The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-05
COINAGE OF SILVER.
SECRETARY CARLISLE ATTEMPTS TO
DECEIVE THE PUBLIC.

Political Claptrap Is Not What the Peo'
pie Are Looking For-Only Business and
Employment Meet the Public Demand
A Transparent Numbug.
The secretary Of the treasury is at
tempting to make great virtue out OF
the fact that the mint is now coming
silver dollars. His letter to Congress.
man Heard of Missouri ON that subject
is boast which is evidently intended
for the ignorant, who will not be in
formed of the uncandid purpose in put.
ting it before the public.
There could be no object in trumpet
ing to the country the fact that silver
dollars were being minted if it were not
to spread abroad the idea that the Demo-
cratic party is the friend of silver and
that they are increasing the volume of
money by coming silver dollars. The
truth is that the status Of silver is not
affected in the least by the coinage of
the bullion now owned by the govern
ment.
There are now outstanding and in
circulation among the people certifi-
is being coined. Whenever five or ten
of those new silver dollars are put in
circulation $5 or SO silver certificate
is withdrawn from circulation and de-
stroyed at the treasury department. The
department is doing the business public
no favor by this piece of financiering.
Any business man, workingman or pro-
fessional man who has 81 or So to han
die would much prefer the 81 or So Sill
yer certificates to the heavy silvor dol
lars.
1t is a piece of political ciGp,uap,
concocted and being carried out at this
time for the purpose of deceiving the
friends of silver in the south and west
into believing that the Democratic par
ty has returned to its devotion to the
dollar of the daddies. They will be put
in circulation in large quantities in the
south and west, so that every man will
come into possession of silver dollars Of
the mintage of 1894. The Democratic
country newspapers and the campaign
ers of the party will then tell the masses
that their party has restored silver to its
rrightful place. as money metal and
that the minis are running at full blast,
coming those dollars by the million.
They will challenge their auditors to 60
down in their pockets for q silver dol
lar, gaze ON its bright new face and read
the year of mintage stamped ON it. In
every case where man will have one
of those silver dollars he would have
had q paper certificate representing it if
the coin had not been issued. But the
Democratic orator or editor will not
tell that part of the story, and often
times the ignorant Democrats will be
convinced that their party is the sincere
and practical friend of silver. To all
attempts at enlightenment they will
flash up Carlisle's little jokers and de-
clare that no argument can wipe out
that bright hard dollar with the goddess
of liberty and 1894 stamped on it.
The Republican press and speakers
should employ every means to enlighten
the people as to this Carlisle trick.
They should be informed that the DEM
'ocratic administration places a very
low estimate on the peoples intelligence
when they attempt to deceive them
with such transparent humbug. The
base prostitution of the treasury to par
tisan ends only adds one more to the al
ready long list of reasons why Democ-
racy should and will be rebuked at the
polls next November. Syracuse IN. Y.
poct