Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-16


 They are glad that you have came. - This interview with Bishop Galloway has been widely copied and commented on not only by the secular, but also by the religious press. It has been accepted as an unanswerable argument in favor of sound money, and has opened the eyes of a great many who had not seen the dangerous whirlpool. toward which the free silver men were attempting to guide the ship of state
 But a note of discord is heard and strange to say it comes from a religious paper. The St. Louis Advocate says:
 "The daring audaeity with which some of the advocates of the single gold stand ard would convince the people that black is white is really amazing. A Southern paper is waving Bishop Galloway's Oriental bills of exchange with a great flourish of trumpets to warn the people against the danger of bimetalism or the remonetza ton of silver. If the readers of the Age-Herald will only examine for themselves these bills of exchange they will see the weight of the argument is in the other end of the scales"
 We hope the St. Louis Advocate doesn't attempt to offer as fallacious ar guments on religious matters as it does on this economic question The Age Herald, in publishing the interview with Bishop Galloway did not have the ob iect in view of warning the people against the danger of bimetallism or the remonetization of silver" but it did earnestly desire to warn the people against the danger of the single silver standard. This object was accom- plished, and neither the St. Louis Advo- cate nor any fair debater can destroy the effect of the object lesson taught by Bishop Galloway and his Oriental bills of exchange.
 The Populst convention at Des Moines turned down Gen. James B. Weaver, candidate for President three years ago. It sounded his political death-knell. Weaver tried to secure the adoption of bimetallist platform, which meant the repudiation of the financial plank of the Omaha platform. It is the first time Populist convention ever sat down on Weaver. Weaver's plan was for free silver and fusion, but the convention was against fusion and for the Omaha plat form. The defeat of Weavers plan greatly reduces the probability of the in- dorsement of free silver by the Demo- cratic State Convention. Weaver and his followers had conspired with the free silver Democrats, but the convention re- pudiated the conspiracy. It goes to show that the Populist will not combine with the free silver Democrats. The Populists believe in keeping in the mid dle of the road. The financial plank of the Omaha platform, which was adopt ed by the Des Moines convention, de- mands free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to-1; demands $50 per capita and demands loan to the people by the government at per cent, as set forth in the sub-treasury scheme.
 There are a few free silver men among the merchants of Birmingham. One of them bought a business lot the other day with the intention of putting up business block. He figured out that he, could borrow the money and put up this building and the interest on the money would be less than the rent he is paying. His landlord told him that he was going to advance the rent next fall, and this had its influence in causing him to decide to build Well, he bought the lot and then made inquiries for a loan. He found he could get the money at per cent. but he would have to obligate hinl- self to pay it back in gold. Then he thought: Well, suppose these free siI- yer fellows get control and adopt free silver then my debt would call for twice what it would at present. while my pat rons would pay me in silver dollars worth one-half their present value" He is still hesitating. The free silver agita- ton may postpone the erection of this, building and keep a number of men out of work.