The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23
SOUND MONEY SAFE.
The Sentiment Against Silver
Is Growing Stronger.
lssoReRs FOR HONEST COIN.
Consensus Of Opinion GaiAo ed From
Twenty ssates-John l.. Cole
Home Again..

Tn~ spnff-1.nt IN favor of Mckinley ana
sonua money IS growing. while the senfi-
I mpnt in favor Of Bryan ard tire free coin
age q silver Is decreasing. Such Is the
opinion % John L Cola OF this city, wao
has fuss returned from a two months visit
% the East. during which he visited TWEEN
~ states and made stops az the leading
cities. He was IN both gold and sc-ezlied
silver states. Mr.. Cole said:
II left this city TWO r.ogths ago for the
purpose Of attending the annual meeting
OF she Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company at Milwaukee. After at
tending the meeting took a trip through
New York. New Jersey. the New England
states ard also Missouri. Colorado, Utah.
IDAHO Montana and other states TO the
number Of twenty. i made twenty-efght
ssops at the leading cities. ] found the
gold sentiment very strong in the Eastern
and middle states. In these states even
the !aoorlng men are in favor Of gold. IS
they desire that their wages shall be paid
II money OF more value than a 5o-cent
dollar.
Il was surprised 10 find IN Denver. Kan
sas City. Salt Lake, Pueblo and other
cities I'm the so-caIied silver states stroag
sentiment among the thinking business
and isboTing men in favor Of Mckinney
and the st. Louis platform. They wish
TO have d stable currency and a dollar
that is worth a dollar anywhere.
This sentiment seems 10 be growing In
nearly every place that / visited. From
tails IL seems certain TO me that the Nc
Kinley strength is growing strong while
the Bryan sentiment is becoming weaker
each day. The good sense OF the people
Is returning The opinion that j have
formed from what I heard and saw Is
that this sentiment I'm favor OF the single
standard is not only growing. but that Y
viii increase 10 such proportions by cleo
ton day that Mckinley Will be elected oy
a very large majority.
..rhe silver men with whom talked all
seemed 10 take ii for granted that Wash
sngton Is a silver state. and because / was
from Washington they were equally Ger
tain that I was a silver man. When In
formed them that was not silver man,
and that Washington was liable to give
a majority for Mckinney and the gold
standard. they seemed greatly surprised.
The people OF the East are complain
ing about the hard times just as mucn as
the people OF Washington are They think,
however, that the election OF Mckinley
will bring better times"
Mr.. Cole visited the house In which he
and his children were born in Williams
town. Mass. The house is one OF the old
est In that town. 1t was erected IN lHs
by Col Simonds. who distinguished him.
self on the Continental side during the
battle of Bennington. The nails used We're
made by hand OF wrought iron Mr.. Cole
drew out one of these nails from the old
wood and has II attached 10 his watch
chain as d guard. The nall is as good as
when 1t was hammered into the wood l23
years ago He also brought with him
few shingles from the roof. his mothers
spinning wheel and an old wooden coat
hook. These he will preserve as family
relics.