The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18
sssound Honey" Speaks Again.

EDITOR INTELLIaENcER: Replying to
the three columns of printed matter in
the Advocate of March the 9th, 1896, we
will only say that in his whole he-angue
there Is not one point, Idea, argument,
sentiment, illustration or suggestion that
has not already been expressed By Har-
vey (Coin), CoIey, Tillusn and q host OF
other cranks and demagouges.
It Is simply amusing to q who has
seen the world and in touch with ex peril
enced business men The world over to
encounter such o simpleton as the editor
of the ADVOCATE seems to be on this Ques-
ton. He undertakes to quote authority
only to suit his caprice, but does not in a
manly, honest aud upright manner quote
such portions that would betray, yes,
xpose the game and ignorance of the
Populist.
He undertakes to quote Cernuscbi in.
stead of Carnuchi as appears in the i'd
vocGte. Henri Cernuschi, the ablest and
most conspicuous advocate of what Is
called bimetallism, also says: "that gold
coin is the only kind of money which
legal tender for its circulation. Gold
bars OF certified weight and quality are
even preferred In international commerce
to the coined money of any nation"
Why did the Advocate not quote that
part of Cernuschi's opinions and au-
thnrity? 1t is a puzzle?
Then he keeps on with other quota
tions that have in no way any connection
with the superiority of gold over oliver,
repeating the old chestnut of the demOne
tization in 1873, which, like all other Of
its statements, are f%abrications tn mislead
The ignorant in order to catch votes. Let
us look at the charge 20 often made by
the silvsrites and what there is really in
It.! In 1870. three years before the pas
sage of the act of which we hear 30 much
-mind now, three years before the origl-
nal draft of the act was sent to the Senate
by Secretary Boutwell,. Afterwards q
consensus Of opinion was obtained from
a large number Of prominent mel who
were supposed to have ideas of some
value upon this particular subject ; and
the expression of views thus obtained
had much to do with subsequent legisla-
ton. In these opinions, all OF them based
on q full statement Of the facts in issue,
silver characterization was taken as a
matter Of course. And these opinions
were transmitted to the House of Repre-
sentatives, thoroughly considered, and
made the subject Of extended debate In
that body, representing the American
people.
In January of the year 1871. the Senate
passed the bill by u vote of 50 to Il.
immediately the measure became one
for public comment, and for the consid-
ers.i0n of the House of Representatives,
tossed back and forth, commented upon
by every editor Of the country who cared
to @ xpress Sn opinion, and considered
more or less carefully by every Repre-
sentative In the lower House of Congress.
And this condition of things existed not
for u day or TWO, but for two long years.
The bill was simply remarkable in the
tact that it was given TO tho people for
consideration more frequently n fully
than almost any other measure that ever
passed the TWO Houses OF Congress. 1t
was printed and reprinted no less than
thirteen tunes. 1t was discussed in every
chase and in every feature! It was con-
sldered over aud over with an attention
almost microscopic, and the debates upon
it, fill solidly 14S pages Of the Congress.
sionGL Cube. And this is S5O0,OOO or
Jewish shyiock & id TO secure the de-
nonstizati0n act OF 1873 as the Advocate
or Coin and his followers term 1t.
Facts are stubborn things Of course;
not that they have anything particular to
do with the reasoning Of the free silver
ites-still they remain fInss. Facts DO
not seem to indicate that the demonetiza-
ton act was either speaksd or rushed
through in the national Legislature. On
the contrary, the re- in all its fea.
lures and even in It's little details, had an
extraordinary degree of publicity. For
three long years 1t daDgled, with all its
facts and bearings, before the American
people and before the lawmakers who
were the peoples representatives. On
The 9th OF January, 1872, Mr.. w. D.
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, chairman Of the
House Committee on coinages weights
and measures. recommended the passage
of tbs bill, saying, among other things.
. II was referred to the
committee on coinage, weights n meas
ures, and received as careful attention as
7 nave ever known 8 committee to be-
STOW on any measure. . = q y The
Committee proceeded with great delibera-
ton to GO over the bill, not only section
by section, but line by line and word by
word, &c. &c, . . . . It Is impos.
sible 70 retain the double standard. The
values of gold and silver constantly fuc-
tuate."
Nj. Kelley-Pig Iron Kelley-was for
uauy years one of the most prominent
members of the lower House OF Congress.
His own u~tterances when recom uendlng
the passage of the coinage revision bill,
show that he fully understood that 1t
provided for the demonstration OF silver,
so did Mr.. Hopper, Of Massachusetts, aud
enstor Ingalls, Of Kansas, and others.
The cry that any financial woes OF the
United States are due to the crime Of 1878
is q far cry in any application. FROM
1874 to 1882, the country, despite the
..-I ~oS-.icnS 10-StStnr IF THO QvAr
c~heapeniDg metal, was in q very pros
porous condition /; aud though there has
come to the Unlted States q season OF
what is popularity called "hsrd times" to
attribute the cause TO this action OF 1873 is
about as reasonable as to attribute II to
some variegation of u spots. Had the
decentralization of silver been necessarily
80 productive of had results, the proceed
ing eighteen years should certainly have
given evidence of some OF The c0usequen-
COS Of that awful crime of 1873. Men
have made fortunes since then-some OF
hem silverites, and now they fall back
tn something in The past, something
which was done when they were pennl.
less, and quote 1t as q reason why they
cannot transform one hundred thousand
dollars into two hundred thousand dol
lars. This Is the whole thing in q nut
shell and no living man dare deny 1t, for
it is q matter of record and not of senti-
ment, 30 commonly used by the silver
ties.
The audacity Of the Advocate Is simply
to be attributed to ignorance and nothing
else, for no sensible man would under
take to iguors the Secretary of the Treas
ury of as great q patton az ours as of no
value and unreliable. II the reports fur
uished by our Government are not TO be
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