Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-02
MISUNDERSTANDING 2, 1894.
Hi ON Silver.

Some doubt having been expresseu ~
% how Senator Hill stands on the silVer
ouestjon. we have overhauled ms IT,
ssra for the purpose Of asceftalhihs '"e
facts OF the case. In one OF MS sp''0'''9
IN the United States Senate year u
two ago he discussed that question WIN
much ability and at great lenS'h' ""u
loaded down the CONGRESSIONAL i'eS'."
with documents bearing upon the SUI
Goo, Mir. HHrs position, as well a. We
c,, loarn II from whatever sources "a IL
formation we have in our possesslo" -
briefly stated In the speech above men
toned in the words followins-'o VIZ
.,.rea timetable coinage eXecut,q j"
the ,nints Of one nation must % Wv ?
i've internationally 10y the preVaieHcs - -,
its ratio universally or IL mas Nv -,
for existence. 1t must be conn, ~ ~
I"' 'N.otl,c coinage. ACTUALLY
.Ikt<ITG ORR SILVER IN , - T.:
WHITE DOLLAR EVERY mn ,rI - -
rotIvALENT To THE GOLD IN i rs =;
<iioW DOLLAR. \ y d VIC
NERSh. .,.
person., who have assumed 'hat
Mr. I'm is In favor Of the Tree col'i'he
If silver at the ratio OF 10 to BECAUSE
no claims to be a bimetallist have Juihpe"
70 that conclusion. 1t Is one u"'"s
favor the free coinage OF SILVER "' "
r,,,o Of 16 to ]. and another 'hi"s ="
,,yor tho free coinage Of silver do'Ia'S
ho,,,o zach a gold dollars worth Oh
.u,.r bullion in it, Isn't 1t plain there-
g.. that 81 far as the silver question
10
poslng that Nh Hin VIII iail u So
tho support Of the Democrats Vi ~"
VII New Jersey, Pennsylvania Dci"-
.,.or. MARYLAND. and the New Ehsli"'
c...o.o >,r sherman. many years before
-, t1m went into the United sla'eS
Senate. offered an amendment ~
,ending in that body when Il II nav
oo,,a tho law of the land, would nave re-
o,,,re1 silver dollars to have each 50'N
do,,or.s worth of silver bullion in IT, HUN
arods ~ men in and out OF puohc lie
80 ,ronosel the same change IN the
e,,,or ,aws-a change which has never
commended itself TO our approval
dollars weighing two ounces each "ouiN
he an intolerable nuisance as "ouiu
IT, dollars whose weight should var!
Gov, dav 70 day to meet the huc'u"-
t,ons NJ the market for silver pulilon'
Mr. i'm also has a record on the SUD
- Tho free coinage of silver by the
United States alone. We quote; =,
Coming at the tail of thirty !eaIs 20
like detestable finance it eXcIuoeS 'iie r,,o
nm, ,,ossihilitv Of the United States aiohe
Il
or1 maintain a free bimetalhc coiiiase'
anu -, the exnense of some increase
- e,ald bonded debt, which instead oil III, ~,
ei,ring our future prosperity by the SUN
.,'',,a7,ration of free bimetalhc colhase, -
-, ,hroatened as another costly sacilliOe
-. stave off the cumulative perlls oI .ne
sherman law. Moreover 10 ITO
mic coinage by international asr -
49,, ora now shut up by the action VI 81
,'oli,ical parties in nominating TWO 0"i't'
49, and by the election OF one VIZ
bad previously avowed their app ~
frea timetable coinage, suoJect " ''
condition of foreign co-opera'''"
mis- declaration settles the question do
90 how Mr.. Hill stands affected towards a
au, international bimetallic conference
Ia saws that the United States Is smut
-, 10 free bimetallic coinage oy ih''ii'"
,ioroI agreement" He ADDS:
.I ooreider that the people of the United
CO are as much bound by their own
s sta now to the prior effort for 9ota obtain ne
foreign cooperation as they are bound uar 10y
soi,t resolution Of the two parues
together ,p to press forward to the common
goal" .s Ar I'LL,
II they were not thus oouhd' MI nm
would favor a bimetallic conference 'o'
he says: l., o,oo,
MY own personal conviction Is ,eS risai
MAT with adequate preparation, re'lse1
, , and competent administration ano
fr,sndlv administration. independent fret
iL,r coinage would be within the
power of the United States to establish tab,
and maintain; and for my own part
should far prefer that solution with nc
entangling foreign alliances OF 49,
$50 60 any International arrangement