The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-07-27


Therefore, should be compelled to vote
for this bill as the only thing can get,
will have no such ugly inconsistencies TO ac-
count for. And now, Mr.. Speaker, grant
ing, for the sake of argument, that the gold
dollar is more valuable than the silver dol
lar, can anyone point out the justice or law
for demanding of che debtor that he shall
pay his debts in the most valuable COMP
Should no not have she same right to say
which dollar he may pay in as the man from
whom he has borrowedG
And are we constantly to go on fitting up
the less valuable coin TO correspond with
the more valuable one, or should we not here
and now declare that the dollar ofour faith
ers is good enough for usp And If there is
TO be any change in either to correspond
with the other, let Us follow precedent and
make the change in the gold.
But we are gravely told that we must have
the worlds money; that England and Ger
many have gold standard.
Why should we follow England and Ger
many in pFeferenCeto cooperating with the
balance Of the world in the use Of silver9
With England especially we have no special
interests. She Is free trade; we are prOteO-
tion. The world owes her Ave Thousand
million dollars, and we owe the world vast
sums. Her interests lead her to demand
payment in the dearest money; our inter
ests lead us to pay in the cheapest. She
buys but little Of the products Of our farms
and nothing of our factories. Shs Is our
competitor and rival in every part Of the
world, and, in fact, If she were sunk into
the sea, America would be but little worse
of. Our interests lie with the bimetallic
countries Of Central and South America and
Mexico. Their trade Will be worth millions
to US when developed, and our medium Of
exchange with them, il that Is Of any inn
portanCe, should be the same as theirs.
When we have captured their trade we need
bother ourselves but very little about wheth-
or or not our currency is the same as Eng
lands.
And after all, Mr.. Speaker, il is but little
difference 30 US what may be the currency
Of the balance Of the world. Their money
ceases TO be money when IL reaches our
shores, and the same is the case with ours
when taken abroad. All foreign money the
world over is bullion, and is so treated, and
ID makes no difference what stamp or weight
it has, it 10 traded in as bullion.
Therefore, the weight or value of our coin
can have nothing to do with our trade with
foreign countries. II is of far greater i'm
pOrtanoe to US that we adopt the most con-
venient medium of exchange among our
selves, and in quantity sufficient TO transact
the business of the country.
Our first duty is to look after our own
people in their relation to each other. When
we have done that IL will be time enough 70
take our bearings TO the balance Of the
world. Let US build up and foster our own
industries, cherish and love our own insti-
tutions, coin our own dollars of fine Amer
lean silver, and we will have but little 90
Casion TO bother ourselves about what the
balance Of the world is doing.
Freemen of Kansas In the fore
going brief epitome Of the senate and
house record OF this first half Of July,
1892, on the silver question, providing
for the coinage Of silver as of gold prior
TO silver demonstration In the year Of
our Lord, 1873-will you deliberately
look at this one little issue In the cam
paign Of 1892 with the impartial jndg-
ment that free coinage tuly merits2
Can you want 1900 grain" silver dollar
Perkins In the United States senate, af-
ter the legislature of 1898, In January
next, shall elect his successor? Can Il
possibly give you satisfaction 10 divide
your patriotic, self-respectlng votes in
the Second congressional district Of Kan
sas, between Horace L. Moore and Sam