Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1895-08-16

Free Coinage of Silver, but
Was not Particular
About the Ratio.
In the Fast issue OF the COURIER
we took occasion to reprimand
Editor RAIDER. OF the BruDsWicker,
on account OF an alleged interview,
purported to have been had with him
by q reporter OF the Kansas City
Times, In which Brother RAIDER was
quoted as saying that Charlton
county was for the free and unlim-
tied coinage OF both gold and silver,
but was not particular about the
ratio"
We believe at the time Mr.. RAIDER
was interviewed by the Times re-
porter he was on his way to the
Democratic state convention, at
Pertle Springs, and was under in
struetions from Charlton county
Democrats to vote for a resolution
favoring the free and unlimited coin
age of both silver and gold at a ra-
ito of 16 to 1.
We doubted the genuineness OF the
interview, or rather of Mr.. RAIDERS
having been rightly quoted, for we
were well aware he knew better, but
we thought, perhaps, that he, like our
now despised Riley, was seeking no.
toriety through newspaper inter
views, and we therefore deemed il
our duty TO warn our journalistic
brother OF the political pitfalls that
line the pathway OF a free silver
Democrat in allowing himself to be
interviewed by the representatives
of gold-bug sheets, who never miss
an opportunity to place words in a
silver mans mouth he never uttered,
but always twist his language into
something that will help the cause
of gold monometnllism, and degrad,
silver.
The Kansas City Times reporter:
interview OF Mr. Raider seems to have
been no exception to this Iule, aud a;
Perry positively asserts that he was
misquoted, we gladly grant hin
space to tell his own story. Here it 10
Brunswick, No. Aug. IL. '95.
ED. CouzER.-I made no such Statement
as was attributed to me in the kansas CITY
Times Of August 9th. wrote to the edito
OF that paper from Pertle Springs denyins
his statement that I was not particular
about the ratio being 16 TO 1, stating tha
ell the Charlton county delegates to tn
state eonvsntion believe that 10 once th,
government provided for the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to !
that the bullion value Of silver would so nd
vance because OF the increased demand tha
Il would soon be about equal to its eoinag,
value. and requested the Times to publish
this letter in common fnirnsss to me and tn
delegation The letter was mailed in time e
have readily reached the Times Office earl,
on the evening of the 9th, but IL -as not
published next day. and so far rs hav'
seen has not Lecn published yet.
Last weeks BrunsEieker contained e1ten
sive reasons from my pen Why the ratio
shosld h. 10 TO l, and it is not necessary tC
reiterate ;h,,se reasons here. No person eaI
misunderstood NV position who wants tC
understand IL have made IL plain too OF
ten in ;ts columns OF the BruusEieker fo
any fair man to charge me with ineonsisten
CT.
stated to the reporter OF the Times tha
We considered the question OF ratio settled
that no nation to-day coined silver and golC
at q ratio higher than 16 to 1: that the mos
OF the leading nations coined il at Is Ia q
I; and that no nation, so far as l knew. haC
changed these ratios OF 16 and 10 IL to
in so years; that in all the four or Eve lead
ing nations the silver coin. though coined a
the ratio Of 1s or Is 1-2 to /, circulated n
par With the gold coin and had dons so 10
many years. although the commercial ratio
had varied from Il to i to 30 to 1; that tn