, 1896-10-27

finance, Of riches and poverty. of mon
ey. was anything but an outgrowth Of
civilization. and o con:rariwhse. CIV
ilization made the money question, and
not the money question civilization. ]
believe the senator was talking against
time when he said chat the money
question made civilization" as we all
know senators to do sometimes. In.
deed. the question OF the relations be-
tween the rich and poor is a paramount
q~ue,s.fon-is dwelt upon extensively by
all philosophers OF all ages. and much
is said Of 1t in sacred writ; but Yhe sen
ator said money which is said to be
the ROOT Of all evil directly or indirect
ly-"made civilization" and has the
power and the only power that a de
stroy the people" The question Of pub
l.c and private morals. according to
Senator Stewart, has nothing to do
with a nations perpetuity. Neither
have l, previous to last evening, heard
a speaker from either political faith, re-
fer 20 the fnal"ial question as any
thing but a question OF national policy.
OF all the brazen speeches we have
heard, dealing with everything from a
ballot up to a bullet, and claiming ev-
erything for the theory OF free silver
except the enternal salvation Of the
soul, we have never yet heard a man
claim that the free coinage Of silver at
the ratio OF 16 to ! would reorganize
and r~ejuvenate the moral fibre OF a sim
gle human being. The senator from
Nevada says it will.
Senator eve spent almost an
hour in excusing himself for the posi-
iton he took in 1873, and in explaining
how the characterization act war SNUG
gled Through the senate. If time and
space would admit, should like to give
in full his explanation. 1t was plaus-
ible in some respects. but very weak
in th.s-that his explanation brands
every senator of the United States
holding office at the time as an un>
mlllsated blockhead, not to say an
egregbus fool. Men whom the people
consider to have sufficient brains to
represent them in the most august
body OF legislators in the country. II
not in the world, who Will go to Wash
lngton and through a period OF three
long years prove themselves SO blind
to the interests of their constituency
as to let a bill pass as Senator Stewart
said the decentralization act did, are
not only guilty of negligence. but GRIM
tnally answerable for m~alfeasance OF
Office. The people of the United States
have never and will never in the future,
accept the excuse from their represen-
tatives that they did not have their
eyes open. The senator said the bill
didn't purport to be a monetary MEAS
ure, but, a codi1cation act. He said that
the man selected to draeoon the bill
through waited until there was a lag
In business and all 1.-The wide awake sen
atprs were absent, and then he brought
up, the bill and had it read. Why
weren't the gentlemen there to attend
to business? A senator of the United
States is supposed ITO know what legis-
laticn is passing through the senate,
whether silently or nobsefully. What
else has he to do. lay wires for the next
election?
The senator denied the accusation as
to being rich at the present time. He
did not deny the allegation, however,
that in the event of this country accept
ing the silver standard. he will be made
a multi-milltonaire. He has probably
made a bad investment in mines, but
doubt If he can conscientHously ask
the American people to make IT good.
Senator Stewart further stated: "All
your important competitors r silver
standard countries" Excuse me for
inserting in this letter figures, for the
democrats say figures are no longer re-
liable, but they are Mr. Stewards own,
and will probably be accepted in good
faith. In the stewart-Horr debate
heretofore referred to, Mr.. Horr made
a statement as to the monetary stand.
ard of different nations, to which Mr..
Stewart replied: II have examined
the lists and find them incorrect. The
following is a list of the nations hav-
hibfsed to the Brussels conference:
boiiVla. COSTA Haca. Guatemala Hon.