Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-11-24
CHAMP cLARK's T
George Robertson Calls Attention to
Some of the Ninth District Con-
gressman's Statements Con-
tanned Therein.

AAAAASof @AN
FOUR paper Of Friday, W. the sigma
iure of the Hon. Champ Clark, who
s'stua'' for your paper, the fol-
statement;
ssrhe Palmer Buckner corporal's
guard actually had more money than
hey needed and after paying lib
sFslly for every speech made and
svery editorial written in their behalf
had a surplus OF over 5000 to cover
back INTO Mark Hanna's camp chest"
This he said regarding the campaign
Of 1895. Now, the Hon. Champ doubt
less knows that Il is the duty, and
made so under the law OF this State,
that a political committee shall have q
Treasurer and that such treasurer
shall keep a strict account Of all mon
les received and expended during the
campaign and an itemised statement
OF such receipts and expenditures
must be hled with tha recorder Of
deeds Of the county or city Of the res
idence of such treasurer.
Er. A. o. Stewart, Of St. Louis,
addresa Rialto Building, and son Of
the late Confederate general, A. p.
Stewart, was then and is yet the treas
urer OF the Palmer Buckner commit
tee. No man in st. Louis enjoys the
respect of the people of that city to a
greater degree than this treasurer. II
Mr.. Clark will take the trouble to
anime that statement, which lie a pub
lie record OF this State, he will learn
that the statement he has made con-
corning the Palmer Buckner Demo-
Gratis Is not only a misstatement, but
one i~nexcusable on his part. was a
member Of the executive committee
and, as l now remember, with the
single exception Of two speeches, not
a cent was paid to any speaker for
making speeches, nor was a single
cent expended for editorials, nor was
90, 200 left to ''cover back" into the
hands of anybody. but a few hundred
dollars we're left which we expended
in the distribution of sound money
literature throughout the State within
the last two years.
In the hands of Mr.. Stewart be will
find q book in which is entered the
source of every cent of money re-
ceived by the treasurer and also whai
was done with every cent that wa
|, paid out, possibly more in detail thar
the recorded statement.
1t is not my purpose to enter int
any controversy with MI. Clark as Il
money coinage in the United States
but further on In the same letter o
"sturn he asks the question: "Wh,
! was not more silver coined prior 4
1s7s9n Then he proceeds to answer !
and his answer Is, "Because there wa
no more to coin" He proceeds the
Z to give some figures and lie careful t
ignore the fact that In 1884 the gol
standard was practically establise
: in this country and has been main
= tanned ever since. He gives each yea
, the amount Of silver production froI
ls45 to 1878, but does not state Oh
, amount Of silver coined each year !
y the United States and ignores the fac
- that under the law as II then stoo
silver from any country could b
coined BY the United States mints. b
, aggregating all these years as to th
silver production he mialeRds b
readers. For Instance, he gives as tot
silver product OF the United States Il
the year 1872, SIS, 75O, 900; but he
careful not to state that the total q
yer coinage for that year in the Unite
!. States was only s2,6O4,4 ss so. An
while he gives the total production
1s47 at $4,000 he is again careful M
to state that the total silver coina1
was 49, 74,450. The disparity betwee
production and coinage In the tw
years I have mentioned shows thi
!. there is no relation between produ'
ton and coinage.
Until 1853 more vas coined than wi
produced each year; after that mol
was produced than wss coined. b
ginning with 1868 and ending with IS
the total silver production in Il
. United States was s1s6, 0OO, 900; Il
"A total silver coinage was SIS, s30, 74O. 2
be The total production owe coinage
those ten years was s122, e6s, $685.
showing that the coinage was less this
one-tenth Of the production OF Il
United States. The law passed Il
We the limited coinage of silver did nj
81 take placs until 1873, so notwitl
standing there might have been FRI
D., coinage at the ratio of 16 to / duriI
the ten years quoted, we see that Il
free coinage of silver vents almost o
D. of fashion without any law whatev
to bring 1t about, and this citation
figures shows conclusively that N
TO Clark's statement "that no mor W
coined because there was no more
go coin' is not justified. SO he must hu
for another explanation.
Its The fact Is, Mr.. Clark was simp
r. juggling with figures, for he kno'
Zee that under the free coinage of silv
an prior to 1873, had it been desirable
lg. coin silver, 1t would have been coine
lee for the mints Of the United Stat
cir were open to all of the silver Of I
ny world.
re. have not any inclination whatev
Or. to enter into any controversy WI
Mr.. CLARK or any other person at Il
~ late date on the merits Of the &
standard. That matter was submit
to the people of the United States
n the campaign Of 1896 and the g
standard won. Il was submitted
. 1898 in the Congressional electi
- and the gold standard won q mu
more decided victory than in 1895.
An analysis Of the result of the ID
election shows that in New Yol
Pennsylvania, In other eastern stai
and parts Of KeHtucky the DemocrI
IT. made gains In members of Congre
70 10 these places the silver guest
ars was either ignored or repudiated, a
40 where such was the case Democr
Tor could vote q Democratic ticl
ON without stultifying their conyietiC
en- and Democrats In the We