The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-04
TUE SILVER QUESTION.
A Western Senator's VtswS-A Former West
Vlrg,nlRn on tue Problem.

VlrginlRn on tue Problem,
Special DiSpaich 10 ne IHisLligeHetT.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 3.-The IHTRLLI0EN
cRR correspondent called upon Ssnato
Bowen, Of Colorado at his rooms in thl
Riggs House to day and during a very
pleasant conversation the Western sena
tor expressed himsslfas being not at al
uneasy about the suspension ofthe silyel
coinage. "'In fact, said he. ~ believe
that within eighteen months We will have
free coinage. have made canvas Of the
Senate aud find that the silver men have
a msiority Of i've, while our silver friends
in the Houseof Representatives hayea safe
majority, also. We were obliged to con
Ceds somewhat to the high tariff men in
ordor to secure our majority in the SEN
ate.
Senator Bowen says he is in favor oil I'M
limited coinage, or the i9sue Of silver GER
tillcates upon bullion basis. "Let The
\ Secretary Of the Treasury" said he, "be
instructed to purchase from two to four
millions worth Of bnlliou per month and
issue silver certificates covering the
amount, and make the certificates legal
tender. The bullion might be kept in
tact and coined only as the demand ia
made. The certificates will prove to be
popular with the people when they are
satisfied that the goVernment9ls in poeses-
sion OF their value in silver, whether bull
lion or coin, with which they may be re-
deemed at any time"
FORMER WEST vIRGINIAN's VIEWS,
Dr. John w, Fleming, of sllyerton,
Colorado, formerly OF Fairmopt, West
Virginia, who spent last week In Wash.
ington, Ia interested in silver mining
operations in Colorado. During his visit
in Washlnpton your correspondent asked
him II 1t was not true that the people OF
Colorado and other Western States were
pu judiced In favor oil silver, by reason oil
the fact that those States are largely en-
gagged In the production Of the metal.
NO." said he, Colorado, it is true,
produces about 0ne.fourth OF all the silver
Of the world, hut the question Of whether
1t Ia or Is not used as money Is OF no more
Importance to us than 1t ia to the rest Of
the United States Senator Teller puts 1t
about right when he says that II Is not a
question as 10 how much the silver pro-
duCer shall receive per ounce for his silver,
but question OF how much or how little
money the worlds business must be trans.
acted with. Shall It be with both money
metals or shall 1t bo with only oneG II
uomprehsnds more than the Interests OF
the silver mines OF Colorado. 1t ia a
question which comes home to the whole
human race"
Don't DEMAND ENFORCED CIRCULATION.
"rhe silver men," said Mr.. Fleming,
do not demand an enforced circulation OF
that metal. They only ask that 1t be
given an equal chance with gold. We
want the gold men to give 1t a lair trial.
let II be COINED without limit AZ gold "
coined give 1.-THE same rights Us gold; II
will then become, as 1t used to be, the
fAvorlte money Of the world, and will be
as eagerly taken in commercial transaC-
tons as gold Is now taken. believe the
American people demand both gold and
silver. They do not fear too much Of
either. They have always been the money
Of the world. II Congress will leave
them alone to perform the functions ovi-
IDENTIFY intended by Providence for them
10 peiform, they will in due time adjust
themselves to a fixed ratio. The silver
question Is not a sectional issue, or ought
not to be. / believe the effort to suspend
coinage will b. defeated by large ma.
j)Tity."