Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-23
SOUND MONEY WANTED.
An Illinois Representative Gives til G
Feeling of business Men
the Money Question.

Congressman George ". Prince. of
Galesburg, ILL.,, has returned to his du-
ties in the house, after hard ca mpaign
which yesulted in his denomination. MIR.
Prince believes that his work for cur
rency reform helped rather than in
jured him in the campaign for renomi-
nation, and he said to-day, in discuss
ing the question:
The silver craze, so far as Illinois is
concerned, is rapidly running its course.
l hear similar reports from other west
ern states. The republicans of my dis.
trict are sound money" men. But they
go farther. They believe not only in
the gold standard, but they agree with
the president in his speech before the
Manufacturers association of New
York last January, that 1T must not
only be our purpose to maintain the
gold standard, but we must give that
purpose the vitality of public law
"In other words, if we give the iso-
lated regions of the south and west ade-
quate banking facilities, the demand
for free silver will gradually cease. If
we retire the greenbacks-and we do
the currency or an issue of bonds in the
bill now on the house calendar-we
shall remove the menace to our nat
tional credit which now exists, and will
continue to exist so long as the govern
ment is required to redeem greenb backs
in gold. Our bill, you will remember,
places the redemption upon the banks"
THE people of your district, then,
believe in reforming the currency laws,
do they?"
"That question was only incidentally
discussed. The business men, however,
are unit in demanding that our mon
etary system shall be placed on n more
stable and scientific basis. l have three
large manufacturing towns in my dis
fredericksburg, Rock Island and Mo-
line. There is not in these towns busi-
ness man of any prominence who is not
currency reformer.
"Some of these gentlemen had other
candidates before the convention, but
when il was manifest that they could
not win their influence was thrown for
me. This was largely due to my sup
port of the gold standard, and to my
connection with the movement to inn
prove our monetary system. Our busi-
ness men will stand no nonsense on this
question. 1t was they who lent the
weight of their influence and contrib
uted literally of their means in 1896 to
elect Mr.. Mckinley. Included in this
number were nearly 100000 of gold
democrats.
"These business men appreciate the
necessity for reforming the currency
and for rigid maintenance of the gold
standard. They have no patience with
men who try to evade the issue and seek
the support of both sides. The candi-
date for congress who does not face
this issue bravely and announce his be-
lief in the gold standard will find the
business element soliGly arrayed
against him.
"My currency reform views brought
me the support of the business COM
munity without a single exception, and
they did not lose me a vote in any other
direction. In my Judgment the house
should pass the bill now on the calen-
dar before congress adiourns. 1t will
be the means Of maintaining our con-
troll of a score of districts whose mem
bers were elected by the aid of gold
democratic votes. Its passing will help
the republican party in the congress
sional contests this year, and I do not
believe it will lose us single district in
the east, west or south.'-Chicago Inter
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