The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-02-26
HOW SILVER MEN STAND.
Efforts 10 Bring About = single sil-
Yer standard.

Since tine silver resolution has been
passed by the senate and beaten in the
house, il seems in order to ask it's adj
vocates what they have gained. They
have not disturbed the money markets
nor alarmed public feeling in regard to
the condition of the treasury. They
have made no progress toward bank
rupting the government or forcing IL to
q silver basis. They have not shown
greater strength in the senate than was
expected, and in the house they have
fallen much behind their expectations.
The solid resistance of the republican
majority in that body shows much
flrmer adhesion 10 the principles of the
republican platform than any of the
silver men anticipated. What has been
gained in this latest campaign against
the gold standard? Nothing in votes,
and much less than nothing in argu-
nent, for the debate in the senate left
he silver men i'm less defensible posi-
ION than they have ever before occu-
led.
There Is no indication of increase in
ne popular demand for silver coinage.
~ viz tPhAAhiN AllN
N all business ccnters, even at the west
ind south, has been steadily turning
against the advocates OF that policy.
The monetary conference at Indianap-
)lis showed much stronger support
from Iowa and other western states
than appeared year ago, and even
from the south there came ADLER and
more fully representative delegations
from commercial cities. The truth Is
hat the silver men are concentrating
he opinion of the whole commercial
world against them, and they do not
sppcar TO be gaining outside of COM
uercial centers. Neither the farmers,
Who want something better than 40
,ent dollars for their wheat, nor tho
wage-carners, who prefer honest dol
lars for their wages, are leaning toward
the free-silver policy. In the western
mining camps it retains its hold, but
vcrywhere else it appears to be losing.
This is natural, because the silver in
rest has broken away from its BIZ
ttallic associations. The fight of tho
er men has in large measure ceased
Ac an effort for bimctallism, and has
pme more openly an effort for sill
recommendation. IL Is no longer
ID, even in debate In the senate,
the purpose is TO bring about pay
OF debts In silver, without regard
depreciation in value. Not long
was always claimed by silver
"a, nat they desired no debasement
Of the monetary standard, and believed
that free-silver coinage would lift sill
yer 60 par with gold in the worlds mar
kets. That pretense has been almost
wholly abandoned. and instead there
appears the claim that the accent dol
lar may be properly paid to creditors
because coin, and not gold coin, was
nominated in the bond.
Efforts for international bimetallism
are greatly embarrassed by this new
attitude Of the silver forces. 1t can no
longer be claimed that they are seek
Ing a union Of commercial nations on a
bimetallic basis. Instead they are
yisibly leaning toward abandonment
OF every such effort, and toward prefer
encc for n silver monetary standard
alone. 1t is already plain, too, that this
NnuIEt III liI uAAlAhdI Va oliNii ilith nus
its influence upon the tone OF public
opinion. Many thousand men who
were earnestly in favor of bimetallism
have found themselves altogether hos
tile TO the more recent attitude of the
silver men, because they are COM
PEELED to realize that the effort OF the
silver party is no longer for bmetal-
ism, but for silver monometallism.--
\. Y Tribune.