Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-10-28
CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY.
HON. WILLIAM WOOO8U2N'S
VIEWS ON THE SILVER
DOLLAR.
Points That Cannot be Contra
dicted by Any Man Living.

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The great political parties of this
country in their respective national
conventions have made money the
paramount issue in this political
campaign.
The tone Of the press, the action Of
the gold Democrats. whom Boulette
Of Maine characterizes as The better
part of the Democrats" the absence
of tariff discussion among the people
the concentration Of wealth and power
in support of Mckinley for President,
the notorious and uneXampled reign
OF coercion, intimidation aud corrup-
ton inauguratei by Mark Hanna to
compel the common people to vote
against the dictates OF heir Judgment
for a gold standard candidate, demou-
strates The truth of the assertion.
What shall be the standard Of
values in this country is and ought to
be the most important OF all political
and economical questions. The cur
rency of a Nation is a matter OF
supreme Importance. A sound cur
rency is essential to National we'll BE-
ing. Commerce and trade cannot
prosper under an unsound, false or
vicious system OF finance.
Daniel Webster. though not as we'll
versed in finance as Mark Hanna,
said in a speech delivered in the Sen
ate of the United States in 1884: ''The
men OF all others, who vas the deepest
interest in a sound currency, and who
suffers most by mischievious legisla-
ton in money matters is the man
who earns his daily bread by his
daily toll"
WHAT Is SOUND MONEY.
The history Of American finance is a
lie if the wisest of Statesmen WHO
have interpreted the money clauses of
the Constitution were either mistaken
or ignorant if silver is not one of
the two kind of money which Co n
gress, under the Constitution, had a
right to coin and regulate its value.
Before the adoption Of the Constitu-
ton silver was the recognized COLI of
this country. Under the Articles Of
Confederation. and when the Spanish
milled dollar VAS b most familiar
coin in this country, ThOmas JAffer-
on, with concurrence of Washington,
suggested in a memorial presented to
Congress in 1888, that a number OF
said coins should be melted and as.
sayed for the purpose OF a~scertainiAg
the amount of silver contained there
in. and with the view of establishing
a unit of value for the confederation
The ASSAY showed the Spanish milleC
dollar to contain 3714 grains Of pure
silver. Congress carried into effec
the suggestion OF Jefferson un'
a silver dollar containing 3714 grains
of ure silver and an amount Of cop
per all Y TO make the weight OF tn
standard dollar 416 grains.
The first mint Act was INTRODUCES
by Alexander Hamilton, advocated b
Jefferson and approved by Georg
Washington in 1892. 1t authorized i
explicit terms the coinage Of gold an
silver as full legal tender for a
debts, public and private.
The dollar coined under the provis
ions OF that Act contained 37l4 grain
Of pure silver.
On July 9th, 1885 Compress resolve
that he money unit of the Unite
States OF America should be one do,
lar. not a gold dollar, for the gol
dollar never made it's appearance i
this country until 1858 by virtue of tn
provisions Of a bill passed in 1874
The next year. 1885, it was resolve
that the silver dollar should contai
OF the fne silver 1854 grains. In til