The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-11
FREE SILVER COINAGE
The Free Coinage Question One of
the Main Issues of the Coming
Presidential Campaign.
HILL fRONOtNCES FOR THE WHITE METAL
Little History on Silver and the
Opinions Of Prominent Men on
Its Demonstration.

The Fifty-second congress convened
Monday of this week, and we shall
watch its proceedings with great in
terest of Importance to the American
people will be up for consideration and
action. There is no question that viii
be brought up of greater Importance
than the free coinage question and we
offer the following review of the case
for the consideration of our readers
The first coinage law enacted under
the constitution. as recommended by
Alexander Hamilton first secretary of
the treasury, concured in by Thomas
Jefferson first secretary of state, and
approved by Washington hrst presi-
dent of the United States. provided
fer free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver. This free coinage
law enacted at the very foundation of
our new government in April 2. 1892.
remained in full force and effect until
February -, 1873, when silver was de-
monetizcd. When this ab0mination
and outrage on the American people
was accomplished the republican party
was completely in power, in both
houses of congress. and U. S. Grant
was president. The republican party
then, stands charged with a most
outrageous act of Tyranny, and rob-
berry Of the people in the history of the
nation, and that one act is enough to
consign to eternal oblivion any party
guilty of such faulty and baseness.
Robert e. Ingersoll says: "Silver
was demonitized by fraud. 1t was an
imposition on every solvent man;
fraud upon every honest debtor in the
United States. 1t assassinated labor.
1t was done in the interests of avarice.
1t is an outrage and an intolerable i'm
position on the miners of this country,
that we should let England. or any
other foreign country set the price on
our silver. America can produce the
silver and then pass it over to John
Bull to make its value. 1t won't do.
Such statesmen ought to be i'm
peached for treason"
John j. Ingalls, says ''therc is Mr..
President, a deep seated conviction
among the people, which fully share,
that the decentralization of silver in
1873 was one element in great con-
spiracy to deliver the fiscal system of
this country over to those by whom in
my opinion. it has been finally cap
tured.'' He father says. THAT if the
question of the full RECOMMENDATION of
silver were submitted to a popular
vote irrespective of party a large ma
jority of the people would record them
selves in favor of it They have de-
clnred in favor of it for the last fifteen
years, and they have been juggle1
with, they have been thwarted, they
have been paltered with and dealt
with in double sense. The word Of
promice that was made to their ear in
the platforms of political parties has
been broken to their hope. There was
a majority in this bedy at the last SEES
sion of congress in favor of free coin
age of silver. The compromise Il at
was made was not what the people ex-
pected, nor what they had a right TO
demand. They felt that they had been
trined with. and that is one cause of
the evaporation that was pressed
in the verdict of November l."
Who stood in the way of free coin
age of silver during the session OF the
last congressP One Benjamin Harri-
son. And now he would be re-nomi-
mated and reelected! He deserves the
condemnation of all good men and
loyal American citizens. He is the
flag end of an effete aristocracy. He
misrePresepts the American people.
The question of the free coinage of
both gold and silver is occupying the
thoughts of both political economists
and the people of both hemispheres.
The manufactures of textile fabrics
in England recently held a meeting
and pronounced for free coinage. The
mining congress lately held in the city
Of Denver was nearly unanimous for
free coinage. At Elmira, n. Y, Gov
ernor and Senator David B. Hill made