Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-11-21
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT

Whatever was determ ined by the re
 cent overthrow of the forces of free sil
 yer coinage at the polls, it certainly wal
 settled that the American people would
 tolerate nothing in the way of deprecist-
 ed currency. It is natural that the most
 conspicuous of the silver leaders should
 issue proclsmstions to the effect that
 their fight is not over, and all lhe rest of it. Beaten men may bs allowed the safe and harmless luxury of proclams.
 tions, which hurt nobody and tend in some measure to soothe the bitterness of defeat
 The real leaders, the men elected to sssume the direction of national sffsirs, will prepare themselves in the interval bstween now and next March for the discharge of the trust laid upon them. That they will discharge it fesrlessly and without favor gees without esying. That ie the re cord of the republican par ty. Naturally, the monetary question having been made the principal issue of the campaign just closed, President Me Kinley will be expected to move in the direction of sn international agreement for bimetsllism. That is the provision of the platform upon which he was elect cd, and upon that platform be will set. It is also provided in the republican platform that until such agreement oe secured, the present system making every dollar ss good ss every otber dol lar, and making tte largest use of silver at any time in the nations history, will remain the practice. The threats end pronunciamentos of the rule-or-ruIn sil- yer leaders will have DO effect upon the administration nor upon the country, one wsy or the otber. Presldent Mo- Kinlsy and the American people know the power of their opponents for harm. 1t has been measured and defined in the fullest possible manner. As the presi- dent of the whole people, Major McKip- ley will hear the desires of all parties, but he will not be turned aside from B policy determined by the majority in sd- vance in obedience to the attempted dic- tstion of beaten faction.
 It is believed by the best bimetsllists that the thought of the leading com mercial nations of the old world is ready for the double standard. As man who bee al-aye Saan n oona.osapf .dvooafa of the largest possible use of silver, the President-elect may be relied upon to move for an international agreement i'd any event, and to move the more speedi- 2y if he thinks the time is propitioue.
 But there are some immediate local concerns which must be adjusted. Before we attempt to regulate the worlds money we must take some measures to secure our fair shsre of it by mesns other than the easy and ex- pensive process of borrowing. No busi- ness man esteems himself prosperous when his expenditures run beyond his receipts, and the government is only e - scale. The revenues must bs adjusted first so that they will leave DO annually acoruing deficit. For that purpose, in ell probability, it has been determined to call the new congress together in sxtrs session. There gre certain indue- tries, for instance the trade in woolens, ruined by the Gormsn- Wilson tariff bill, to bs covered by protection, to their restoration and the restoration of the general prosperity. After that has been done, if it be found that the currency question has not in the meantime set tied itself by general agreement of the richer nations to restore the double standard, it will be time enough to do something for silver. There is DO ocoa- sion for hurry. When all Amer jeans are making plenty of money, the better the money the greater the gener- al degree of prosperity.