The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-30
In Politics..

Friends OF Senator Faulkner, who are
DOT TOO earnestly Identified with the free
sMver campaign, are poking good deal OF
on the silver question. The Senator's
home papers have been grubbing through
tne Congressional Record, and are now
delivered In the Senate denuncfatOry or the
Tree and unlimited coinage Of silver a the
ration or ~ to l, without an International
extract from the speech, which. tho Re
pubilcans say. looks strange alongside Of
! some or The bulletins, which are daily Being
prepared ut Democratic headquarters under
The official eye OF Senator Faulkucr him.
self;
the standing or the past. The monetary
standards OF the word have Changed: the
demand for the white metal Is leSsening
annually. Should we adopt free End un-
limited coinage at a IatlO That would draw
the surplus silver to our nints. there would
be no channels through which 1t could pass
from this country, except To South and
Central A merica, China and Japan. Would
they absorb sufficient 10 avoid a glut in
the n pme market, which would soeifectualiy
depreciate the price as 10 destroy silver AZ
production and a continual decrease In the
demand. would IL be wise for the true
friends OF bimetallisIn to seek at this time
TO place silver In the position II Seespied
In the monetary system prior 10 1873?
MI. President, can see no solution OF
this problem except 10 international 3D.
metallism- Tue stability Of silver. which
has been overtnrown by vicious and selfish
legislation, can only be restOred in this
way"
The daughter OF a high official In the
Treasury Department studies music with
one OF the leading teachers OF the art. The
teacher was Informed by the girls father
q few days ago that he desired her TO make
as rapid progress as possible between this
time and the fourth day OF next March
"You know why, OF eOursc." said The Of
xat.u- nil m
our respective homes on that sad day."
A campaign booklet has been recently
published in Denver ltstitle Is Ca tecnIsm
in Finance" and 1t Is icing circulated By
the hU ndreds of tl,Ous;i nds IN tine interests
OF the free silver campaign. IL is regarded
by the Republicans as an especially per
nicious book for the reason that IL contains |
the repudlaGcd article alleged To have been
taken from the London Financial News. |
besides extracts from the Eafbs,d lsas
alleged speech. This other is pCh sued |
as an extract from one OF the spec,ihes III |
Lincoln. but the most diiisent search ON \
the part OF Republican critics has been |
by the finding OF any such |
utterancc among the speeches of the |
martyred President.
Here is letter which is given out from
Democratic headquarters to show the al
legged Improper methods or Republicans In
certain parts OF Pennsylvania The letter
is from Mr.. Ed + Showers. OF sUnbury.
secretary OF the Bryan and Sewan CLUB
of that place. He says:
1--we are having large meetings This |
Is Il railroad town, and the railroad men |
dare not put their names on the roll as
mem beers as they are afraid they will lose
their places. That seems hard IN country |
they call Il free country. The Republicans
had a fellow around IN the county for two
weeks speaking. He called himself Judge
Lansing, OF Lincoln. Mr.. Bryan's home. |
He dbl SANDER Mr.. Bryan terribly. He
looked more like prize fighter than u
judre. l see in our bon,e paper that he
had to leave Lincoln for embezzIing money
The Republicans tried hard to get up u
crowd to go To Canton. but the fare was
too high for Kuip, their candidate for
Congress We have a Republican for presi-
dent and two for vice presidents in our
club"
Senator John Palmer, national Demo |
cratic candidate Tor the Presidency. has
been detained in Washington by business
and will not leave here until this after
noon He will go direct from Washington |
to his home in Springfield, Ill.
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