The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-18
A MISTAKE.

The Times has received the loio"l"e'
Editor OF The Times:
Sir.-In an editorial in The Iiines OF '"e
18th your zeal for the cause OF gold moh"-
metallism misleads you into o1erlns an
uumerited Insult TO many unfortunate uuN
worthy and deserving people. You say =
"Thriftless men the world over always
CRY for cheap money. because they are
unwilling TO work for that which can
be earned 10y earnest toll alone.
Now. sir / can tell you OF scores-yes'
hundnds-of unemployed people, who are
not amenable TO the charge OF being
lazy. unwilling 20 work, etc, but TO be
more specific / will confine myself 10
a single case-one IN which j am directly
and pcrsonally interested-that of man
of family. who has been vainly seeking
employment for months past. There Is
no question of his competency. for he
has filed important positions In some
of the principal banks and business houses
of this city. and has the best testimonials
from "a large number Of them. Ina addi-
ton 10 this. he now stands at the head
of the list of applicants who stood cNami-
nation for appointment in the internal
revenue department. And as to his
Willingness TO work. he has day after
day and week after week sought employ
mcnt OF the banks, merchants, and manu-
facturers. only TO receive the same an
swcr-that there was no vacancy. This
man, although a fine book-kceper and cX-
pert accountant. as well "a man OF large
general business experience. is now offer
ing TO do anything that will afford a
support for himself and family, even TO
disnfecting Water-clOsets. Can you still
say that any man willing to work can
ind employment? And can you blame
the men unemployed and in hopeless de-
spair from tuning from the dominant
party I'm politics. which says. peace be
still, and offers no plan Of relief? If you
do. l can only say. vain hope. IL may
OOssiblyl be unWise 10 jump from the
frying-pan into the fire. but men will
even do that when I'm hopeless despair.
If the silvcrites do not control the Chi
cago Convention. the Republican party
Will certainly elect the next President of
the United States. l am, therefore
FREE-SILNER DEMOCRAT.
The "Free-Silver Democrat" has done
a good bit OF advertising for the gentle
man who NOW stands at the head Of the
list OF applicants who stood examina-
tion for appointment in the internal-reye-
nue. Experimentation we let that pass.
Our correspondent is wholly mistaken
in supposing that The Times article to
which he refers intends to intimate or
does intimate that every advocate of free
silver is a thrftless or lazy man. 1t
does nothing OF the kind. II says that
thriftless and lazy men. wherever you
find them, are for free silver. but IL
does not state or intimate that all free
silver advocates are thriftless or lazy
men. on the contrary. we know many
industrious and some thrifty men who
are advocates OF free coinage.
SO far as our correspondents inability
TO get employment IS concerned. he has
to thank free silver for that. The threat
to degrade our standard Of value from
100 cents &C. 20 cents alarmed the world
and produced the panic OF Is. from which
the country is still suffering. and that
broke down employments and threw many
people out OF work. lie must lay his
misiortunes at the door Of the cause
that he advocates