Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-16
ADAMS Is FOR SILVER.

FRIDAY. !: OCTOBER It, 1870
ADAMS Is FOR SILVER.
Dsseeadaat or Two Presidents
DseARRes 1Ds Free Coinage.
Brooka Adams, Of Quincy, Mass.
can hardly be considered popu-
list. communist or anarchist, since
he Is 4 rich man, = Harvard grad
uste, out of politics, the scion of
one Of the oldest families in the
country and descendent Of two
presidents of the United States.
He ICE his speech at Quincy on
August IL may he taken as that of
. man who has no motive or in
clination to pay the part of a
hemagogue. He is well warranted
in denouncing the indescent insult
heaped upon him and others who
think with him on the financial
question. His speech is as follows:
"Fell0w citizens: ] confess that
/ am 30 impressed with the diff
culties of the situation before the
country that l have the greatest
dissemination to make a speech,
especially as I hardly see what
good can be done. Here in Massa-
chusetts o man who differs from
the majority is Immediately de-
m0unccd as a scoundrel, thief, an
incendiary or worse; and though
this system of attack may make
votes, it certainly makes argu-
ment impossible.
II suppose / am a bad party
man, but l cannot feel any such
indignation against my friends on
the other side. These questions
serious as they are, are questions
ON which honest and patriotic men
must differ; / am only sorry l can
not see the situation in the same
light as such men as Mr.. Reed, the
moro sc as it appears to mo that
we are near together.
"IfI understand the position
of Mr.. Reed, General Walker, Mr..
Lodge, and the republican party cor.
rectly, it is this: They believe, a.
we do that the situation Of thii
country is disastrous in the OK
treme; they believe that the cause
of our disastrous il largely, if mo-
wholly, due to o contraction Of tht
currency caused by the demonetiz
alton Of silver. and they hav'
pledged themselved to try to cor
rect this great evil by an interna
tional agreement to restore silve
10 It's old place.
$50 FIR we are as one, the Onl,
point of difference is whether w
shall suffer least by proceeding t
coin silver ourselves or by waiting
until VIC can persuade England t
join us: For my own part / wa
y sincere international bimetallis
until / became convinced that Eng
land had no intention of taking an
action. / think that no one ca
hope for much from that quartz
since the declaration of the char
.cellor of the exchequer of this tor
government. Indeed, / do not III
.slerstand that anybody is sanguir
of success.
"1'hey tell us to wait paticntl,
and l do not think it il demagog
to ask them what policy they pr
pose to adopt meanwhile, 9TH
than the policy pursued by M
Cleveland. / have read Mr.. Reed
speeches in the hope of findir
comfort, but I get no light. / a
sure want to be convinced.
ACLEAR STATEMENT.
..'Our difficulty is perfectly plail
ADD is admitted by all bimetallist
such a. are. republicans, accordil
to their platform. Our COUNT
has been capitalized on the basis
$l.25 wheat, ON that basis it hi
contracted an enormous debt, whit
we are now trying to liquidate vii
wheat ut 55 cents. Obviously,
pay our interest we have to dOnb
our exports, and that is impossibl
Accordingly we have to pay Il
difference in gold, and that dra
causes o steady and slow contra
ton, which is forcing down price
impoverishing the farming ella
and running our factories and ra
roads.
~ take the Chicago, Burlingt,
& Quincy as an example, one Of Z
best managed, best equipped an
naturally, richest railroads in I
world, its stock has fallen ut lea
in the ratio of wheat, and logical
It can't charge the rate ON 5O-ce
wheat that it did ON $1.25-whes
Farmers have half their old
come, therefore. They can't b
from our factories therefore,
mand falls off, and mills close, a
therefore, wages fall. / suppG
that here in New England the {
crease in the average earnings
labor has shrunk, through loss
time, nearly in the ratio of whe
The republicans say that we m,
keep the present system in orc
that we may borrow, and by b.
rowing to ply the interest of G