, 1881-12-17
Judge Helford, Of Colorado,
Speaks tho Sentiments Of tho
Silver States.
Shnll the United statcs Abandon Bi.
metallism and Adopt the Policy
Of England ana Garmany9
The Administration Says Yes; the
People Of the Country
Say No.
Silver Certificates Should 1,o Made tho
Basis Of National Dnnk Circulation,
When tho Debt Is pntl.

The Era Of tho Mouopo'ists and tho Money
Grabbers-The Covert Attack upon
the Legal-Teudor.
From Our 1trr Correspondent.
WAsHINtiros. u. O., peo. N.--Judg0 Eelford,
Of Culorado, Is one Of tito most pronounced nd
vocntcs Of biu,utu!l!sm from tho s!lrer Slatts.
Tic hns son,e very positive views US to tho req
omtnendat!on Of tho Administration With re-
spuct 70 the currency. Vigorous expression IA
rlreu to thuso opinions Iii tho following lutgr-
view:
'What do you think Of the suqgost!on Of tho
Director Of tho alnt that we stop thu 0ulIla1o Of
silver Until other commercial nauons ar n eosn.
mon startur,!7' Judge ncifnri WIS Nskcd Just
inter ho h!d agnln rcAd tho Presidents message.
HH answered.:
>"l dasre 10 say. in the first rlncc. that l hayo
but little canttdonce IN rcae1,,.lE favorable re-
suit by nny international contUrenrc. Wo haye
hud at least thrce such ctintcrcrues, and i,tuct.
nil1sIn has not 6cen actuMly bcnetitch ny thoHi.
refer TO that OF lsG7, which was desynod to SO"
cure uniformity In tho ct,inago. That c0nfer-
enoe decided In favor of gold monometalIst,.
Its policy WIS ndoptch by Germapy In 1871, and
by other minor States Ut Europe. T1cn We bad
tho conference VI lssS, which was tho praluut of
tho Inquiry Instituted l'y tho British Parliament
in Murch, 1916, and tho action Of tho American
Congress- Ia creating The saiic year tho slUnetnry
Commission. That confurenoo reached uu prAo-
,ttcai results.
Then We had tho conference which assembled
In Paris III April, 1851. Thoro aro fur great
metallic Powers Ia Tho wprl-Gar1nnny, Great
Britain. France, and the Unttell Atates. When
the conference met In April. at tts secund aes-
siou, n grcat tnany Of tho Powers represented
declared THAR tutcnuon to n1horc to n single
standar1, au1 stat OF Vol1. Tho German repre-
sentntsyes hrutarc1i thoy could nnrse TO nothtng
looking to M uyerthrdw OF tho gud standard IN
that Empire, hut thRt IT btnetustn wure agreed
on Gcrluasiy woud not onlburrass tho market
Dy selling kpr surplus silver, Tho delegate fron,
EngAud informed the conference that the
nonrtary System Of that Klug tonI hat boeu
established III 1915, and tho Government did Hot
propose to change 1t. The sA1nO aou0n wag
taken by Sweden, Norwny. Denmark, Portugal,
Austria, Hungary, aud other Pnwora. Nhoa
these dccurat1nns worc made everybody who
read them knew and realized that tho CONFER
enco wus predestlnea ~ failure.
suALL TIE UNITED STATES ABANDON IT.
,NETALI.1SNs
''Tho question now rpGurs whether Franco
and tho United Suites shnl abandon b!nrtNl-
llsm and ndopt tho policy ri Germany and En-
gland. Tho Director OF the afint. tho Secretary
of tho Treasury, and tho President virtually say
Yes; the people of this country sly No. And you
~ N'4 t'.t .us -. oo.n ,,, rAs ~ -
gress thera exists an tat1tntstnk1tplo mAloTtty
against the sngtc gold st .naAri and In favur Ut
tho continuous conago Ut tue sllvGr dollar. II
.eo u"o ese' WY '" ~" "%"'s>t'Ae..t-s
OF tho Future, lnstOnd Oe recommending
the retirement Of tho sflvcr certificates
he would hayo urged Congress- to havo
ssu.aof'.ea s ne a,,1 'sauo y ',sa cornne",cs . VI
based M CON and bullion. 1t Is KenefHaty ooa"
ce..cA thAt tho Nat,on,. ban%sn8 syssan Ia the
best we have over bp,t, rot le must t,lt]ulatuly
| o~1t.a ~, rn,a,,, ~ ,ha ,,..,unnt ~ tho INV.
eapse ~ sso" .. sae pas'nuu' ~ y. 'ua uut
ernlnons bonus. whleh Constitute tho security
furnished Tor tho redemption ut tho notes. Ny
theory Is thut tho tttue will come wno,. those
hnnls VII, Il, eIna and m yf.,,,s n, rctre thar
o'Ahs W.. w M.toH anu auAuus " .o'o .uo .'.
notes and accept a''sor certiachtes 10 their
ptace frolu tho uovernment. This Is the unly
currency VIC have to-day resting nn a nc,al!o
sa.,s Thos. ro,, ,aa i. II, "n1 ,s s,,h,t,rma
uaon. Anoss wy ,'ue"'"s ~ Nv 10 & -
~ suo ooas' @ as s, ~ M" Nv ~ ' ~ w."
P'ooaom'S "For s'o'o&"'usp poA ."u1'u - y"
n1ake s"s ses ses'l"t@'eo tuu Mcutau 49, -. e.out"
ton FOR banks, anu relieve theM iroIn tno tux
on circulation, 1t wouiA giyo stealincss 70 tho
! 49, 40. ~ ,.. nonAta NJ, -.