The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-17
THE BEST IN THE NORTHWEST
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY IL. 1895.
Two Views of Ii.

t"O NtCWS VI
The Brooklyn Eagle rails away al
the men who are making silver:
sturdy fight in congress- Things are
not going the Eagles way, so it calls
these people towards in public life, u
politicians who "truckle TO the de-
mands of the silyer-mining states,
men who shave no comprehension OF
the duty a man owes TO the truth, to
his own conscience and to the coun.
try" And so on at columns length.
Day before yesterday, in the house
of representatives, a vote was taken
on the gold-bond scheme which the
Brooklyn Eagle has been bravely
boosting. A large majority of the
democrats in the house voted against
this scheme, and so did large major
ity of the republicans there. Were it
TO be tested in the senate, this meas
ure would fare as i'll as it Jared in the
house. We have therefore on hand, in
congress, according TO the Eagles es-
innate, very large preponderance of
cowardice and midsummer madness"
and unemployed conscience.
1t depends on how you look at the
situation and from what standpoint.
We have in the Brooklyn Eagle a
newspaper that finds itself the near
nation of conscience, of knowledge
aud of honesty. The multitudes that
make up the majorities may not share
the Eagles opinion of itself, but man.
ifestly there is no doubt in the FdgIe's
own mind on that score. Hence, the
Brooklyn organ finds that those who
do not travel its way are little men,
brainless, dishonest, desiring to re pu-
date their debts.
a few years ago group of men in
congress moved for the demonetiza-
tion of silver. 1t transpired that the
large majority of the men who became
parties TO this bit of legislation did
not know what they were doing: many
of them have said so. The thing was
stealthily done, it was done dishon-
estly. Time and again the incident
has been discussed, and no member in
either house of congress has been able
to explain the matter in a fair-and-
square and satisfactory way.
But the results have been of enorm.
GUS significance. Within twenty years
the purchasing power of gold has been
about doubled, not only as against sill
yer but in reference to nearly all the
commodities that the labor of the
country produces. Measure the un.
earned benefit TO the comparatively
few who handle the gold and hoard III
Our belief is that we shall soon have
premium on gold; the success of the
Carlisle gold-bond bill would have
fastened that consummation. That
Is what the people in the gold
clique are seeking, for the sake
of the vast profit that would
accrue TO them. The decentralization
of silver was treason against the in.
dustrial interests in the United States;
1t was the work of the Brooklyn Edgle
brand of patriots.
These people who prate so much
about the superior honesty of their
views respecting the currency should
first atone for the monumental dishon-
esty involved in silyer's demonetiza-
ton; the way TO do right is. first. to |
undo what was done in wrong.
The assertion of the eastern news
papers that are in the class with the |
Eagle is that silver has become too
plentiful TO be good money metal. |
and with that they dismiss the subject. |
Two days ago some of the est-known |
members of the German parliament
advocated the RECOMMENDATION of silver
and urged an international confer
ence. These were not erratic men, or
cranks or lunatics. Chancellor Won
Hohenlohe himself spoke in a favor
ing way. We shall expect the Brook
Ign Eagle 10 say Of these men-as il
says OF the majority in congressional
II is made up of members who seek
notorlety by supporting the long
haired and sockless political economy
OF the men who want 10 repudiate
their debts Yesterday the parlia-
ment at Berlin followed fridays dis
cussion with an expression in favor of
an international conference.
Among the conservatives in Eng
land are many advocates of silver's
restoration. Prominent among them
is Mr.. Bilfour; we suppose the Fdgle
will address TO HIM its recent remark
that "the prevalence of the free-sllyer
fallacy is due TO the cowardice of pub
lie men"
Many helpful agencies are operating
in sllver's favor In the end the cru
SADIE for free coinage Will win. The
awakening now going on in Europe is
the result, In part, of the loyalty of the
men IN congress whom the Brooklyn