Telegram-herald., 1890-01-27

USELESS COINS
Whle Congress Is working on the
money problem, l might bc good
time % rd our currency Of some use.
ls-s courage. The P.ttsburg Dispoieh
takes up tne question ana presents It in
ths manuers
"ff clean. convenient bills are not %
be bad. n0botv 0f course would object
O. beug loaded down with good United
States coin lu the one dollar gold pieces
o. nickel scent pieces But with tho
choice OF aly other form OF money be-
fore him what sane man would take
either of .tlesc ridiculous coins. The
Scent nickel IS Az uuadulterate5 abom-
lnauon DC las absolutely nothing O.
recommend % except that 10 can be eX-
changed tor three good pennies. 4 s.
cent piece has no place m a decimal
coinage, q IS among our CONS what q
legiess dog would be ga pack OF fox
hounds. The detCstablc Little thing Is
always causing trouble by It's likeness
90 silver dime. our experience Is,
however, that the Scent piece = only
Ike "a dlmc when somebody gives . TO
us for ten cents. When we offer 10 tO
others ts value is clear enough. Some
people may saw that 70 Is al least a capt.
tai Con to drop in tho contribution bON.
The man vho desccuds % meauuess lon
the hope of obtaining seven cents more
reputation than Isl due, IS not worth
considering. Hypocrtcs on such a
microscope scale are beneath contempt
even. The scent piece is nuisance
AM a fraud AMI % ought % go.
"Gougre ressuan Nckcuua Will present
a bill On Congress shortly which proposes
20 a sc0rhnue the coinage Of the nickel
scent piece. and the one dollar and
three dollar gold pieces. The gold
pieces Are practically useless, they or
namcnt ladies bangles Cr sneak away
INTO corners OF poCkCtpooks rs keep
sakcs. The great destiny of the dollar
gold piece. however. IS 90 got lost. Nv
erytodv has lost dollar gold piece. or
spent a. cent some time or other.
Abolish all these coins, gentlemen OF
Congress. ard then while you arc about
ob. Ciug your masters the people. kindly
call l0 the clumsy silver dollar. for
W. rh, stored in thc Treasury. Certlii-
Gates might just as we'll be issued" "
TuE time was. when such a scoring Of
a southern senator. As ingalls, gave
George. would have been followed hy a
challenge. Rut the pelmy days Of
"Southern chlvalry" have passed away
into the hmho Of fools, never 70 return.
4 Washington correspondent thus de-
scr.bes tn q scene
'Whru he read TIC extracts IN which
the SONS of senator George. OF Miss.s-
u0ni, we're implicated IN thc election
fra ds. there wac STR All over the Sen
Ate Every one looked toward che seat
81 the senator from VI ssssn nnt he
IVES n h.s seat. uervousiv par-ng hs
finger nsiIs wftn hs knife. When the
evrs Of t1c senate a1d the rrovd fell
uVen hr1 ~erft0g George leaned fa.
ir ns rlr All with a halt-dchant
ha.f-staft..t look garcd directly at
tnr suea<er Hs knife, however. Ieft
hr, finger ntI. aud won't to h.s mouth.
sut fn~ fr.F Hvr utu1tes tho senator
worked .f be ucrrogs1ess hv plcklr-
b.s teeth with rs knIso-bisdc.'
1v tie grras bribery case Of nc View
York W--s vs Calvin s. Brice. tbe de-
fsr3sut nov comes snd demands r
Eai or the matters sct forth IN the
p'fut7s Zee 'trsuon. and SAYS. NO
member or Senator reviewed from me-.
directly indirectly, m person o-
through others. snr money or anything
Of vf'1o. rcfor, tre eierron or SINCE.
ar f.r Prom sr or hope Of any ard th.s
spphes ooth to lhe vote n the caucus
a. ,o .ns Lee es.siare
rsts q srr-f'...f ~rlf. -r,I. He