Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12

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mating duties upon their commodities
as to exclude them from the bimetallic
nations. The bimetallic nations our
number the gold nations in population,
wealth, resources and productive capac-
ity. This plan of monetary confer
ence and discriminating duties was SUBJ
/ stantially embraced in Senator Lodges
proposed amendment to the Wilson tar
iff bill, of the last session of Congress.
ard was voted for by every Republican
Senator who voted on 1.-THE Democrats
opposed it.
President Cleveland and those who
support his scheme in Congress, are
generally monometallists Their
schemes to. issue gold bonds all lead in
the same direction. The syndicate
which bought $64,OOo,OOo bonds recent
ly, have distinctly agreed that these
bonds, and the interest, may be paid in
silver They had right to make such
contract, and the government should
preserve good faith with them. The
extra SIG 100000 interest the govern
ment will pay is the bounty the bond
holders give for the privilege they har-
gained for to be paid in silver, if the
government SO chooses.
PATRIOTS AND TRAITORS.
'The Republicans who voted against
all of the Presidents bond bills did
right. Those Republicans who voted
for President Cleveland's bills in Con-
gress pro tanto adopt his policy and
aid his mono-gold conspiracy. The in
coming Republican Congress should
pass protective revenue for the gov
eminent and stop the issue of bonds.
"And now a word to Republicans
The German nation is making ready to
join hands with any other great powers
to secure bimetallism. Senator Chand-
Ter, a New England Republican, on the
Goth day Of this month, said in the Sen.
ate:
1t will be necessary for the Republi-
can party to present some affirmative
measures of bimetallism, or the Ameri-
can voters will decide between gold
monometailism and silver monometa.-
lism. TIE DEBTORS are more numerous
than tie creditors, and the citizens who
want prices of property to go up out
number those who want them to remain
as they are now Bimetallism has been
promised by tie Republican platform.
A MERE BAGATELLE.
The public debt is Insignificant
compared with the thousands of mil
lions of obligations which weigh with
crushing force upon the millions of our
fellow countrymen, while half the
worlds money has been stricken from
existence, and the prices of all property
from which debtors must derive the
means to make their payments have
gone down one-half If, with the fall
of one-half in the price of commodities
L. ahts- of the people were also scaled
on-half, we could go forward on sTn-
gle gold standard to revive business
prosperity. But with the debts and the
prices as they are now, widespread
bankruptcies will blight the country in
the years now close at hand, and the
return Of full prosperity will be long
deferred
''No man will ever be President again
who is not honestly a bimetallist. The
recent fate of Senator Dolph in Oregon,
is an object lesson
BOWS TO THE INEVITBLE.
Bellefontaine, o., September q, 1897.
William Wilkins, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:-Your letter of goth inst
received, asking me for copy of my
article on silver coinage published in
the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, in
February, 1895. AS I have nothing to
conceal of my opinions and nothing to
take back, | inclose copy. l Lave
been an earnest bimetallist, as McKin-
ley was. The Republican national
platform of 1896 promised to secure hi
metallism if possible. McKinley's
speeches were more pronounced than
mine in favor of bimetallism. l be-
lieve he and the Republican party will
secure this if possible. If they cannot
l see nothing left for the people of this
country to do but accept the inevitable
and adopt themselves to the conditions
it may impose. have long since learn
ed that when could not secure all de-
sired that l must submit to conditions
as I found them. Our nation alone can
not secure bimetallism. The coinage Of
silver now by our nation alone at 16
to would bring silver monometallism.
IF you publish my article please 90
me the favor to publish this with it.
But do not suppose either is of enough
Importance to publish. Respectfully,
WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
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