The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-21
THE NATIONS EXPERIENCE.

indianapolis Sentinel.
| The peculiar check. the unutterabIe SELF
conceit. the unlimited assumption. the DOM
ineering disposition and the cheerful ie-
norance Of the honest money claauers is adj
mirahly illustrated bv the remarks OF the
Hon. n. S. Taylor OF the monetary COM
| mission to the congressional committees on
banking and currency. lie SAID:
1T is time TO close the debate. We
have had talk enough, experience enough,
disaster enough. For five years the bust
ness of this country has been In n state OF
strain. The beating back Of the free silver
assault has relieved ii for the moment. but
only for the moment. The inherent weak
ncsses OF the system remain and viii re-
main while tho money OF the country and
its standard OF value continue to be the
subject of party strife and liable to
change at any session OF congress. This
bill enacted into law VIII AFFORD the people
OF the country Il sense or security, sense
OF confidence. which IL whole bible n,
tinance.'
Just read that again. and read It slowly
ana prayerFully. Mr.. Taylor has got the
whole thing settled. or at least Senator
Eimunds and j. Laurence Laughlin OF the
subcommittee. have got It settled for MIN,
What tho sulphurous. ether does Mr.. Taylor
knows about finance. anyway? The Sentinel
has endeavored to keep track OF the In
diana men who have attained distinction in
various lines hut il has never seen Mr..
Taylor mentioned in connection with the
subject Of finance. aside from this monetary
commission, but onre. and that Was in
declaration by prominent Fairbanks ie-
publican, to the effect that Mr.. Taylor |
had for years drawn 4 GALAXY nf $4,000 as |
MfSrlsstnrI Yri
never contributed n cent to the campaign |
fund. And now Mr.. TAYLOR announces that
he and his associate commissioners have |
EXPRESSED their opinion and IL is time 10
close the debate! us Mnliean present?"
'He IS" Then let the battle proceed"
And yet the Sentinel is inclined to agree
to the proposition 1--WE have had talk
experience enough. diaaster
We have had quarter OF
century OF experience and disaster. Every
year of 1t has been gold standard expert
ahco and disaster under these same imam
cial auacks who pretend TO know lust what
ought to be done and who have plunged
The country deeper and deeper into dis
iress. Under their treatment poor old
Uncle Sans stomach has revoted time
md again, and his body and limbs have
writhed with panics, strngency and bank
ruptcy. Every time these financial Know
tails have came to the front with the
same diagnosis and the same prescription
He Is suffering from overproduction. En-
aim up with gold standard nils Take
1 few quarts OF silver blood out OF his veins.
Put National bank blisters on his back
md stomach. Shave the greenback hair
'tf his head and pack him in prohibitory
arin blankets Then give him perfect
est" There is not DR., Sangrado IN the
D,nu In, a.t Coil
epeatedly, and yet they all show the great
st readiness to 20 on in the same way and
o deride anybody who thinks they are
mistaken now. although they nave con-
essed that they made mistakes in the
asst
Experience and disasterl Why. VIC have I
ad nothing else since this gold standard I
1iocy began Have YOU forgotten 1873 and f
he long years OF distress following? II took L
ohm Sherman Just five wears to confess C
hat decentralization of siiye" was mis- (
AXE and that the restoration of bimetallism
world be measure of the greatest good !,
0 all nations" Have YOU forgotten the !,
anics nf 1884. 1890 and 1882 Have YOU =
1rgottcn how the restoration OF silver was -
efeated by the Allison Bland bill in 1878,
nd how that measure was 10 remove all .
ur troubles? Have YOU forgotten how It v
ms pronounced failure in 1890 and the II
herman silver purchase act was brought
as the great cure-all? Have YOU for
often how the financiers fell over one
mother. in 1893. in their haste to repeal [
nat monument OF financial wisdom, and
ow even John Sherman tried 10 crawl is
ut of responsibility for It? The OILY
onder is that any sane man will listen to Il
hcse financial humbugs for y moment. u
heir clentage is rapidly disappearing. "
\ 1879 YOU could count the active insstent :.
on the fingers OF one hand. o
oday there are millions of them in all the g
vlized countries Of the world. They have n
cen educated by experience and disaster fl
he time Is short until they viii scourgo 81
lese arrogant money changers from the d
'mple and restore the system Of bimet- ID
Ilism under which the world advanced al
apply until 1873. al