The Dickinson press., 1896-09-05
CANNOT STAND ALONE
FooGshness of the Declaration il
Favor Of Monetary In
dependence
poPuL:sT IDEAS OF FINANCE.
Feeble Attempt to Invoke the Ma,
tons Fathers in Support Of
Free Coinage.

0mo"s an ."e "s'"'"p "p'.o"' "
the PoDulstlc platforms, perhaps the
most foolish is the one that we can Gre
denenlent If TINT If other nations. To
make this stroke Of idiocv more nrepos.
ternIs tho sn;r;t md the examnie of The
fathers of tha rennhl;c nre ;nvoked to
sustain + The efforts nf tho fathers
We're most EARNESTLY and steod;Iy directed
to bringing % % the Young ing 1 republic within
and noth;no % ,ros fmrthar from their
thonphts % s than the. % ;dna % thot o the % nroeress
NJ tba oonntrv nevSd ho . fao;i;to ted NV a
iaciarat;on Hf Gm"nc;oi ;ndanandence
For s;rtv vaors oftar +%a naSso"a of the
mint acf Enai;sh % Eroncb paS; SnaS;sb and
in the I'M IJnited % Stotes % and We're n legal
tender for tho narmont n 4 nf Gehts Mt cer-
te;n roias a tIe sxoa ~ ~ ent of q Gonoross In
his caiahro tod 49, Nf;S+ R Ronort Alexander
Hnm;Iton anJoo wnrad ~ "o.ord;nota onr
moneterv 'orgf svstem with = tbet o of other mn
from Europeam @ my nra actice mH 'g The only % strik
ins uepaIaure 5has was maze ~ Tue oees
momdo+;nns ",s oi u ian,'4h ssinn tho oo;nomo
rat;n hatwoo, "ae ..e,, m a,i As s;is,or @ ~ * ="
md tho rosm,t of "f "I th;s s, n"iclIv demon,
stra tod what tbo ~ Pnnn,;lt;c ss M.Ai Homocrots
cali % our % Financial @ scrrvitnie orvitS That is
n eli $vNnk ,I,SIn hn fS
Of Trnnce e wor" onor ., 70 thn froa .ne coinaes
Of gold nt tho rat;p af y 15 ~ to re we could
not Ioon omr aoI% g. fro,,, ~ ,o;na ~ - whero =
would iIip Ia" ua, eot eou ai aio sTs shs d;eornnoa
wos onit eha,,t '4i9e 49,, .ne ac,t ni, hnt +
w"s S"a; ;oiant - pei1 p1a Sem a,,t of +ho
cnmn+rv 60 thot ~ ue Nv .ands soI o of sonotnr
Ranton ;ts 80 oxt;,t; cr;n ~ Tue Wolus ioto vi
ff tha es as+e ehi;sbmon+ WIS nf untin of +ho;r
IL .ne estapHsnment or faiio 9L tneir
omno mfe "f E,ron Ae G iol nnansa, nt ae the 1fo
thons - ), = ;1urupe on .ne pat' ~ .ne I'd Ia,
eatrsi II was IN manlIest alt ialute and
tba rnn,,SI;o ~. ; .mG nrse saion sIena ano "
.ao+o ,iip. tesiie VI siss. ~ .nouo ~
inost what +hoI, ui dosnna. ts WIS nt ' sn ,;ttie
were thav ;mnyossad % hn tho he ,M necoss;tv s % for
keeninr silver as n mart of the circnlo.
tion that tho coinaa%a 20 .of silver dollars
wns smsnonded hv execu+;va order in
iS05 and was for domestic nurnoses at
least. never resumed. That ia to saw.
the fathers were so determined to get
back the gold that for thirty years they
had been shunting into European mints
that they fixed new ratio, which Of
fered 3 per cent. more to the possessor
of gold bullion than he could get in
France or Holland. That the bullion in
the silver dollar thus became more valua-
BILE than the bullion in the gold dollar did
not trouble them much, for they, appar-
emily, did not want want the silver y r.; dollaE
neing suhclent % tor their Wants.and u.s. ail
the subsequent, coinage of that much @
taiked-of put niue known piece, the
aoiar OF the Iatners, was ior export 70
Ias ihe Eas.. ' .,.es asa, .,a, ~ momea;y ~
oeptthuenee " tt Mas wnue 5n fae ere M,nas Tins
a,d u, .a ftsu sur as ~ az aaG .;t itt H. s;Iups
uH teI into tSs oMn 4nIats W Sn'Sa 81