New-York tribune., 1896-09-01
STEWART AND JONES on GOLD.
THEIR SPEECHES IN FAVOR OF THE slN'hh
STANDARD TO BE USED AS CAM
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,,,,,ro.or aur 81 (SpeciaD.-In response TO 4
,,ouaral demand the Republican Congress Commit
too will publish tomorrow Senator oneiNi'
sneech on the coinage act OF ls'S ""'0" "
livered I'm the Senate three years ago !o'', ''' ..
careful reading Of this document VIII convince any
Intelligent man that the Bryans and stewards anu
pIands and their followers who are constantly anu
,-ooIforouslv asserting that the silver dollar was
..surreptitously demonetized by the ACT reiei'e"
TO are themselves guilty OF frauduiehl anu iaa''
concentrations of the grossest descrip'loh' i'e
document also contains copous citations from
snecches delivered in the Senate by Whhani NJ.
Stewart of Nevada. in January, FEBRUARY ana
ru,o 1874 I'm which he strongly advocated the goid
standard and also from speech deliVereo py ??c"-
ator Jones' OF Nevada. In April h'f' III WHICH, lie
also gave cogent and unansweraDle reasons why
that standard should be maintained. Most OF the
citations from Senator Stewards speeches nave:
heretofore appeared In these dispatches few
brief excerpts from Senator .Joness speech are
pertinent and will be of general interest Among
other things he said:
Does this Congress mean now to leave entirely
out of view and to discard forever "a ,standard, OF
value? Did any country ever accumulate weaitn,
sGhsye ssa ssndard And whaf but gold can
be that standard? What other thhg on ear'p
Cold is the articulation OF commerce. 1t is the
most potent agent OF civilization II is gold that
done more organize society to promote in
dustry and insure its rewards to inspire progress'
steam and electricity. The OF gold had its
origin In the necessities of mankind. The human
everybody at all times and in al places. G
The necessities which compel It's use are as m
cxorable to-day they were AT the beginning a.
though improved systems of exchange have al,
minshed the proportionate volume necessary 10
do the work. ~. .,o.
when II is exclusively used as money ii teaches
the very habit of honesty. IT neither deals IN IN
nor tolerates false pretences. II cannot ne; ~
keeps it's promises to rich and poor alike While IL
has human institutions perish ana nv human a,l
governments crumbe and decay, Il Is Itself nm
perishabe. The gold that was IN Soomon,s Iempde
possessed the same qualities as the go,d aug 70
fornia and the gold OF Australia are precisely the
same II denes the corroding hand of time ana
the friction of ages II is the common denonl-
nator of values II makes possible the cassiiica-
ton OF labor and the equitable interchange OF coh-
modltes Gold has interyened IN the nargains
made between men since the dawn OF civnLation, M
and II has failed TO faithfully rum ,s part
the universal agent and servant OF Hahkilu
YATES COUNTY DELEGATES TO BUFFALO.
Corning n v Aug. 3l.-At the Yates County
Democratic Convention. held to-day NJ. A. Leary.
Thomas Carmody and Charles IT, Coleman were
scted as delegates to the State Convention. so be
held at Buffalo and Marvin l.. Spooner,' of Milo.
was nominate ed for Member of Assembly. The Con-
yenton indorsed the nominees OF the chicago Con-
venton and also the platform adopted there
sIIVERITES' NOTIFICATION TO BRYAN
Cleveland Aug 3l.-Gcorgc A. Groot, chairman OF
tho Silver party Notification Committee. received
a letter to-day from Senator Teller. stating that II
would be impossible for him to speak at thc noti-
dcation meeting In Lincoln on September g. when
Bryan will be Informed Of his nomination by the
Silver party. Dir. Teller end Congressman Towhs