The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-05-12
THE SILVER QUESTION.
-. A;ehiscn Champion Replies 10
It's critics.


lion silver dollars coined during the
last year AL over supply. The trouble
is right here MIR. Nescs, thaL tl1 silver
certificates, under u ruling of tie treas
;ury department, are made redeeniable
in yoId-sirtu..lly pakiny gold the
st.''ttas4 ~ W., sad advertising to
the commercial world that n silver
dollar or its representative in u silver
certificate IL, like the national bank
rote and tn. treasury notes. aspeayent
lor it's real value u.Wn the ability Ut
ihe ,goyssn,nent 10 re'ieem them in
soId. Uidsr the practice of tho treas
ury department which has been for
yosrs in close partnership with the gold
gamblers Of Wall street, silver is thus
S,rtgslly aelponeti.ed ~ = standard Of
,.l4s. aud guild j. mads the single
standard by which all other money
js,urd by authority Of the United
states Is measur ID. Now, let the
Hes0' answer these aSs!sstion;: "why
Nxs silver demonetfzsd BY tie AmsEi-
can congressr''
lis it not true that the president OF
tln United States and every member
VI the house " senate lwiIo was n
iHeipby III chat tin,e), who las ex.
pfsssed ny opinion in public in regarG
10 that characterization, with the single
exception Of JoLb sherman. has denied
that lie knew IL was intended to
:lemOnslize silver2''
II 10 MAS WRONG ~ demonetlze silver,
why should it not be restored " its
place i'll the mint oCicupieA tHeHly
,sars asos
n, Us the Ne,cs assumes, silver has
been rou,ulletized by the Sliermah bill,
witty does the Treasury department
L,s,st that silver certificates are re-
deei,ablr in guld'
Could thef6 W. amy legitimate object
ia that ruling except ~ weaken sill, er
i'iid strengthen KOIu!
las that ruilny Of the treasury
department helped amy one outside vi
Me gold gamblers in New York;
Dous li,e Ne.os think the platform
.st'pIl political part,si deliberately lied
'xi,en they declared ia favor OF making
u dollar III silver the equal Of Il dollar
in gOldS
= Dues the Nc,cs think that it is good
p0!.tics or sound business judgment
Tor k;Insas repu blIcaus TO join i,al,,is
with Wall street ii, deneullciI,g the
silver dollar as Ia dishonest doli;,r''-
Ia sevehty-cent doliur," and in ,leri,i
ing every citizen who uares ~ insis,
:pun making tie silver dollar the full
equal Of the dollar in gold AZ til.
United States n,i,nJ
''1fAat'tlie Champion insists upon il
simply this, that The Sherman law
shall he repealed and substitute pr;,c
LEGALLY In its rL.ce the silver coinag'
law repealed in 1873. The reason fo
tliat demand 10 this-tliat gold slial
nO longer he made the club held owe
the American congress and threaten!
jig t4s; kaatnsss arrangements Of .h
eUa,ntry every time y lot Ut c0nscience
less gold gamNlsrs in New York rusl
into the treasury and demand the vol,
I'm their treasury notes Or silver Gel
'tili1xtes. Ii this is any excuse for POI
.onal abuse Oh the part Of the organ
u President C'svsi...s4l slld Wall stree
n'd 'fsPyglicsn payers like the Mary.
Wills Nssss, the Champion will try NJ,
i've through IL.
The CAsn.pson believes that all do
Earn" coined, both gold a'id silver
saeqha Asyv MAJ less than ~ per cell
PURE metal, and that both should ente
the mint upon equal terms, and thu
The government should purchase Il,
bullion ut its market price and pay fs
tim ths actuai dollars cOined frOm III
bullion. Tie government, not til
uwners Of the bullion, should have tn
benefit, II any ,as,crues, from its cOii
sSe. 1'bs value Ut the bullion put inl
'tts dollars, whether silver Or gole
should be controlled by the govern
inent. More dollars in u pound Of COL
and less dollars In pound If siive
with each dollar in either metal bel
III par, ami fOrbidding the hosrding {
rInisr p!st.lt by ANY DAnk, banker {
banking association, would defeat til
aims OF tho E,id gamblers and e,,abl
the treasury u hold at'riic,e,lt amour
vIsilver and guild coin " redeem til
laper currency Oh demand. Tbl
nation is AMPLY able to coin its wv
money vs. it did for four tifths Of u cel
tuEy prior to 1873, making Uile col
uollsr rs gOot as another, whether j
xoiSt or silver. The Chan.pio" believe
that the great mistake iu the tre:,sur
Department has bee1l III its cVnstai
eifort 70 i.ssnsse the monetary systsr
polely il the interests Of the none
loan,lg classes, OF New York and Ne
Esslaud. We ti,,nk that policy is nt
only ssfio,ts wrong BAT -crin,e. W
believe the monetary system Of II
nation should To arranged to meet II
business snee.ls Of. the men who Ow
and till The soil, the men who ear
their living IN the Shops tire mines AL
factories, the men who borrow to en-
park in business and who pay ,nteres
There il mvre " Jess pssterualism in