Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-09-10

spuds' in order to keep body AMI soul
intact.
I'erce county, with Il population of
oo,Wo, had. according to the assessment
rolls OF 1895, bonds and stocks To the
value of $3.50. while ChehaIis comfy.
with population of about lO, OO). paid
III the same year taxes on $7,73o of like
securities.
Mr.. Bridges also showed the position
MIR. Doolittlc took on this question of
taxation by quoting bill introduced in
congress and upon which a vote was
TAKEN July 6, 1894, Mr.. Doolittle voting
no. The bill is as follows:
BE it enacted. etc, That all circulat.
ing notes Of national banking associations
and all United States legal tender notes,
and all other notes and certificates of the
United States payable on demand and
circulating as currency shall be subject
to taxation under the laws of any state
or territory"
Nothing but i verbatim report would
begin TO do justice to the speech of Mr..
Lewis. The logic OF his argument and
the eloqnence OF his utterances were ab.
solutcly unanswerable, and under cries
to "go on" he held the audience SPELL
bound until half past twelve. Ills speech
was entirely free from dcnunciation Of
the opposing side, but his political shafts
OF irony, his keen witticisms and hurnor-
GUS anecdotes which interspersed the
argument, never went wide OF their
mark. His speech consisted largely in
to the criticisms that have been
made upon the coinage plank of the
Chicago platform, and in pointing out
the benefits of free coinage. Upon the
question of international bi-metallism. or
the "wait-a.bit" policy. he quoted from
Mr.. Doolittle's speech in the last con-
gress in which he said "You might as
we'll try to plant an orange grove upon
the snow clad top Of Mount Tocoma as to
expect England to consent to bi-metal-
lism." The plank was pu. into the Re-
publican platform to fool people. In the
east they argue for gold in the middle
west, international bi.metallism; on this
coast they try to talk tariff. To show
that the matter is so understood across
the Atlantic, he quoted from the London
News as follows: ut is true that the
Republican convention accepted bi-metal.
lism as practical policy, if carried out
by international agreement, but as no
such agreement is possible this pious
opinion may be negated."
The statement that the Republican
platform of 1892, declaring for both gold
and silver as standard money, was writ
ten by Mckinley, Quay and Teller
brought forth storm of applause, and q
voice from the audience cried out TELLER
hasn't changed"
Upon the question OF the maintenance
Of the parity, he said that France and
the Latin Union, with a population Of
So 900, 900, had maintained the parity
for nearly 100 years, and lie had no
doubt that the United States, with it's
70 200, 900, could do the same. At the
same time he had great doubt as to
whether or not it made any real differ
ence if the parity was not maintained;
there would still be an increase in the
amount OF standard money by using both
metals instead of one. The money Of
this country is rapidly getting into the
hands OF the few, and unless this con-
centration is checked this nation must
inevitably follow in the footsteps of the
ancient civilization which under like
conditions has passed into oblivion. He
believed that the interests Of this country
demanded currency with which we
could trade among South American and
Asiatic nations as we'll as with those of
Europe. We OF this coast sell our lum-
Der to South America, Mexico, China
and Japan, but that sale must continue
limited as long as they must pay
premium of 100 per cent on gold when
they buy such lumber. This is an argu-
ment that strikes Grays harbor with par
ticular force, for under the existing con-
ditions in Mexico, tor instance, brick is
being substituted for lumber where posi-
BILE because it is cheaper.
Speaking OF Mexico, he quoted from
the Mexican Herald as follows:
at free silver coinage in the United
States) might be good thing for that
county, but most assuredly it would be a
bad thing for Mexico. Silver mono
metallism is making Mexico strong and
wealthy; it is rendering us self-reliant,
and emancipating us from financial and
industrial independence on older coun-
tries. Hence we are for the silver dollar
of Mexico, the dynamo which sends its
force through our entire social mechan'
ism. We sincerely hope, however,
that they (the United States) will stick
to gold and stay so for quarter OF a
century more. Meantime Mexico will
continue to grow rich and prosper on
silver"
Upon the question Of reputation he
said there would be no such thing. The
gold to pay gold debts could then be
obtained as easily as now, if necessary.
The debt OF the United States was not
payabe in gold, but that we had paid a
n,emium of millions OF dollars for the
privilege of paying in silver as we'll as
cold. and there could be no reputation,
except that we repudiated those who re-
undated us by giving the creditor the