The daily gazette., 1878-10-03

In OUR ABSENCE from the city yester-
day letter was received from Mr.. :. NJ.
Curtis, of Newark, ana published in the
DAILY GAZETTE. In this letter Mr..
Curtis says
G. p. JOHNSON, Eso.;-Dear Sir:-I
read in your paper of the Both ult., an ac-
count of the proceedings of the Green
back Convention, also your relnarSs
about myself as a candidate put in
nomination hv them. In reply allow
me for to say thai | have no sympathy
whate yer with that organ zation. and
the nomination Wa, made without my
knowledge or consent | slant upon
the Republican Platform still, and on
tut MONEY question: tGll, accord with the
views expressed by Seuaiur Bayard.
May ask Nou 10 put this IN vtur paper,
ana hope your enquiries are aus wrrrd.
Aonr- respectfully, 5. NJ. Curtis.
We have long known Mr. Curtis ay a
gentleman OF prominence in the yariou,
parties in Delaware opposed To the
Democratic party; nor have We ever
heard aught derogatory To his character
as business man. lie is. doubtless. in
his views as to his party. fair criterion
from which to draw an inference. lie
says 81 stand upon the Republican plat
form still, and on the money question
fully accord with the views expressed by
senator Bayald'
As there has been no Republican plat
form adopted in Delaware for two wears.
We find it difficult to discover Just what
Mr.. Curtis does ''stand upon, and as the
'money question" has been the PRINCIPAL
question: aside from the tariff. we think
II not unfair TO conclude that Mr.. Curtis
has pretty nearly run out of political
opinions altogether. Now. as to his views
Oh the 'money question, he leaves us
somewhat i'll the dark again. We have
not very long since been earnestly Ell
@aged IN controversy over the single
gold standard principle for currency. Ia
which Mr.. Bayard adhered, while the
GAZETTE maintained that the double
standard OF gold and silver was better for
the country. And the question was de-
eided in favor OF gold and silver. which
we have always maintained is the only
national constitutional legal-tender cnf.
reney. In this decision we understand
Mr.. Bayard 10 have aeqaiesced when oIn
state platform was made in August. Bnt
another question arises Which enters
iargely into the discussion of the ..uonay
question in our sister States, viz. wbcth-
erthe present bank note currency Sball
be taken up by the government thronab
HE redemption of the u, 5. bonds held
by the banks and by paying them with
.ie@nbaeks. stop the interest thereon and
hereby substitute greenbacks for the l.
:. bank notes now in circulation. Thi,
IS an important question and one viii
which our readers should be made IA
..iliar. BY this means Mr.. Thurma,
argues tha' the government will say,
about sl2'o930oo, iii addition to st3.
9J),0o that it saves by circulating tn,
@reenbaeks that are now used: and II
!lien, the tax on banking capital is re
moved. which is abou; 100000 Tin
saNlllg will be about $4,000. .ODO annually
WOW, if the bank note people succeed il
Getting all the greenbacks withdraw
then the saving of S2G,O0O,00D will b
stopped and the tax receipts will aggrt
cate about S6,0OO,000. This would reoltir
he levy Of "A tax of S20000,0oD more o
the people than we now have as tn
government is conducted
We do not know what Mr.. Bayard
views now are precisely, but we undel
stand him to favor the continuance {
the currency as at present-the doubl
standard-and the greenback legal-ter
ers and the U. S. bank notes.
The GAZETTE fayors the stbstitutio
# the greenbacks for the L. S. ban
notes, believing it is just as easy to col
y eft one into coin as the other, and til;