Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-20
WHAT DR.. NEELY SAYS.
Time Enough to Consider After the Sher-
man Law Has Been Repealed.

LEAvENWORTH, JULY o.-In reply to
your inquiry "What should congress
do ON the silver question:"
| am democrat, fully in accord with
the often-repeated declaration of my
party in favor of honest dollars abund
antly sufficient to supply the business
needs of the people. | believe in the
utilization of both silver and gold in the
currency of the country and paper
money redeemable in coin. l pin my
faith to the national democratic plat
form of 1902 and Mr.. Cleveland's letter
accepting the democratic nomination for
the presidency on these declarations of
principles.
The democratic party being in full
control of the national government, .ihe
country has no reason to expect mate
rial deviation from the lines of economic
policy outlined by those expressions.
While the interests of the great indus
tries and states of the Union are not
wholly identical and the different local
tiles are represented in congress by
gentlemen of great ability but OF widely
different opinions as to the operation of
the Sherman law and the proper recog-
milton for silver in the currency of the
country, it becomes more evident every
day that international conditions are
forcing silver policy on the United
States, and that it is in accord with the
democratic platform and Mr.. Cleve-
lands position as l understand it. AS
there is much misconception concerning
both l will reproduce extracts from the
resolution adopted by the convention
and from Mr.. Cleveland's letter of ac-
ceptance:
''We denounce the republican legis-
lation known as the Sherman act of
1891 as cowardly make-shift, fraught
with possibilities of danger in the future,
which should make all of its supporters,
as we'll as its author, anxious for its
speedy repeal. We hold to the use of
both gold and silver as the standard
money of the country and to the coin
age of both gold and silver without dis.
eliminating against either metal or
charge for mintage, and the dollar unit
of coinage of both metals must be of
equal intrinsic and exchangable value
or be adjusted through international
agreement or by such safeguards of
legislation as shall insure the maintain
ance of the parity of the two metals
and the equal value of every dollar at
all times in the markets and in the pay
ment of debts, and we demand that all
paper currency shall be kept at par
with and redeemable in such coin. y
Extracts from Mr.. Cleveland's letter:
The people are entitled to sound and
honest money abundantly sufficient in
volume to supply their business needs.
but whatever may be the form OF the
peoples currency, national or state,
wether gold, silver or paper, it should
be so reg gulated and guarded oy govern
mantal action or by wise and careful
laws that no one can be deluded as to
the certainty and stability of its value.
Every ollar put in the hands of the
people should be of the same intrinsic
value or purchasing power. With
these conditions absolutely guaranteed.
both gold and silver can be safely uti-
lied upon equal terms in the adjust
ment of our currency.
Thus the democratic party unequiv-
ocally declared in favor of the repeal
of the Sherman act and coinage OF
both silver aud gold without discrimina-