Evening journal., 1896-06-22

"They are agreed upon the desirability
Of IL and that II is entirely practicable, II
established and maintained by agreement
)f the principal commercial nations. 1t
would be expected that with such gen
sral consensus Of scientific opinion as is
20 be found abroad upon this subject It
would come rapidly to be the generally re-
,oIyed opinion OF the nations to be affected
BY wise settlement Of thNproblem. Such
3 the case. OF the Continental nations
Germany was the one that IN 1892 prao-
sicaly broke up the oonferefAe which met
At the suggestion of the United States.
She Instructed her delegates 60 meet and
tnlk, but TO state TO the conference that
she would not change her imperial stand
ard As her Standard Was gold, that AN
nuuncemont ended all possibility OF any
practical result from that conference.
Since that time, and within the last year,
| her legislative assemblies have specifically,
| by votes Of instruction TO her ministers,
changed her attitude upon that point. So
that the specific objection OF Germany
encountered NY the conference Of 1892 has
| been since considered and withdrawn.
Proposed international Agreement.
"At the present moment Germany,
! France Italy, Austria, Holland, Belgium
and the United States wish to cooperate
the Joint standard by international agree
ment and Ga most important cireum
stance) Great Britain has recently, within
three months, In fact, made a most iinp0r
tant concession. She has said: we will do
for you as much as you can do for your
selves. We will make this great contrlbu-
tion to bimetallio system. We will go
back upon deliberately arranged methods
OF providing a currency for India. We Will
reopen the Indian mints We will engage
that they shall bo kept open, and we shnll
therefore provide for a free coinage Of sill
yer within tho limits of tho British en-
pire for a population creator In number
than the populations Of Germany, France
and America put together
Into this long and now just about to
be suocessful struggle for the establish
ment Of the Joint standard It Is proposed
that we should intervene by assuming to
establish it alone Against this proposed
action on our part these earnest believers
In and workers for the cause strenuously
protest They say to us, You cannot sue
ceed, and your failure will disoredit the
cause.
1.-THE recent article of DR.. Ahrendt in
The North American Review shows very
clearly tho view taken by our friends
abroad upon this subject. He has done
much and probably moro than any living
man to advocate and bring TO It's dominat-
ing position in Germany this cause. Ono
of the original organizers OF the Bimetal-
lic league In Germany, no Is entitled to be
called one Of the leaders OF public opinlpa
In Europe upon this subject. II was upon
| his motion in the Prussinn chamber Oi
deputies that the position OF Germany was
modified within tho last year. He expresses
the opinion that free coinage undertaken
by the United States alone, would simply
end In silver monometallisin and discredit
and put back the cause of the double
standard the world over.
"It Is a question, not what we wish,
, but what we are able TO do. A strong man
may undertake q task too great for his
/ strength and break down.
"It cannot be donied that the feellnf
among our people Is that this free coinag,
by the United States alone will not give
us tho gold and silver money at pnril
with each ofheh which is the assumption
upon which 10 Is taken 1ut will Bring ui
|, to silver monometnllism and a change II
/. | our standard Uf value And that change
| 10 Is believcd, means Immediate Ir4n q
/ | our industries and no permanent good q
any one. This feeling Is general and In
a tense
a "Whether these differences can bo recon
: oiled, it Is impossible to anticipate Tn
4 Democratic party stands for principles de
sirable to be maintained for the good o
the country. Most any sucrifce might b
n asked Of Democrats for the sake OF tn
/. party and they would cheerfully pake Il.
/, But II tho delegates from thH localit
l. should go to that convention and repre-
d sent that the rank and file OF the part
4 would follow the lead of our southern
\ brethren and vote for the free coinage Q
i silver by the Unltod States alone he woul
a be msrepresenung the state OF publi
II | opinion hero. whether IL is so or not,
" is considered proposition TO debase th
existing standard of value. And the sam
feeling OF indisposition to compromis
NJ with the matter for votes or anything OILS
"a is as active and dominant here In on
~ party as It was found in the Repuhlica
~ party when it bore down and oyerpowero
n the Mckinley machine.
II Personally IL is my opinion II th
IA Democratic party goes ON that platforl
NJ / at this time, they will meet the most di
In astrous defeat that any party has ever ha
a. in this country. l understand IL Is hoI
M estly believed in. and people think it wi
~ bring relief from their present trouble
40 but between now and election day 1t wi
"a ! be pretty thoroughly sifted, and the peop
Of this country will not face the disturb
h ance OF values, the loss of confidence u
- general distress and ruin which woul
ls come TO their business interests In such
~, change in their standard of value as wou
81 arise from such action. And IL will,
al my opinion, overwhclm the persons wi
a. undertake It,
!. at ought not TO be necessary for mo
rssti say anything of personal nature. l IN
an myself however, spoken OF here and the
"a as possible candidate. not very serious
~ or prominently but sufficiently TO attra
IN, attention If 1 should fail to notice It.
an sometimes affects ono's influence in cas
al like the present 1 have no personal ~
or. tive In entering this fight. have sa
that would not bo a candidate "
IN add, copying the emphatic language on
,a. used by the late General sherman, Il thii
in ] remember it correctly, i will not II
II nominated, nor serve II elected.
tha II am not foolish enough to suppc
~ that any eastern man could be nominal
-, by this oonyention-much less that
an could. ! sympathize thoroughly with {
- | feeling in the south that has caused Il