Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-02
Mr.. Chambers Silver Speech.

On NCuncSudl Oh idlHSi Il peculiar Op
portunity for the deliverance Of hi.
silver speech. Voting with the silve
men of the Senate for an abandon
nent of all further efforts in behalf o
free coinage at the present session. We
| regretting very much that he coul,
not also vote in favor OF some afhrma
| tive measure in the direction Of binet
allism. he deemed it proper, as i
certainly was courageous, to remov'
all doubt as to his personal convie
tons on the coinage question by de
claring what he hopes to be able t,
do and what he trusts the Republican
party will have the consistency to d,
at some more propitious season.
Mr. Chandler evidently sees what i.
coming and intends to align himselr
with the issue when it does come
He has heard from the German Reich,
stag; he has heard from the German
chancellor; he has heard from Coun'
Bismarck, who hopes soon to hear
from his conservative English friend,
Mr.. Balfour. The change of German
sentiment. though unpronounced as
yet. is unmistakable 1t means that
the German nation is making ready
to join hands with some other great
power, or other powers, in the adop.
ton of measures for international bi.
mettahsm.
Count Bismarck and Senator Chaud.
Ter have doubtless both heard from
England also, but it is not from
Mr.. Balfour. 1t is not from any Tory
1t is not from the party which hopes
to succeed the Rosebery government
This time it is none the less thar
Robert l.. Everett a Liberal member
Of the House Of Commons who has
given notice OF his intention TO NOV,
a resolution that an international
agreement to restore free coinage anC
that the full legal tender power ofsilve
is desirable. There is a significance in
all these things which, small as they
seem by themselves, is thoughtfully
appreciated by statesmen and finan-
eiers; and when we come to think tn,
matter seriously over the occasion
for Mr.. Chambers utterauces wa:
perhaps as opportune as any he could
have selected, and he spoke witt
great earnestness and force Address
ing himself to his own party, he says
The time is approaching when i
will be necessary for the Republican
party to present some affirmativ,
measures of bimetallism. What thos,
measures shall be must be determined
by the wisest members of that party
which is soon 70 control by an over
whelming majority the popular brancf
Of Congress. The bimetallism W,
have promised must be reached, OF
steps toward it must be taken, or tn,
American voters will decide between
gold monometallism as the one alter
native, and silver monometallism a,
the other 1t is useless to shut oui
eyes to the fact that the debtors ar,
more numerous than the creditors, anC
4 that the citizens who want prices o
property to go up outnumber thosC
who want them to remain as they are
now Bimetallism has been promised
to the people of this country. They
wait with much impotence for thu
fulfllment of the pledges solemnly
made by both parties
Nor has TIE Senator any hesitation
in expressing his belief that the adop
ton Of the single gold STANDARD ha'
largely helped to produce the distress
ing conditions in which the countr,
has been involved for the past tw,
years. Upon this point he says
1t is not question Of paying tn
public debt. or whether it shall b
paid in gold OF in silver That deb
is Insignificant compared with III
thousands Of millions of obligation
which weigh with crushing force upoi
the millions Of our fellow -countrymel
equal to or greater in amount thai
they were few years ago, while, il
the mean time, half the worlds mon
ey has been stricken from existence
and the prices Of all property from
which debtors must derive the mean
to make their payments have gon
down one-half If with the fall 0
one half in the prices of commoditie
the debts Of the people were also seal
ed one-half, we could 20 forward on
single gold standard to revive bust
ness prosperity. But with the debt
and The prices as they are now wide
spread bankruptcies are. in my belle
to blight and curse the country in tn
months and years now close at hand
and the return Of full prosperity vii
be long deferred
However much the Senator ma,
defer to the prevailing opinion Of hi
own State and New England in gen
eral in casting his vote. he is evidentl,
not chary about hurting their feel
+ ings by brave and outspoken expires
sion Of his individual sentiments t
the contrary. Washington Post.