The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-05-06
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/ MAPLE Grove Fam, May /, 1880.
TO tie Elder eftks IssEss
Isce in your issue Of April - that you
refuse to publish the article written by
me giving some of the record OF the
Hon. Thos. Ryan, for the reason that
you considered it unfair. Well, proba-
bly, it was. suppose it is very annoy
ing to Congressman sometimes to have
their record spread out before their con-
stituents for their inspection, particu-
larly just before an election. 1 see by
the EAGLE that you are not back ward
about giving portions Of his record, but
seem very particular in regard to the
portions you are willing to publish.
Now, l will try and answer a few of
Your objections
| In the first place, did not make any
complaint of his not securing the un-
limited coinage of silver and the annull-
ing the charters of the National Banks I;
nor do | suppose Ryan could accomplish
that. But my complaint was that he
voted against resolutions favoring that
course when he was requested to vote
for them. You say that don't seem to
appreciate the position Congressman
are placed in. 1t may be that do not,
but have an idea that it it must be a
very delicate position when his friends
are afraid to let ii. come to the knowl-
edge of his constituency. Your state
mcnt that upon all of these questions
the vote of party is decided by eau
Gus Of the party cannot be true, BECAUSE
one of the great parties as you term
them, viz the Democratic party, was
nearly evenly divided in the vote on
those resolutions; bat, according to the
Inter- Ocean, majority of that party
favored them. think when you assert
that if a member should presume to ACT
independently when it is in the interest
Of his constituents, and he has been re-
qucsted by them, that his own measures
would be sumTarily sat down upon.
whether just or unjust, is very wild. 1
cannot believe that the Republican lead
crsi have become SO unutterably corrupt
as that would amount to. Then again
you say that Representatives are not
creatures Of the Legislature, while Sem
ators are, and that Representatives
answer to the people direct. That is
true, and precisely what we would like
to have Ryan do. But how are we to
bring him TO an account for his acts un-
less our papers will publish them. Your
statement as to the silver coinage and
circulation idea that you don't believe
we will gain much by issuing interest
bearing bonds with which to purchase
silver beyond the point where the peo-
pie refuse to use it has nothing to do
with the case, from the fact that no one
wishes to issue bonds of any kind; but
the proposition was to buy the silver
with the surplus revenue. That the
proposition is entirely practicable Twill
call your attention to the statement Of
Secretary Sherman, iu the same issue of
the EAGLE, that he is paying the
bonds at the rate of ten millions month
from the surplus revenues. Now the
difference in the two plans is just this
by buying the silver with the grcenbacks
ard paying the debt in silver he pays
the debt according TO the contract, viz
in coin, and at the same time we put
the silver in circulation, and thereby
Increase the price Of wheat and hogs,
and all other commodities, but particu-
iarIy the wheat and hogs. That is
what interests me and all of Ryan's con-
stituents. In regard to the National
Bank idea, as sou term 1T, as l under
stand it it amounts to just this: that
they have circulation of three humid
red and fifty millions which they owe
the people and on which they pay us
one per cent. To secure that debt we
hold bonds against ourselves, which we
owe them, to the amount of three hum
dred and eighty-tive millions, on which
we pay them an average of five per
cclt: Now it is quite clear that they
make four per cent. clear. Now, while |
it is perfectly plain that we only owe
them balance of thirty-flve millions,
we pay them every year in interest a |
balance of fifteen and three-quarter
millions. Now, by paying the thirty
five millions out of the silver that Sec
rotary Sherman has in the treasury that
he says nobody wants (but we know he
lies, for we all want it), we save just fif-
teen and three-quarter millions every
year, or nearly enough in two years to
pay the balance of thir.y-iive millions |
due the National Banks, and wipe out
three hundred and eighty-fivc millions |
of our bonded debt, and ut the same |
time put thirty-fiye millions of silver in |
circulation, the National Bank notes |
could be replaced with government |
money, which they are redeemable in.
Now, if you think your objections to |
publishing my other communication are
answered fairly, and that the people
have right to question the acts of their
Representatives, should like to have
you reverse your decision in regard to
my former letter.
REpUBLICAN.
Satisfied that 'Republican" would be
dissatisfied with the answers we should |
feel il our duty TO make to his many
crooked points we let the whole go for
the satisfaction of those who may hap
pen to think as he does, if any such
there may happen to be.-ED. EAGLE.l
A LETTER FROM THE ROCKIES.
The following letter from Will Wood
man to his father is so filed with gem