The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-07-22

3ncu enc u,a,s,-, ..--..s.. 90 49,
aopcd would stampede the last phnlauN OF
bimetallsm's defenders, must have had, as
lnc Of It's chief alms, the intimidation OF the
senate To bring 1t In line with the subseryicnt
lower house
Immediately the wires were burdcned with
appeals 10 the president from banks and
clearing houses and commercial bodies doml-
mated by them, for an extra ses. on, and 10
scnator- To repeal the sherman law, which
1t was claimed. was responsible for all the
disaster.
The call was made The time for the ex'
ira session 10 commence is early, so early, in.
deed. that may 1t not have been the hope OF
the president that the panic would not SUI.
side sud The measure OF repeal ne forced
through before reason resumed its sway,
and truth and logic could dominate the con
grcss,
The enemie. of blnetllli-m-and they now
fairly outnumber all those who opposed free
coinage for silver alike with gold, rs II was
before the decentralization OF silver In ls'3-
openly declare that they viii he content with
nothing les than the unconditional repeal OF
the silycr-punchH7lns clause of the SHERMAN
law. il is fni that they struggle, II was to
secure that she panic created and free
coinage .r india sue Icn led.
That means striking from the Laws the last
remnant OF legislation that secure, free coin-
age for silver 1t iircs the United states
firmly In the ranks OF the single standard ma
ton. II is the consummation Of the con
splracy organized Al the close of the Franco
Prussiun war TO destroy a. money 81 ultimate
redemption onc-hAli OF the coined money OF
the world-leav.ng the other half to bear alone
the vast mountain OF credit upon which the
worlds business Is conducied-lnyltiug more
frequent panics ani rendering them more
destructive and enduring.
IL is idle to hope that reducing the value OF
silver to the lowest stage will force Great
Britain TO seek International solution of tue
dilemma The home OF the single standard
power Is In her Islands Its members have
fully anticipated the low degree to which sill
yer will descend. They have discounted It's
disturbance OF their Indian trade, aud sterlcd
their hearts against the crime It Will be 20
their Indian subjects. The power that could
plot for II years, that could force IT, yoke
upon Germany, the Latin Union, Austria and
the United States; that could gain to It's aid
the daily press Of the country; that could
control for 70 years the national conventions
OF the great American political parties
granting In their platforms professions OF bi-
metalllsm, but always securing the pre-iden-
coald change an everlasting sentiment among
the people for hlmctalllsm to a feeling OF en-
NIFTY or Indifference can never be induced to
relent, for II has counted the cost, and has
learned IT, power.
The Sherman Law Is not the work OF the sill
yer producing states. II was forced upon the
country against their Will. Their constant
demand has been that of the agricultural
states Of the West and South, and of the
working masses of the whole country. They
have not sought to impose upon the country
some new financial no.trum, but have asked
for the restoration of the coinage laws as
they were from The fret year of the federal
constitution until the furtiyc repeal OF 1873.
The sherman law was the trick by which that
restoration was defeated II was accepted by
bi-mctalllsts Is a pledge that the old laws
should, ut some future time, be restored aud
they now demand, not that the Sherman law
shall be retained but that the hostage shall
be redeemed by the ro-ennctment In It's stead
of the coinage laws under which the country
grew and prospercd for more than three
quarters OF century.
The charge that the bl-metalll-ts demand
that 90 cents shall be made dollar Is lie.
Ii was the trick Of the single-standard con
spirators that lessencd the value of silver.
Had gold been dcmonetized instead OF silver,
retaining for silver its greatest use and
chicfcst function. and depriviug gold OF Its
greatest and chlctcst function, gold would
not to-day be worth - per ounce and sllyer's
value aud purchasing power would be In
creased largely above Its former highest fig
urc.- What bl-metallists 10 ask, and all they
ask is that the law relating to coinage as it
was for the -cvcnty-iive year. of the couutry's
greatest glory shali De restored without the
addition or cNpunging oil syllable III, with
that law re-enaeted and " fair trial OF 1t had
silver shall not, without the purchase OF an
ounce oil metal By the government, resume
US former relative valne with gold, bi-Inetal-
lists VIII cheerfuliy submit TO any legislation
that experience Will suggest as necessary to
make every dollar OF the United States equal
In intrinsic value to every other dollar bear
ing It's stamp They urge the old law with
supreme confidence, born of the unassailable
truths oil history. that II VIII Immediately
place every coined American dollar upon
par o! value both ~ coin and bullion, restore
the bonds of weakened love and confidence
and set in happy motion the wheels OF all the
country's magnificent Industries
WIN you listen TO US while we speak In
words of sober carncstness of the local effects
of the unconditional repeal of the silver law
Will hayei
The silver mining states and territories,
embracing l,OOO'On square miles OF the con-
tinent, with 2,ooO,0Jc Americans inhabiting
them, depend peculiarly upon silver mining
for their prosperity. That industry is the
very heart from which nearly every other IN
dustry receives support Agriculture VIII
not thrive without artificial irrigation, us
mines oil coal, iron, stone and clay, WINE
maghihcent, are worked WIN snch dear iabor
ana are so remote IRON other than local mar,
kcts thht thcir movement would DC iecoic anu
their operation disastrous without the stmu-