The Van Buren press., 1895-05-18
SNAP JUDGMENT.
senator George Says the American
People So Regard the Act Of 1873.

CARROLLToN, MISS, May 9.-In
an interview on the money ques.
lion Senator James z. George
says: "The rresen. exhibition OF
a sentiment in favor of free coin.
age is rather a disclosure than a
growth. The American people
have never been satisfied with
the act demonetizing silver in
1873. The act was a snap judg.
ment taken against them by a
furtiye and disingenious parlia.
mentary trick. The question had
never been discussed in public,
nor was /. even considered in
Congress. But few members
knew that such would be the
effect of the act. Our country
then being on paper basis solely,
it had no immediate perceptible
effect. The resumption of specie
payments did not take place for
several years afterward. AS soon,
however, as knowledge Of the
act became general, and as early
as 1877, and before resumption Of
specie payments, the people,
through their representatives in
Congress, expressed their en-
phatic disapproval in the passage
of an act for the free coinage o1
silver"
The Senator then quoted the
national Democratic platforms Of
1884, 1888 and 1892, favoring the
"gold and silver money of the
constitution"
Continuing, he said: "The
language was plain and unequivo
cal. Nor was it language under
stood to mean, as afterward was
claimed by the gold monometal
lists, that we should only have
free coinage of silver by
International agreement. Tba1
such argument is now made 8
condition of the free coinage O
silver is plainly q discrimination
against silver. The Republican
national conventions of 1888 ant
1892 declared in equally emphatic
terms for the free coinage O
silver, as did the POpulis
national convention in 1892.
at will thus be seen that il
every possible way the American
people have from 1877 to tht
present time declared fol
reconciliation.
"What has happened in the las
few months is not a rapid sprea(
of free coinage sentiment, but {
general and emphatic expression
of disgust at the delay in givin:
voice and legal force to the wishes
and sentiments Of the great mass
of the American people and o
resentment at the attempts Il
stife that voice and to faster
upon the people g0lt
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
"The people see instead of free
coinage, as promised by al
parties, that the partial coinage
we have had has been taken away
and that now, since the resump
ton of specie payments by the
general government, for tht
first time we are without a law
authorizing the coinage of {
standard silver dollar. They SEE
also that in many quarters all dis
guise has been thrown off ant
that gold monometallism is openly
proclaimed as the true policy Of
the government. They see also
that the excuses heretofore given
for delay in giving free coinage
are miserable pretexts, which only
delude and deceive. Among
those pretexts they are especially
disgusted with the one which
promises free coinage by agree
ment with the great nations o
Europe. The leaders of th'
Republican party are general,
astute enough to see the drift o
public sentiment and general.
are wise enough to yield to it.
think they will not declare fo
gold monOmetallism, or which il
the same thing, against th'
coinage Of silver unless by inter
national agreement. l think
doubtful whether they will maxi
any declaration either way il
unequivOcal terms.
III believe the Democrat,
nationa. convention will be force,
by the predominant sentiment o
the party to declare squarely ant
without equivocation or evasion
for the independent, free coinag
by the United States without tn
co-ope ration Of other nations"
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