The advocate., 1892-03-30
WASHINGTON.

In the sacred WrIClngS VI Sno NOV0 Va
the Apostles, 1t is recorded that a great
hubbub was created at certain place
where the Apostle Paul was engaged in
preaching and in teaching, by reason OF
q fear that the great goddess Diana, OF the
Of the Ephesians, might be lowered in
the esteem of her blind but enthusiastic
ldolatrous worshippers. 1t would seem
that when the people Of EpheSus per
celved that when one Alexander, a Jew,
came among them and would have his
defense for 80 doing, these excited peo-
ple all with one voice about the space Of
two hours cried out, "Great Is Diana, OF
the Ephesians."
AS history is ever repeating itself, 1t
may beremarked that in our great Amerl-
can republic, there seems to-day to be an
antlquated set Of political economists and
theological teachers, ignoring the letter
and spirit of the first commandment,
"Thou shalt have no other gods before
me,"who have taken upon themselves the
attitude of Jealous gold worshippers, and
have developed an actual monOmania for
monometalism! They appear to have vol
UNFAIRLY joined themselves to body OF
domestic and foreign plutocrats, of whom
that great Scotch manufacturing states
man-Andrew Carnegie-is chief, who
has solemnly declared, "Come what may,
the representatives of the American peo-
pie in Congress, must clearly under
stand that our money must have Its
standard in the future rest on Wnchang-
ing gold"
THE WEIGHTY UTTERANoES OF THIS CAPI-
TAL1sTIc, PATRIOTIC TIC-PHILosoPHER
In "the A. B. G. of Money" which was
a North American RevieW production of
1891, this eminent financier thus gravely
wrote:
III, Republican and believer in the wis.,
dom of protection, tell you that would
rather give up the Mckinley bill and pass
the Mills bill, if for exchange l could have
the present silver bill repealed and silver
treated like other metals. In the next presi-
dential campaign, if I have to vote for a
man in favor of silver and protection or
man in favor of the gold standard and free
trade, I shall vote and work for the
latter, because my judgment tells me that
even the tariff is not half so important
for the good of the country as the main
tenance of the highest standard for the
money Of the people.
Would it not be well for you to listen to
men who have your confidence and who
have been compelled by their official posi-
tions to investigate and study this sill
YER question we'll? President Harrison is
we'll known to be most conscientious man.
He is not rich. He is poor. If he has any
thing at heart, it is the good of the plain
working people of his country. He has had
to study this subject, and he tells you that
he finds that the first thing debased silver
dollar will do is to go forth and cheat some
poor man who has to take it for his pro-
ducts or labor. Ex-President Cleveland,
like President Harrison, is poor man; his
sympathies are with the plain working peo-
pie, the masses. He had to study the question
that he might act upon it; and although many
Of his party have been led away into the cru
sade for silver, temporarily it is to be hoped,
(for to its credit,let me say, the Democratic
party has hitherto been the staunch friend OF
the best money for the people), Mr.. Cleve-
land felt that he must tell the truth and de-
nounce the free silver coinage idea, because
he found that il must injure the workers OF
Aha nation. His racant lattAr gives another