The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15
MORE rtLEnaN or OPINION.

Sen t,r cs T. plains eX-Prcsidcnt Clrvc-
Lands Attitude ON tho silver Question.
WASuiNGr.N. Ian. ii.-iSp Cali
Senator Vc,t has finally cons, nt,d 10
explain h facts rs he Knows them re-
latv,.o h rcpoi ted c,n .crSion OF OK
President Cleveland ON the question of
,vcr gu. stivn.
Il Lave seen Mr.. Cleveland but once
stnos he went out of otiio =" said MIR.
Vest. Il cannot give my authority for
.e statement in regard to his change
of views, or l would give it III tho
Senate T., ambe'. bat the authority is
trustworthy. I do not say that MIR
CT we d has TO converted to be-
Lief in tho free Coinage of silver. The
onange of views VIII CHI he has under
r,ne insists in his having become
m re til rant Of iudgment.f others n
tI- subj CT. There vas u time during
hls L..ln AS President VIII, IL Mr.. Clevo-
land EN-, d 20 think that there was
moral obliqu IS "a free oIinage.
lin his III. ,cago to Congress on tho
sub.ec he cxpr. ssed this bclicf. l
think tu-uay that MIR. Cleveland is will
Ing to admit that there are plausible, If
not valid. arguments for free Coinage.
tha' there honest men in his own party
b lii, We in the free coinage of sill
+. mat is p rhal the extent of the
o version of which 30 much has boon
I'D
Nv. No,t says that in his opinion
is II, Cause e. Gear hplit III ,ho
n d. .uLurr between h silver and agri-
,ural States OF tho est on the qucs-
,Nf
ans ON farm prod, CTS.
What tho W. st wants." the Mis-
OH i senator says, lis tree coinage of
f., ii r. and it will not bo sati>ti, with
Anything else. 1t may b. that it will
be nc s,ary to restrict it by putting
lax of 5 y re- mt. On silver not the pro-
duct Of the United States; but that will
br &c IDLY Tree G image
Il nIrliE To the provisions OF the bill
Now pending i'll tho Senate, Mr. Vest
s id:
Il cannot understand the attitude OF
the Republican party. It is playing
W til tn" fire. and one of these days 1t
W II be burned. 1t takes the people Il
! ny time to find out, but they learn in
t mo what is going on. The first thing
tie leaders of the Republ c.n party
know the farmers will send lot Of
u uplc mere lrOIn Glo NcSI W pass ntdu-
( DIS Land Loan bill. Senator Stan
7 I'd was sitting near me- when the de-
b t. was going IN the other day On this
fl meal bill. When some Republican
s nator was trying to show of what
nefit the propo- I'd increase in Oil cula-
lion would b., he remarked to me- that
this WAS nu way to get money into Cir
g llatlun. The money that VAS put out
b the Treasury Department to r., li-vc
t - financial situation all went into the
D cketS of the men whl had money, not
t the prople e Icrally.
Lay the Stanford proposition before
the Country ami yuu Will have trouble.
T. II the farmer TINT it means a loan To
him of one-half tho assess d value OF
his farm at prr mt, and that will
mean the distribution of money among
the debtor class all over the CONT Y.
and millions will quio'ily grasp at Til"
idea. 1T would 10 of little use for tinaI
CT, rs to cry out and tell them that TINS
Proposition would unSrttle all values.
Th Y would reply that tho man who
of 1red this scheme had accumulate, 10y
business tact and sasucltY IL huge for
tune. They would say: 'hnaS nLv,,
you been doing all these years-you
who know SO much about the tinanc al
cue stiOn? Stamford has millions t.
your thousands Pun Stamford at 'h"
head of Farmers Alliance ticket for
thu Presidency on the platform of that
] md loan bill and there Will be music
l III, air. do not Lelicve in Stan
ford pla1. but Il great many people
do. Our K publ can friends had better
take FREQ Coinage or they Will get
worse