The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-04

Says and Means-Esrnest Words Adj
dressed to Advocates OF Free silver.
have no trouble this year as Demo
crat. and in line with my party. ON the
subject Of silver money. My position il
regard to the coinage and use of silver lie
well known. and has undergone NJ
change. 1t Ia the money of jefferson
and the fathers. and il is not now il
the slightest danger of being driven
from its proper place as an honored
branch Of the currency Of the United
States. la 1873 the leaders of the Re
publican party undertook 10 secretly
stab it to death, and succeeded in max
ing it the legal tender for no more thar
the sum Of 81 This was its Inundated
condition when l entered the senate in
November, 1877. and my first speech ir
that body was in favor Of its restoration
to its former dignity, equality and fre<
coinage. From that time to this. In one
form or another, the contest has con
tinued, until now it is beyond dispute
that silver has a substantial victory.
Silver money in the shape Of standard
silver dollars, subsidiary coins and silver
cert ificates is now IN circulation in thu
country as full legal teader, and AT par
with gold, TO the extent Of $iij. 34G, sos
1t Is met with everywhere. in every
branch Of business, and at every hour in
the day. 1t buys the same that gold
buys, dollar for dollar, and the man who
says IT Is not honest money is himself
simply dishonest or very ignorant
think the friends Of silver have done
wonderfully well, and need not be much
disturbed on the subject, at least for the
present, when we are threatened with
absolute slavery on the other issues
mentioned. But let US see further.
whether the position Of the Democratic
party as declared at Chicago on the
money question Is such a. to cause any
friend of silver TO feel Ill at ease this
year, or to look around for third party
in which TO take refuge without the
slightest chance or even hope of &C.
complishing anything there. You have
all read our national platform but the
following sentence can not be read too
often or studied too carefully:
We hold to the use Of both gold and sill
yer AS the standard money Of the country
and 10 the coinage of both gold and silver
without discriminating against either
metal or charge for mintage. but the dollar
unit Of coinage Of both metals mus be OF
equal intrinsic and exchangeable value on
Be adjusted through international agree.
ment or by such safeguards of legislation
as shall insure the maintenance Of the
parity Of the two metals and the equal
power OF every dollar - ali times in the
markets and in the payment Of debts, and
we demand that all PAPER currency shall
be kept at par with and rcdeemable in
such coin.
s This plank Of the platform declares
equarely and unequivocally that both gold
and silver shall be our standard money:
that no discrimination shall be made be-
tween the two metals in their coinage.
one being A. free for coinage mt the mint
- the other. The only condition at
tached to this declared equality between
the metals is that one dollar shall be as
good as another when put in circulation.
can and do stand with both feet on
this declaration Of the platform. II is
all l have ever looked for or wanted
No one but the counterfeiter wants
money Of different values in circulation
Silver never did and never will circulate
In its debt paying. exchangeable value.
or purchasing power, farthing below
gold. II is the peer Of gold now III every
transaction in the United States and it
will remain SO.
II in this connection you ask me M 70
Mr.. Clevelands position on the silver
question ] only need answer that Lc
stands as do on the platform, and that
the whole civilized world knows him to
b. an honest man. If elected in Novem-
Der next, as believe and pray he will
be, he will be true and faithful to the
principles embodied in the platform on
which he succeeds. During all of his
great and noble administration there
were coined each month by law 81. 5OO,-
900 Of silver. The coinage of silver now
in Harrison's administration is wholly
by virtue Of the Sherman
silver enactment, which was fraud
from the beginning. and intended as
such.
Let no Democrat lie misled by the sill
yer issue. This is the best year ever
knew In which 10 stand firm. The
)nonstrous dangers which menace free
government itself demand that the old
guard shall close up and go into battle
bnce more shoulder to shoulder. This
lone, and victory is certain.
Governor Porter's Return to Indiana,