The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-07-31

have been subscriber ~ He
WoRLD'' ever since yon started, and
during the last campaign when you
discarded neutrality and came out as
a Democratic organ, read your edi-
torials with much pleasure. Yon were
then lighting upon platform which
declared as the policy Of the Demo-
cratic party
We denouuce The Republican leg.
islation known as the sherman Acl Of
1890 as cowardly makcshift, fraught
with possibilities Of danger in The flu
ture. which should make all IL its snr
porters, rs well as IFS authors, anxious
for its speedy repeal. We hold 70 the
psc Of both Gold and Silrcr as the stand
ard money Of the country, and to tle
coinage Of both Coli and Stircr ,rithout
discrimination against eitl.er metal 4
Now, however, instead Of standing
~ this Bymetallie pledge of the Demo
cratic party, you are loading down.
yoim editorial columns with echoes
from the Monomctallic journals Of the
North and East. Instead Of standing
by the farmers and laboring class
es, = you-are expanding all your encr-
gies in re-ochoing the sentiments Of
Banks and Brokers, Boards 81 Trade,
Chambers Of Commerce, aud Boards 81
Transportation. You are constantly
quoting from these protected classes,
who desire by legislation to demonetize
silver, IN order to appreciate gold, and
fatten the debts, and increase the
burdens Of the farmers and toiling
masses. Why should You allow the
Bankers and Brakers to dictate our e.
nancial policies, and regulate our cur
rency Do we go TO the manufactur
crs TO regulate our tariff tThe Re
pnblieans did aud hence their defeat.)
Do we 90 to the aistillers to regulate
the whiskey tax Do We 80 % The
Barkeepers to formulate our license
laws 7 Do We 70 to onr importers for
our Z. s. Treasury Regulations :
There Is q statute, passed in l79S, de-
claring that no importer shall BE- APP
pointedas Secretary Of the Treasury
No !. the classes which have special in.
terests cannot be permitted to control
legislation in their own interest. Wall
Street and the Bank Of England are
trying toimpose upon this Countrywide
Single Gold Standard and SO far as
this unholy alliance Is concerned. I
must say your paper il strictly in il Z
You have strayed way off from the,
Democratic standards In the original
draft Of the Constitution Of the U. S.,
! the legal tender currency, as permit
ted to the States was, Gold, Silver
and Copper Copper was stricken out
in the final draft, leaving Gold and
Silver the legal tender currency Of
the constitution On thet}rd Of April,
1898, Mr. jefferson wrote a letter to. j
Sarsfeld, in which he said III be-
lieve all tile countries Id Europe de-
termine their standard Of money, in
Gold, as well as Silver He then goes
on to explain and approve the double
standard, and said that the proportion
ate value If Silver to Cola in English
coinage was then as 1857 to l. When
Silver was demonetized in 1873. the
ratio 81 value AK recognized in oui.
coinage was, helieye, l6 % So
that for seYeaty five years, there was
. little variation in the value IF the two
metals FOR coinage purposes Thenythe
Republicans demonetized Silver ana
il bagan u decline, and has continued
to decline ever since.
General Jackson, Ill his farewell ad-
dress, commended Ia his counlrymcn
The adherence GO Gold and Silver, I'm
the currency of tie nation
Since the war, ii 1873, III we have
seen. 4 Republican Congress demona4
tized Silver. On tie 18th day If Feb
ruary, ISIS, the Bland BilFwas passed
By a Democratic Congress, which par
TALLY restored silver t9 its place as
legal tender currency
Go look at Me vote on this bills and
yon viii find that tile Republicans
voted against Vt almost to 4 man, and
the Democrats carried il tlITough. 81
itiras 4 Dnaoerahc MeassGe ii. isgC
twas 1epeated by d Republican CONF
gress, and every Democrat il iii,
Honseof Representatives voted agains
its repeal. The sherman act was sub
stituted by1a strict party vote, every
Democrat IN the House voting agains
the substitution
On the 18th Of July, 1892, the Nc,
Coinage Bill was defeated in the H6Qs
BY aslose vote, nearly the whole Re