The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-04
A COLORADO CONFESSION.
An Editor Throws on His Free Siivey
Mask and Tells tho Truth

MASK and Tells tho Truth.
The seeds Of sound currency and like.
wise Of sound sense are taking root even
when sown in stony places. Tho Duran
60 Democrat Of Colorado, which has
been "whocping it up for free silver
and the mine owners, took turn which
must have surprised its readers and have
dumfounded the gold contract silver
mino owners. Its leading editorial was
headed "A Confession Wrung From Con
science. In this editorial the writer
throws off the silver cloak disguise and
asserts his manhood. The following is
part Of this interesting editorial:
Kentucky has spoken Her honest
stroke in support Of the gold standard
sounds tho knell Of tho silver humbug
within hor borders and sets good cx-
ample Tor other states.
1t is time, for the sake OF Colurado's
reputation for honesty. if not for COM
mon sense, that some one in authority
should diaabuse tho minds of eastern
and foreign investors Of the notion that
this whole state has run silvor mad. Il
is truo that The Democrat has joined
with Othor newspapers III Colorado, for
reasons Which mood not be- specified here,
Ill booming silver. while everybody
knew that it WAS steadily and rrcsist-
IDLY on its way down hill But the
limit has been reached. Conscience 70.
volts, as dcccncy long ago royoltcd,
against carrying on this fraud any
longer. Tho political ends to he gained
by 1t sink into insiSni6cance when con
trastcd with the damage which is bound
to result from it in tho long run "
Tho rest Of tho article is clear com
mon sense exposition Of the certain
operation of free coinage AS debt
scaling" scheme, aud of tho effect upon
Colorado OF continuing to advocate that
scheme. 1t shows how hopalessly any
business man would ba discreditcd who
should adopt any such principle and de
clAres that communities, whether states
or nations, must suffer i'll the same way.
and it adds
But Since for once Tho Democrat is
permitting itself the luxury of telling
the truth OH the silver question let us
make still further admission Wecau-
not, by any hccus pocus or tomfoolery.
by any false estimates of our own
strength, by any brag or bustcr or
empty swnGger, prevent the old world
from collecting every dollar, every
dime, every cents worth of debt due
from us, with full interest to date of
payment.
Tho result must be that, if free silver
were successful, only Americans would
DO cheated. The process by which Colo
RADIO has been kept i'll "rhe front rnnl,
in the past rs silver state" is described
mot III bitterness. hut i'll sorrow" for
The Democrat is ashamed of itself for
having lent its influence so long to the
perpetuation of the humbug" But tho
end is coming. The article closes us fol
lows: But there is not All intelligent and
educated reader within reach of these
lines who does not know that every
word we have penned is downright,
solid, unassailahle truth Bankers, MGR
chants, mechanics, farmers-we do not
rule ont any Of these Glasses In their
innermost hearts they know that we ARE
upholdinE national honor against dis
honor, national credit uuaiust Contcmpt.
national prosperity against failure. -
Only -Four Punished For Thirty Murders.
More than 30 men and women were
murdered III tho city of san Francisco
III tho IL months ending with Juno this
year. Several of those were decided to
be cases of justiiiahle homicide. but III
81 cases the corouor's jury returned a
verdict Of wiliful murder For these -
murders only four persons have so far
been punished by law, and these four
have escaped with terms of imprison-
ment The rest Of the murdcrers are
waiting trial, have been acquitted,
awe escaped or arc dead.