Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-22
CHANDLER cENsuREs GAGE.
Warning Letter TO the Administration by
the New Hampshire Senator,

Chandler of New IIamushro has writ
ten letter to the Washington Post, in
which he says;
"lf the secretary OF the treasury
and his single gold standard associates
will cease their demand for impossible
currency legislation, congress will
pass the necessary appropriation bills;
probably take care of Hawaii and Gu
ba; there will not be serious party
division during the session, and there
will be an adjournment in May. Bus
mess W i'll revive, the balance of trade
will continue in our favor, and the Re
publican party will, in November,
1898, elect majority of the house in
the Fifty-ffth congress.
'On the other hand. if Secretary
Gage continues to press upon congress
bill, the object of which, he says, is
first to commit the country more thor
oughly to the gold standard, and the
immediate result of which is to throw
doubts upon the sincerity of the presi-
dents declarations in favor of contin-
ued efforts to secure himetallism. a po-
litical turmoil will arise in congress
which will split the now united Repub-
lican party into fragments, while it
will unite and consolidate the now in
eongruous opposal,
1T is not feasible to retire the green
backs; there is more probability that a
bill will be sent to the president to in
crease their amount 1t is not possi-
BILE to secure the passage through
elther hoe-@ e a bill making the
greenbacks into gold notes or author
izing bonds payable in gold. The eff
fort to effect either thing viii probably
result in the passage of bill for the
redemption of the greenbacks in silver
dollars, and for the payment of all
United States bonds in gold or silver
coin, in the discretion of the president.
who will be commanded to exercise
his opinion for the advantage of the
government. and not for the advant-
age of the creditors.
y 'Nti oONii GIL ul'i pdI III COlR TCSS dS
these proceedings win create, with
certain congressman embroled there
In, with presidential vetoes, as threat
ened by Secretary Gage, under angry
discussion, it win happen that all bus-
ness enterprises and funds and stocks
will be disturbed. prices will fall, in.
solvencies will increase, and the re-
publicans will lose the congressional
elections in 1898 as disastrously as did
they in 1890, and beyond the hope of
favorable reaction in 1900, at which
time, therefore, a Bryan democratic
president and congress will be chosen
whether we are to have one of
these results-political safety-or tho
ether-political struction-depends
mtirely upon the course to be pur.
sued by Secretary Gage. and those
who are pressing him forward name.
ly the gold standard league of New
York and the self-constituted none
tary conference. How much Secretary
Gage cares for the Republican party is
not known. Whether President Me
Kinley, whose promises of good faith
towards bimetallsm are coming to
test, will stop his secretary, is not
known. 1t is to be hoped he will. But
no political situation has been clearer
than the present one is, TO sound eyes,
since the Republican party began its
marvellous career forty-two years ago.
There is a time for all things. There
is time to move and time to keep
still, and now is the time to SO keep.
1T is simply absurd for the Repub-
lican party in this congress to affirm
atively open the discussion and the
bringing of yea and nay votes on cur
rency legislation. We ought to await
the progress of international bimetal-
lism, the advent of business prosper
ity, and the filing of the treasury by
the normal workings, soon to be seen
of the new tariff law Shall we wait
for these things or rush on to self-de
struction? President Mckinley must
decide. VIII he act for his people or
for his plutocrats? Upon his answer
will depend the events of 1898.
(Signed)
CIVILIAN E. CHANDLER.
"Dece mber, 1891"