The evening times., 1895-08-21
Sent from. washington

Senator Harris. when asked to expires,
his views on the future of silver in the Dem
ocratic party, gave the following revised
| and signed interview:
Il am satisfied that a large majority OF
the Democrats OF the United States are IL
favor of utilizing silver as the money of ulti-
mate redemption, and favor Its free and un.
limited coinage in the, United States at 16
to 1. without regard to the position OF
any other nationality on the face of the
earth. 1t is in the power of the U1ted
| States to adopt and maintain a financial
system responsive 90 n,c interests and con-
veniencc OF 30. 600, 900 people that we rep
resent, money having always been. being
now, and will always, be, Just what the law
| OF its country makes 1t.
1T is purely a creature of the law OF its
own country; it cannot he more nor less
| than the law OF lis country makes il, and
| it can be money nowhere else The idea
! that the United States has To consult other
| countries as to what its financial policy
| is to be, OF the idea of the citizens of the
United States stopping TO inquire as to
the real or supposed Value Of the thing of
which iegai-tender dollars are made, is the
grossest of all gross absurtiities.
The Constitution proyjdcs that Congress
shall coin money and regulate the value
| thereof. Congress has coined one piece
of money composed of % grains OF gold
and has regulated its value TO DE q ne dollar
1T has coined another composed OF
II25 grains OF 5 standard silver and
regulated its value to be one dollar. 1t
has issued $500. 100000 of paper money,
composed of fives, tens, fifties, hundreds,
five hundreds, tbousa nds and ten thousand
dollar bills, and has regulated the value of
each to be its face denomination
Congress has made all three OF these
moneys LEGAL tender for all debts due the
government or individuals. Any one of
these dollars, whether OF paper, gold or
silver, will perform every money function
that any other one OF them can perform,
will buy as much and pay as much debt as
any other In view Of the fact that coin
must regulate the volume of money in
every country, To fail to utilize either
gold or silver must necessarily diminish
the volume of redemption money in the
country; 50 falling 10 one-half its former
volume which inevitably doubles the
purchasing power of the remaining half
aud reduces the price of everything ex-
changed for money to one-half its former
price.
IF the Democrats of the country who
favor free and unlimited coinage will thor
oughly organize or have themselves repre-
sented in the councils of the Democratic
party, they are in a majority and will abb
solutely control the action of the next
Democratic convention.
Va;r ~I,lx
exert the power that they possess the active
energies of the single gold standard MEN will
probably control, which leads the Demo-
cratic party to defeat and the country to
u. s. Van Antwerp in San Fran
cosco Examiner.
il has been the habit of Democrats for
several months to talk optimisticaly about
the certain success of the sound money cIu-
sa6e which President Cleveland started.
The fear that Mr.. Clcveland's campaign
for sound money is intended tu force his
nomination upon the Democratic conven-
tion for q third term has, it is stated,
had much to do with preventing as rapid
u growth OF sound money sentiment as the
Administration had hoped. Mr.. Clev.iand's
third-term ambition is causing anxiety, and
even some of the Democrats who are in
debted TO the President for patronage are
apprehrnsive lest he shoulp be forced |
upon the party a, fourth time.
They cannot MAKE any fuss about it, but |
see ciea riy that such q nomination would re-
suit disastrously to the Democracy They |
themselves will oppose IL, and will have !!
TO Join the hue and cry for -four more |
years of Grover" if the forces of the Ad-
are, actively engaged in fore
ing his nominati6n.-Albert Haistead In I
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
There has been for some weeks past a
strong belief expressed by those most
familiar with Kentucky affairs that, what
,ver Senator BIackburn's chances for re-
election might be, owing To his personal
popularity and his wide acquaintance " it'll
he voters in the State, the contest for the
would be most bitter
,ne, and that its canvass would be likely
o have a strong effect upon the campa ign
or members of the Legislature General
Bradley staEds firmly and squa rely on !
ound money platform, and General Har-
din, while presumably running on q Demo-
ratio pIatform- which frdorsed the Ad-
Is known to be a personal
ldvocate of free coinage at 16 to /. Up to
he present time during his canvass he has
,een careful to omit, SD far as possible, all
cfercnces to the financial question. but
II the debate last night he was drawn out
y General Bradley and forced to state his
'osition before an audience principally
omposed vf business men Of Louisville,
rho are opp.'sed u, tsse silver ucresy
1t is frankly admitted by Kentuckians
hat the opening OF the joint debate indi-