Evening journal., 1896-10-27


MAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES
IN FAVOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.
Republican managers congratulated
themselves that Archbishop Ireland's
letter against Bryan and Sewall would
wean from the Democratic party the
Catholic vote but it has done nothing
of the kind, and has, if anything.
proved retroactive. From all parts of
the country come protests from clergy
and laymen. The following extracts
serve to show the feeling:
ANOTHER PRIEST IN FAVOR OF
FREE SILVER.
Baltimore: Rev. EugeneA. Hannah. of
st. Martins Catholic Church. delivered
a lecture upholding the doctrine OF the
free coinage of silver, and incidentally
rapping Archbishop Ireland, of St.
Paul
Father Hannah says that in times like
these every man ought to get down
from his pedestal and take an interest
in wlat is going on about him. At the
outset he said: 1T is, indeed, a battle
OF the standards; not a bloody war of
the roses, red and white, but a blood
less battle of the standards, silver and
gold. The free people of free coun-
try are divided into hostile camps" He
did not leave his position doubtful, for
he declared: "As for me, l am proud
to range myself with the masses. Not
that ! would array the masses against
the classes, but, as one of class, l am
quick to declare that it is the duty of
every man to be a man; aye, man
Of the people and for the people.
Appreciation of money means a fall
In the price of commodities. Depre-
citation Of money means a rise in the
price of commodities. Dear money
means lower prices. cheaper money and
cheap money is undoubtedly the best
money. It means higher prices. Dear
money is the worst money for the gem
erality OF people because it is harder
to get" Again: When the volume OF
| currency A., lenaenod. or made asos,at.,r'.
| there is contraction. When the volume
of money is increased or made larger,
there is imitation. Between imitation or
contraction you must make a choice.
Which do you prefer, more money or
less money? More money for you, more
money for your friends and relatives?
More money for your community and
] for your country, or less money?
"YOu will notice that l dwell on the
quantity of money, rather than the
quality, whereas at this time it seems
to be q question of quality-a sound
dollar / cannot get a gold dollar, not
one. Last year l went to the United
States Custom House and I could not
get ene gold dollar Gold dollars, the
unit of value, must be bought in a
curiosity shop They are worth more
than 100 cents. If any man, be he the
president of the United States or the
honorable secretary of the Treasury
says that any money of the United
States is unsound and dishonest now
it was not unsound or dishonest in the
time of Washington, Hamilton, Jeffer-
son and Andrew Jackson, but it wa:
dishonest and unsound when Johr
sherman demonetized silver in 1878.
"As to the argument that only the
silver mine owners would receive the
profit. / say: Add Sl0O,000,0O0 to ths
money in circulation, and all of us be
come richer by so much per capita. Sub
tract 500, 100000 from the money il
circulation will you be richer o.
poorer? Evidently poorer.
, Il am not an alarmist. l can sol
, | EIlUlN dSctIL UtAOIt AIOQ anu nAdA TIA
1 have studied the question conscien
tiousy. I have burned midnight gas
! have pondered over books with tn
thermometer at almost 100 in my room
at midnight and as q convert to tn
cause. as one who in the beginning
thought gold was right and silve
+ wrong, | now declare my adherence T.
d bimetallism. You may find q flaw il
{ my argument. Find it If you can. An
i. when you have found it l will rewar
/, you for your industry by finding
). bakers dozen in the article publishe
# this morning by the cyclonic arch
bishop of St. Paul. He is honest, s
r am I but he is wrong, and we ar
Z right"
d Concluding he said: "We need all on
IS gold and all our silver for legal tende
money. and even then there will not b
e enough There is plenty of room fo
II paper too Wisdom demands that "
n give to silver at the mints the sam
W rights that are given to gold-righi
that will make it equal in money fun'
tions TO gold. at the ratio fixed by la
., of 16 to 1. This can only be done b
ll free coinage of silver, as well as FIRE
y coinage of gold.
~ st. Louis: The recent declaration
@ Archbishop Ireland for the gold stan'
= ard has caused some comment anon
&c the clergy of his faith in this cit
Archbishop Kane had only this to say
Il am a churchman, and not polit
clan"
BREEZY WORDS FROM PHELAN
y Father Phelan, editor of the Westel
J." Watchman, answers the archbishop
St Paul in that paper. Following a
IN extracts from the EDITORIAL:
ne Archbishop Ireland is a phenom
non. He Is a volcano, and when In
nj state OF violent eruption he fills Il
a air with fire and smoke. ArchbishC
Is ireland is always spectacular al
a Frenchy in his entrance in the polite
stage. A man Of Archbishop Ireland
- party called three names i'm the car
~ paigu of 1884 and the Republicans To
the country. We strongly incline
the opinion that ireland and app
matt0x' in 1896 will do for McKinh
* what Rum. Romanism and rebellio
Sc did for Blaine in 1884. Archbishop IT