The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-01
IMPORTANT CRUSADE

Against Free Coinage Inaugnrated by
President Cleveland's
Close Friends.
The New York Herald says, "An
important crusade against free
coinage will be inaugurated this
week. This method while it will
be separate from the Memphis
sound money convention, will aim
at the same objects and its purpose
will be to educate the public for the
money questions that are bound to
figure in the presidential election
next year. Whether or not the
movement has anything to do with
furthering Mr.. Cleveland's inter
ests for Il third term, Is not known,
but the fact remains that his near
est friends are identified with the
crusade about to be waged. Among
those are former Secretary Fair
child, John Dewitt Warner, former.
ly representative; William Coombs,
E. Ellery Anderson, Everett p.
Wheeler, Horace White and others.
A series of editorials will appear
regularly in thousand papers all
over the country beginning this
week, attacking the fallacles of the
silver policies.
"The head and center of the met
ropOlitan movement is the Reform
club of New York, which numbers
among its members nearly thou
sand of the representative men Of
the metropolis and twice as many
] more, who are scattered all over
the union. The club has been
working quietly for some months
past but now that all indications
point to presidential campaign
next year in which the leading is
sue will be the free coinage of sill
yer, they feel that an aggressive
crusade is necessary. Their Gus
tom has been to send out advance
copies of pamphlet puns bearing
on finance, but the great activity
of the silver advocates in the south
and west has made it necessary to
wage Il more comprehensive cam
paign, and hence the great plan of
utilizing the sound money news
papers in order to secure an ex-
tended cooperation i'm the work.
Nearly a thousand papers have
signitied their Willingness to print
the matter furnished by the club.
Nearly fifty of these Eapers are
, located in the Empire state. The
leaders of the work have also se-
cured the catalogue of every uni
versity and college in the land and
} will begin Mt once to disseminate
sound money literature to every
professor, post graduate and many
of the students.
: "FOrmer Secretary Fairchild, the
president of the Reform club, is en-
thusiastic over the outlook, aud
! when asked about the matter he
! said: ave are greatly interested
) in the Memphis sound money con-
venti0n and certainly shall cooper
| ate with that body in advocating
, correct principles Of finance. The
currency question is bound to play
} an important part in the coming
presidential campaign AMI the
! friends Of mon0metallism cannot
(, enter the list too soon against the
silver fanaticism that abounds in
? many parts of the country. We
: find that the south Is not half 80
: bad as certain parts of the west.
: Western states, notably where
Populism fiourishes to any extent
. are afflicted with the free col age
8 mania and all that that signifies.
8 II Is In the west that we shall have
} the hardest work and 1t for this
: reason that we have organized our
J forces to combat false theories OF
, finance. If this-country Is to pros
, per ii must be established on Arm
financial footing. Ofc0ur>e, II we
; get international bimetaiIisin, tlli.
> Is another thing"