The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19

n.iu tne same condition for my chill.
urSn, tApplnuSe.) l am opposed to the
slNter proposition an enunclateu In
Inai platform. There is'nd man In the
STATE OF Ohio who has q better SILVER
treotu than mine, officially. I have
h,WhSs been and am, To-day, In favor
OF treo coinage OF silver whenever Il
can be brought about by international
agreement with other lending CONNER.
c'al nations.
Why l. NJ
u the Chicago platform had limited
free ,coingc to the American produce
ton, and hud no, ccnsured President
Cleveland for reforming his sworn
duty In putting down bloody rlots,
ana hssailcd the integrity Of tho Uni.
w states supreme court, many ut US
nulhocrats would have remained with
INC party on account or old tics and
associations, but we cannot swallow
u as q whole, and consequently there
are something like two hundred DEM
ISrotlc newspapers not supporting
bryan and the Chicago platform.
Az 'his point the speaker showed by
MS record In tho Ohio Assembly, IN
which he was born out by Major
townsend, sitting near. that his pres
eht stand on the silver and tariff ques-
IONS Is precisely what II was when he
served on house committees IN the leg
islature.
In the Sixty.sccond General Assem-.
nly1 In 1871. l introduced and passed In
the ohio house OF representatives. un-
der Governor Hayes. a blll to lcgalIze
SILVER IN Ohio. which passed IN the Re-
puoNcan house, but failed In the sem
ntn.. hNRlitun nuta fbt.L.-t No.
uld not report II back 10 the senate M
chairman OF the finance COMMITTEES, In
lMS' In the Slxty.th,rd General Assem-
bly, introduced and passed through
both houses. house Joint resolution No,
l, declaring that the public debt, prin-
clpal and interest, was payable In
coin, either gold nr silver. at the OPP
INN or the government. which resolu.
tlOn was transmitted by Governor
blsENp 10 the Ohio members OF Con-
EreSs. and was the basis Of the silver
speech by Senator Stanley Mathews In
the United States senate.
An honest effort was made by states
men In Congress OF both the old parties
to Keep silver Mt parity with gold BY
the passage Of the Dlln.-AllIsun net
IN lSIs-and the Shermsh act in 1890,
but as the production Of silver vent p,
the price Of bullion went down, and
Congress was compelled 10 repeal these
acts.
II You want something that applies
to his silver question, read the speech
OF that honorable. gallant general In
the late civil war, and great states
man, :he man who came. together with
General Stewart l.. WoodfOrd, to Ohio,
m 1915, and who saved II from Green
hnEEISfn -FRnh that Qyrant uFaa,l, f,It,,.
cred last Saturday evcniG, in Chicago.
by the Hon. Carl Shurz. and also the
one, last month, by General Stewart l..
Woodtord, OF New York City, In Coll
umbus. Both are on the stump en-
deavoring to save us from the silver
craze
1t might Have Been.
am opposed 10 free coinage by this
government. 1t can not so 1t alone. l
am opposed to the censure OF President
Cleveland for this great and glorious
act OF his, and | am opposed 10 the
cenSure Of the supreme court for doing
It's duty. Do we want tn bring this
country down. as Major Townsend has
well said. TO the level OF China. Mexico;
Bolivia, Peru. Japan and other ma
tlons?-only last year Chill m,nted free
silver at the ratio OF thlrty-two and a
traction TO one. II would not pass then
at par. This country cannot go free
silver alone. It would be reputation.
Dur foreign friends sent us their hon
est money. and II Is our honest and su-
cred duty to pay them dollar for dollar,
In the same money we received from
them.
II has cost this country already sl.S.-
100000 SO far to hold silver at parity
with gold.
Free coinage would at once retire
1874. 0O0. 900 Of gold. which would be
boarded or sent abroad. and as We can
only coin about $40, 900, 600 OF silver dol
lars per amman under our present
minting capacity. II would take about
fifteen years to make up for this con-
traction, which in the meantime would
create disaster and business failures
without end.
Two years 6 this country produced
10000, 600 bushels OF potatoes and the
average price wa My cents per bush
cl: last year we produced 400. 600. 900 Of
bushels OF potatoes and the average
prSe was twenty-Six cents per buShel
the law OF supply and demand regu-
llting and controlling the price.
II We. to-day. fixed n price on corn
and potatoes. cndeavorlng to hold them
Mt parity. we couldn't do so, unless
We produced the same prop0r,Ionate
qunntity OF them each year. n, next
year, We have n scarcity Of one and a
surplus Of the other, the price OF the
former would go up and the hitter go
down. Th- same will hold good with
gold and silver.
| have a insurance friend In War
rem, Ohio, Mr.. Whittlesay Adams, who.
during this year visited Mexico, and
buying a railroad ticket from one place
to another. the agent asked him sll
In American money. and SIS IN Mexl-
can money. l hope for the honor and
credit Of our great nation. such Il state
OF affairs vii! never exist In this coun-
try. which In my opinion II surely
would. " the doctrines OF the Chicago
platform prevailed.
Under the Chicago platform. n for
eigner could bring $500 OF silver bull
Ion to our minis, have II mlnted free If
charge, and carry away $780, 900 OF sill
Yer dollars. or 81, 900 net profit, and
when he bought goods from us he
would send US the 800. 900 silver dollars
In payment therefore, on which he
made $4,000 profit, and we would be the
loser thereby. Whereas. when We buy
from them. VIC would have to aend
them u honest gold dollars. or It's
equivalent.
No true American. which we all are.
and ought 10 b.. ought to be willing 10
saddle such a calamity or this country
by his vote.
1 have no doubt I will be censured
by some OF my Democratic friends. |
have not the slightest doubt Of II. |
know what ! am doing. and God knows
! have no H-fcelIng against any one
OF them. | am simply doing what !
believe to be right for the good OF my
country. and ! Civ. them the very same