Mohave County miner., 1894-03-31

having $2O0,OO0,000 We only would have
sioO,00O,OOO OF course it would not
matter whether the dollar were large or
small, but II We increased the silver
dollar We must necessarily increase the
volume Of currency in a less amount.
II We have just enough now we would
have less than enough then. That
means u constantly apprecia,ing stand.
ara 10 which ~e should necessarily con.
demn our people. Therefore We favor
o'me'allism at the present ratio; be.
cause II Is more convenient; because IL
Is better for business; because We would
rather do that than suffer The wrong and
injustice that would follow a change.
II We had an international agreement on
the basis OF l51s or 10 to /, we'll and
good, but shall We wait for an inter.
national agreement? We are waiting
and We have waited for twenty years.
Look at The conference we have had.
Look at the speeches that have been
male in congress. There has not been
an attempt made to restore silver, but
We have found men telling us that in a
short time now We were going TO have
an international agreement, and we
have waited patiently for an international
agreement, and those have waited most
patiently who don't want il at all.
We have said II Germany and France
will join Us We will nave AN agreement
aud Germany and France have -aii II
England will join US We will join you.
So We have waited, all vi Us, Tor Eng.
Land. Shall We say that this people
shall not legislate until England con.
sents? Shall We say that this nation
shall make her laws depend uppn the
will of England? Shall We say that this
nation shall IN Ike her laws depend npon
the will OF England? Shall We say that
this country cannot legslate for its own
people? An, there are people perh ips,
in this country, perhips living along
the eastern shore, better acquainted
with the Alps than with the grandeur
OF the Rockies, better acquainted with
the sunny skies Of Italy than the invig.
Grating breezes Of the Mississippi valley
who have their eyes turned Eistxsrd,
and " il for command but, between the
Alleghanies and the Golden Gate there
are people who are willing to trust the
republic, who are willing to act for them.
selves A people who are willing 10 cast
their all upon the Republic and rise or
fall With il. We mus, depend upon this
people TO bring about this legislation.
Yes, II want to bring England to terms,
IL We want to bring France and Germany
to terms, believe that the quickest way
to do it is to restore II ourselves and
let them follow after US Bnt suppose
We shonld fail? I have come TO this
conclnsion--it is no conclusion that |
state to you here in Colorado bec,use
yov believe in silver, IL IL conclusion
which have stated everywhere because
/ believe IT, II We must at last choose
between a single gold standard jDined by
all the world and single silver stand
ari maintained alone, | believe that this
government is not only permitted but
compelled TO take the standard Of silver
in preference TO gold.
Now We do not have 10 choose between
those alternatives, but IL we had To
choose. we must choose silver Why?
Il is common sense. n you fnd all the
world turning TO gold, is il not, more
sensible for you to turn to silver than TO
Join with them in hitting gold upon the
auction block? SO that every time gold
begins to leave our shores there Is trepi-
dation or that simply means that every
time a foreign nation wants to pull a
string, We have to dance; that You
cannot afford to join in the increased de.
mand for gold when We send cotton and
wheat abroad to get less price for il.
II we have TO choose between the two
we can choose silver. Our silver staying
here would enable US TO do business.
have simply given you few reasons
why | believe we must stand for bimetal-
ism. for the gold and silver coinage of
the constitution. for the use OF both
metals without discrimination against
either metal.
liow nv friends, | want you to remem-
Der that these two questions cannot he
separated. You cannot get people who
have fought for twenty years for tariff
reform and believed it unjust for the law