Arizona republican., 1896-09-17
GRIP OF GOLD" ARTICLE. Printed by London Fi- nancial Nev. The Proof O Teff1toriaiso Posi-
 tive.
The Formidable Argument for Re- monetiKation of Silver
 Will Spread.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16. - Indisputable proof was received at National Demo- cratic headquarters today of the gen. l1ineness of an article which appeared in the London Financial News under date of April 30, 1894, relating to re- establishment of bimetallism in the United States. The article dn question declares that the remonetization of silver would ruin Great British trade and enable Americans to scoop Great Britain out of the worlds markets. Tine publication, a few weeks ago, of this surprising declaration by the Fi- nancial News by several American free silver papers, aroused the Hanna combine to the pitch of desperation, and in their extremity they brazenly denied the authenticity of the article and purported to furnish a denial of the same by the editor of the Financial News. This led to an inquiry in Lon don as to whether the Financial News of that date really did contain such an article.
 In response to this inquiry the Ma tional Democratic headquarters has now in its possession a certified copy of the article in question, clipped from the London Financial News of April 30, 1894, by Durant Press Cuttings, a responsible firm doing business at No. 157 Holborn Viaduct, London, Eng land. The clipping in question is cer- tff1ed to have been taken from the Lon don Financial News of that date, and includes not only the matter hitherto printed by the American papers, but also contains the entire editorial upon the same subject, which is entitled England and the Silver Question" This proof of the authenticity of the publication is supplemented by state ment made by Senator Teller of Colo rado, who states that more than a year ago he was shown, and read, a copy of the London Financial News of April 30, 1894, containing the identical ed itorial, this despite the denial of the Mckinley managers that no such ar ticle had ever been printed by the London Financial News. The edi- torial in question will now be spread broadcast by the Democratic managers and friends of free silver.
 The following brief extract from the editorial indicates the sensational character of the entire article, and will prove a most formidable argument for the remonetiZation of silver in the United States:
 There is a plain moral in the re- mark that if the United States would venture to cut herself adrift from Eu- rope and take outright to silver she would have all America and Asia at her back and the command of the markets of both countries. The bar rier of gold would be more fatal than any barrier of a custom house. The bond of silver would be stronger than any bond of free trade. There can be no doubt about it that if the United States were to adopt a. silver basis to- morrow British trade would be ruined before the year was out. Every Amer ican would be protected, not only in home, but in every other market. Of course, the United States would suffer to certain extent through having to pay her obligations in gold, but the loss of exchange under tRlis head would be a mere drop in the bucket as com pared to the profit to be reaped from the markets of South America and Asia, to say nothing of Europe. The marvel is that the United States has not long ago seized the opportunity. It has been a piece of luck that it has never occurred to the Americans to scoop us out of the worlds market by going on silver basis, and it might serve us right if, irritated by the con- temptible apathy of our government toward the silver problem, the Ameri- cans retaliated by freezing out gold It could be easily done"