The evening times., 1896-08-26


The open letter OF Senator Stewart to
Senator Sherman, In which he makes
spirited reply to the latter's charges ut
tered in the Columbus, Ohio, speech. pro-
voked prompt action at Republican head
quarters this morning.
This action is doubly Interesting In the
light OF the recent expose by The Times of
affairs at the office OF the Silver Knight,
Senator Stewards paper Chairman Bab-
cock, without an hours delay, set to work
several OF his assistantson n addition to the
well known 1873 speech of Senator SBer-
man. which the campaign committee is
preparing in pamphlet form and which was
about to go to press. This added portion
Is expected to knock large holes in Sen
ator Stewards letter.
The great point in the Stewart letter is
the effort OF the writer To show that when
he made his ort-quoted speech, on Febrr5
ary II, 1874, he did not advocate the gold
Standard but that where he used the word
gold he meant specie" He even ac-
cnses Senator Sherman OF uttering, not
only pervers.ons, but falsehoods.
What makes the controversy interesting
to workingmen and, of particular interest
to Senator Stewards uDGerpaid printers
in Alexandria appears incidentally in the
docume nt being prepared 10y Chairman Bah
cock.
INDICATES SHERAIAN'S SPEECH.
The Republican chairman declares that he
has confirmation Of the position taken
by Senator Sherman in his Column
bus speech and Convincing proof
that Senator Stewards retort is
weak. The weapon used is simply
clear, concise quotation from Senator
Stewards speech of February IL. 1874.
What Senator Stewart may have to say
when the painphlet is read by him is an
other matter, but the Republicans claim
that they have answered him.
The salient features of the speech Of SEN
ator Stewart are to be brought out in big
bold-raced type, as follows:
We have resources abundant to get the
gold. Forty million people can furnish all
the money that is necessary. They will
get 1t. When gold is invited to country
like this, with such an industrious people as
we have, with our industry ard our re-
sources. II saythere Willie no difficulty about
getting sufficient gold.''
The Senator's Speech, made on June l2.
1874. is quoted as follows. and This Chair
man Bahcock, calls to the attention of work
lngInen:
This question never viii be settled until
the simple problem whether the Labor
ing man is entitled to q gold dollar If he
earns 1t nr whether you are going TO cheat
him with soVerhing else.
THE, PEOPLE WANT IT.
That is the up>hot OF the whole thing.
The people will hold right ON to that and
they will come to the conclusion, i am
entitled TO as good money as my neighbor,'
and 10 that party they will all finally come
until it will get to be big party.
1t was Il little party in England once
| but it grew wonderfully. 1t has been
| little party in this country occasionally,
but under Silas Wright, Tom Benton and
| Calhoun and others. II grew To party If
the country. a.lar..
'>The English people once thought they
could get aiong without gold for while,
! but they had to go back to it,
Then the quotations from the February
| speech continue:
Why. sir, everything we have got is
measured by gold. But your cortrivance
| is so uncertain that the miGdleinan reaps
all the reward, while the producer 5 rob
bed continuously. II you are going to
have gold in this country, you must make
demand for gold by using it. In every
country where gold has been treated IN
kindly, where the government has favored
deprecated currency, gold has left the
country.
Gold left France at the time she under
took this same experiment Gold left
England when she allowed irredeema BILE
| paper TO be circulated, and she had to go
back 10 the regular standard before she
could get it back. Gold left Holland iu
the same way.
LABoRER's HONEST DOLLAR.
You will have all the gold you need
as a regulator, as basis of your cur
rency, aud it will come very shortly.
Then we shall have prosperity based on
certainty
In another part OF the same speech the
| following words are quoted from the Con-
| gressional Record:
I'VE hesitate whether we will give the
laboring man dollar which has purchas.
| ing power enough to support him. We
hesitate whether we shall be honest aud
fair: the Senate hesitates. and the SEN
ators appeal to the people in speeches and
| call upon them to throttle the banks, to
throttle the monopoly, to bring down the
rate OF interest.
This proposition is the very thing that
throttles dishonesty, and it is the very
| thing we want"
| The same circular calls attention to Sem
ator Sherman's declaration that assess
ments on holders Of Nevada silver mining
| stock in which Senator Stewart is so much
interested, all payable in gold.
Senator Jones Of Nevada is, from Re-
| publican standpoint, effectively quoted as
| follows:
"Gold is the articulation of commerce 1t
| is the most potent agent OF civilization"
The circular will appear in few days.