Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-18
THE MONEY BATTLE.
Alignment Of Gold and Silver Men
Probable at the Next Election.
CARRIERS OPINION ON The SUBJECT.
A Pacific Policy Favored BY the President
Regarding Cuba-Senator Harris ON the
Kansas Pacific Railroad sale-Im.
ports and Exports.


ter has an interview in the Post on the
financial question, in which he pre-
diets that unless international bimetal-
lism becomes reality at the approach
ing session Of congress there will be
an absolute alignment at the next
election between the gold and silver
men of the country and that the next
house Of representatives will be elected
on that issue alone. "And for that
test" he says, ''the gold standard men
will not be well prepared" While
Senator Carter is not entirely hopeless,
he does not see much hope Of interna-
tional bimetallism nor does he think
congress will do anything on the
financial question. There will be
q protracted debate on Hawaiian
annexation, and the Cuban situa-
ton will come up incidentally"
he says. 1--WE will discuss the
financial system at great length, and
then we will probably let the facts
and arguments that are developed be
considered by the press and the peo-
pie. The nation thinks slowly. We
will have to allow period for the
whole subject to be thoroughly d.
gested, and then perhaps we can come
back prepared to enact a complete sys-
TEN. l believe that by this careful
ard conservative method Of approach.
ing this tremendously important sub
ject we can avoid the violent views Of
either side and evolve something that
will be neither gold monometallism
nor silver monometallism."
Mr.. Carter is very positive that moth
ing will be done in the way Of currency
reform which contemplates the retire.
ment Of the greenbacks or the issue Of
bonds. ~ realize" he says, "that the
confidence Of the country in the pres
ent banking laws has been shaken to
some extent, and that the lack Of per-
feet confidence Is an impeachment to
business, but it can be stated emphati-
cally that no alleged reform can sue
coed in congress which takes it for
granted that the efforts to secure in
ternational bimetallism have come to
a conclusion which proposes to con-
tract the currency or provides for the
issue Of bonds" Nearly everybody In
congress agrees with Mr.. Carter on
most of the propositions, but from diff.
ferent points Of view 1t is becoming
more and more apparent every day to
gold as well as to silver advocates that
the next election will be fought on the
financial issue.
Secretary Gage made some remarks
yesterday on this question. He, too,
believes that the next congressional
election will be fought on the currency
as single issue and says that the gold
men are greatly at disadvantage be-
cause they do not agree. The silver
men are united on one idea, and that
is free coinage atsixteen to one They
are like the Mohammedans-there is
but one God and Mohammed is His
prophet On the other hand, he COM
pares the gold people to the Christian
church-they are divided into 40 de-
nominations, Presbyterians, Episcopa-
lians, Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians
and Quakers, each having his own
method of salvation and insisting that
every other is wrong.
A PACIFIC POLICY FAVORED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Ex-senator Fair
banks, of Indiana, and Senator Ell1ins,
of West Virginia, saw the president
yesterday upon matters pertaining pri-
marily to appointments in their states,
but also discussed with Mr.. Mckinley
the probable policy Of Che coming ses-
sion of congress. Both Senators Ell
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