The weekly intelligencer., 1895-09-07
SILVER NUGGETS,
Jefferson City Correspondence of the Booi
willie Advertiser.

oihN Tn NOuuEIS.
jefferson City Correspondence of the Boon
willie Advertiser.
For three weeks the New York Mer-
curry ran a silver and anti silver ballot
contest in its columns. The returns
stood at the last count, as follows:
For free coinage of silver, $3.50;
against, 5l9. OF these voies, $500 in
the ailinativ",l99 in the negative, were
from New York CilS>isd state. The
Others are from the eastern states gen.
orally. These are only straws which
show which way the wind is blowing
cas-, Of the Mississippi.
! am clearly OF the opinion that
neither congress nor any other authority
can legally demOneiize either silver or
gold. II cne coin can he deihrOned as
money, then the other can br, aud thus
the constitution could be di>regarded,
yes, uverlhrOwn. The command TO
Congress is 10 coin money, not to de-
s,roy 1t; to create legal tender money
for the use of the people, and the grant
of authority 10 create money cannot be
construed to mean authority to destroy
money Daniel Webster.
The ..sound money literature" which
is being sent by the ton To democrats
over Missouri, largely comes from the
office "f Gen. John W. Noble, who
was President lIarrisOns secretary Of
the interior, and who is one Of the most
prominent republicans now living. Let
honest democrats everywhere under
stand that ..sOund money democrats
are republicans in disguise, and they
should be treated as such. Every effort
they make at this time is in the interest
of the republican party. Those demo-
Gratis who are true to the principles OF
the democratic party-the old demo.
cratic party-are for free silver at the
, old ratio, are for honest bimetalism
and whenever ga sound money" mon
strosity sticks up his head and presume'
to speak for democracy, he ought to b.
hit between the eyes.
Rev. DIR. w. b. Palmore of St. Loui
preached the commencement sermon
: for Polytechnic College, Fl. Worth
Texas, and among his utterances wa
t the following statement:
= 81 am not a partisan nor membe
of any party. speak for Christianit
and for civilization, and solemnly bs
lieve that the greatest crime ever com
mitted against civilization was on th
=. twelfth day Of February, 1873, whe
q property was deprecated aud none
n appreciated by the demonstration {
silver. Here, in the western hemi'
phere, is projected an experiment !
government Of vast importance
to future ages. II it is to be successful
:" there must he honest and bold voucher
s. to the people,"
o.. Auditor Jas. NJ. Seibert's attitude Q
y the silver question does not seem to
ID thoroughly understood. Now that
3. Is a candidate for denomination, b
position on the question is the subje
of no little discussion. In an intervie
be be with reporter of Hot Springs pap
y. many months ago, Mr.. Seibert said
:" regarded President Cleveland as Il
,c grandest man this country ever knew
but have reasons 10 know that VIII,
:. Mr.. Cleveland vetoed the seignioral
bill, Mr.. Seibert's enthusiasm for hl
swaxed and waned." He has new
devoted until recently much thought
10 the financial question, but today
)" stands on the Pertle Springs platforI
and is for the free and unlimited col
age of both gold and silver, at L
ratio of 16 to /. Mr.. Seibert oppos
the convention, and did not think
wise to tamper, at first, with the Q
state committee, but he Is democr,
recognizes the authority Of the conve
tion-the right and the justice
majority ruling-and his voice is
| free silver, harmony, one commit
and a triumphant democracy.
Hon. David Overmeyer, Of Kans
\ like all other good democrats, is
friend of the white metal. In !,
communication he writes, "Perhaps
ed per cent of the democratic voters
the United States are in favor of
H. H. free and unlimited coinage of silver
l6 to on equal terms in all respe
er' with gold. To ignore their wish Is
disrupt the democratic party; to del
1. is to endanger distrust in the minds
IL thor ,nds as to the probable action
the party, and thus induce them
affiliate themselves with other politi
parties. The time has come for actit
prompt, decisive, unequlvOcal actit
"'He who daliies IL bastard,
He who doubts Is damned"
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Horace Greeley saw what cOmpa