The advocate., 1897-10-27
DEMAGOGY FROM AN UNEXPECTED
QUARTER.

Weeks, anu VI COul DO IIlS ASW0PHNPSAS o
published whatever he was willing to say
on any subject. The principal topic was
that Of the pending city election, and
among other things said on that by Mr..
Harrison was this;
Tho men who voted for Mckinley in
1896-whether Republicans or gold DEM
Ocrats-will not fail to inquire how the
candidates for Mayor Of Greater New
York stand upon the questions, whether
public and private debts are to be paid
at 40 cents on the dollar and whether
the just powers of the courts are to be
upheld against the assaults of the mob.
They will want to know further whether
particular election is going to scatter
or weaken the forces that won these IS
sues in 1896. New Yorks Mayor, they
will think, ought not to be repudi-
atiOnist or a friend Of the mob 1t is
folly to say that the st. Louis platform
is not an issue and that the business men
of this Greater New York are not to take
account of the influence the election may
have in the future fight that is to be
made before the advocates of repudiatiOn
and disorder are dispersed"
Benjamin Harrison is too big man
to utter language in that form. 1t brings
him down to the level Of IhurstOn and
a class of men who would win an cleo
tion as they would win a suit before a
Justice of the Peace.
Does not the ex-President know that
upward of 21,OOOOOO silver dollars were
coined last year at our mints for the pur-
pose of being used as money to pay
debts due from one person to another;
does he not know that they were coined
according to law and are legal tender to
any amount, when no contract to the
contrary had been made; does he not
know that the mints are now coming
this same kind of dollars to be used as
money; does he not know that they are
lawful money of the country, as much
so as gold, except under a contract for
other kind of money; and does he not
know that payment with standard sill
yer dollars is full, complete, lawful and
honest payment?
Would General Harrison refuse to re-
ceive one of these dollars? Would he ad-
wise a client to refuse a tender of silver
dollars in payment of debt or judg-
ment of any amount? Then, why does
he call them Accent dollars, and why
denounce the paying of them as repudi-
alton? Where does he find authority for
statements such as he made in this in
terview? Is it matter for wonder that
six million voters were led into this
sort Of baseless charge when men like
him are in the front?
And how shallow and indecorous this
talk about the advocates of repudia-
tiOn and disOrderp Who except Repub-
licans and gold standard people have
proposed anything like reputation?
They and they only have been doing
their utmost to repudiate the coin OF
their country. The BlandAllison act
was Republican measure, and it pro-
vided that at least 5000 100000 worth of
silver bullion should be purchased every
month and coined into standard silver
dollars, and that these dollars should
be full legal tender in payment OF any
amount whatever, except in cases where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract. Upwards of 37S, 900 900 of those
dollars were coined during the twelve
years operation of that law And now
here comes General Harrison, telling the
people that these dollars which the Re-
publicans made under the leadership
and advice of Sherman, Allison, Harri-
con oDd oil tbn ornat Panuhliran leaders