Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-09-26
a5irainia fire. 2ress.

In the course of speech at Crockett,
Tex, delivered on the afternoon of Septem-
Der s, Senator Mills said
"Now, Just as we have succeeded, the
land is filled with discomfort and complaint,
a number of dissatisfied spirits have gone
off from the party, following some strange
leaders, who propose to make them rich
Mr.. Jefferson said that the Government was
intended to secure our rights, not to make
us rich. The free and unlimited coinage OF
silver is one question on which we may diff
fer. 1t is not question of government, but
simply q matter of business. The great
Democratic party took the right position
when it declared for the couage of both
money metals We must have both, if pos
sible, as standard money.
'If had myself written that plank in the
national platform it could not have been
more to my liking, and it was incorporated
in your platform at the State convention at
Dallas. l want to say to you, as | said on
the floor of the Senate, if you were to throw
your minis open 20 the coinage of the world
not another dollar would be added to the
currency. When | said this in the Senate
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, admitted the truth
of it. He admitted that there is no silver
except such as is going into manufacture or
into coinage. All nations give free coinage
to gold and limited coinage to silver. In
the United States silver dollar is worth
100 cents because it is based on gold. In
Mexico it is worth but 90 cents, although
the Mexican dollars contain more silver
than the American dollar.
"You hear speakers denounce the great
crime of the American Congress in demon
citing silver in 1873. 1t was a great crime
when Germany undertook, with the thou
sand millions of gold she had extorted from
France to demOnetize silver, to buy up all
the silver money and force it out of circula-
ton; but Germany was forced by public
opinion TO retrace her steps and to abandon
her efforts to take silver out of circulation.
There has been no other attempt to demon
etize silver.
"The question with us is whether or not
it is wise to open our minis to free and un-
limited coinage Let the people hear both
sides and then determine. Since the estab-
lishment of this Government we have coin
ed 81, 40, 952, 273. Does this look like de-
monetization? This is 100000 more
than the mines produced. You may ask
how this could be. Simply because $lO,-
100000 of old coin have been reconed-
From % to so per cent, of the silver mined
goes into the arts and factories. There is
absolutely no silver in this country outside
of the United States Treasury that is not
either In coin or manufactured articles, and
the $l50,000,000 of silver bullion in the
Treasury is represented by its equivalent in
currency.
'In the first place there is not, as | said.
any silver to come into circulation; in the
second place, it would not stay if it came,
and in the third place, you couldn't get a
dollar unless you worked for it. Democrats
cannot steal. daughter and applause.)
Clones and Stewart and the other mine
owners want the minis thrown open free to
their product, but tell me, my Houston
county constituents, how are you to get one
of these silver dollars out of Jones pocket?
There is only one way to get a dollar hon
estly, and that is to work for it.
again you hear something about per
capita We have S24 per capita. That is
to say, there is enough money in the coun-
try to give each person $24 if it were equal
ly distributed, and yet people are groaning
especially the Populists. 10 the thirty
years Of the greatest prosperity Of this coun-
try we had only $ll per capita; but then
we had free trade and sailors rights-and
farmers rights, too If you had $50 per
capita under the present taxing system you
would have no more money than you have
now.
81 have bean one Of the strongest advo'
Gates of free silver; have spoken for it and
written for it, was in Congress when a
silver dollar was worth thirty cents more
than gold dollar When Germany was
attempting to demonetize silver | was in
favor of throwing open our minis to free
coinage; in favor of leading the way. !
saw silver decline. but | stuck to it and
wanted it free
"But when it had fallen so per cent. l
knew it was impossible 1t would be sim
ply foolish, when all the other civilized
countries were against it,"
The speaker gave a sarcastic description
of the flexible standard advocated by the
Popuists and rdiculed it, to the intense
amusement of his audience, which heartily
applauded the point he made.
"A iests prosperity lies in the ear
OF him that hears it, never in the tongue
OF him that makes it, Shakespeare.
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