Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01

worked Until alter nkdnixht four days
IA the week arranging evidence aad
preparing reports 10 secure pensions
for Union soldiers" and alsc ''that
be did more work on the pension
committee than aay other two mem
bers Of Congress, and that hundreds
OF deserving soldiers. scattered Ill
through the land, owe their pensions
90 the patient. honest work OF this
same Edwin B. Winans-. We are not
aware that any one ever accused Gov.
WinaH % shirking his work as a mem
ber. but IL viii take much more than
the Democrats discoveries and reason
Ing 10 convince the public that Gov.
winans has any sympathy for the
Union soldier and the work he did.
The conference OF American repub-
Ties. which Is TO take place in some city
OF the United States during the Col
umbian Exposition in 1898. will be
looked forward 10 by every friend OF
human liberty and progress with
large degree OF interest. It Is very
befitting that during the celebration
OF the four hundredth year OF the dis
covery OF that continent, which re
suited In the establishment of the
strongest republic the sun OF Heaven
ever shone upon. and In which human
effort has achieved its grandest sue
cesses. so far in the history OF the ma
tions of the world. such a conference
should be had within the borders OF
such republic. All the republics of the
world look TO the United States for
encouragement and example, and those
OF the western continent especially,
for protection By such conferences
the full fruitage and benefit OF the
Monroe doctrine, which first origi-
mated with Washington and Hamil-
ton. will be realized.
The Columbus Dispatch thus Illus
trates the fallacy OF the"unllmited
coinage OF silver" idea: 'Men who
served In the war will remember that
It took at one time S2.65 In green
backs to buy one dollar In gold. The
cheaper currency drove the gold out
OF circulation. So 1t would be were
q law passed to establish unlimited
silver coinage" Silver would take
the place o! gold In general circulation.
but in the markets OF the world. food,
raimcnt and rent would be upon the
gold basis The difference In value be-
tween gold and silver would have TO
be made up in silver. This principle
was illustrated in the Confederate gov
ernment. The time came when hat
full Of paper money would not buy a
dinner or a gold dollar, but the diff
ference, OF course, between the pur-
chasing power OF unlimited silver
coinage" and gold would not be 30
great as that which existed between
gold and Confederate money"
Supreme Court Reporter w. D. Full
Ter, in an interview published In an
other column. calls attention to the
utter disregard OF the law prohibiting
the sale OF liquor to inmates OF the
Soldiers Home. That such Il the case
is known only too well. The records
Of the police courts and of the coroners
prove that the old veterans can not
successfully cope with Grand Rapids
whisky. Every time soldier is ar
rested and fined, and every time one
sleeps his last sleep on the dummy
railroad to be torn to fragments, 1t
IL proclamation that the officials
OF Kent county and OF Grand Rapids
have been winking at the violation
of the State law intended for the pro-
lection OF the veterans.
The New York correspondent OF a
London, Eng, paper called the
Drapers' Record, writes to that paper
statement OF the effect OF the new
tariff law here. He says: lone cur
ious feature OF the new regime Is that
the expected advance in prices has not
followed the imposition Of the new
law. This Is due to several causes.
In the first place, the passage OF the
act has stimulated domestic produc-
tion to q prodigious extent" That
curious feature Is the one great
feature that Protectionists have al
ways insisted upon as the best reason
for the enactment OF protective laws.
On September Secretary Foster
viii issue a circular announcing that
the privilege Of continuing 4 1-2 per
cent. bonds at 2 per cent. under the
terms OF the circular OF July 2 last.
will not be confined to bonds presented
on or before September 2. but viii
be extended to bonds presented subse-
qucnt TO that date for period OF
time not yet fixed. The Secretary has
tho matter well In had and has no
bankrupt treasury back OF him either.
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n President Balmaceda, OF Chilli,
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