The herald., 1895-04-22
GOVERNOR MATTHEW'S VIEWS
He Talks of CIeveland's Letter to the Chicago
Business len

DENVER, April 21.-A special to the
News from Indianapolis says: Governor
Matthews today gave out the following
expressions on the silver question:
"Of course read the letter of the presi
de 1T to the Chicago business men. and it
was to me disappointment, and be-
lieye it has been to the people generally
of this state. 1t was not up to the expec
tation created by the notices in advance of
it's coming, and the well known clearness
with which the president usually ex-
presses himself. He generalizes-the peo-
pie wanted and expected him to particu-
1arize. 1t is easy to speak in general
terms of sound money. but it would
have been better to give q sound definition
of the term. 1t is to be gold or silver
monometallsm. or both upon an equal
footing. and representing true and hon
est double standard of value. Mr.. Cleve-
land may not intend it, but the general
construction placed upon his recent let
ter. reinforced by past utterances and his
public policy, will be that he is strongly
inclined to the single gold standard. The
people are beginning to look with no
little doubt and some alarm upon the
continued use of the terms sound money
silver mine owners, and of the interna-
tional money conferences in discussing
the treatment of their financial problem.
mo happier or more patriotic step
could be taken toward the settling of
this question than strong. emphatic
and positive announcement by our gov
eminent through the powers that be that
it would never be party to nor give its
consent to have silver stricken from the
money of the world, destroying one of its
products and great source of wealth. If
England blocks the way, leave her out
and enter into an agreement with the
other governments. If all fail. then let
the United States adopt that policy which
would be just to all her people. TO balk-
ing interests there is but little doubt but
the Sound money phrase means the gold
standard alone: but this interest COM
prises but a small part OF our citizens.
"All sections and all interests are
equally interested in the prosperity of
their country and should be recognized
in the shaping OF national policies. 1t
has been demonstrated beyond a doubt
that the business of the country cannot
be conducted upon the single standard,
this it would be unjust. perilous and de-
structive. We need the double stand
ard of value, an honest and sincere bimet-
allism, gold and silver of equal and inter-
changeable value. To talk bimetallism
and all the time adopting policy that
further puts the equal value i'll the dim
future as many do, is not acting in good
faith. To say that we must have parity
between gold and silver and by our acts,
our policy toward ourselves as people
and in faint hearted dealing with other
nations, constantly creating a greater dis
parity is neither just, sincere. nor honest.
mot in an unfriendly spirit toward
Mr. Cleveland have thus expressed my
self concerning his letter; nor as a radical
and uncompromising silver man, which
| am not; nor even as u blmetallist.
which am in the true and honest dein-
iition of that term; but as a citizen feel
ing that we now have to consider a ques-
tion that seriously affects the prosperity
W i'll not down. 1t is living issue and
unless conditions radically and magically
change. will be the dominant issue in
1s96-possibly the struggle between gold
mon ometallism and true bimetallism. "