Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
TIE GREAT ISSUE.
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The silver question has become such
a vital one that public men are hunted
down by newspaper reporters when
ever they stop over" in any city, ana
all the silver in them extracted by
means of the reportorial crucible
Senator Dubois, OF Idaho, who was
lately in Chicago, was subject to such
n test by n reporter, who found the
Idaho statesman to be ian untinchlng
advocate of the free coinage OF silver
He is an Illinois man by birth and
republican by inheritance The re-
porter asked the opinion of Mr. Dubois
about President Cleveland's late letter,
to which he replied'
"Mr. Cleveland deals in platitudes
and offers no suggestion which looks TO
nm Improvement of the wage-earners
and producers" he said to a reporter
of the Chicago Times-lerald: "ie re-
meats the stock phrase Of Sound
money anumbcr of times. Everybody
wants sound money, No honest or
sensible person desires any other kind
Of money Mr.. Cleveland's idea OF
sound money, however, isgold and gold
onlv. The silver men, so-called, OF the
democratic and republican parties
are bimetallists. They de-
mand that both gold ana
silver shall serve as the basis OF our
currency. Gold and silver constitute
the honest money as well as the con-
stitutional money of the United States
Anv one who insists on the destruction
of either is not in favor OF honest
money. The genuine silver men, VINO
make up the large number OF Doth inc
national parties, do not desire silver
recommendation, but they do demand
that we get away from gold monomet
allis,n. which the owners OF money
throughout the world have fastened
upon us. The people want more
money. The only safe way to get 1t II
through the restoration of silver
have no doubt about the success OF the
silver cause. 1t is gaining ground
every day, and the more the subject II
discussed the stronger the cause
grows" o,
Further in the interview Mr.. Duboi
continued:
"Eyer since the decentralization o
silver the people have been Struggling
to have it restored. Promises OF legls
lation to that end have been made, bu
the gold worshipers have defeate'
every effort to restore it to its righttu
place. All money must be redeemable
"There is not enough gold to redeer
the currency required by such natio'
as the United States Silver ana goi
together form safe basis for currency
When they were both used MS basl
there was plenty Of good money In
value of the silver product is abou
ecn,al to that of the gold product, an
when silver was struck down 0qs'hAI
of the money basis OF the world wa
destroyed As a consequence all va
mes went down, Restore silver and Tn
value Of all products and OF LABOR WI
rise. The demand foR Gh6 redemptio
of 800, 100000 of green backs Woul
bankrupt the government to-lRoFE9i$i
I'From the beginning to the mldal
Of the present century the worlds SUI
NV of Silver was about 81 to OF gol'
It was only IS to when silver was dc
monetized, and N was about the sam
when the Sherman act was repeale'
What YOU add to the worlds amour
of money by the remonetiHng 81 siiv'
really affects the worlds finances y
little, yetit is of vast Importance W VI
people Of the United States.