Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-29


"What class Of people would be most
affectedY"
"Wage-earners, the poor and those who
are in debt. Those who are rich and maxi
ing money would he benefited TO the detri-
ment of the poor classes. State bank cur
rency would lead TO initiation and an un-
healthy spasm of business enterprises aud
schemes besides redundant currency, fol-
lowed by an inevitable crash that would
be just as certain rs disease results from a
violation of the laws of nature. So far as
! am able TO judge the fundamental secret
OF the Democratic currency plank was n
desire TO benefit the southern people, who
want To pay off their debts cheaply. The
Democrats evidently believed that such a
scheme would prove popular in the south
and result il an increase of business in
that section. This state bank notion re-
wives the ancient states rights question,
which Is opposed TO the supremacy Of the
nation in regard To the laws and human
rights. The currency of this country
should remain the sane as il is and should
lie based on the national banking system.
j found out when abroad that a greenback
IL just "a good in the heart OF Europe as q
piece of English gold coin. Everybody is
willing to accept it without discount.
"The Democrats made the so-called
force bill au issue" was suggested.
Il am familiar with that measure" re.
piled Mr. Edmunds "There is not, and
never was force bill. deny that il con-
tains any more vice than is found IN the
laws of three-fourths of the states. The
objection 10 il seems to arise from the
simple fact that il provides that the ma.
ton shall SCI utinize the election Of mem.
bets of congress, and 20 its supposed in
reference with state rich s II does not
in any way interfere with state elections
and tine mi construction as 20 the purport
Of the measure is due 70 ignorance or
malicious perycrsiOn OF the truth about
it."
Mr.. Edmunds said he believed President
Harrison would be reelected. and that
the protection issue aud sound currency
would thereby triumph.
Steyensou's Views.
Among the callers at Democratic ra-
tional headquarters yesterday was Vice
Presidential Candidate Stevenson and Gen
eral James :. Ewing, his law partner.
General Stevenson WIS in tne best Of
spirits In conversation with reporter
of the United Press, he said:
"Wherever | have been in this campaign
the trend seems TO be In favor Of the De-
mocracy, am an old campgiguer aud
having spoken in over twenty campaigns,
i never saw n movement more universal
than this Democratic movement, and
Democratic victory is I'm the air as the
saying goes. / have taken pains during
my tours to ask privately IL there were
any Democratic defcctions. That is one
of the ways | have always employed in
sscertaining the drift of sentiment
have been unable TO find anywhere sin
gle notable Democratic detection. All the
men who voted for Cleveland in 1854 and
1888 seem To he going TO vote for him
again, and the accessions are certainly
very numerous.
THE pleasautest time I have had on
my trip must say this without derOga-
tion To other sections of the country.
where have been most cordially received
was in North Carolina, my birthplace.
II was pleasant TO 20 back there. II was
pleasant TO meet the people whom knew
for years, aud IL il pleasauter still to be as
sured, "a have been, that drew hun
dreds OF people away from the Peoples
party back 10 the Democracy. Nothing
more gratifying has occurred, In my ca
reer, than this. Last night | spoke at
Stanford, Conn. IL was large and en-
thusiastic meeting l was told by con-
servative gentlemen there that Couuecti-
cut would surely go Democratic. OF
course can only judge from what / hear
in such acase rs thai, but will say this,
that IL the rest OF the state IL like Stam-
ford. and the meetings elsewhere like the
meeting ] addressed last night, / certainly
have no fears
General Stevenson, accompanied By
General Ewing, goes from here 20 West
Virginia, where b. will remain until
Thursday next, and then they gp 70 ClI-
cage. where they ystqy until election day,
and thea they go nome 20 vote.