The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, May 7, 1895.

Washington, May Z, 1895.
The opponents of silver are just beginning
to realize that something more than few
letters from President Cleveland, who, by
the way, has never been generally recog-
nized as great inancier. will be needed to
meet the avalanche of silver literature.
With the realization comes the discovery
that there are few printed arguments in
favor OF the gold standard which are in such
shape that they can be utilized for general
circulation among the people. A Washing
: inpton bookseller who sells more largely to
politicians than any man in the country and
whose only direct t'interest in the matter lies
in his being able to supply the demand for
any sort of political literature says on this
subject: 'Tt is remarkable that practically
all of the popular financial literature Is on
the silver side of the question. There is
only one important book, Macleod's BIZ
metallism. which stands up. for gold, and
that is foreign publication. From all
kinds of sources-many of them surprising
come pamphlet arguments for silver.
There is great demand for any kind of popu-
ular anti-silver contentious, but with one or
two exceptions there is no material in the
book market that comes near to fulfilling
the requirements. 1t seems to me that the
administration, which is committed to gold,
should make some statement of its belief
which can be easily digested by folks who
are no experts in finance. am constantly
asked, verbally and by mail, if there is not
such . publication in existence. 1 can
supply the friends of silver with all the
arguments they want, but the demand from
their opponents goes unsatisfied simply be-
cause there is nothing to satisfy with"
There was q general feeling of relief in
Washington when the news arrived that the
dispute between Nicaragua and England had
been practically settled Although abso-
lutely nothing could be learned at the State
department about this governments acts or
intentions, the cable news from London
made il plain that the situation was a
dangerous one aud would continue to be as
long as the English ooc upied Corinto; few
hot heads or fools on either eide could easily
have started war that would almost Ger.
tainly have involved this country. As to
how the administration and Monroe doctrine
comes-ont of the affair. there are all sorts of
opinions, depending entirely upon the point
from which the matter is viewed. The
critics Of the administration are most
numerous, more numerous probably, than
they would be had the State department
made public the position of this government
instead Of refusing to give out anything con
corning it, as partisan politics seldom cut
any figure in the support given all admins
trations in dealing with our foreign relations
The U. 8. engineer commission which i
to make an inspection Of the Nicaragu
canal, in accordance with an act of the las
Congress, will sail from Mobile, Ala, thi
week, on the U. s S. Montgomery, goin
direct to Greytown, which is at one end 9
the canal, or rather the proposed cana
The report of this commission will probabl
be an important factor in determining whs
Congress will do about the canal, as it wi
contain much that has not been obtainab
rom sources calculated to inspire conf
dence.
Hon. Charles Foster, Of Ohio, who WI
President Harrison's Secretary of the Trea
nry, is in Washington. When asked wh'
he thought tho two old parties would
with the financial question he said: ''Tf
Republicans will not vary from their pr
sent attitude, but will stand pat on the
previous declarations. The Democrats wi
be dominated by the free silver wing of IL
party and, after coming out squarely #
free coinage in their national convention
will put up candidate in known sympatf
with that policy"
Ex-senator Blair, Of New Hampshir
offers this solution of the silver questio
which s significant when his residence al
party afiliation are considered: "Let Go
gress declare that on July l, 1898, IL
country shall begin the free coinage of silv'
Phat will give the world notice. If tn
shonld be done we would have no me
trouble than we did in resuming specie pa
nents Of which notice was given four yel
ahead The other nations would fall in Ii
gracefully, for they would be in measr
compelled to do SO. The idea Of securi
international consent by any other meth
is snare and delusion. The world net
silver and the United States can well aft
to take the initiative 10 its rehabilitation
Dedbroke--Let me give you my note