, 1896-09-17
WHERE FITCH STANDS.
AN ARIZONA FREE SILVER MAN
ON THE POLITICAL. lSSI Els
OF THE DAY.
He Proposes to Remain a Republican
and a Bimetallist and VIII Not Let
the Ratios of His Republicanism
and B~imetallism be Dictated by the
POpocrats.

and Bimetallism be Dictated by the
Popocrats.
Lansing. Mich. Sept. Monday
night Mr.. Fitch said that he had advo-
Gated free copage for years, that he
proposed to remain both a republican
and a bimetallist. and thai he refused
to permit the proportions of his repub'
licanism and his bimetailism to he or
dered by n democratic authority or
measured with a Bryan tape line. All
parties favored free coinage and dit
fered only as TO the best method OF &C.
comHishing it. John Stuart Mill com
pacted the argument in favor OF bimet-
allism INTO a sentence when he said
that an increase in the quantity of mon
ey raises prices. The market value OF
the products of labor had been affected,
though not absolutely controlled by the
action in 1873 of Europe and the Uni
ted States in a%Lolishing free coinage OF
silver. No man could feel more bitter
" than he toward those who engineer,
oil tho amo,e,izatior of silver hut two
foolish acts never made a wise one.
and we could not 0 repair the mis-
ob;os os 1919 hy avirg to tho onnosite
x.ru o,a nn,Iing dou,r tho sinpI.
gold standard merely to erect a single
silver standard in its place.
In 1879 all tho great commercial ma
,;ors evcent ENGLAND were himetallic
c;,a , ,ho,. nod so,,od gold No n
,one,y desnot on the throne of finance
and ntroro,od ,hoir volIow idol so thai,
+, wos unoSsibIa for any one nation to
,oro ,;l,or 70 its former nlace
7, &C. mo. . ouastion of tho mower n,
.ho Initial cto,ee to its own
,rs,om Of ooirage M course we could
do ,bot II ic , question of orr mower
- touoo Err,rS,o ro,Iow ms If the
,,o,,io, woro ,o no settled Nv the
ehoor of a,mies we might do If for the
mouoon oooIo ;s tho monarch of all
,ho h;r,, ot,bo mir hrt wo canpot send
,.,;.o ro,s To uomhurp and Iiv.
or,oo, and Os,ord and Genoa and give
,,a no,or, =, ,bosa cities ,ha ontion
,ooo, o,r do,lors nj mar and our DIV,
,or;,o hombs ot . ,remium ANY cab
a.;,.or !, p,roro cou,d refuse tn re.
~ .bo Codaoes IF Iiho,tv ot any
.,u,o. r,to Of aofo,orce than "a nor
ruo,tr.tbroe veors ago Germany led
,ho wo,,d into tho mistake of demon
o.,.otno, Of siI,,or Franco Jtalv Snain
Dou.,oo, cu;,,er,ord and other ma.
,io,s sor,ow.d and rrrcla Sam walked
o..o ~ ,,,o tbo dobtor,s II
90 1879 roc , or;ue mr.
,;., -, Tho
.o,a ;, aoa ao,or &c worth 1oo cents
.. h,u;o, u,bi,a tho silver in n silver
..,,a. J., MONTH hut 20 oorts nc bul,ion
,r,. ,m..,ao, ,i,ror ao,,,r ;c ma5a
.oa c,o.o, s.,,ds roodv to radeem If
,,;,h ,oo oorts in GOLD Free COINAGE
-. auuo. Tho ri,b, If ,nv man
. ,-, .on. os .;,ro. 70 tho
w;., o,a horo; !. ooirod into , silver
,Lua.a., .a,o 60 hir 1f uo no.
,a,,i,h froo .oiro,o without, tho co-
a.oua,io, =, o,bor nations and con-
....., .;,ror do,,ors as ,ou,
w., .ho u,o -, "a oo,ts, worth os Gill
.a. ,.u:o. ao,,, ,,, :, 10 tho mint
$3.50, ha..; ;. a,auno, ;n.a eilror dot
,---, r,i.o, c.,.o.
a,, oh.oi, ,oo oorts, uortb NJ
.a,, 49,, rhot would ho ,iorio for
ono, AVID u,opov and o,be. s;,var
w;.a hut :, would hahn rohod,
a,aa :, n,o,,,d oouso ,ba unoainoa Gil
80 90 al oo,,,rias ,ra ,bo oo;nod Gil
uor - .,ror st.rdord oor,tr;oS tho
,,,r;od r,noos If India and tho income
and ,or,s ot .bo world n no o,.n vor,ea
in,o ,i,,or hr,,;or ord SON, ,o ,rr
mints tor oo;n.oa Uo would ho var,
no,,.d ,o o;yo IN ,edeomir, orr s;,ver
do,,ars IN ao,d .,d nc soop nc vo III,