New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-16
REPUBLICANS IN THE WEST.
THOMAS IT. CARTER VOICES THEIR VIEWS
On THE SILVER LAW.
HERDS. FLoCKs AND CROPS IN ABUNDANCE
PERMANENT NATIONAL REPUBLICAN


HEADQUARTERS.
Thomas II. Carter, chairman OF the RepuDIca"
! National Committee arrived III this city on MOI
| day evening one object OF his visit l. 10 CONFER
! With prominent Republicans Of the East on tue SUD
ioct Of opening permanent National feacluarters'
,t dino, .t tho Union IAcue ,ub last evening with
| coruclu, ~ Bliss, L.. &. kcrcns ana one or Two
other well known Republicans. lie said TO tribune
reporter yesterday that he would call 'tic Nalioa'
! COMMITTEES together IN october or November lie
said lie did not know whether the Nauohai nc'u-
ouar,exs would be established here or in Washing
! Ton or elsewhere That wa, for tue committee 10
dcciic. When asked for his Views on the present.
| financial situation he said
Il am willing TO say that the entire west u
vitality interested I'm the silver question: p"' '''o
uiirc OF that region l. not alone dependent upon INC
manner I'm which tho problem may be solved. our
/ merchant, and banker, will be able 10 mccc l"'"
enslg,.mrnts think. whatever may be the result VI
,,,t nr future legislation with reference To nl'h-
c,I nrohlc,ns in general or silver In particular VIC
nav, cattle roaming over ten thousand tunes d '''o"
sand Lii, AM wool producing Shcep Oh "nn"''"
p,.tur,, grain growing over half continent hhu n
deed all the necessities Of life produced without h"i.
| b,d.noud.,t either II gold silver. And we feel
that we can assume the future OF the West 10 DE- SECURE
end independent Of gold, silver copper OF any o'"'r
+ ,,,.l Tln human race must cOntlnu, 10 iNt, not
vi,bstanding financial depression and aS our people
| haye food on which the race must continue 10 SUP
Is, We have no serious apprehension as 10 the
ability on their part Of meeting present ana future
obligations. ,....
49, ,,i,,,. q, This great Republic. And it may be
,tly taken for granted that mtioilc devotion TO IN"
,tor.,ts OF all the people of the United states VIII
ti,utc m the future in the past, the controlling
cmcr, in the decision Of public questions at the polls
Nos, Of the Mississippi River. The spirit OF secession
hu, nci invaded. will it ever ut any time ma IL
safe Judgment In the mountain genS OF the western
,ountty our people devoted 70 bmetalliSm
not onlv because it Is In their .tcrest. but because
tbcv b,lievc that tho Of gold and silver Will
proyn more lust and IL the long run equal valuaors
I, human labor than one metal can possibly be-
where do The Western Republicans stand upon
the question Of repeating the sherman silver a't1'
ASKED In" reporter
"The Western Republicans In favor OF honest
money and the payment OF 100 cents on II do'iar
for Avery dollar due. They believe that Il man
who deposited Il dollar In savings bank hN" ten
or fifteen years ago SHOULD to-day. or ten years
hence receive on his request one dollar OF equal
purchasing power With the dollar he has deposited
All western Republicans in common With those IN
The East. protest against any proposition when may
he .uggs ed to Impair the virtue or The efcacv "l
he currency The Republicans Of the Western country.
~ | understand their position, arc In FAVOR "i re-
healing the present silver law. hui with the under
stnrding that The cause OF bim"ttSm, that y. the
Joint use OF gold and silver shall he thereby faithfully
suservcd The people If the West are not allied
TO- nor are they IN sympathy with. any plan ior
tic purchase OF silver commodity In the market
The. existing silver law Is not what they sought.
nor ure they satisfied with ii. II Is the desire oi
IN, silver producers and indeed OF the people Of the
Wcst a, n iulc, that other law shall be- SUD
stituicd for the present one. that silver may ne
brought into use rs money metal In the channels
al commerce. ,.,..
What suggestion would you make as substitute
for the sherman act ,,, -
Many propositions have been suggested winch our
pro,,c think could be safely adopted one OF these
l. To dispense with the issue Of paper money under
ten dollars and substitute silver coin Of limited legal
lender. IL will be remembered that a proposition
VA, made by Il British delegate 10 the Brussels
international monetary conference TO dispense with
the issue Of paper money under ten dollars or gold
coin, under pound sterling. and use silver rs u
substitute. We're this plan TO be adopted u Is
believed that the volume OF the currency wonid d.
increased almost Immediately by one hundred millions
Of dollars. This i Of the means by which Inc
tlSc Of silver might be- safely incrclcd without u.s.
Grblng commercial conditions. There are tMny
other methods which could be- suggested. and which
are calculated to furnish solution OF the present
difficulties ana which the Democratic party NAV b.
able prop1und to the country: am unq'ialifiediy
In favor Of bimetasm. aud the use OF both eoio
and silver money metals