Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-24

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tious.
Elaawhere We reproduce from the
ran fFanoisc1 ana, IN iuA, an artlcle
~ % which sarbled extracts, iniend-
"a % sluf the editor d the lienArn,
were published ID q Ios Angeles
morning paper yesterday Our q.
ieemed contemporary, the snenking
7fass, was guilty, IN iia quotation
NON the Aha, ofihat species Of lying
known nmonest casnist ar the app
presto aeft Il WIS further guilty Of
forgery IN that |, altered writing
preiudirial % another's right Lying
and forgery are doubtless congenial
70 this iaundiced sheet, and both ia
the commission are established 70
the satisfaction Of amy Intelligent man
by perasal 81 the luli text Of the
article published elsewhere. 10 wing
the dart which II tried TO shoot At ns
from q friendly hand il ialsGed the
record aud showed itself not only
criminal but ungraceful, rs Il always
is IN al thingH, at least on the latter
count But enough oi this impotcnt
sheet 4 passing mention Of IL in a
respectable journal dignihea it too
much.
Whom L comes 70 our Democratic
contemporary, the Aha however, we
an entitled 70 more careful and
eonsidernie treatment Of such IN I'm
portant subject as the silver ques-
ti1n. Il might at least have read the
matter That Il tfoats Of Utterly
without the knowledge Of the editor
4 tte ilkakIp, he wae invited BY the
Board Of Trade Of Los Angeles 70 All
. res itiliHHi ,ipifi THO silver question,
on tire conclusion Of Mr. J de Bhfth
shofh's speech upon the proceedings
Of Che ifrieators Convention ut Fres.
no. With an unaffected diiiidenoe
which those who know him best will
best sppreciate he asked fortune and
that granted he applied himself to
the maiehless report Of the Monetary
Commission, Of which the Hon. John
7. Jones, Republican, was chairman,
and the Hon. Lewie v 3ogy, Demo
efat. George s Boutwell,, Republi.
ean, Of the Senate, and LOT Of Dem
otfnts aud Republicans Of the House,
supplemented by Professor Francis
Bowen, Of Massachusetts, were mem.
hers.
lie awaited himself Of this report,
and supplemented & by somoprevious
reflections Of his own. The man who
deea not know tha, the people Of tho
united states since the war have
been subject 90 a peculiar financial
hoeua poems Is AN 1855 almost equal 70
the ealiber Of an average editor Of the
Times although that is a proposition
which presents snperiative difficulties
in The way OF competitive rivalry
Tim eommission, part Republican
and part Democratic, IN 10 report as
70 the conspiracy against silver, say
THE fluctuations in Che relative mar
ket value Of gold and silver were
"unimportant during the present cen
t'turg until 1878, when the German
land American laws 10 demoneti1e
silver were enacted The determi-
nation Of Germany 10 enact such
law had heeu previously announced
Shy the decree Of December 4th, 1871,
"and the American movements le
the same end, mtich ssem 10 have
been beiisf understood IN Europe han
m lbis country, were commenced as
early % sos"
We beg to eall the attention Of our
esteemed contemporary, the ALA, to
this peculiar phrasedlogy Of these em-
inent gentlemen, Democratic as we'll
As Republicans, which we have itali-
ci1ed We would like 20 ask
Il il It does not see IN the language
which We have emphasized evidences
o. an undoubted conspiracy against
silvsr9 u il does moi, we shall de
spar Of our ability 10 convince it Of
anything.
In the same line we again apply
ourselves 70 this celebrated report,
and turn 10 page 90. The Committee
say
The characterization OF silver,
coined aud uncoined, was aflirms-
lively completed 10 June, 1874, By
the following section ,S56Sl Of The
Revised Statutes
Tho silver coins OF the United staton
SINH be iegai ,ouder al theii nomiusl
valao ion 5ng mount not exceeding five
aolisrs IN shy che payment"
No law was ever passed by Con
gress OF which this language can be
considered a revision
The Revised Statutes were enact
ed ia bulk, They were intended to
9 be q revision merely Of The existing
laws without change or iutroduc-
ton ol new matter. and Congress
was ASSUMED by its committee
on revision that no nov mat
tel had been introduced into
them II was not possible for the
mombers % the committee 10 have
g personally verified The exact accur-
aey Of the revision. They must
q necessarily have relied upon assm-
'snees giygnto them bytheperons &C /
iaaliv engaged in the work Who
ever may be responsible Cor this
error in the Revised Statutes, the
ancient money OF the country, in
stead 81 being Intentionally legisla-
hat i ont Of existence by Congress
e vas revised ont of existence.
We would beg our esteemed con
temporary. the Alta, TO read Ibis ex-
taot il connection with The iorcgo-
inc and answer us whether il dis
covers u It any evidence OF the anti.
silver conspiracy which TEE HuHD
has denounced. We request it To APP
ply Itself TO our argument and moi 10
some imaginary argument OF a man OF
straw
We would also like 10 know 81 it an
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