Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-06-13
OVERMYER ON SILVER
VIEWS OF THE LATE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
He Maintains This Question WIFI BE a
Great Factor I'm the Campaign of
1895, and That the Democrat
ic Party Should Be Demo
cratic and DO what
jackson Did.

From the Kansas City Times.
David Overmver, Of Topeka, who
made the race for governor on the
democratic ticket lass fall, day gave
the Times correspondent his views on
the silver question. Here they are:
''Will the silver question be factor
of the campaign of 1862"
1T certainly will be-"
'Would it be if times were good?"
perhaps not. That, however, does
not affect the permanent phases of the
question, but the general business de-
preston will furnish the motive for
popular action, looking to the just
settlement of the financial policy of
the nation.
1--WE are told that all that is neces-
sary to prosperity is confidence; conf
dence in whatY Certainly we do not
lack confidence in our money; it never
commanded so much property or SER
vice before. And here lies the diff
Guilty. Men have more confidence in
money than they have in property or
enterprise. They have more conf
dence that they can profit by selling
tloaning) money than they have in in
Vestment of money in general enter
prises. Money is too dear and high
priced as related to lands and goods, a
given quantity of it commands too
much of the commodities which the
laboring and producing millions must
dispose of in order to carry on their
enterprises, to pay their debts and get
on in life.
but why is money so dear and high
priced related to other forms of prop
erty; is there not ample suficiency of
money in the countryp"
Eyes; such as it is. It is true now,
as declared in the democratic platform
in 1876, that Vast masses of currency
lie in the banks unused"
''Why does not this abundant money
circulate? Why is it not invested in
other forms OF property or in enter
prises Of some kind?'
confidence in his money and not enough
in any kind of business or trade, and
he believes that he can better afford to
let his money lie idle great portion
of the time and await an opportunity
to invest it in real estate mortgages at
from one-third to one-fourth of the
value OF the land, or in some other per-
maneus or semi-permanent Investment
or, in short, loans on gilt-edged secur.
ity, compounding and compoundine
the interest as only short loans can
So long, therefore, as the owners anG
controllers of our money have more
confidence in loans than they have IL
investments they will reserve theil
money for the former.
when they become convinced that
they can do better in business than il
loans, they will begin to let loose O
their money, either to put it into busi-
ness or property for themselves or t.
loan it on easy terms to those who vii
do so, and the money will get out o
the banks and go flying around TN
country; it will circulate. and it will
by showing itself, inspire confidence il
the minds of all that their substanc
and their labor and industry vii
yield sufficient return to justify al
reasonable undertakings, thus Great
ing a demand for labor, for goods an
lands, which will cause an activ
interchange of all commodities, reyiv
trade. employ labor and bring pros
perity."
How can we create confidence il
the mind Of the money merchant ths
it is better for him TO put his none
out into business or loan it on cas-
terms, than to hold it in idlenes
awaiting permanent investments G
short loans2''
ST answer, by causing his money