The herald., 1896-07-23
which held
Chautauqua Assembly session

sion of her selection. Judge Utley took
his stand on the platform and proceeded
to give his views about the silver ques
tion Judge Utley in his ringing speech
said:r will first define the meaning of
free coinage, of the meaning of 16 to l,
bimetallism, single standard or free
coinage. He then went on to argue
deliberately on the advantages of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver to
the country. Continuing he said the
country would not be flooded with sill
yer in case of free coinage; that value
cannot be legislated into thing; that
the legislature may establish and main
tain any ratio and various other promi-
nent features in this question were
brought out and answered according to
his views and statistics. The judge was
frequently applauded in his speech.
At the close of Judge Utley's address
Rev. Crawford of Pasadena was asked
to respond. Rev Crawford said that he
had not expected to take such prom-
nent part but proceeded to make an eX
cellent speech in favor of the gold stand
ard. Said he: What We want is dollar
that Is worth dollar in Europe, Africa,
in the United States or anywhere. The
free silver cry is more money" We
don't want more money. We have mill
Ions Of dollars in this country that for
=.
What this country wants is the good old
Republican doctrine of protection, that
is as sound as dollar. a gold dollar and
then we will have the 5000 factories,
that have not been running. in Massa-
chusetts in full running order and the
pals Of the workmen will be filled and
they will have work. You have free
coinage of silver and while the amount
of money in circulation is greater, the
value of the dollar in silver is CORE
spondingly less. You can't get much
with it.
j. M. c. Marble, one of the debaters,
said:
The best thought of the ages has been
concentrated on discovering the most
reliable and satisfactory measure for
h values.
| Commencing with the crudest forms
and things, from earliest history to our
time, this measure of value has been
in process of evolution until 1t has in
the United States reached perfection
unequaled
The necessary sum of money per cap
ita, as the instrument of exchange, is
small in proportion to the general wealth.
Yet any change of it's value brings out
intense antagonism
1t required the firm character of Gen.
u. S. Grant to restore coin payments
and save greenbacks from, at least, a
partial reputation.
When the burthen was becoming too
great to be borne those same silver men
came forward with the proposition of
free coinage, i. e., to buy the product of
their mines-and the product of the
mines of the world al 81. 20 per ounce,
when it was worth much less.
Were the mine owners and miners of
Z silver the larger part of our population
there would be more reason for such en-
couragement to their production. But,
in truth, they do not compare in num-
horc mi n n in
\ copper and producers of aluminium The
last metal has advantages over silver,
Is much cheaper and is in bounteous
supply, five-eighths of the crust of the
. earth being composed of it.
For a number of years these silver
A agitators have demoralized the business
of the country to such an extent as to
bring want to more households in the
II land than has ever been caused by any
n other means.
world In the United States we have
but 70,000.000. 1t is not believed that
= outside of the United States people
can be found that believe 16 pounds Of
silver is worth pound of gold. In fact,
the general belief is that pound of gold
1s worth 80 or more pounds of silver.
This, taking the world over, will mean
100 to in favor of the latter value
Various questions bearing on the mat
ter at issue were asked of the speakers,
and as the meeting progressed one after
another rose in the audience and par
Eticipated in the debate, and before the
Eclose of the meeting the matter lay about
MALI and half fer and against gold as
Me standard value.
ART LECTURE.
- From until O'clock at the Baptist
ehurch. Malcolm Mcleod delivered a
y1ecture on Our Life Glass Models Illus
ktrated. The speaker said:
Al ssln my wanderings in many lands
lheAcharms of landscape and the beau