Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-27

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 81, 1895
Another Cnmpaiwn OF raucntion.

We stated yesterday that the silveritcs
Deemed to have begun r campaign Of edu-
ration in behalf OF the free coinage of sill
yer. We my add now that the goldites
are not to be outdone In the work OF
propagating their financial theories, but
have determined to let their light shine
before the world They are so confldan
that they are right and the silver men
wrong that they do not for moment
houbt that IL they can succeed in getting
10 the ears OF the latter they viii In a
short time convert them into monometal-
lists They arc sure that they are right.
and are not at ali discouraged By the
signs Of the times which seem to forecast
\ fierce battle In the national conventions
OF both parties between the coutending
hosts OF the silveriies and the goldites.
"a fierce battle is not Objectionable per Sc.
Nobody can succeed in making converts
TO q theory or cause In which n does
not himself thoroughly believe; and. on
the other hand. there Is no theory or
cause so bad that II cannot be rendered
IN object OF respect BY the efforts of
honest advocates who are qualified TO
SlScuss IL WIFI abiNty.
1t is paper of wide influence that
proposes this monometallst campaign OF
Rducation-namely, the New York Journal
pf Commerce. Ii has full conhd nee in
The soundness OF its financial theories,
and does not for a moment doubt the
soundness of the financial theories of the
silverites: and so has at least two Of the
qualifications which n disputant with the
bime;alls,s ought TO have 1t believes
that the whole body OF oar financial sys-
tenn remains Saturated with an insidious
Ind destructive disease" The two "cGrdl-
nal dangers" still threatening the country
are, according TO our New York contem-
porary. first, the fact that our stock of
silver money is so disproportioned to our
stock OF gold that we cannot safely
count upon our ability to maintain the
parity of the two IN tails, and second.
The fact that this condition of things IS
dangerously magnihsd by our s5Oo.OO0,ooo
~ Treasury dcman1-notes constantly
available for depicting the government
block OF gold
How doss cur New York contemporary
hope TO correct thse evils? How will a
monometallist campaign of education be
rendered effective? We quote from the
journal Of Commerce as follows:
The largely prfpoudeTant class who do
not understand these questions must be
educated by those who have mastered
them. The education must be directed
towards practical politicians as well as
The masses who are supposed to dictate
their policies II should be made theoretic
teal for thu prcpc1dsrant mass who can
net only upon superficial impressions. 1t
Ehould be absolutely non-partsgn, lest the
cause suffer from party jealouses and
hostllities. II Should he systematic "
the work Is 10 be done thoroughly.
md the workers are to present the force
of a compact and influential expression
Df public sentiment. This educational
agency must be adapted for certain
permanence. AMI not for nom sntary
sensational spun The work Of enlighten-
ment will have no small task TO perform
and therefore cannot bc done without
money and good deal Of IL. The work
should not b deputed to any mere class,
ouch as theorists, mere spOuting aspirants
Tor publicity, or persons supposedly most
directly concerned. II should be as far
US possible p0Pu.arizsd."
or course the sllycrites will laugh to
tcOfU the dsftiiltlt-buS VI tHe eOtHittr.
AT any rat. We know OF no reason for
surprising that the monometallists Will
prove to be more successful than the
binetalllsts In the work of opening the
Eyes of the blind.
Our readers know that we have always
credited New York and New England
with immense influence In the national
conventions OF both parties. In the Re
publican they may be said to have had
almost absolute rule heretofore. In the
Democratic they have had the strength to
prevent the real creed Of this party from
being incorporated into the national plat
form. If only the two great national par
xies would take the one side of the
question and the other the other side,
we might have battle OF the giants
hext year. and emerge from the smoke
nnd dust OF the presidential campaign
knowing what We have TO expect and hope
Cor or fear