Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-18

THEW commend our senators and rep
res1nfeiives Tor "their bold and faith
h,l efIorie 10 promote the success Of
fhia meagure aud pledge that they
ehall 10 continue.p They did not tell
ua whether or not ihoy favored the
ilbold and successful effort Of the froe
and unlimited coinage men In tho sonaie,
mart Republicans and part Democrats;
who With almost lightning rapidity
passed through the senate d FREQ and
Unlimited coinage Of silver bill, which
was So badly constructed, 80 weak,
sickly and III shaped, crooked and de-
formed, that when II reached the
house. tha free and unlimited coinage
OF givcr mon In the house wouldn't
touch II with q forty foot pole, and
thsre 10 died unwebt, unhonOred and
unsang, tho laughing stock OF tho
country. IL would be interesting 20
know how many Of those who voted
for tho political monstrosity, favored
the national Democratic platform or
the nominees Of the convention. IL
would bo interesting also, to know how
the men who drew that plank stood on
the silver plank OF the national plat
form, and no stood toward Mr.. Cleve-
land before he was nominated, and
why, and this same question might be
propounded 70 those on the HOgg plat
form committee who voted In com
mittee on tho home amendment.
The simple rules OF construction
known 10 intelligent laymen as we'll as
10 lawyers will / think, cOnclusiyely
settle the lrroconoiluable Incompatible
lty between tho silver plank (sectlon y
OF the national Democratic platform
and the silver plank section " Of the
Hogg platform The Hogg iay0ra the
free aud unlimited coinage Of silver
a. The ratio heretofore provided by
law without qualification, Limitation,
condition or restriction. There Is no
limit as 10 time, amount or olrcum-
siauces. However much silver may
dsprecato relatively to gold no halt Is
TO Ds called. Tho world may dump all
tho silver 10 mines all the silver IL has
demonoti2cd land there Is not gov
eminent In Europe, 80 far as | know,
which to-day Is c1lnlug legal tender
money out " silverL aud still under the
Hogg platform its coinage COOS on.
The Latin Union held out longer than
any other nation In Europe,
and they ceased 10 coin
tho franc legal tender
silver coin seventeen years ugO, and al
though now the market value Of silver
as compared with gold Is 81 cents TO
tho dollar ns against 100 cents 10 the
dollar, vet with full ltnowledg0o OF this
great inequality thoy declare Ia favor
oi still going on coming all the silver
brought and paying for Il ia legal tom
dor silver dollars The owner Of the
bullion sells 3llt grains Of pure silver
worth In The market 6s cents, and these
people ohllginRly propose 10 pay him
IN n legal toudCr silver dollar contain
Ing 37ll grains Of puro silver and ilf
grains OF copper alloy aud ohliglngly
throw In tho mintage FREQ Of charge
and you are compelled to take IL being
legal i1uder ~ 100 cents dollar.
Somebody "a badly bitten in that trans
action, and 1t is not tho bullion owner.
NOW COMPARE TINS
with tho silver plank In tho national
Democratic platform That plank
holds 10 tho "uso Of both gold and silver
Vs the standard money Of the country
md 70 the coinage oil both gold and
silver without discriminating against
either metal or charge for coinago,n
Had the plank stopped there. there
would have been n0material difference,
but here come In the qualifications. CON
dltious, limitations aue restrictions, the
curb put on the foregoing or first part
OF thai plank Both metals must be OF
''lnirlnsic or eychangeable value ls
thoro any such requirement Ia the Hogg
PLATFORM Or second, both metals must
ho adjusted through International
agreement, or so adjusted "by such
safe guard OF legislation Us shall insure
NNff ~ %
mctala and tho equal power OF every
dolrr NJ an times IN the market
and IN the payment u debts,
And sim further TO guarantee and
protect The culu.huldcr Ia tho ooual
purchasing, debt paying, intrinsic aud
cXuhang value with anybody discs
dollar Whatever the color may he, and
also the hOldcr OF papcr currency, tho
platform domand5 chat Ull paper cur
rency be lwpt al par wish aud rcdoom-
able 30 shch ruin. Nom of those con.
diuons, limitations, restrictions and
Safeguards are iu tho hugy platform,
they ave all 10 the national Democratic
platform aud absolutely assurNs 10 tho
holder Of money o. whi.oYor kind, gold,
silver or papar currency,
ABSOLUTE EouALiTY ~ PURCHASING
POWER
dollar for dollar. 10 says IN effect coin
both gold and silver. SO long as YOU can
keep them OF The same Intrinsic, OK.
ohangoabie, purchasing and debt nay,
ing power dollar Tor dollar, but whom
ever you reach shat limit stop, never
pass H.
The Hogs platform SAYS 1--WE nov
ortholess proclaim our adhorence 10
tho principle Of tho Justice and neoos.
sits Ui lroc and unlimited coinage OF
silver at the ratio heretofore provided
by law and they say they shall com
unue to contend Tor a. Now II II DO "A
principle based ON Justice and noces-
sity, as they say, then silver might
iail 10 80 cents on the dollar, or oven
less, aud being, as they say, demanded
BY Justice and necessity they are bound
u contend Tor u Ia spite OF wind.
weather and general defanrement oi
nll values. lt is Jolly TO try 10 make
those two lanks ucoord with each other.
However, ] have much easlor task
than 10 reconcile Che lncompatiblo.
which | viii now undertake. to per-
form.
Tho platform adopted by the People,s
party convention al OMAHA saws, I'VE
demand FREQ and unlimited coinage
Of silver aud gold at the present legal
mte OF rs TO ~
Ihoro Is complete accord there be-
tween the Hogg platform and the