Omaha daily bee., 1892-04-27
COMMON PEOPLE WILL THINK
J. Sterling Morton Ascribes Free Sill ver's
Downfall to Popular Education,
HE CITES SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
"Nebraska's Foremost Democrat" Tells of
tho Scrip Issue of Michigan and How
the Dutch Got Along With
Perriwtnkle Currency.

TIE BEE .--"It is improbable that great
money craze was ever SO soon squelched Gs
has been the free silver movement" said
Hon. j. Sterling Morton, Nebraska's strong
est democrat, to your corre spondent the
other day. Governor Morton is recognized
throughout the east as the best posted demo
crat IN the west, especially upon financial
Issues.
"For time in the last congress it looked
as though the bill providing for the free
coinage of silver could not be Kept away
from the president" continued the governor,
"put did you ever notice the luck OF the re-
pu oican party in wardirg off vicious legisla-
tion, even within its own party! or course
the presi sidont would have vetoed the bill, but
he was saved the trouble and the country the
consequent deleterous effects by having
speaker who had the nerve as well as the
tact to prevent the elimination at the
white house. Now tho free silver
craze is almost in the past l don't
think there is the least possible chance for
the bill now, and by the timo tho next con-
gress is installed the fever will have died
out At one time it was more formidable
and menacing than the widest grcenback
craze, more threatening than the worst infia-
tion we nave lad since the war, and it took
long time TO get rid Of some of the move
ments which have in the past wrecked par
ties and disturbed commerce"
Education Did the business.
ITO what do YOU attribute this decadence
of the FREQ coinage movement, governorW
was asked.
"Solely to education, intelligence" was the
quick reply. "When the green back craze of
mcch onios ,yho ,Sere aary;ed ' o'uau 9th ~
most rnoS' comnarat,veIv ii,tIa Now "'tb tbov
aiI read and tbinL ror ,hemsoIvee They
saw ,ha oirec, rnsn1, % sree Ioin,9o and re-.
IusoS ~ ho u,;siaa !, ,nI,oS ,ba fnrmar
,nnob,aio Iobnror ~ - ,r,o,' H,,t a te,
hnnrs 70 reach m ,nte,iigent cnnntueion rnon
an issne ~ ihese davs irhev rnfmse ptn 70
,al,o os rTos,'oI tho ,acro s,otano,te ~ Jor,o0
n 80 as ~ - nIt 80, ~ - i,a ,SaC to noi,,iI
hos ] uoe No ,r W a'r w uso f , pni
, 80, 40 ~ ,o,iti ~ -, ioids oGdas
;th; nv ,uo ,vs ,, i,,Io,,,,oIo'a '0 ~ e.; rii
histnrv rnneoting @ i,saIf nn5 If wa ,ynre -
a,nn, tcao pon;nsa ~ "oIG ba ~, fsdo,.oi
pnoont asen,in on ,ho 1oyast s;b,a
sscnIo rho wiIdcnt schemns of state hanks n
quarter of century almost before the war.
IL would be every whit as bad as the issue OF
state scr D IN the 'oos. Inc states Werecom-
paratveiy US aole 10 issue ana redeeln scrip
Tor thelrow people as is the tenerai govern
heht 10 ISSUE an INFERIOR uollar ior the Whole
country, yes lhe ehtlre "orlu.
Michigan's Scrip Issue.
ar rooou nc ~ :, ,,,o.o ,,o,,or,o,, ,,,, o,,.
ex nariencn in Iegisia,;on was my met ,n'.
maiomtv in my nativa et,to N,ch;1an opd
a ~ @ tHy i, ,a., 1.a,I @ a., a'lc,
the head Of ;hn rnmm,ttee IN nA inaiciSru tHen an
a',e tat i vi ~, Mi m m ho Ut' oo
annosed ~ % ot. snooins 'o
,ynm,d coma bnme ~ roos, ,vnan wa ,,orn
ahnmt otn " s,ni % wa VIZ
sn ;p;s ;upot " "at ,a aeUp.,on ,.tni,,
n sho,id ha ,,r;, ansoSa .h so sno'e Wo,aa
snuu'u 10 10 " a'foas tuo iaIo ~ ,n9
;ns;ip,od ,nat ,hn sorI iaoS
itaS nIon I fIso po, nouu ny oo vn'1u ~
s,a,o had ma,hinS t i,s ho .Uo a1," mnIm tne i,e
S;,; na,, nosn,s ~ , i.e noiot " niane i.s
ouiieai'ons SaI eoou, .ue satnc as Is ttue oi tne
and further that honor is chapreable IN IT'S
standard of party advantage: and / further
knew that the state was about to take upon
itself more obligations than il could ever
meet at face value | enpendered a great
deal of III feeling ana made myself unpopular
for tho position | took bnt finally nnbIic
opnlon changed and II mas unon the oues
tion of free coinage during the past few
wears. and the meaIwho stood ont for honest
money were the statesmen of the period,
,rIII-,-.
""i'ah" rerri"ihhie currency
1.-THE proposition for free coinage reminds
me also OF bit Of history iron Holland.