The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-11

tion has Just been in session and
has repeated by resolution the po-
sition taken at its previous annual
meetings in opposition to silver re-
storation. We are told that zone
of the main Incidents Of the con-
vention was the adoption Of a reso-l
luton opposing the free coinage of
silver and every debasement Of cur
rency in whatever form presented. "
In the light OF existing conditions
as illustrated BY bank failures,
factory shut downs, reductions of
wages and hours of labor and the
low prices for all kinds of agricul-
tural and other labor products this
sounds more like the rawlings OF zeal
OTIS who had dwelt so long upon
their hobby rs to become SO many
monomaniacs than the deliberate
utterance of body composed Of
business men with sound minds.
Secretary Gage, who was present,
appeared to realize the intlexible
( fanticism Of the resolution and tried
to turn the whole matter aside with
some sentimental references to his
birthplace and a Joke which al
though it sounded as much out OF
place as if il had been at funeral
was received with much merriment
and proves Mr., Gage to be true
disciple of Mark Tapley. The fol-
lowing is a report Of Mr.. Gage ;
\ address:
+. 81 did not come to make speech.
| feel sense OF kinship toward this
place, sense of kinship toward
YOU the bankers of Maryland. He
referred to his birthplace, describing
it as such a place as Cumberland,
with hills touching the horizon on
all sides and placid stream passing
by his door. He said: Il am OPP
timistic and nave evidences to justi-
fy it. found evidences Of it to-
day when one of your citizens took
me out to drive.
! "He is very intellectual mar
asked him how business was. He
said: Good. That man was
Judl G Sloan and court had Just ad-
liourned. (Great laughter-) Refer
ence was made here 10 my recent
address in Cincinnati. Let me re-
peat here the substance of the con
clusion of that address. The proph-
ecy made then will be fulfilled.
The promise | am certain will be
kept. The prophecy was that both
bodies of congress would soon put
through an adequate tariff bill and
the promise was that the admins
tration would be faithful to the task
imposed upon it of putting the cur
rency of the. country on sound en-
during and solid basis. cloud app
plause and cheers.
This is the third time within a
fortnight that Secretary Gage ha.
been expected to say something an /
has said nothing. Pledges were
made a year ago that if Mckinley
were elected we should have pros
perty. Many speakers and Repub
lican newspapers went into details
as to how prosperity was to be
brougt about, saying that confidence
must be restored by the assurance
that the country would not return
. = So. .,l,a~ ...t,ora until soma a,
ternational agreement had been
made. Silver dollars are denounced
a. dishonest dollars, T" "fifty-cent
dollars" and ''debased money,
Notwithstanding the fact that they
are the only kind of money that
a large majority Of the people ever
see or have in their possession.
They are the money which was es-
tablished at the beginning of the
the money which an
Swered all Of the exigencies OF com
merce for centuries and which was
at last debased by dishonest trick ,
Of legislation and not because the ,
people had lost confidence in it. /
The Maryland convention OF bank h
ars adheres to this opinion of the ,
silver dollar but neither its mem II
bership nor Secretary Gage offers ,
any specific measure by which thcl,
finances of the country will becomaIs :
lnv more general in their benefits. a
The convention still goes on ravingl
against debascd currency, whilelt
secretary Gage evades any directIt I
discussion OF the question with a z
oke the point of which is not only u
humorous, but also has a touch OF
something bordering on pathos in il
Whenever the business OF the court X
l. good it means that men are inla
.roube, that their business AMI il'
their homes are threatened e
Great laughter followed Mr.. Gage : Ic
although probably everyIt
,ne present appreciated its grim !
rony. Mr.. Eckels, the Treasurer