The herald., 1897-03-10
IN Respor,e 10 Mr. Harrls

In Response TO mr.. unrfiS
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
| VIII A. Harris for ex-President Cleve-
| land Is certainly pathetic. Yes, Mr.
Clevelands public life is forever ended:
and for the life of me, cannot see how
! or why he is entitled to any gratitude
| for what he has done.
In writing up the inaugural of NC
Kinley an ex-United States senator de-
scribes Mr. Cleveland as giving strict
attention to the ceremonies but betray-
ing no concern. Having done all ne
could to secure Republican success. be-
cause he desired to demolish his own
party and crush its leaders, the 'subse-
ouent proceedings interested him no
more"
Is this the character Of man whom
Mr.. Harris would present as the leader
of Democracy? Is this the great ex-
president" TO whom Democracy is ex-
pected to bow? Mas Mr. Harris any In
formation showing that Cochran, Car
| Isle, Oiney, Whitney, Patterson of Ten
nessee and Turner have shown any
more concern than did Mr.. Cleveland at
| the installation of the party which, at
| the arbitrary command of their leader
they did everything in their power to
make successful as against their own?
The first of Mr.. Harris ancient
| faiths" is Sound Money" VIII he
please give us his definition of sound
money!" To me 1t is as meaningless
phrase as was ever coined-one only
used to catch the unwary. Is his idea
of sound money that which is' COM
posed of a single metal. which Is con-
fessed by the majority of people, of the
majority of nations of the world, to be
too small in quantity and too limited in
production to form the medium of re-
oemptior of the products of mankind:
then to use for the deficiency an in
trinsically worthless paper money, only
made good by taxation against the mul-
titude, who bring forth the worlds pro-
duction that this same paper money is
intended to redeem. thereby forcing
| double burden on production?
Paper was never intended by the AL
mighty to be used as money. Just so
surely mankind breaks the law of ma
ture. Just so surely shall mankind suf-
fer. II is this breaking of natures law
that places here in Los Angeles today
upwards of thousand worthy men and
heads of families out of employment, and
whose families are in want. What
Is true of Los Angeles is true of the tn
tire country proportionately. In Wash
ington's inaugural address in 1889 moth
ing could have been more prophetic than
these words:
There is no truth more thoroughly
established than that there exists in the
economy and course of nature an indis-
soluble union between virtue and hap
piness, between duty and advantage, be-
tween the genuine maxims of an honest
and magnanimous policy and the solid
rewards of public prosperity and fe-
licity; since we ought to be no less per-
suaded that the propitious smile of
heaven can never be expected on ma
ton that disregards the eternal rules OF
order and right which heaven itself has
ordained"
These same eternal rules of order In
the beginning created precious metals
sufficient in quantity. requisite for the
demands of unlimited population; stored
them safely away in hidden vaults, and
as popula ton has increased upon the
earth this same law of nature. ordained
by heaven itself has unerringly in
creased the intelligence. and guided the
hand of man with pick and shovel
through hundreds and thousands of fee.
Of earth and rock to these hidden treas
ures.
Break the law of nature, undertake
to make a substitute of paper, and want
and misery follows:
What more evidence is wanted than
the condition of industrial affairs of ali
kinds as they today exist throughout
the entire country?
Paper used only as Certificates of de-
post" against metal money, coined and
stored for convenience, would be proper
md without fault, but under no other
circumstances can 1t be done without
producing untold trouble. l would like
to take up Mr. Harris line of ancient
faiths" in detail. but this would be an
imposition on your space.
E. E. CRANDALL.
Los Angeles, March 7th.