Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-23
HARRISON AND SILVER.

The third party advocates, says the
 Denver Republican, place MT. Cleve-
 land and MT. Harrison on the same plane in relation to the free and uhlimit-
 ed coiDa ge of silver. Trey recognize
 that MT. Cleveland is an open and avow- cd enemy of silver, and they have jump ed to the conclusion that MT. Harrison is also. They class all the supporters of Mir. Harrison among the opponents of silver coinage and pretend to believe that the silver cause would be promoted by voting against him and by adopting a policy which would tend to secure the election of MT. Cleveland in the house of representatives.
 In this they do injustice to Mir. liar rlson an1 hIs supporters in the silver states, while at the same time they pur- sue a course which, if su0ces sful, would be detrimental instead of advantageous to the silver cause.
 The enemies of Mir. Harrlson cannot point to a single utter8nce or oificial act of his which would show that he Is not ID favor of silve- coinage. ca the con- trary 1t Is an established fact that he is in favor of the free and unlimited coin- age of silver as soon as iu ais judgment it can bs acc) plisael with safety to the financial and commercial interests of the country. It cannot b5 concluded from the fact that he may think that the best way to accomplish this result IS different from the one We Of Colorado prefer, that be doas not wish % accomp- fish it at all. Ihs people of Colorado should bear in mud that his record up- on this subject shows that he is bime- tallist. This Is the fact that stands out prominently, and which his enemies cannot cove- up or overturn. They should remember that he is the only presiden: who has signed a silver bill He signed the bull passe1 in 1890 for the purchase of 4,50O,0OO oudces of silver per month, and although that measure has been disappointing to the friends of silver, it was looked upon by many at ihe time of its passage as a step toward free coinage.
 Mir. Harrison has rendered important service to the silver cause by inviting the great nations of Europe to join the United States in an international none tary congress for the purpose of con- siderng the means for placing silver upon parity with gold the world over. We hop@ that this congress will result in the establishment of silver in its proper place as a money metal. but if it fails it will not be through the fault of MT. Harrison or of the commissioners who will be selected by him to repre- sent the United States.
 In message sent to the senate on the twenty sixth of last April in relation to an international monetary congress, Mir. Harrison used the following lan- guage, which is certainly the most en- to the silver cause which has come from any president since the de- mOnetIzation of silver:
 Believing that the full use of silver as a coin metal, upon an agreed ratio, by the great commercial nations of the world would very highly promote the prosperity or all their people, have not let any favorable opportunity pass for the promotion of that most desirable result, or if free International silver coinage is not presently attainable then to secure the largest practical ole use of that metal"
 How different this is from the atti- tlde of Grover Cleveland shown by his letters to public men ard by his mess ase' to Congress! Mir Cleveland is de- termined in his opposition to silver coinage, and there is no question that be would veto silver blll if it were passed. Yet MT. Patterson and other third party advocates are trying to in duee the Repu blcans of Colorado to vote Tn way which would increase tie chances of the election ot NIT. Cleveland. ] We know that MT. Harrison would wei come the full restoration Of silver as q money metal, but Mr. Clevel nd does not want free coinage at all. He is im- bued with the spirit of the Wall street bankers and brokers, and cfsver men have aVprVthino tO fecr frono b,p,