The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-31

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Treasury and Conservative leader,
to tho effect that he was not author
ised to pledge the Ministry to favor
an international monetary confer
ence, and that he did not believe
that any good can como Of such .
conference 1t this time, has excited
widespread interest. The opponents
of the conference in Germany have
been greatly encouraged, says the
San Francisco Chronicle, 40 ap-
pears from = Berlin dispatch to the
London Times, and that paper, %
the representative Of the English
gold monomstallists, il gloating
over tho assertion made by one Of the
leading journals of Berlin that the
position assumed BY Balfour will
put an end to tho deliberations Of
the German Imperial Government
on the question. "Only noisy agita-
tors, says the Berlin paper, "believe
that action is possible without En-
glands cooperation"
But it 10 in the United States
that the official declaration Of the
Salisbury Ministry against an in
ternational conference.-the state
ment of Balfour in the Commons
means nothing less-it is in this
country that the change Of attitude
of the Conservative leaders is likely
to have the most important effect.
American bimetallists who have
thoroughly studied the subject and
who have carefully weighed the
chances for the restoration of silver,
have long since abandoned all hope
of a return to bimetalIism through
international action. The money
power in Europe, whose hope of
continued gain lies with gold mo-
nometallism, has an overmastering
influence in the councils of Euro
pean governments. When Balfour,
who Is an advanced theoretical
bimetallist, is heard to declare az
soon as he takes Office that no good
can come of an international confer
ence, it means that the Rothechilds
and other money kings have decided
that the governments shall not
yield.
American bimetallists understand
this, as already said. and have come
10 the conclusion that the only wise
course is to agitate for and demand
the restoration of free coinage at
The ratio of 16 to by and through
tho separate and independent ac-
lion of the United States. This,
they confidently contend, would re-
store bimetallism not only in this
country, but throughout the world.
The monetary requirements of the
United States and the financial
strength of the Republic are 80 great
that the surplus stock Of silver in
the world could be absorbed and the
parity of the two metals at the coin
age ratio would be restored ut once.
There are three classes of people
in the United States who are oppos-
ing the restoration of bimetallism
by independent action. OF course,
those who openly favor gold mono
do so without reserve.
Then there is q class Of pretended
neutrality-suspicious. generally
who effect to favor the restoration
Of silver, but who declare that it
would be financial suicide for the
United States to attempt to act with
out the cooperation of the CONNER
,ial nations of Europe. Those who
belong to this class are not bimetal-
lists at all, but gold monometallists
1t heart.
There are also many sincere BIZ
metallists who may be classed to-
,ether, who have thought it best to
bring about the restoration of sill
YER, if possible, through an interna-
.ional agreement. From one cause
Or another they have feared the
effect Of independent action BY this |
country. But they are men who
hold the restoration of bimetallism
n some way as the first considera-
ion and who will give their adhe-
ZION to the policy Of Independent
action the moment they become
convinced that there is no hope oil
International action.
The apostasy Of the Conservative
eaders in England who have been
;lassed as bimetallists will have the |
good effect of satisfying tho weak
kneed among American bimetallists
hat the only safe way is to push the
cause in this country without any
'egard whatever to the movement |
# international action.
Lizzie Sherley, lunatic, was
Killed by the attendants at q Gin
;innati asylum one day last week.
She imagined that she would die if
he partook Of any food and since
Ter advent the attendants have had