The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-24
CURIOUS

cor,h carolina's Senator. Tillman, IS
what Mr.. Richard Swiveller would eau Il
..oneer." lie has many ideas that are
his own by special patent, ana he mas
many others which are NOBODY 8 MS
latest speclalty is an amendment ne mas
orered 70 the tariff bill imposing a duty
nj 500 "on all immigrants though iii
NO., ,oauv means on each immigrant,
and making II a m~isdemeanor for any
alien not intending to become q cltlzeh
IN engage In any mechanical trade or
manual labor. and then providing that
all this prohibitive and penal legislation
.hau he inoperative when silver Is ad-
r,,,,ed 10 our minis for coinage at the
,atio of tG TO ] on the same conditions
us gold"
Tho New York Journal OF Commerce
remarks upon this amendment OF TN
mans that when silver can get into the
mint the immigrant can get into the
country.
But what connection has silver with I'M
migration? Why should immigrants De
taxed and forbidden 10 earn a living here
because silver is demonetizd? This really
nppears TO be one Of the most curious
roucelts that even Tillman has ever
formed. Bal curious ideas belong to the
advocates Of free silver. Our special re-
mort OF the speech which Mr.. William j.
Bryan made at stanton last MONDAY
was as neat a piece of reportoriai worh
rs we have seen In a long time. 1t con-
sensed a two hours speech into the briei
paragraph that We quote below with as
much concisencss as is possible. 1t is as
follows:
Mir. Bryan said he hoped the people
syould take care OF their health, as he was
doing with his: that he would need them
all I'm 1900. lie said he had the same re-
epect for tho gold bug when he called
him a gold hug as people had for him
Nhen they called him a lunatic.
He said the gold sentiment was a new
kind OF yellow that killed the fellow who
tidn't have II. lie spoke for bimetailism,
and said IL was as old as the Government,
Or a. history. No party had made a plat
FORM for bimetalliSm until this Demo-
cratic party did in 1896. and the gold bugs
Ar that wear pollcd only 1872, eco votes. He
said law made money; that II was the
function OF government, and gave the
laws Of 1871 ana 1913. lie SAID the inter-
national commission seemd a huge joke;
that the law should preserve the parity
Of money and property; that the money
metals should be kept together, and not
be showed apart. as was done by the gold
standard. lie said an honest dollar was
that whose purchasing power was the
least variable. and tina, bimetallism was
the only way OF getting an honest dollar.
as Il would keep the metals together and
give stability to purchasing power.
lie said quantity makes quality. Pro-
fessor Lofland defined an honest dollar
as the same yesterday. to-day and for
ever, but Mr.. Bryan said there was no
really honest dollar. and he would be
satisded with a tolerabiy honest dollar.
He repeated the old story OF silver being
worth Sl.9 I'm gold. and declared for the
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver as II used TO be. He declared that
Il was right and just TO give the debtor
the option In paying debts. and that they
would always a In the least valuable
money which would help 10 Keep the me-
tails together. He said free silver had a
majority since the election, lie quoted