Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-07-14
uoiEs HEARD FROM AGAIN.
Tie Now relieves That Ere. srvr,
Cannot Win.

-'' N''t~ hh'N EF~~ SENcr
Cannot Win.
EN-GoV. Doics. of Iowa. has written
long letter which contains several
ounces of hNSterical nonsense and a
Few grains of common sense. Ii is pitt
full To see "A man of more than average
intelligence, who has held high posi-
tions and aspircd TO higher ones, the
victim of such follies as those the eN-
governor OF Iowa Processes TO believe
i'm.
lie asserts that by stopping the silver
purchases four years ago congress
heartlesSly increased the burden of
every debt i'm existence" lie marvels
that lone OF the metals (silver) that
from the dawn of civilization until the
early years of the present century had
ministcred to- the necessities OF man"
should be practically dcstroyed'-
when mere of IL is used for monetary
purposes than ever before.
THE cause OF the monstrous crime. :"
walls the ex-governor. els upon us to-
day" In this Gland of the free" he as
sCrts:
Millions OF men, Eaunt with hunger. go
forth from homes where famine rcigns'n nd
wander up and down the streets pleading
for work they cannot obtain, begging for
bread they cannot earn. because every
whore the wheels OF industry are clorgcd
and all the arteries OF trade are congcsted
by this hypocritical cry for gold"
The proposition that the grccubaclls
be retired. the endless chain" bc
broken, and the cause of innumcrnble
financial ills be removed forces shrieks
of anguish from Boics. He shudders at
the thought of destroying a currency
ito the existence of which this nation
owes it's very life, without which.
through years of agonizing strife, IL
could not have survived single day, -
so ms ito make way for rags that bear
upon their face "A mere promise of some
puny corporation TO pay"
Does not the ex-governor need the
services of mad doctor? Is IL safe
that man who raves thus should bc
left at large. What would be the YER
dict OF every sane and honest man were
II not that Boics proceeds to discourse
20 "the friends of silver" after this
fashion:
For ono do not believe Il possiblo 20
succeed upon IA platform that demands the
unqualified free coinage OF silver at the
ratio OF sixteen To one with gold We have
fought that battle and II f. lost We can
never fight IL over under circumstances
more favorable to ourselves. II we hone
To succeed we must abandon this extreme
demand"
Bryan was defeated, i'm Boies' opin-
Ion, because the American people be-
heNed THE practical effect of success
by the friends of silver would be the
substitution of silver recommendation
for gold monometallism." The MAORI
~ of the people did know that such
would be the case. They did not want
that substitution To take place, because
in that event all debts contracted ON
the gold standard of 100 cents to the
dollar would have been paid i'm silver
standard 47-ccnt dollars. Eight bill
lions of credits would have been wiped
out.
EN-Goy. Boies believes this dread OF
the consequences of silver monometnl.
lism cannot be overcome. Therefore
he urges the friends of silver" in Iowa
to drop sixteen TO one" and take uu
the plan elaborated by him some
months ago. His scheme is a modifica-
ton of, but not an important one, that
of Secretary Window.
The free silverites viii reject IL as
they rejected WINDOWS. "Ephraim is
joined 10 his idols" and will not give
up sixteen to one" because the un-
limited use of silver at that ratio lends
itself so admirably TO the purposes of
the would-be regulators of honest
debts, who would be the beneficiaries
OF free coinage. These men will APP
plaud Boies' rawlings but will not take
his advice.-Chicago Tribune.