Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-21

Stewart is Of easy arbitrament You say
/ that the papers of the DAY discussed the
decentralization of silver; Senator Stewart.
ON the other ned, says that the metro
polltan journals had no know edge of what
had occurred.
senator. suppose that you procure one.
. solitary journal of that date, which in
forms the people that silver was about 10
be demOnetlZed. Now, I challenge you to
produce one such journal. or newspaper
. II YOU cannot do so. / must apply TO you
the common law maxim: "falsus IL uao,
. tolsus. inomnibus, mistaken In one as
seruOn. mistaken in ALL
Moreover: The Congress of the United
I states. IN 1883. appointed solemn and
. Qudsl-1udiCial commission. called the Sill
yer Commission. TO investigate and report
/ upon thlS very question. In 1854, this COM
/ mission made their report to Congress,
ana from that date 10 this no effort mas
been made 10 contradict or impeach their
report Their conclusions. now become
historical accepted and indorsed by the
/ lows:
The Gemonetization Of silver coined
: ana uhcoincQ, was ati1rmativeiy completed
m June. lAA. 10y the following section
[ t5,2Sll OF the Revised Statute
! Inc silver coin of the United states
/ shall be legal tender at their nominal
/ Nalue Tor any amount not exceeding i've
, dollars IN any one payment
/ No law was ever passed by Congress Of
. which this language can be considered a
/ revision.
/ bulk. They were intended 10 be revis-
/ ion merely of the existing laws. without
.lllsC ~ lll'L "ul.D.tU'l "a i'e 3" i,1sV. 80
ivSS WIS aSSuI tu ~! ~ I IN t 49,
on ne SlS'4u ma. mo "cN mioC'Si nc ,ttitle
~ 80. p" nv ,llO4lI' ~ y" 80 ~
, for members OF the committee 10 nave per
/ SohalN Ferlhed inc exact accuracy ol tne
/ REVISION. Ihey must hfCesSaINy ma We ~
/ lied upon assurance given them by the
/ persons actually engaged in the work.
/ W hot\Cf may De responsive ioi ms vll ".
/ III me Revised statute; lne aucieh, money
/ OF inc country, lnSJedu OF pe!hB ln'eHtiuu-
/ ally lecisatcd out OF existence by Con-
/ sress. was revised out OF existence me
/ port OF Silver commission VOL l. PAGE
"l ....,;..-. o., &c
'Onc erroneous revision, tehdms 10 ell
/ tect a PARTICULAR OBJECT may eNclle u"iS d
/ suspicion that the error arose from de-
| sign and not inadverance But TWO er-
/ roneouS re.ISlonS. noih JcNdiAS 70 enc
/ the same object. change the suspicion IN
10 am amos conc luS.ES 90 tb Pn
10 ~ ,.l ~, ~, all
/ sir,-s,. .,,irs nm tbn T-nited States is added
/ rb. sf,rr.ntitiors infroduction of words
I1,i-jrt+ ~, currency Of foreign sill
/ ,er coj-s Tho design being masked
/ ee,,-,et osreraI ohsarVation by the gen
! er3lify az n prohibition Of the currency OF
+ foreisn coins. both gold and silver. IL is
/ irnpoSsible 10 doubt that the laws Of the
/ coIinti,- have been hammered with Who
/ the pcrDctratOrS of the crime were, is not
. likely ever to be satisfactorily known. IL
z Is by no means certain that they We're tEe
/ persons officially connected with the re-
F vision. The artful suggestions which mis-
lead those who draught laws OIten come
from outside and unsuspectcd parties.
. lRcDort Of silver Commission Vol. !. page
/ 800,
TO all this overwhelming array OF evil
lovi1t- o|ti;.e 'Tarticinents i'm the legsla-
Nv, nd .,,sc,,t;,.a nroceedings which at
tended tho crime Of 1873: Grant Thur
+ man Beck Blaine Stewart. Teller and
J Voorhees,. and a host OF others, all or
/ whom testify. upon their own personal re-
im9ortart pubiic measure since the aboH-
/ ti0n OF slavery was accomplished with
/ out their knowledge or suspicion. AZ a time
. when they were active participants in the
+ NATIONAL legislature
THESE c0ncDlsious are of course. very
4 unnalpable 10 comfortable optimists; But
what other results could De- possibly eN-
racted in vioyy OF well known facts?
. r,r4r, Dv-NEPS OF THE UNITED
STATES
,.,. .,.,
"ThCre can Toe no reaSonaple uounI llv'e
' has been an 2ccumulau ou o. We",itIs III d
. few ndlNiCudl hands III lle OIIlteu 90, ti..
curing tnt ''St lMJlt' - -, l, - ,,locs in
l- access ut any Wl''NL i.ti - no ot,rr
other parts or the WoIlu. IN no 49,
country has rdilroGu iH-iAdstIS, it'silI - '.N
turers. oil-reuntfs. mime oNuTISi r.n,,s,
an" laiG ~. NV in mis- In no
/ so iaptD.t - - li.+ of oi1 iu E,nrlenJ
other country. anu I.'l9y ot az ~ i' -
during the last thirty EeatS, nus ~. ,i.'i.
den OIL taNaJivin ueyn C" ST I've machinery
upon the WORKING S4dSS ui NV s,.,,-,,i
of public tINaUOu ierl uStu ~ ul'9N' "l'"'
ously Tor prlEat. prom. .,.,,,, .,r, ,,,.,,ti-
me Iul-'y Va .6 r,orioys CONSTITUTE
ctl} owned 10y -'''' l''' 80 81. 49,, i,
ing less than one in S-AlH O1 ''9 ''""'' -'''''
pCli-.t. loH. .... .-. 4,,., ,,~,so,,+ method
Nieuh llii tl St'Ai9' - tbc I-rif.d
States OF America E'..5o ~ -se CC-isti
owned bN less Jnan "'',,V P'Isoii.S' ~ +i.
tuunE less IMAM on. III u ~ r, i'', .roi
. adult male popuEtJon' ~. " ''iNi 'i'''''
in thc Forum.
But. Senator. this is not an; IN ~ logI
years after Mr. SntII.lau = a. ~. t,,' mil
New YORK IEnuue 'o'iiitti''.CCss - s.rics 1f
cation in ITS SUNDAY tullI"4 -. ~, a. ~ - -
articles called American Ml4,oI,'lI
u which the results ois,u,SStu "a 200
Sherman We're brought uoWu ~ ~.
short time o6o "pp,IvU a. tS ,l' n9mnblct
the Tribune Tor a copy oL we Pd pa, -,
into which these articles nHI pCt" amin
l...' III H. Vas out of print. and no
one ONE, ana 51 iGlC IT. Efter an unsuccessful
-, ;,, fba cify. I came to the cOnClu-
81 ~ ~, tLfr iittle pamphlet. with its
SION th3l lul5 irrs oe r. the congestion
-"' il'.E ,i,L I'm the country in a few
SSe.,,,,'s...rias on The Northern Atlantic Sea
, Typ~- - 49, b.sr Intentionally suppressed.
49,, -.,.,,.l ,oycsDapcr notices of the
+ u5E s,,,i 'ocCordinq TO these IL proves
't.p,l'S u. III tbe rnilli0naircs are located
~, me ATLANTIC coast. Here is one
/ .-rha New York Tribune has collected III
q namn6iet the results of recent investi-
Sations INTO the number of miliioInlalii,re,55
and more than mlllonaircs I'm ne OHHl-l -'.,i
5 I itI a Io9s contains yG o2 men owning
2r ola Ci,S to- one hundred and ifty mil
ions each. Nearly al the million2irgs are are
north OIL NJ Si4 a. 5 ' ne seeding states Tex
NE NJ Trb1Hes report hat the real estate state
D rb,1 an the land between the IuloIil,SI