Evening journal., 1894-05-16
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
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silver and the Platform.
To the Editor OF the Evening Journal.
SB.-At the last National Democrat 10
Convention certain resolutions were
adopted pledRing the party 20 the coin
age OF both gold and silver. lin tho fol
lowing language: I'VE hold to the use Of
both gold and silver as the standard
money Of the country. and TO the coin
age Of both gold and silver without dis
elimination against either metal or
charge for mintage, but the dollar unit |
Of coinage OF both metals must be Of |
equal intrinsic and exchGngeable value, |
or be adjusted through international |
agreement, or by such safeguards Of
legislation as shall insure maintenance
Of the parity OF the two metals, and the
equal power Of every dollar at all times
In the markets and in the payment OF
deb,s In addition 20 the above. aud as
expressive of the views of the Demo
cratic Senators and Representatives a
resolution was adopted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives at the time OF
the repeal OF the purchasing clause of
the Sherman law, in which is the following
language; And n is hereby declared TO be
the policy Of the United States to continue
the use Of both gold and silver as stan
dard money" And continues further
embodying In the resolution the same
language as is found In the Democratic
platform, and closes as follows, And 1t
is further declared that the efforts Of the
government should be steadily directed
TO the establishment of such safe system
Of bimetallism as will maintain at all
times the equal power of every dollar
coined or issued by the United States
In the markets, and in the payment
| - Iakfu % Sub he f,rtnef. i
pies, and pledges, on the question of the
coinage of gold and silver set forth by
the only bodies Of men having a right to
speak authoritatively for the Democratic
party. AS the EVENING JOURNAL claims
TO be the only Democratic daily news
! paper in the state, l would like to ask II
IL believes in the principles of the party
In reference to the silver question as set
forth In the platform Of the party and in
the resolutions Of Congress2 / am led TO
this inquiry because OF many editorials
, in the EVENING JOURNAL which have
- appeared from time TO time, and which
4 indicate that u has about the same re
gard for the pledges of its party on the
silver question, that Mill, German
Smith & Co, have for its pledges
y for tariff reform. The following from
}. an editorial In the EVENING JOURNAL
Of May 10th is a specimen The argu-
. ments and assertions Of bimetallists
however interesting or confusing TO tn
contrary, are more or less nonsense &C
r cording to the ability and learning Of th
q men who propose them" From the fore
e going standpoint the Democratic platform
= is nonsense, the resolution Of the Senat
and House Of Representatives is non
sense, no matter how learnedly or intel
ligently one may discuss the question
Is Is nonsense, the nonsense being only
n question of degree. B Btween the cours
,r Of some of the newspapers on the silve
question which claim to be Democratic
and the tradsmen Senators who are try
'e ing to defeat tariff reform, many loya
IL Democrats are inquiring "Where are "
ID at2' PLATFORM
~ The EVENING JOURNAL endorses th
g. letter and the spirit of the platform w
be believe in maintaining every dola
te coined or issued by the Treasury at equl
D. value; worth absolutely what It purpori
en- to be worth everywhere We have Il
to objection to free coinage at the min
be without discrimination among gol'
nd silver nickel and copper. The platfor
wisely makes that conditional on int
on Lhkl9NAl AklttAlNhlf hlh W aulu hhlt
an guards Of legislation as shall insure u
10. maintenance Of the parity OF the tv
e. metals" We are willing to wait 4
on that We have six hundred mi
We lion dollars Of silver in circulation
an we believe in using It so long as
X remains a suitable and safe currenc
Is aud in abandoning IL, as we won
abandon iron, nickel, or copper, when
nd becomes unsuitable or unsa e-waen
is silver dollar is not a dollar. We adhe
IN. strictly to all the principles and pledgl
nd Of the Democratic party. There is II
a principle we would deny or pied
Cd we would forsake. Perhsps the difIicul
Of platform" is in the definition
ro "bimetallists. In the above connecti
an we referred to those WHO offer sily
er money in its various phases, none
he them we'll defined just now, as a panac
tie for all ills, political and commercial Y
believe silver, as bullion or as money
.tv Of comparatively little Importance TO t
ave great and comprehensive question Of
cen tariff and taxation We prefer TO
,ad silver alone till we settle the tariff TO
GRO berry, aud then consider silver, II nee
b,r sary, with other matters Of currency a
on finance 1t is a monetary no. a polite
,ut question EDITOR.
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