Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-12
CAPITAL City Chat.

Capital City Chat.
Special Washington correspondence:
President McKinley's message on the
Cuban question shows that he has u re-
sponsiye heart for those who suffer,
and especially II they are American cit
liens. The knowledge that citizens OF
this country were suffering and In
want OF food and shelter brought in
stantly from him "A message recon-
mcnding an appropriation for their
benefit. il is understood that the Pres
ident Is only awaiting for more detailed
Information from special representa-
tiyes whom he has sent to Cuba before
taking equally vigorous action In re-
gard to other matters there. When II Is
remembered that the first three weeks
OF McKinley's administration Witness
ed the release Of practically all the
Americans who were In Cuban prisons
on the 4th day Of March, and that his
action for the relief Of those who were
suffering for want Of food was equally
prompt, the contrast between his ac-
tons and those Of President Cleveland
IL strongly marked. When IL Is remem-
bered also that the objection Of a Dem
ocratic Header" prevented the prompt
passage OF the relief bill la the House,
he contrast between Republican and
Democratic methods is still more sharp
ly outlined.
Ex-senator Dubois. who has gone
back To Idaho to herd cattle, assures
the dear public, In taking his depar-
ture, that he will be at the front again
with free silver In 1900. The fact that
Peru, Japan and Russia have all gone
to the gold standard since the cam
paign of 1896. In which Mr.. Dubois and
his c~o-laborers We're valnly shouting
for the free coinage Of silver In the
United States, coupled with the further
fact that half a dozen other countries
have adopted the gold standard during
the past two years, does not supply IA
very favorable outlook for those who
are proposing to make the free coin
age Of silver an issue of 1900. IL the
gold standard continues to make head
way with the nations Of the earth as II
has done In the past few months Mr..
Dubois and his associates Will find
themselves entirely alone In their ad-
vocacy OF the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver when they attempt TO
carry out their promise Of bringing II
forward In 1000.
Increased Gold Product.
The gold production continues to in
crease both In the regions where mines
were In operation last year and through
the development of new gold fields,
Mr.. Otis =. Gage, formerly Of Wash.
ington, ID. c., who has spent the past
two years In Ecuador, reports the gold
fields Of hat country Surprising I'm
richness and extent the famous mines
Of South Africa" Reports from Mexico
represent that new and very rich gold
fields are being developed there, ad-
vices from Texas indicate that gold
mines are being developed In the Wich-
ita Mountains, while the new processes
which are now being followed In the
mines OF Georgia and North Carolina
are making gold mining In that section
extremely profitable. Present indica-
tions are that the gold production OF
1897 will exceed that Of 1896, which
was the largest in any year In the his
tory OF the world.
Peru's abandonment OF the silver
standard proves To be Of the most rad
ical type. Detailed statements Of her
action on this subject which have
reached Washington show that not
only does she make gold the standard
Of value, but the act goes SO far a. TO
prohibit the importation Of silver coin.
Even the product Of her W minis
which have gone out OF the country
cannot be returned except ut one port.
where II must be melted into bars.
The assertions Of the silver orators
Of the last campaign read c~uriously
now. For instance, that n in which
they insisted that farm products and
silver kept pace IN rise and fall IS es-
pecIally amusing in view OF the fact
that farm products have steadily risen
IN value In the past eight mouths, while
silver has gone in the other direction.
Silver has In the last few weeks reach
ed the lowest point In It's history, while
wheat I'm that same time has reached
n selling price double that which eX-
listed ut the very time that these argu-
ments were being most vigorously pre-
scented.