San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-07

and there is no power in Congress or
anywhere else to send that piece Of sill
yer to Europe and force its passage there
1T 100 cents in gold. No, sir, when "A sill
yer or geld dollar leaves our minis and
goes into circulation, ii cOnfrOnts the
memorable laws of trade and commerce
of the world, and these laws govern its
circulation. For this state OF the case
there is no help. II the United States
were nOn-Commercial people; If we
had no foreign trade; IL we bought and
sold nothing abroad, then the edict Of
Congress, formed on a standard silver
dollar, that this piece of silver is rs good
as 100 cents in gold, might or nigh; not
be maintained in the United States.
But We are commercial people: We
trade it'll the world, and in buying and
selling, are, and must be. governed by
the laws of commerce. The Bland bill
and its coinage must stand a hooking
nullity when found in conflict with the
laws, rules and usages of trade. and that.
too, in our own trade msrts.
X. What course do you think Con-
gress should adopt In tue premises?
A.-StOp the coinage OF silver at once.
Retire from circulation all silver Certiti-
cates as speedily rs possible, say S2,OOO,-
900 per month, thus forcing the silver
now in our vaults into circulation, and
watch the result. If it should ap-
pear that we have no more sill
VT coinage, than the country needs,
rs the friends Of free silver coinage con-
tend, then there is no trouble or loss to
any one or any interest. If. when all
the the silver now coined is put in cir.
oulatiOn. there is found a want of sill
yer. then lei Congress provide for more
al hs
ing of the silver certificates, and put
ting into circulation the silver they
represent should throw upon the cOun-
try great plethora of silver, and
greatly reduce its commercial and pur-
chasing value. rs will, In my Judgment,
be the result, then the Bland bill has in
tlicted great wrong upon the country
which Congress must remedy, If ii can.
In case of such excess, Congress might
provide "OOn" certificate, not gold
or "silver" certificate, but "cOin" GER
titiGate, and by means Of this "cOin"
certificate retire this excess of silver
coin. and keep our minIs closed TO sill
yer until the demand for the same
would call out the silver deposited I'M
der the "COn' certificate. These "COin'
certificates should entitle the holder to
gold or silver coin, at the expense of
anu DG llhut
interchangeable by the Government
only, for gold certificates. No fact is
more certain than If Congress. as in the
Bland bill, recognize a superior value in
gold dollar, then the people will
surely SO do.
K. DO understand that you are in
accord with President Cleveland on the
Silver question?
Al do not understand President
Cleveland. He says he is a Democrat,
and he turned out Republican office
holders and appoints Democrats in
their p aces, in true Jscksonian style,
vet every principle of governmental
pOlity announced by him is strictly in
accord with the Republican policy for
20 years past; and only say | do not
understand the man; | am silver
man; want both silver and gold for
currency, but | wish the one equal to
the other in value; / look upon the
Bland bill as the most fatal stab to sill
yer that it has ever received at the
hands Of Congress.