The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-09-13
"sTANDARp MONEY"

Neither Silver Certificates Nor Silver Dol.
lars Arc Redeemable In Gold Coin.
The Indianapolis News mas long pa
raded before the public as model of
fair and independent journalism
With a sanctimonious face and God
and-morality walk it has tried to Gre
ate the feeling that lie is not permit
ted to emanate from its editorial sane
tum. Some days since it gave. utter
ance to such brazen falsehoods as
every one knows that silver is not
standard money!" 1.-The treasury will
pay gold for silver whenever asked to-"
and other similar Measurements of
facts we'll known to people of ordinary
intelligence. Mr.. E. b. Cummings,
secretary of the peoples party state
committee of Indiana, wrote the News
denying these statements for the pop
ulists and the friends of silver, and
challenging the editor to substantiate
his assertions by procuring letter
from the secretar y of the treasury to
that effect. This CO mmunication did
not gain admission to the columns of
that independent paper. Mr.. Cum
mings then wrote the secretary of the
treasury setting out statements of the
News, and asking what money spe-
officially by name would be redeemed
on demand in gold, and what money
would not be so redeemed, and lis the
present silver dollar standard money
of the United States?' To this letter
the reply is as below:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug 1897.
Mr.. E. 3 Cummings. Indianapolis. Ind.
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter OF the 10th
instant. you are informed that there is no law,
or regulation of this department, which pro-
videS for the redemption Of silver dollars or
silver certificates in gold. Silver certificates
are. according to their terms. redeemed by the
government in silver dollars only. while the
latter, being STANDARD coin of the United
States, are not redeemabe in any other form
of money United States notes (greenbacks)
and treasury notes of 1880 are redeemab BILE in
coin and are redeemed in gold, when that is
demanded in accordance with the terms of the
inclosed circular of November ], 1891.
Both silver dollars and silver certificates are
received by the government. the same as gold
in payment of all debts due to the United
States. Respectfully yours.
w. E. CURTIS, Acting Secretary
This letter, on presentation to the
editor of the News, was also refused
publication. Here is a sample of gold
bug tactics. AS honorable as these
men are in personal relations, they are
compelled by the terms of their agree
ment for enslaving the American peo-
pie to make the most glazing misstate-
ments and refuse to publish an official
correction coming from the highest
authority. Mark well the language
which the News wishes to hide from
it's readers: ''Silver dollars, being
standard coin of the United States, are
not redeemable in any other form of
modey." The silver dollar has parity
with the gold dollar, not because it
rests on gold, but because equally with
gold it is a standard by which values
are measured The crime of the law
is that this standard money is denied
equality at the minis. The crime of
the secretary is that he receives the
silver dollar as standard money but
does not pay it out as standard money.
The crime of the Indianapolis News is
that it stands convicted of deliberate
lying and suppressing the information
when offered to it. Such is the News
idea of a campaign of education
Nonconformist.