Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-02

supported by real evidence, no further
time need be spent upon that subject
But for the fact that silver after
wards fell 50 greatly in price, we
should never have heard anything but
praise of the act of 1873. And the
story told by Mr.. Luckenbach.
whether it originated with him or
with Mr. SeEj, would never have
been invented Mr.. Mills seems to
complain that | did not take time to
specifically deny ia detail. each one of
his statements. He will. no doubt,
admit, that apologized for not doing
so, by reason of want of time. and
that | explicitly stated. that / only
selected few misstatements out of
the lot, as samples. so to speak, of
the whole. To avoid any further
misunderstanding i'm that respect.
bee to assure Mr.. Mills, that it was
no part of my purpose then, and is no
part of my purpose now, to follow
him into the field of theory or spccu-
lation | dealt and meant 70 deal
only With a fe% samples of his mis-
statements as to facts. / beg further
to assure Mr.. Mills. in reply to his
kind suggestion, that, to the very
best of my knowledge and belief, |
have no cousins, English or otherwise,
interested in any, on ever so remote
ly, in debating our financial policy,
or in the destruction of the silver
industry of my Gown country" |
beg further to assure Mr.. Mills, and
his fiat money allies, that / have no
interest in the question under discus
sion. except that which feel as a
citizen. | am neither a Gold bug
nor a "Silverite" | hear no theories
whatever upon the matter, at least
none that | care to publish, or that
the public will care to read. | do not
claim to know enough about it to
form theories or to speculate. | am
only concerned with the truth of his
tory, and am not willing, that, so far
as it is possible to correct it from
contemporaneous record, falsehood
shall 90 down in history as truth,
without, at least an attempt on my
part, to show what the truth is. Per
sonally, can say, and say truthfully.
that have no choice between dou-
bic standard, if that is possible. (and
whether it is or not | do not profes.
t. know, except what past experience
tea ehes) and single gold standard
or a single silver standard. The only
interest | feel in the matter is, thai
the dollar, whether of gold or silver
or both, shall be an honest dollar
worth one hundred cents, and not a
mere sham dollar worth less thar
Sixty cents. Mr.. Mills win Therefore
please to excuse me. if decline t
discuss with him his pet financial
theories. emphatically deny that
as matter of fact, one half or any
other part Of our supply Of standard
money" has been striker out, as Mr.
Mills asserts. and consequently. deny
with equal emphasis. that any of the
consequences. which he asserts have
resulted from that alleged fact, have
ar sen. | repeat, that. since 1873, tn,
4123 grain silver dollars have been
restored to all the qualities that they
ever possessed, and have been coined
in enormous quantities, and that
nevertheless, practically no one. not
even a silver statesman viii IKE them
if he can help it except as change, anc
| that, because no one viii take them
they are corded" up, so to speak. il
vaults specially built by the Govern.
ment at great expense, toreceiye them
To avoid any further misunderstood.
ing between Mr. Mills and myself a.
to what part of his statements | do OF
do not deny, and the necessity Of any
further discussion upon the subject.
beg leave to say that have carefully
read his two communications and
that, SO far as his statements Of
alleged fact are concerned | deny
each and every one Of them. which
| have not in this aud my former
paper admitted to be true. aud "a,
to his theories, ! decline to discus.
them because | am sure that ! do
not, and it is perfectly certain that
be does not. know enough about the
subject TO justify either Of us in trsut-
ing our theories, or .thc faith that Il
in rs. upon the public.
W. +. CARTER.