The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14

more prosperous when those who have
| something accumulated think il safe 10
| invest. and crowd production TO the limits
| of demand He 5 less prosperous when
men lock their means in safety vaults.
| fearing to invest He would fare miser-
| ably In the midst of the violent fluctua-
tons and extreme uncertainties which
| would surely follow the further COMA sc
OF our silver bullion at ratio of Is TO l.
But now that Senator Stewart repre-
! sents the attempted boom OF silver rather
| than the public welfare He pronounces
| his own official conduct OF 1878 a crime
And Mr.. Kelley is reported to have said
that he did not know the bill demonetized
| the standard silver dollar. Senator Vest
says 1t was a conspiracy under the lead
| of Senator Sherman. who In 1873 and ever
| since has been the hired man of banks
and passing the coinage blu of 1873 was
a deed OF darkness done IN the night
Does the record sustain this charge? In
view of the facts. does 1t not come with
poor grace from Senator Vest TO charge
an honorable colleague with being the
secret agent of a. conspiracy to perpetrste
a crime. knowing, or certainly without ex-
cuse for not knowing, the charge 10 be
false, malicious. and cOwardly? A cause
that needs such subterfuge to win IL sup
port is clearly one of darkness. Hence
when Senator Vest asserts that Senator
Allison of Iowa told him this bill had been
doctored after IL left the committee his
veracity Is questioned In the absence of
nd 4 he. tru III
viii pass as one OF the most common and
easiest investments of the Chicago outfit.
which has repealed nearly every Democrat
of distinction and personal honor from
his party.
Silver IS not now and never has been
demonetized in this country. Wherever
the coinage OF silver has been before con-
gress, ii has seldom been a party mea-
sure. So far as the records can deter
mine the fact they show that the Repub-
lican party Is the only true friend that
silver has ever had in this country for its
larger use. Prior to 1878 there had never
been more than 100000 standard dollars
coined, Of which not more than 10000
were put In circulation.
Since 1873 the Republican party has al
most continuously IN power. and there
have been coined in the mints of the
United States and put In circulation SSSo,-
eis73. or nearly fifty times as much as
had been coined In the preious eighty-six !
years OF the nations history. There Is |
now in circulation legal tender silver up |
wards OF two-thirds more than at any /
time in the previous history OF the re-
public. and there IS In addition ST.. COO 600 /
of gold in circulation with this silver. |
without the slightest fuctuation between |
the two metals. and every dollar of paper |
currency and silver passes current for all |
debts and is good as gold the world over.
In 1892 the Democrats elected Grover 1
Cleveland and A Democratic house. and /
gained control of the senate. thus having /
absolute possession Of the government. !
In 1895 they voted silver down and stopped
the coinage OF silver entirely. Since then
they have issued So. oOo.oo OF interest
bearing bonds in time OF peace. and un-
der such suspicious circumstances that
the senate has been compelled to investl-
gate Their action.
II Senator Vest stated the truth and
gold standard men have indeed secured
% cents per bushel for wheat. when IN
The tide OF time did farmers receive more
Tor this product
But I'm every crisis o, the republic the
sober. second thought OF our people has
always been found to be right. The peo-
DE can safely be trusted. The national
lonor, time-tested Institutions and stabil-
~ IN buslpess are dear 20 the American
'eople. In times OF national danger party
ines dissolve. In the present emergency
wo facts are self-evfd>nt: First. Bryan I
md his Populist following no more repre-
ent the Democratic party of .Sss than the
lave-h holders. who nominated Breckin-
ttge and framed the unlimited slavery
'latform az 1870. represented the Demo
ratio party of that day War Demo
rats united 20 save the nation. In the
econd place. the people q other goid
ta1sard countries. whether that STANDARD
Fas originally OF their own choosing or
OF. are not agita;ing for Is abandon
neDt. This country may be regarded
= an exceptor, but the agitation here n
sss Formidable than many people sem !
, suppose. Every business Interest. every i
tatesu1an and patriot, worthy 81 th>
snne. and nesvly every man. who r. both :
Intelligent and honest. are sEainet Tho 7
free ard unlimited coiHoge az silver at z
ratio Of y 10 /" Silver mine owners. ( Z
zhonesi debtors. and boy-o-ztor d.rna-
ozues. are not re American peopis II d,
"a present political canvas f. Indeed
70 ana death struggle between she
asses and plutocrzey. We ran say amen
, Senator Vests prayer God give The
eop!s O. thss country the s;rengta ard i.
Re vision 70 w!n-"
WI o. THOMPSON. :