Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-05-03
Time to Stand Firm.
SIGNIFICANT LETTER FROM CON
GRESSaAN PASCHtL On the
POLITICAL SITUATION.
The President Not an Enemy OF the
White Metai-Demacrats Should
Not Desert the Party In
the Present Crisis.

W ASHlNG ION, II. u, At'tii ~.
Hon. Thomas M. Paschai of Texas :,
who represents the San Antonio dis
trict in the House of Representatives.
and who is regarded as man of
considerable strength and original
ity, has written a letter to a friend
on the political situation. 1t de-
serves attention. especially at this
time, when Democrats in various
States that are going to have con-
ventions this year are arguing with
themselves as to what treatment
they ought to administer TO the adj
ministration.
Mr.. Paschal's correspondent, who
is a member of the Texas Legisla-
ture, wrote to him complaining of
the administration and asking on
! what lines it could possibly be de-
Tended before the people. This is
1
Mr.. Paschal's reply. 1t will bear
careful reading:
House OF Representatives, Wash
ington, ID. c., April Ito Hon.
Joe f. Brown, Cherokee, Texas !:
Dear Sir and Friend Your long
and interesting letter was received
and read with much pleasure. Now,
as to silver, it is too lengthy, too
complicated and too tedious to go
| into details in letter, but | assure
you there is no stauncher friend oi
! the white metal than | am, if may
/ be permitted to use rather inaccu-
rate phrase, as a mans being a
''friend of metal'' or any other form
that money takes. | am sincere
bimetalIist. | voted for several OF
the ratios, forget now how many nor
does it matter, but | doubted sim
cerely our ability to alone maintain
the parity.
| | believe the gold, or single:
/ standard countries desire nothing SO
much as that the United States
commit herself to practical, free and
unlimited coinage at the ratio of 16
to /. The result would be to throw
us on the single silver standard,
which would be as fatal to the pros
perity and commercial greatness o.
our country as the gold standard
| would be. To prove that l am right
see how rapidly the sentiment is
maturing in the great gold standard
nations toward bimetallism. Silver
is gaining rapidly. We have forced
the great commercial nations to s
serious consideration of the necessity
TO cooperate in order to secure its
enlarged and equal use of gold
Recent events in Europe make il
clear to all thinking men that con-
ference will be proposed by England
or Germany. doubt the policy O
the proposition coming from the
United States now.
! But, waving that, if it would be
advisable to cause these nations tC
enter into an agreement with us
you, upon reflection will agree with
me that | have neither the standing
or experience in the councils of the
party to move in so important 6
matter. Such a bill would have tt
be fathered by one of the oldest and
most prominent members of the
party, a recognized leader on the
floor of the House or Senate, in Or
der to insure that degree of consid-
Grafton necessary to success. Ii
valued only my individual success,
or desired to do something to make
a cheap reputation, | know full well
that this or many other bills might
be offered by me, but | cannot do
things from such motives. There is
no particular hahn or vice in it, but
my whole life is against it. To re-
store bimetallism is a great and i'm
portant question, too great and inn