who are posed 70 remor e.izstior,
seeing that the passage OF the silver bill
ia inevitable, have shown Willingness
70 unite on a silver dollar which shall
contain enough grains Of silver 10 make
il an equivalent for gold. None ofthem
have specified the exact number OF grams
that they desire to compose the compre-
mise dollar. Mr. Blsine's bill is public
proposition of the kind lsst mentioned.
Mr.. Blaine is opposed TO the creation of
any dollar which discrimins:es IN the
slightest between the bondhOlder and the
government. In this respect sgree
perfectly with Mr.. Blaine. Like other
gentlemen in public life, who have
future before them, | suppose Nj.
Blame looks forward to the effect OF this
silver legislation on his party. An i'm
mense majority Of the voters in the
United States have signiied. through |
their represen tstIves in Congress and by |
petitions and otherwise, their desire Tor !
the reconciliation OF silver. To thwsrt |
the will Of these voters woald creste !
a tremendous feeling of opposition tow
ards the party which robced them o!
their desires, Should Presidential |
veto defest this Silver bill tho Demo
cratic party in the Wes', South and East,
with possibly the exception Of New York,
Connecticut and New Jersey, would go
into the next Presidential campaign With |
the Political capita of detest Of the pop
ulsr voice by Republican Administrs-
tion, and with this bsttle-cry they would
march 10 victory. How long do you
think it would be before the Democratic
party in the three States | have above
mentioned would wheel into the line srd
mske common cause with the Democrats
of tho South and West, to secure the de-
test of the Republican party"
Has any pressure been brought 20
bear upon tie President TO induce HIM
10 abandon the ground taken in his mes
sage on the silver question: inquired
the correspondent.
81 think it probable tbs. gentlemen Of
different opinions on the silver question
have expressed their views 10 the Presl.
dent. sm not aware thst be mss been
subjected to any other pressure BE-
lieve that advocates OF remoneiizStion
have tried 20 dissusde the President
from vetolng the silver bill. For
Instance, there are people who
believe that the President should
not use the Influence OF 8 veto 10 mani
fest his personal views on = national sub.
jsct, in opposition 10 the manifest will of
an immense msjority Of the people of the
nation. The President might, instead Of
vetolng the bill, send it back 70 Congress
with his protest sgsinst lis passage, and
in this protest the President might ex-
plain his views on the subject more fully
than he hss done. think his views
would receive the careful attention of
Congress, or the President might express
his dissent to the bill by declining to