Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31
THE MONEY QUESTION.
BREAD LOAF INN, RIPToN, VT, I
Nav Is. 1880.

journals. having subscribed for the
Chicago InterOcean and the Atlanta
Constitution. Hitherto the Bread Loaf
has subscribed for New York or Boston
dallies only, those cities being the near
est to it of the larger cities. Generally
we have taken the Boston Herald and
New York World because these papers
more than others of those cities, in our
opinion, represented advanced American
thought and action. But this year it
was early evident that we should have
to give up the Boston Herald, as it
planted itself dead against the issue that
is bound to control American politics
and to dictate the policy of the future.
OF course | refer to the financial issue
and the free coinage of silver at lG to l.
But | still had confidence in the
World, if for no other reason, because
it didn't seem possible that, having kept
with the current public opinion for
years, and though that policy built up
the largest circulation of any paper on
earth Cat least according to ITS claim,
it would at last break from this pub
lie opinion, when it was setting the
strongest, and thus certainly cripple
that circulation, and ultimately surren-
der its prestige to some other journal
| had confidence in it, too, because in
the winter it began to trim its sails in
the direction of silver, and was rapidly
hoisting them one by one to the breeze
when suddenly this course was stopped
by some one, as we had been told at
Washington, by leading bimetallists,
that it would be. While 1t was hoisting
sail to the silver breeze we subscribed
for the paper. 1t comes now every
night filed with accounts of crime and
New York politics, but utterly destitute
of news and argument on the great
question that confronts the nation and
calls for the attention of all.
When we found that the World had
deceived us, the question was, where we
could get a daily paper that would re-
fleet the great change of opinion. Re
markable to say there was not one, at
least we do not know of one, in any
eastern city. y remedy for this must
come soon. A genuine free silver paper
must unroll its banner soon, for there
are hundreds of thousands of readers
waiting to take it, but today the ignor-
ance or idiocy of the average editor IS
such that not a single paper in the East
flies the popular flag.
In this condition it occurred to me
that "Coins Financial School adver-
tised the Inter- Ocean and so | wrote that
n paper to know if it was sound on the
J silver question, advocating its free coinage
J at l6 to |. told them if so to send me
,, their daily for six months. The reply
! stated, substantially, that they were
not urging free coinage at l6 to l, but
I were friendly to bimetallsm. They
y started a paper on this showing and
sent me bill for six months. | paid
,. them for one and told them to stop it at
q the end of that time unless | ordered
), again. 1t has come with great regulari-
ty. the next day after its issue, and is
Il quite credtable appearing paper, but
1t apparently, though evidently friendly
. to silver, it is going to try and straddle
" the issue, and therefore | have about
y determined to let 1t stop at the end OF
the month. its position seems to he in
favor of bimetallism, but against its en-
E. actment.
" Remembering that one of the pro
y prietols of the Atlanta Constitution
k whom met in Washington, was an ar
dent silver man, | now ordered tina
Journal 1t reaches here the third day
d There is no question about its position
I. 1t is unqualihedly for the free coinage
a of silver at Is to !. Mr.. Howell told m'
n that their circulation, chiefly in th'
! y South was lGS 900. The paper has al
d ways been Democratic and is an impor
p tant factor in the present condition o
T. politics.
But there is one thing that | motto
in notice in many papers of the day tina
n | cannot understand, and that is tall
T.. about the Democratic party and discus
n sion as to what will be its policy an
-. who its presidential candidate anothe
year. Is 1t not so plain that he VIII
runs may read that the Democrat
party will not exist another year. Dis
Indignation has set in, and the party wi
have soon passed away like its old ad
versary, the Wing. OF course som
other party will take its place. Whethe
1, it will be called Populist or Bimetalli
IL or something else isn't quite certain
- but must rapidly develop. Either thi
new party or the Republican party wi
come out for free coinage of silver at
to /. Which will it be? those of tn
people who believe that the preser
system of legalized robbery, founded o
the single gold standard, must be abo
ished and bimetallic standard restored
this country are determined and they ar