The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-11-24
BELIEVES IN BIMETALLISM
Senator Carter Would Setire
Bills Under $40.
Would Cause an Enlarged Use Of
Silver--0pposed to the Issue
Of Bonds.


note Of warning to those who expect
the republicans in congress to pro-
ceed with currency legislation on the
theory that bimctaIlism is dead. past
all hope of resurrection, because
Senator Wolcott's commission has
failed to secure any conccssicn from
Great Britain.
Senator Thomas II. Carter Of
Montana, stalwart republican from
the west, takes the same view, but
goes farther, and says that the time
has come when there will be new
alignment in politics between the
single gold standard adherents ana
the silver men unless there is q pros
pcct of international bimetallism.
"When it is ..ascertained," said
Senator Carter, ."tEat international
bimctallism cannot be secured, !
should unquestionab]y favor and upon
a candid acknowledgement OF the
fact it would undoubtedly follow,
that a general realignmcnt upon the
financial question would occur
throughout the country. And for
that division, when it occucs," ho
added, ''thc single gold standard men
will not be well prcparcd.a
The Montana senator is q silver
man. who stayed by his party, while
his colleague, Senator Mantle, fol-
lowed Teller and others out Of thc
St. Louis convention. lie still stand:
with the republican party, although
his state went over to the democrac,
at the last national election. ll(
still hopes that the present admins
tration will secure some agreement
with other nations, and he believes
that international binetallism will be
secured. lie las talked with Scna
tor WOlcott since the lattcr's retur1
from Europe GnQ lie says:
"My conversations with Senate
| Wolcott since his return, although
brief, have impressed me with tn
I thought that he still hopes for sub
stantial success along the lines upol
4 which the himctalic commission
have been working. The detail:
upon which he bases his hope arc O
sufficient merit to cause me to fec
that he is justified in advocating ful
thcr effort.
"Thc question Of bimetallism is Il
broad as commerce and of WOrld-Wid
Importance, and it is not rcasOnAbl
to expect success on any given lin
where failure has uniformly rcsultc
on all other lines heretofore followed
, The work of the present commission
l might add, has been prosecuted i
IL logical way, and with great pcrsis
cnce and unqucstonable. Intelligence
t'Wc should certainly reach a pOln
where dollars will be interchangeable
in the markets of the world WithOJ
any variance Of value, as they are b'
tween our own states. We have.
!. national coinage and currency syste1
:, recognized in every part OF Oh
4 country, and l earnestly hope tll;
+ the effort to secure a solution
G the coinage question upon the bas
t OF international bimctallism willis.
] timatcly succeed.
:sB1lt in the mcantimc?"
n sin the mcantimc." repeated Il
! senator, "We are approaching d SC
u sion of congress during which Il
$ coinage and currency questions W
o be made the subject Of debate al
c perhaps Of legislative action.
ia must be obvious to the most casll
observer that no legislative mcasu
II can be enacted into law providing f
l. the free coinage Of silver and yet
IS am firmly settled in the opinion tn
ID congress should take hold Of Il
g. coinage and currency questions al
s. make some advance toward a ration
&c solution Of some Of the ditliculti
which have hitherto bcsct uS.
500 YOU think that Il general |
fc form of the currency will be accol
TO plishcd at the approaching session
At ::probably not. There will be
ed prOtractcd debate on the HaWaii
question, and the Cuban qucsti
will come up incidentally. We W
discuss the financial question
y, great length, and then we will pre-
- ably let the facts and arguments tn
- are developed be considered by
,o press and the people. The natl
thinks slowly. We have to allow
! period for the whole subject to
~ thoroughly digcstcd, and then, pf
ic haps, we can come back prepared
;, enact complete system. | belle
that by this careful and conscrvati
,c fmethed Of approaching this trcmcl
=, ously important subject we can ave