The record-union., 1896-10-12
HE SPEAKS IN NO UNCERTAIN TONES.

there is no calculating how much rum
should have come to the city. The paila-
dunn of American liberties Is the SUI
preme Court at Washington, the coun-
terpart of which in majesty and IN
power to enforce absolute justice does
not exist among the nations of Christ
endom. But, as far as it is possible,
through human ingenuity, outside OF
partisan politics. independent Of all po-
lltical Influences through their life ten
ure of office, the Judges of the court
rule Congress and President, State and
nation, and expound the law in all its
lnfieXibility, no matter who must yield
to it.
And now a convention speaks of the
supreme Court las it may be hereafter
constituted" intimating unmistakably
the intention if the party represented IN
that convention come to power, the IN
tention to constitute the courts by pop
ular election of the Justices, by limiting
their term of Office or otherwise, as to
make it insensible to the stern voice OF
law and responsive to the passing
whims of political parties.
Worse in my mind than all this, is the
spirit Of socialism that permeates the
whole movement which has issued from
International of Europe, now taking
body in America. Of this one cannot
but be convinced when the movement
is closely observed, the shibboleth of its
adherents listened to. the discourses of
its orators carefully examined. The war
Of class against class is upon US, the war
of the proletariat against the property
holder.
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given to the appeals to the common
people," to the "laborer'' to the poor
and downtrodden,' and to the denuncia-
tions against the ''plutocrats" and cor
porations" and money grabbers' and
bankers" Many adherents of the
movement do not perceive its full mean
ing; but let them beware; they are
lighting torches which, borne in hands
of reckless men, may light up in this
country the lurid fires of a commune
America, heretofore, has been free
from socialistic hatred and warfare; ii
has been a country of opportunities for
all men and it has given to the laborers
a livelihood higher and better than is
afforded him in any other country Of
the world Is this all to be changed? :?
Is social chaos, gloating over ruins, to be
a method of the social elevation of the
masses? There NAV be room in some
things for peaceful amelioration through
we'll informed public opinion and orderly
legislation, but class hatred and anarchy
passion never led to aught but suffering.
The people of America must to-day
look warily around guard against
| catch words and misleading war cries.
avoid giving any countenance to So
cialistic or anarchistic tendencies and
know that the first condition Of pros
perity to any and all classes of the
people is peaceful commonwealth and
assured social order The monetary
question. indeed, is only a sec condary
issue in the campaign. | have how
ever, my convictions in this matter
The free and unlimited coinage of sill
Yer dollars at a ratio Of 16 to ! by the
United States independently of other
great commercial nations into dollars
which shall be made legal tender. will
disturb the whole business of the coun-
try and bring upon it a financial de-
preston far beyond anything which we
are now experiencing
am confronted with the pamphlet Of
Archbishop Walsh of Dublin on "Bi-
metallism" as a reply to my objection
TO the silver resolution of the Chicago
Convention. The pamphlet of Arch
| bishop Walsh has no bearing whatever
on the situation in America The Arch
bishop discusses bimetafiism VS. mono
metallsm and that only from one point
Of view, the effect of monometalIism
upon the farmers contracts under the
land purchase Acts Of Ireland He ex-
| presses no opinion as to the ratio at
which silver is TO be coined and he
nlanifestly presupposes that bimetal-
ism would be brought about by an in
ternatiOnal agreement He alleges that
| India was unable to keep q silver cur
| rency Independently Of European ma
| tions. 1T was impossible for India
to obtain the loans that are absolutely
necessary for the development Of the
country" and the reason was 1.-THE fuc-
| tuations in the relative value of the
rupee"
1T is the silver currency of China, -
| he adds. that stops the making Of
railways in that country" Walsh's
| pamphlet is throughout a solid argu-
ment against the Chicago platform.
| To what he says he might ado that
| France and all the countries Of the
| Latin Union to-day were ultimately
| compelled to give up bimetallism; so
| long as other countries of Europe would
| not cooperate with them
| The question before the people Of
| America to-day is the coinage of silver
| by this country Independently of the
| Great commercial nations of the world
| at the ratio of 16 to l. This ratio is
| double the commercial value of silver.
| The consequences of unlimited coinage
| In these circumstances are yet to be
| proved. The cry of the silver party is
that with free silver coinage we Will
raise the value Of silver to 81 % an
ounce measured in gold"
On what authority is this said? On
that Of the mere word of the men that
! make the assertion? The experience
OF our own country contradicts the as
seruon. The purchasing of $50, 000 900
| worth OF bullion (under the Sherman
Acp was not able to prevent the fall
IN the value Of silver from a dollar an
ounce to its present low value. The
experience Of France contradicts the as
sertion. France, with all the countries
ol the Latin Union had to give up the
coinage OF silver lest, overloaded with
the silver of the world it should lose
OH lts soid Common sense is against
the assertion Silver is now produced
| II such quantities and at such small
expense OF production that its value
cannot be kept up to its former stand
ara. ANA is the whole business of
America to be imperiIed by a lean into
an experiment which those very men
| who advocate it confess to he o,l,, on
experiment, and which experience and