Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-16
Free silver Coinage.

We have received a pamphlet copy
of q speech delivered in the U. 3.
Senate. by Hon. john P. Jones OF
Nevada, on the free coinage OF silver,
on the 18th and 18th Of May, 1890.
Il is a very able speech on that i'm
portant subject and should be read
and studied by every voter.
After tracing the history of money
from the earlier ages to the present
time, he arrives at the following
conclusions:
| predict that the restoration of silver
10 is bIrthright, Mr.. President, will mark
al epoch In the history OF this country.
IL will place in circulation an amount OF
money commensurate with our increasing
population. II will give assurance TO our
languishing industries that the volume Of
our circulating medium Is nOt TO con-
tfnua shrinking, and that the tendency of
prices shall no longer be downward. 1t
viii increase the wages Of labor aud the
nrIces of the products OF labor; 1t will
reduce the price OF bonds aud other
forms of money futures, IL will tighten,
but not ineQultably. the burden OF mort
cages; II will increase largely. though not
un1ustly, the debt paying and tax-paying
power of the people. 1t will loosen the
grasp of the creditor from the throat OF
the debtor.
BY the demonstration of silver. money
will cease to be the object of commerce,
and will again become its beneficent In
"a ewvttw al ota
movement will supplant Inertia, cour-
age will Danish fear; confidence will dis.
pel doubt, hope will supersede despair.
The lifting up OF silver to Its rlghtful
plane by the side of gold will set In motion
ali the latent energies of the people. II
will Danish Involuntary id!eness. by put
ting every willing man TO work. 1t will
revive business, and reanimate the heart
aud hope OF the masses. Capital no
longer fearing o fall 10 prices, Will turn
into productive avenues. The boards of
money lying Idle In the bank vau is will
come out TO bless and enrich alike their
owners and the community at large;
while the millions of dollars now invested
at low interest In gilt-edged securities
will seek more profitable investment 10
the busy field Of industry, where they
will be utilized Ia the payment Of wages
and the consequent utsseutuaNon OF COM
fort and happiness among the people
And this 1t will accomplish not for the
United States alone, but Tor civilization.
For Il is not too much to say, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that upon the decision of this
question depend consequences more mo-
mentous than upon that Of any other
question Of public policy within the
n.cnosy OF this generation In broader
sense than any other question attracting
the general attention of mankind II Is q
question Of civilization. II embodies the
hopes and aspirations of our race.
The act OF Congress which shall happily
solve II will constitute decree of eman-
clpation as veritable as any that ever
freed serf from thraldom, but more uni
versal In its application. Il will pro-
claim the freedom of the white race the
world over, II will lift the bowed head OF
labor, II will hush the threnody OF till
Ii will inauguVats the true renaissance-a
renaissance Of prosperity, without which
industry, learning, science, literature,
art, are but as apples Of Sodom.