, 1898-09-23
|T'sD|FFEREhTN NOW
RECORD OF TWO SILVER sRaNA-
TORS ON THE SOUND MONEY
QUESTION.
How Stewart and Jones Of Nevada
Felt About the Matter Tweoty-
Four Years Ago. Before They Be-
came Millionaire Silver Mine Own
erstTime Works Great Changes.
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confess to the possession OF some of
the organ of veneration. I don't like to
write a man down a knave, a fool or
an ass, whom his fellow men have hon
ored for years with the highest ONCE
in their gift. 1t s true that IN q state
like Nevada, which, in a presidential
year. only polled 1896 votes two men
who owned the mines and, OF course,
the miners, and being multi-million-
aires. would not find 1t dificult to get
themselves vent to the senate for life.
But even under these unfavorable con
ditions they might afford to be honest,
or at least consistent
I have been looking back over the
Congressional Record and 1 find the
following u~tterances of Senators Stew
art and Jones upon financial questions,
and l give date and page OF the Record
SO that any one can satisfy himself of
their correctness. In 1874, the year fol-
lowing "the great crime of 49," I find
Senator Stewart, in a speech on the
silver question, using the following
language:
"If you are going to have gold in
this country you must make a demand
for gold by using it. In every
country where gold has been treated
%unkindly. where the government has
favored a deprecated currency. gold
has left the country. You will
have all the gold you need as a regu-
lator, as a basis for your currency. and
it will come very shortly. Then we
shall have prosperity based upon a GER
tainty."-Senator Stewart, February
20, 1874, page 1878.
II do not care how much you discuss
it or how many resolutions you pass,
they do not make any difference; you
must come to the same conclusion that
all other people have-that gold is re-
cognized as the universal standard Of
value. Do not let US try to
deceive the American people; do not
let us try to make them believe by
some hocus pocus Of legislation, that
we al give them a measure Of value
that IL better than the universal stand
ard OF mankind. Do not deceive them
in that regard; let them know the
facts now."-Senator Stewart, June II,
1874, page 1857.
"The question never will be settled
until You determine the simple ques-
ton whether the laboring man Is en-
titled to a gold dollar II he earns 1t, or
whether you are going to cheat him
with something else."-Senator Stew
art. June u, 1874 page 1903.
Senator Jones Of Nevada was equal
ly radical In favor of the gold standard.
In a speech delivered April /. 1874. he
said:
Does this congress mean to leave
entirely out Of view, and 30 discard
forever q standard of value? Did any
country ever accumulate wealth.
achieve greatness, or attain a high
civilization without a standard? What
other thing on earth possesses the re-
quisite qualities? So exact q
measure is It to human effort. that
when 1t is exclusively ussd as money
1t teaches the very habit ct honesty. It
neither deals in nor t~olerates false pre-
lenses. 1t cannot lie, It beeps It prom
ise to rich and poor alike. I
hope the senate will decide to stand by
the integrity Of the country. No gov
ernmeat. no people can be prosperous
that ignores the proposition that hon
esty Is the best policy; that essays. BY
any sort OF legislation. to disturb the
relationship between debtor and credi-
tor; that tells the creditor that the
hard days work ne has already per-
formed and loaned to the debtor, shall
be repaid by half q days work on the
part OF the latter; that attempts to
coin money In THAI false crucible. CALI
I'd debt and leeahses robbery, by en-
acting that the base results shAll be .
aesan tender."-senator Jones. April
1. 1874.
Senator Jones' was equally bitter
the issue OF ereenbacks dur
Ding the civil war, and declared in 1874
that their issue was q cheat upon the
people," and that "a great war could
not be garfield IN by pieces Of papr
payable at the convenlence Of tho guv-