Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1894-01-03
DUE TO WILSON BILL


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Jsnu<ry II. Ia = tbs sr>c1si prc~ince
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he sald 80 devote sis sfionsson 90
the nstssr q party ~ork and orc4n,ss.
t,op rGort throughout the oeoutry. Ua>
leading questsoc which WI cone before
the oonas.itts< IL that of active co-,1>rts.
ton In the nexf conRre<sso1si cemI,&.<n.
xifh the conErrxsonsi connsftce - tAt
extept the national orT1nl1stioa Dss
properly act The onflook frur, the
purely psstisan point II wee. IN ! rcr.
eral way. seens - me- uuch hriefitef -
the republican psrty than f<s fhe ooun.
try ~ large
uader the shadow Of pr~< Irs1e
Had anyone predicted things that kzss
become matters u history duEinQ the
last year. While the campaikn 2ib1l
Sas In prngrc<s their preiiclson FoDld
have been chEr2eterizea 40 the raFlkg
of dssordered psrsl<sn mind Nhlie
IL IL true that the laws remain eonerslls
as they we're before the election. the
fact is that all dealers have disconnfed
the conditions expected o. De brought
abcut by the passage u The 80 called
" iison ball % such al sktcnt that ve
have been under the shadow ~ free
trade. CT tariff reform through the dis.
counfing system for the lae; fourfncn
months The daily experience ~ every
man 81 business aud adams viii furnish
an ample commentary without ans
special criticism from any conmitiae.
Cartcr's Views rpsa silver.
In regard 90 the silver question. l
believe 10 is true that a great mAlority
Of the citizens Of the unlted STATES
without reference % localities are
opposed 10 gold monomefalism and Ia
favor of the use of both gold ard silver
as the bzsis q monetary system The
republican party fasors the two metals
and In my judCmcnt ~ " The only poiit-
icai Organization capable ~ dealing
with that important encrtion
In logical Way In this
country. The proposition q,
the Philadelphia manufacturers and
business men an favor of the ooinsrc ~
tho American product of SILVER add
shutting out al foreign silver by pro-
hibitory relgn,orsge and dividing the
profits on the coinage of Asnericzn pro-
duct between the producers aud the
government would prove ben>fcla and
Satisfactory both east snd ~est
RcpsbIic.ns Can frH>cs skive<.
The republican party eau logically es.
tend 70 silver the pssne'rie of prciec.
ton. but the dcmocf4f party c2upol
logically deal with the subject IN this
manner. The coinage Of al the product
| OF the American silver nince
would not incrcase our currcncs
moro than per cent Per snnum. l ~
member quite well thsf the late L.
mentcd Secretary q the Treasury Win.
dom presented 10 the committec on coin
| see. weights and measures of the house
a very well considered table a. hxurt-s.
showing that they might increase our
silver eurrency , per cent per snnum
without thereby cndsngering In the
course of q century the relative proper.
tions of our circulation 20 the volume II
businees and population.
-lt 10 apncceEsary 10 consider The
peoples party any longer as fsctor
/ In the political situstson az the country
| A few officials that they have elected
have made themselves very obnoxiou-
20 the citizenship thai elected them end
exhibit such vild. weird and incprrlgi.
ble dispositions that Tie party ubence
they sprRng siil sctreely be gwen =
hearing In any futrrs slectiona