The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-28
COZ. j. HAMPTON HOGE SPEdRS.
Holds Up the Cause of sound-Money in an
Able Manner.

Colonel ]. Hampton Hogo delivered last
night magnificent address before the
Byrd Island Mckinley y-Hobart-Lewis
cub. consisting cnilreiy OF white voters
tc the number of I59. Colonel Hoge was
in one OF his hdppiest moods, and had
the attention OF Ills audience from the
opening 10 the close oil his address,
which was chiefly directed TO a vigorous
exposure of the stupcndOus 1olly OF free
coinage OF silver.
he was frequently interrupted by the
leartiest applause. and the usual dis
turDcrs became Interested listeners. Col
onel Hose boldly asserted that there
never had been but one standard, and
held up the cry CT silver being worth
5lB ion 1913. said he: Worth $lOJ Ia
whatg Can you measure the value OF corn
by corn? No the silver wnen Si.o5 was
measured tho same and by the same.
measured when its worth % cents. by
the standard of one hundred cents IN
gold.
IIo exposed the fallacy OF the free sill
yer crank that the Sound Money men
wanted only gold 10 circulate. lie clearly
and forcibly explained the difference be-
tween the circulating medium and the
standard by which this medium was TO
be measured. said he. Standards must
be- certain, one nation. no more than one
community could TX standards"
He explained that gold. like the yard
stick was not intended TO circulate, and
as the yardstck measures the goods, as
the ounce weight measures the groceries,
as the bushel measure determines the
quantity If grain. all Of these being stand
ards fixed by the world SO was the gold
dollar the standard by which money was
measured.
The merchant has his yardstick. the
groceryman his ounce weights. the farmer
his bushel measure; your product, your
stock In trade Is your labor. are you not
entitled to as fixed and certain standard
TO measure 10 by as those / have named
above; How can yCu nX the price when
the unit value iuctuaics daily? How
would you De able 10 buy your wife
dress by the number Of yards without
knowing how many inches would be I'm
each yard? As the inch makes the
yard, SO the cent makes the dollar. You
can have but one standard In ANYTHING.
You cannot run a narrow guage train
on a bread gusge track, and as al rail
road companies found il necessary to
carry the produce OF the country. to
adopt one standard. so all nations found
10 just a. necessary for the exchange
and interchange Of commodities to adopt
Cne standard Of money Upon this stand.
ard the great industrial national trains
are now moving. Shall we swing
the pendulum backward. discard the
broad guagc and place our nation upon
the discarded free silver narrow guage
track. thus permitting all intercourse
with the great nations and link our des-
tiny with the harbarous nations? Shall
our country move onward 70 that glorious
destiny which God has decreed? Shall
the sparks Of civilization that now fash
from the anvil 20 enlighten the world
be obscEred? Stnnl the light be blown
out OF the hand OF the Goddess OF Liberty?
Said he: Give our people dollar
backed by our country's credit; dollar
yesterday. to-day, and forever; a dollar
that tho rust OF time cannot tarnish; a
dollar that. though covered with the
dust OF a century. will rise upon the
wings Of the American eagle without one
stripe erased or polluted or single star
obscured.'
Colonel Hoge dwelt at length uncn the
tariff and maintained that It was the
circulation and not the coinage or money
that we needed. Restore confidence. the
basis Of credit. for when you destroyed
confidence you destroyed % per cent OF
-
confidence and business will begin. and
money will follow business as shadow
follows its substance.
Colonel Hoge. judge Waddlll and Judge
Lewis viii deliver addresses at Belyldere
Hall tomorrow night.
About three hundred voters. OF every
nolitical complexion. assembled in the
vacant match factory on Reservoir street
last night at the meeting OF the Nc
Kinley. Hobart. and Lewis Club. Presi-
dent r. z. Jackson was endorsed for
his earnest efforts In behalf of the club
and the cause in general. The president
hrst introduced Mir. f. &. dilI. who made
a brief and foroible speech in denuncia-
tion OF the free coinage OF silver. lie
was followed by Mr. Grubbs, who made
q brief address on the general status of