Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-08-06
THE DOCTRlNAiRES.
They Are Announcing Themselves as
Friends of SiIver--Reai Bimctallism.

They Are announcing themselves as
Friends of Silver-Real Bimctallism.
One Of the evidences of the rapid
growth Of the free coinage sentiment is
that even the doctrinaires are coming
into the fold.
For long time che gold bureau has
been treating the voters to doses Of
financial economy furnished by college
professors and others whose supposed
knowledge of money and its functions
made them eminent judges Of the ques.
tion in hand. It was the proud boast Of
the monopolists and the gold appreciat
ing conspiracy to arrogate to themselves
the wisdom and the learning Of the
country and to regard the advocates of
silver as wild eyed and long haired ig-
noramuses running loose over the hills
Of the west or madly disporting them.
selves In the plains Of Texas and the
far south. It was with quite flourish
that they would quote this or that emf
nent professor who went on to prove
that the concentration Of all values was
in the grain Of gold and that the sum
Of all lunacy was in the silver dollar.
But there Is wonderful light in the
wakened conscience of o determined
people, and as soon as,it was determin-
ed that this people was no longer to be
misled or controlled those who hitherto
regarded them with an air of patronage
began to think that perhaps there are
more people in the world after all who
know something about finance than the
studious doctrinaires who reside within
the precincts of New York or Boston.
Now they have come to the conclusion
that we have wise and great people
and that all wisdom is not confined in
their own narrow sphere.
The fact that Professor Benjamin An.
drews Of Brown university has come out
in letter stating that he has no rea.
son to doubt that the free coinage Of sill.
yer at q ratio Of 16 to is desirable Is
important. The professor acknowledges
the stab which the administration has
given to the white metal, but assuming
an air Of prophecy he looks beyond the
present period of doubt and uncertainty
and intimates chat 1t is @ matter Of
time when silver will be The main metal
and gold will be fighting for place In
the coinage of the country.
"The vast output Of gold, he says,
"in recent years, as compared with that
Of silver, impresses me that free coinage
by us alone would not lead to displaoe.
ment of our gold; that therefore free
coinage would be safe. +"
For the benefit Of those traders In
public confidence who would destroy
silver when it suits their purpose, and
who would asreadily destroy gold when
that would suit them, it may be stated
that the bimetallists who have fought
the battle of the free coinage of silver
are still in harness. ready to fight the
battle of free gold coinage whenever the
sharks who play In the waters Of the
single standard develop that kind of an
appetite. The financial system of the
United States Is based upon the free
and unlimited coinage Of both gold and
silver, the one equal with the other, on
terms of perfect mutually, and the peo-
pie are going to see that this condition
of things Is preserved. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.