The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-17
NEWLANDS REJOINS
He Takes Issue With John P.
Irish on His Interview.
SILVER THE MOST VITAL ISSUE
The Interests of the People Are Best Served
Through Political Agitation
and Success.

Referring to the interview of yesterday
with Mr. John B. Irish, in The HERALD,
Mr.. Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada,
said
MIR. Irish ought to be more familiar with
the possible action of his party than myself,
but think he is mistaken in SAYING that
nothing but machine politics can send any
thing but a Cleveland delegation from
California to the national convention
81 believe that Cleveland's action upon
the silver question will prevent him receiy-
ing the support of any state west of the
Mississippi The best evidence that Cali
fornisis sound upon the silver question is
that It's two leading papers, the Eraminer, a
Democratic organ, and the Chronicle. a Re-
publican organ, are both for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver Both parties
there, l understand, are united upon this
action"
Undoubtedly Cleveland was the favorite
candidate of his party in the south until he
reannounced few months since his views
upon the silver question. Since that time
] think majority of the public men of the
Democratic party in the southern states
have declared that Cleveland's nomination
was an impossihility."
II think also Mr.. Irish is mistaken in
thinking that the tariff question is the lead
ing question Of the country. The leading
question is the financial question, the cues
ton as TO whether or not the people shall
have enough money TO make exchanges in
value"
The whole country outside of New
England and possibly New York state has
awakened to the consciousness that there
is not enough gold in the world to do the
business of the world We already
have nearly half of our money in the shane
OF silver certificates backed by silver We
must sustain silver, aud the only way to
sustain 1t is by reversing our action in 1873
and declaring for the free and unlimited
coinage. BY that action we will i'm
medlately restore silver TO its old value
ana there will be then no question of in
creaslng the number of grains in the silver
dollar"
''The worlds whole product Of silver is
about Sl60, O00, 900. India and China will
absorb at least SO, 000, 600 of this and we
absorb the rest Even if no other nation
assists US we need at least $50. 100000 a
year to maintain our present per capita,
and we will need at least $50 O00. 600 more
per annum in six years, to take the place
OF the national bank notes that are being
retired"
sin addition to this, we require a positive
increase OF our per capita. 1t is safe to
say that we could absorb $50, 900, 600 more
Of money every year and there would be
nothing but benefit to the business inter
ests of the country. As it is with free
coinage we can only possibly be called
upon TO absorb between $50, 600, 900 and
$4,000 000."
This talk about our taking the silver
that is now in the shape of coin in other
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come TO this country or to those countries,
such as India, where free coinage prevails.
1t is in dead circulation in European
countries and will remain there II il
should be withdrawn from those countries.
IL would cause a popular revolution
Besides it would be easy enough for,
the United States to prevent any such ac-
ton by passing law that only the product
of the mines of America should be coined
by this country. 1t would be an easy
matter TO distinguish the bullion which is
the product Of the mine from that bullion
which is the product of the silver coin put
Into the melting pot"
81 think it is mistake for the people of
The mining regions to urge the free coinage
of the American product only. Ii must be
remembered that our allies in the west and
south, and many OF them in the east, only
support silver upon the grounds that Its
coinage will give the country the additional
quantity of money which it needs. They
want more than SIS. 000,0 600 per annum.
This is the total Of the American product.
They want at least $4,000, GOO or
500 000, 900, and IL the mining regions
evince that their desire is only to take care
of their own product, they will lose the
support of the people referred to, who will
be diverted into an agitation for an in !!
creased issue of paper money"
Last winter / was disposed to support /
as compromise, the coinage of the Ameri- |
can product and so expressed myself pub /
hciy in Washington. / found that my ex-
preston was misunderstood by many of /
the supporters of free silver in the east. |
and ! was notified in several letters which
] received. that the eastern friends of sill |
yer would not support any policy which /
would limit its coinage only to the Ameri
can product Their object is not TO be-eft
the mine owners in the mining regions bnt
70 benefit the whole country, and that can
only be secured by adequately adding to
its circulation"
Mr. Newlands added ''Some of tho
papers have made the mistake of alleging
that introduced politics into this irripa9
tion convention. My only wish was to i'm
press upon the people of the arid west that
IL was essential that their representatives
both in congress and in political couyen.
tons, whether Democratic or Republican.
national or state, should take united and
concerted action upon matters relating fo
their interests: that their interests would
be largely served If they could secure a
president or a cabinet officer, and that the
experience OF the extreme west of thirty
or forty years ago in the successful nom