The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-20
THE LONG-SIMPSON DEBATE.
New York City, Oct. Is.

| New 1Ork lily, OCT. ID.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
I have just finished reading the debate
| between Long and Simpson, as published
in the Weekly Eagle. 1 want to express
to you my hearty thanks for the manner
in which you have treated this discussion.
1 was interested in what you had to say
about it in he Eagle. I read the speeches
of both gentlemen through carefully and
agree with the comments made In your
| editorial on the discussion. Long has GER
| tainly shown himself 10 be a statesman
| of the first quality and ought to get ma
! jority Of two to one. He is the coming
man of Kansas on the tariff and money
| questions. He takes precisely the views
1 have taken on these questions for ten
| years, and which, you must acknowledge.
1 have persisteently adhered to. and had
the true policy of the Republican party
been adhered to. Kansas would have been
many millions of dollars the richer for it.
believe that If the Republican party had
remained in control of the general gov
eminent at Washington from the time the
war closed up to the present date, that
the national debt would have been all
wiped out, and this county would have
been twenty billions of dollars the richer
than it is today. and that is not all.
should the country be so unfortunate as
to have Bryan and hts party get in con-
t!ol of the government Of the United
States, on the 3rd Of November, during
the four years of his administration. If he
is able to maintain it, 1t will cost this
country more han o0000, 10000 more. In
fact I am strongly impressed with the
icea that civil war will be brought on
in this country before Bryan is inaugu-
rated. / believe it wont be forty-eight
known before our gold coin will be retir-
ed from circulation and locked up where
1t cannot be had unless bought at its bull
lion value, and AL the credit of this coun-
try will be destroyed; and as 80 per cent
of the business OF this country is done on
credit that amount will be ruined and
that will cause so many failures in our
manufacturing establishments that there
will be strikes and riots, and Cleveland
will be obliged to call out the military OF
the country in order to put down these
strikes and rioters. and the labor organi-
cations being thrown out of employment
and their wives and children starving !
riots of the most serious kind Will take |
place and it will be difficult for them TO |
put il down even with the military, and !
the citizens of the United States will have |
to go to the rescue of the government. in /
order to protect the life and property of |
those who have been successful enough TO |
secure sccumula tons worth protecting
The people have not forgotten the Pitts
ht,r ;Of fI,a v),,Ifr D.ab- Z
strike of 1894 1t Is reported by good au-
thority that the Chicago strike cost this
country nearly s2,oO00p,Oo What would
be the result if We get strike in which
nearly all The labor organizations of the
country. backed up by the Populists and
Democratic party would bring upon this
country?
There is one thing that the voters OF the
west must understand and that is, those
in favor OF maintaining the present stand
ard Of value and OF paying their debts sc-
cording to agreement and who are cppos-
ed 10 the unlimited coinage OF silver. be-
cause ii will change the standard OF our
money, viii not quietly sit still TO have
their property and lives assaulted b. the
free cciners without making resistance
that will cost the other side something be-
fore It Is over.
This silver campaign has been gotten
up. and forced upon thu country by the
owners ot silver mines. for alulost the sole
purpose of increasing the value Of the pro
ducts OF their mines They have been
iieing 20 the people for the last twenty
years. They have been delivering speeche.
in congress and eerr5ins them al the ex-
80 al
United States. until they have deceived
the voters OF the west in regard 10 this
money question.
NJ. Long n his discussion with Nr.
simpson has brought out many ot TIE
main facts that uEierlie the question. and
II properly understood by the voters they I
v oud no more vote fer free silver. than
TO have a pest come among thar cattle
and horses 10 destroy half % then. or the
~ouI3 vote - have TIE bread
taken out CO the mouths Of their wives I
ard children. The fact Of the matter Is :
ne can have a larger volume q H.51ey ]
ard better rnOzey By maintaining the gold
standard. than 10 have the free and uE-
limited coinage OF silver We can have !
AZ the gold produce: from our ozn mines.
ana hat Se-st into this country. t-sea 10
bur mats and coined. and BY IRE pur-
,asse z.d coinage about az ire silver.
IBU; with free co.azxe ne loS- al eur se!1 :
WAT -e want - 20 have q party n :
aov - vho l. II favor os = ;a-fT saat Wiii
eve - a revenue sufficient 20 pay TIE
,I-rsrc eIreassS % ts@ Eovsr-nlezs s1l !.
zipe or, cur bonded s-ot. ard When re Z
ss5t IS wiped c.. 20 fsrusssl a fsad %
stzeHsh a merchant marine tat ~ :
tsbEse oa- commerce viii al the dr. !
Iereat E2t.oas OF the woEid znc also g :