Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-08-10
Gen. 6eorge on the Silver Cues
tisa.


surauce and Banking Company,
giving his views on the silver
question:
CArEwaE-H. xEAE CKRE-EEroy.l
A-EE J.. 1911
MAJ J i Bi.lupS:
Dear Sir-I received your let
ter asking certain questions a
TO ~ position on what is termed
the silver question Just on the
eve OF my departure for wash
ingtOu, and I row answer Il
amidst constant interruptions
consequent on arranging and
packing books and memoranda
neeGfal TO NY service in the
Senate. The questions you pro
pound are a. follows
/. Do you favor the repeal of
the entire Sherman silver act,
CT only the compulsory par
chase act
AIe y2u in fayo- Of the en-
eetmea. Of any Law for the free
coinage Of free silver, and if SO,
upon what rstiOs
Ny answer to the first qucs
ton Is, that / Dc not favor the
unconditional repeal of that act.
nor OF the compulsory purchase
clause | do not Ike the act !.
It was q scheme, as stated by
Mr. Sherman. to defeat the free
coinage Of SilY er, and for that I
opposed It. The repeal Of it, or
Of the clause designated by yen.
IL now urged fer the manifest
p1rpOse of completing the par
tial demonstration of silver il
sanctions 1 shall. therefore.
vote n above indicated unless
the repeal be aeeoEFaLied-I
say accompanied. not mertly
PrOuised-by 4 p%r0si-I2a which
either fully restores silver "a ]
money metal OF. that teiEg Tn
attaiEable, thea by a proyi~i0n
mere favorable to such restors
ton thln the act itself.
To your second qEeseiCn | an
swer- that | am nov, as ! have
been all the tine, ia favor Of
the coinage OF silver on the
sane terms aud ions IS
gold, AMI believe that the gov
ernmeks should not 6iScrImI
nate between the two metals
la February, 1891. when a can
Gidate for re election TO the
Senate, [ wrote 10 q committee
OF the Carroll County Alliance
that | favored ~tLe free coinage
of gold and silver and I be
E.sve that | reiterated the state
uleBt N every speech | made In
that CANVASS The Democratic
party OF this State assembled in
convention Il June or July OF
that year. declared IA the Plat
form that We believe that
gold and silver Should be coined
on the same terms ard condI-
tons, and that when the govern
ment shall cease - discriminate
between them they viii freely
circulate side By side and be
equally Issfal and acceptable &c
the people
This declaration aade BIZ ne
IS 4 pledge 70 the people a. to
my action a their Senator, AID
this resolution CT the State con
veatI1n Is also a pledge binding
on ne as on othsr members Of
the party Ties pledges I
mean IN good faith TO redeem
in letter and in spirit
An inclined 20 believe that
reconciliation On the present
ratio VII, n al probability,
make the gold and silver dollar
equal should II be shown h0~
ever. that this is Incorrect IsTi
then favor .Uch new ratio a.
viii accomplish this equality
Whether, when n new ratio shall
BE- adopted, It sh0aId De broagkt
4bSCs b. adding to the siIver CT
sGbtr@etIBg from the gold dollar
xii depend On whether il shall
be asesrtsinel that gold has RS
en- II value; as it certainly haS
nOv or silver has E.Ien-l
shall favor such addition or sub
traction ~ VII. as near a. nay
be, keep tie d0llar-the unit Of
our eHrreney-at ia old yalae,
no Injustice will be
10 debtors or creditors.
You suggest IA your letter
that ny answer be treated a.
confidential i'll prefer. To this