The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-28
One Of the Most Important Measures
Ever Before Congress.
GOvERNMENr AID Is ASSURED.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon FAvOrs Free
and Unlimited Coinage of Snver-Ad-
Vocates Great Doctrines and Princi-
pies OF the Republican Party.

| senator JOnn ii. Nlltcnell, Ol ore
| gon, who has been in the upper house
of congress continuously since 1873,
saving one term of six years, in which
a democrat filed the office, has been
spending some time in San Francisco.
In a recent interview about the Nicar-
| aqua canal and the money question,
which are his particular hobbies, the
| Senator said:
~ regard the proposition for govern
ment aid in the construction of the
Nicaragua canal one of the most i'm
| pOrtant measures that has ever come
before the American Congress- he
said. at is an enterprise in which
| the whole world is interested, and
especially are the States and Terrific
| tories of the Pacific Coast most vitally
| interested. The construction of this
| canal under governmental control, as
it should be, will bring the wheat pro-
duct of this coast over 10000 miles
nearer Liverpool, the wheat market,
| than it is today. The arguments, in
my judgment, in favor of the speedy
construction of this great public work
are overwhelming and unanswerable.
am strong in the belief that the
COuSICSS Will pass a D1ll DIO-
viding for the early construction of
this work, under the control of the
United States as to the construction
and operation. During the last ses-
sion of congress the senate, after an
elaborate debate covering most of the
session, passed such bill by major
ity of ten votes. Unfortunately, how
ever, it failed of consideration in the
house."
= L II, Il
work indefatigably for such bill as
was adopted by the senate at the last
session. He wants a bill which will
enable the government to acquire the
valuable concessions now possessed by
the Maritime Canal Company, the
stockholders to be reimbursed for the
money they may have expended in
stocks and bonds. He is sanguine that
the matter will be favOrabIy consid-
cred by both houses at the coming
session.
Speaking about the silver question,
Senator Mitchell said:
"I have very decided views, and
have had for a number of years, on
the coinage question-that is as to the
coinage of gold and silver and their
use as money. Had / my way |
would have the Government treat sill
yer, both as to its coinage and use as
money, precisely as it treats gold. [
would have no limitation on the coin
age or use of the one metal as legal
tender money that does not attach to
the other. In word, | am in favor
of the free and unlimited coinage of
gold and silver into legal tender
money. l would have such money
treated and used as money of ulti-
mate redemption. I would have the
Government do this independently of
the wishes, or protests, or dictatiOn of
Great Britain or any other power on
earth. In the language of the last
National Republican platform / de
mand the use of both gold and silver
as standard money
"While these are my individual
views on the money question, am, at
the same time, Republican, devoted
to the great doctrines and principles of
that party, protection to American
industries and American labor, the
enactment and strict enforcement of
rigid laws on the subject of immigra-
tion laws looking to the absolute ex-
clusion of all Chinese and other pau
per labor, the improvement of our
rivers and harbOrs, encouragement to
our shipbuilding interests, the pen
sioning of the soldiers of the late war,
as well also as the pioneer veterans
who fought in the various Indian wars
on this Coast. All these great ques-
tions, including the money question,
will, in my judgment, be eventually
and correctly settled by the Republl-
can party"