The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-16
strikes and strife enough now. but what

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strikes and strife enough now, but what
will be the condition when the working
men is paid in cheaper money Of the
same nominal amount but of less pur-
chasing power. Every sentiment of
| justice Will be on the side of the work.
ingman in his struggle for good money
or increased wages in cheap money.
| Of all the evils which a government can
;nf1ict none can be greater than the
cheap money, whether of coin or paper.
That dollar is the best dollar that buys
the largest quantity of food and CLOTH
! ing That dollar is the gold dollar, Tor
It buys more for food and clothing than
any other dollar, and VIII also buy a
silver dollar for So cents if the coinage
of silver is made free at the ratio OF 10
| to / of gold.
Exeperience has shown that the Unit
| ed States can make the silver doliar
| buy as much as the gold dollar, but 1t
| can only be done by the government
| buying silver bullion as needed and
coming it into dollars on government
/ account. This has been tried. Every
country of Europe, ecept possibly Rus
sfa, requisites and monarchies alike
maintain the gold standard and silver
coins at parity with gold at even a less
ratio than the United States and now
! Russia has boarded over $400,OO0,OOO OF
gold in preparation for the gold STAN
/ dard which she will adopt.
TONS AND TONS OF SILVER.
| We have now in the treasu belong
1 ing to the government over 319,OoO.OoO
silver dollars represente dby certin-
Gates, and also silver bullion costing
over Sis, 900, 900 in treasury notes IN
active circulation and maintained at
par with gold at the ratio OF 16 TO l.
The free coinage of silver is an lnvira-
ton not only to American miners but TO
all miners or holders OF silver In the
world to deposit their silver in the
mints of the United States and to re-
cpive in exchange therefor a silver dol
lar for every 4l2h grains of standard
silver deposited But that silver Is
worth in the market only SO cents.
WHY should we receive this bullion
from the owners OF silver mines at
nearly double it's market value Wheh
we have such a vast hoard in the Treas
urv which we hold with diflcuity at
nor with gold? The only object anu Ell
/ fec+ of This measure viii be to desraue
the dollar. to lessen its purchasing pow
or nearly one-half, to enable debtors 10
nav their debts at 80 cents Tor uoIi"I
and TO cheat the public creators W.
hold our bonds. II this pohcy SHoulu
he adopted. the United States VIII 'eHe
ire Mace among the nations Oh
Ga r.h as a bankrupt, closing us DUST
moss at So cents on the dofiar'
"FRAUD AND ROBBERY.
THAR. &c another element Of meanness
4, +bis free coinage of silver. the mt
cd States has always paid It's ooIiHs =.
o,o,d coin or its equivalent III Iiie
Sor,,est hours Of the civil war we sIipu,
,at,a1 TO pey our bonds, principal an
interest. in gold or its equlValen''
Of the war debt has been pa!u ~ 80
NV A portion OF it was palu .!
sale of bonds bearing a lower
s-.oros. b,,, we exacted from the puI-
al,osers Of thes. bonds gold com OF i'S
o--,,i,,a1er,t even while our notes We
49,, nor In coin. About s64S,Oco'Vv u
+ba-e securities are now outstah"i ~
80 -vbych .262. Ooo. 600 was sold by TINS
administration and paid lot IN
coin II Is one of the oD1ecIs u.
who advocate the free coinage % s-Is q
to force the government 70 pay
bonds in silver coin reduced IN NaiuV
is harsh TO express this oplnioH %
measure favored by many eoou pevP,e
but I cannot regard II In any oeheI
6rt as both fraud and ROBBERY anu
81 IN. worse II committed by a great,
rich and free people A citizen VINO
sbo,,Id commit such an offense WoIid
he furnished BY the courts or denounced
as dfhonsst, but a nation like ours Is De-
vond the power OF any tribunal oot con-
science and God.
HAS HOPE IN THE PEOPLE
>ow Tellow-citizens. 1 have said all
desire 10 say al present on the Iree
coinap-e Of silver. / have the confident
hone that the great body OF the Repuo-
ncan and Democratic parties, repre-
seneine the conservative elements o.
our people. win stamp their rebuke up
on THIS measure OF infa-ny ana mus
preserve intact the honor. the credit
and glory OF our great country ms
matter OF the free coinage % silver ena
the degradation OF the standard OF
value involves not Only quesuoTs OF
money but honor and good faith " hen
their honor Is involved. the people new
or fail 70 respond. They have COM
piled with every promise and paid every
debt contracted since the organization
OF the national government, as II BE-
came due They have paid iocE-n4 rs
81 the debts contracted during re CIVIL
war. and the prospect was hopetui tna-
al OF s. would be paid before the close
% this century. but this reversing o.
cur standards OF value has, Ike the FIRE
bell at night. startled and alarmed cur
people Let I,s settle il BY following the
action OF Washington. Hamilton, JEFF
ferson. Benton. Hunter, Lincoln and
Crank; tet Us maintain silver and god
az par with each other at the legal ratio
OF IS 20 / until q conference among Ia
tions can prescribe common standards
% vslue- IN the meantime let no act u-e
done. no policy be adopted no exo~d-
lent resoT1ei 10 tia; VIII tarais1 The
honor % this great republic
Senator Saermsn's s3eech was fire.
rner.ly Interrupted With applause
When Governor Bushnell next INTRO
d0eed Seaato--eisct Foraker. there vas