Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-05-03
SILVER THE ISSUE
Senator Voorhees, Thinks No
Other Question Is Be-
fore the People.
HE FAV0RS FREE COINAGE.
Says the Contest Is Certain
to Result In Victory for
That Principle.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 30. - Senator
Voorhees,, in q talk with The Sentinel
Washington correspondent, made the
following statement Of h views in re-
gard to the free coinage of silver:
Il do not regret the agitation of the
silver question. Sooner or later it had
20 be definitely settled whether the
labor producing people Of this country
tan be bullied out OF one-half Of their
debt paying money, or that they will
stand up like free men and protect and
defend the money named and provided
in the constitution-gold and silver, or
both-not one Of the precious metals
alone, but both, and on terms and con-
ditions az to coinage and use of absO-
Lutte equality. That is the quo stion i'm
mediately before us, and no better time
than now will ever be found for its set
Element.
Silver the Issue.
1.-THE tariff will not return to plague
US again for years to come, and no
great national question is at this time
IN the way of a full discussion Of
the currency question. The silver
question itself is palmer to view
and less obscured by the craft Of its
enemies than ut any time since the as
sassination of silver money took place
in 1873 There are no Legislative
switches now in existence to lead the
people away from tho main track. No
cowardly makeshifts or insinoere
shams can any longer darken discussion
or betray honest counsels.
1.-THE real and vital issue now pre-
sented to the American people is the
proposed elimination Of silver from
our currency, its total
Overthrow and Destruction
as money metal and the use Of gold
alone. This is what is now meant by
the movement against the free coinage
of silver, whatever disclaimers may be
made to the contrary. This movement
means the destruction of one-h half Of the
debt paying money Of the United
States and of the world. II it should
be successful it will double the burdens
on every debtor and multiply the gains
and income Of every creditor wherever
the sun shines.
"The debts Of the American people at
this time, both public and private, Care
appalling in amount. They have been
contracted on bimetallic basis, and it
is now proposed to make them payable
on the basis of gold alone. I have not
a particle Of doubt as to the result Of
the contest now going on. The enemies
Of silver will be driven to the wall.
Silver money will not only survive, but
it will be fully restored to it's old place
as leading and controlling factor in
the development and the progress Of
the country.
Always Favored Free Coinage.
"Nor have any fear for the future
strength and harmony of the Demo-
cratic party. Some men may discard
it's principles and abandon its organiza-
ton, but others will take their places.
I have been in favor Of the free coinage
Of silver at the ratio fixed by Jeffer-
son all my life, and, whatever 9TH
ers may do, shall hereafter neither
abandon my principles nor my
party. 1 am not unmindful Of the
vague cry now raised about sound
money honest money and it causes
me to glance back over the career Of
of silver in American history. I dis
cover that Washington, Jefferson,
Hamilton, Madison, John Marshall and
Monroe endorsed silver money as sound
and honest, and that the same views
were entertained througouht the most
important epochs Of our country's tri-
ais, growth and glory, by Jackson,
Clay and Webster, Calhoun, Silas
Wright, Marcy, Horatio Seymour,
Benton, Chase, Douglas, Hendricks
and Abraham Lincoln"