The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
OF The EAST, BUT WISE.
CYRUS A. SULLOWAY. OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE LIKES SILVER.
He Sees Through Very Clear
Spectacles that England Is Try.
ing to Force This Country
to Gold Standard,

Nashua, N. H., Feb. 20.-In New
Hampshire politics the sensation of
the hour is the stand taken by Con-
gressman-elect Cyrus A. Sulloway, Of
Manchester, upon the silver question.
Since the announcement OF this fact
in local newspaper it has occasioned
more talk than any other one political
event in many years. That any con-
gresham of the eastern states, and
especially New England, could be 9TH
er than a "sound money advocate
has hitherto been deemed incredible.
1t has remained for a New Hampshire
Republican, elected on a straight Re-
publican platform, to take this stand.
To ascertain his views on the silver
question New York Herald CORE
spondent called at his law office, %
Hanover street, and was received by
Mr.. Sulloway in his characterist tically
pleasant manner. He said:
IL am bimetallist. l do not be-
lieve that any nation or people can
stand on single gold basis and be
prosperous until they get on the
streets of the new Jerusalem. Silver
is che Oldest money known to the
world. Away back in biblical times
Joseph was sold for few pieces of sill
yer, and he went down into Egypt and
got a corner on corn, did a thrifty
business and fed the hungry: and
even the Lord was betrayed for
small amount of that metal, to wit,
thirty pieces of silver.
DIFFICULTY IN OUR MOUNTAINS OF
SILVER
'"The great difficulty is that we have
mountains filled with silver and e Eng-
land has none, and she is irving to
foist upon this country single gold
basis. 1t is simply a scheme to corner
the wealth of the world and put it in
to the hands of few capitalists. 1t
is a well-known fact that Austria,
Russia, Germany, France, and Italy
and the foreign countries have been
boarding up gold for long time pre-
pairing for war, and they never open
the vaults it is in unless it is to add
to their pile. France especially
boards her gold and does her business
with silver. If gold basis is ever
adopted there will be a crash, and
don't you forget it. l don't know but
that is the best way, after all, to set
tie the matter. AS far as | am con-
cerned, | don't believe that there
was ever such a currency on Gods
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foreigners are mighty glad to get
their fingers on it. A gentleman told
me a short time ago that he was in
Switzerland and he had some United
States treasury notes, and he went
into a bank to get them exchanged,
expecting, Of course, he would have to
ay for the exchange on the same
Imagine his surprise when they gave
him premium instead. 1t COM
mands a premium in Egypt in ex-
change for her cotton today. This is
good enough money for me, every
time. Another thing am opposed to,
and that is this
FAVORS A POPULAR LOAN.
''If we must increase our bonded
debt l dislike the idea of selling
bonds to foreigners. l believe the
theory of protection should come in
here and every dollar of them should
be kept in this country l don't care
if the government can dump them
out in such big quantities. Make the
lots smaller SO that our people can
take them, and in such denominations
that the poor man who has saved up
a little from his earnings can have a
whack at them. Now. for instance,
600, 900 bond issue. One of the Roth
schilds, through August Belmont, has
made an offer to take one-half of
them, or $4,000, 900 worth. Why not
permit the average Yankee to buy
them? France sells her Indebtedness
to her own people. All the interest
could be kept at home. This country
is paying out annually hundreds of
millions of dollars in interest to for
eigners. There is money enough in
this country. Let us stick to our sill
yer instead Of demonetizing it. All of
us are glad enough to get our hands
on it here, and there is no one in this
country that refuses it as legal ten
der, and the nations Of the world will
be glad enough to get it. The plan
that is on foot to put the finances of
this country into the hands of the
gold hoarders of Europe is a bad one,
and one which will be followed by ruin
if it is ever carried into effect.
"These gold advocates can sit on
silver but they can't hold it down,
and it is bound to assume its place as
money. The only reason under
heaven why these foreign powers are
SO severely attacked with the gold
fever is the fact that our noun
tains are rich in this precious metal.
II the shoe was on the other foot it
would be altogether different matter,
and they would not be making such a
hue and cry about silver. l, however,
am inclined to think that there will
not be an extra session of Congress.
don't sec how Cleveland can expect
70 get any financial legislation
Through the next Congress. The
mouse will be all right for him. but
vest and some of those other fellows
IN the senate will be the snag that he
VIII run up against.
CONVENIENCE OF OUR CURRENCY
Our national Currency has served
US we'll and commands premium TO-
Gay in every mercantile country OF
the world. 1t costs next to nothing
IS convenient for use, and with silver
us the money of the masses. very
little gold is handled by the tolllnl
millions I 6ic1iEo IN think that tElS