The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-05
SUNDAY. JUNE 8, 1898.


BIMETALLISTS QUARREL.
The cause Of blmetalism IS not receiv-
Inc the united support Of It's faithful
followers The very leaders OF those
liberators Of the people not only dis
aqree-but quarrel. Nor do they I,aT-
rel after the noble style Of britus ara
Cassius. but according to what we II ay
suppose to be the standard OF the wild
Western American bimetaihc Iatriot,
rather than that of the lovers CT Ro-
man liberty, who struck the foremost
man Of all the world. Cassus Allen, OF
Nebraska. and Brutus Wolcott, Of Colo
rado. had a set-to in the Senate cham
Der last Friday. and the fur few"
When Wolcott. who led the emlssaries
of blmetalIism through Europe last
year, and came back empty-handed
made in the Senate on the 18th of jan
uary his statement respecting the work
of the recent International Bimetallic
Commission" he shocked those who had
pinned their faith to the dogma of 10
TO l or bust" by declaring after an elab-
crate argument in favor of bimetailism,
that 1T may also be necessary, in my
opinion, 10 make concessions in the
ratio in the neighborhood of 20 TO /;
moro nearly approximating the ratios
recognized by Russia, Austria and In
dia-" This was terrible fan from the
grace Of 16 to /. No more, no less. The
neighborhood Of 20 to l was the sug-
gestion either Of an apostate or Of an
imbecile
In the Senate on Friday. Mr.. Allen
who is still Populistic "l6 to l or
buster" described the Wolcott commits
sion as fruit>s, and the 100000 voted
for their expenses as burning up the
money Of the people. lie said also that
he believed "internauonal bimetallism
10 be a snare and q deluson," and but
"another name for the single gold stand
ard" Having lucid intervals. he also said:
at IS absolutely impossible 10 create
parity between gold and silver as mere
articles OF commerce. You can no more
create parity between the two by
statute or by usage than You can create
parity between a bushel OF potatoes or
IuNHfl u llfaAA0f ANl AN-iAHe hNN NlAf ~
worth so much and the other so much
and the next day the fluctuations IN the
market change the price, and one goes
up and the other goes down.
This attack on the commission ana
on the great doctrine OF bimetallism. was
more than the apostle Of the Colorado
silver mines could stand. and so Brutus
wolcott came back at his brother sill
verite after this manner:
1T is impossible. Mr.. President, that
when the Senate shall have investigated
the accounts OF the commission (and
found that only $4,000 was spenO lac
may correct his statement, which has been
sent broadcast by him over The country
again and again, and has been published
in those patent insides' in the West,
which constitute the bone and the
sinew and most Of the brains OF the
9opulst party"
Fortunately, Mr. President the sill
yer parties OF Europe are not hampered
with the long-haired cranks who want
silver only as they want tin or paper or
anything else that adds TO the circula-
tion and gives people more money. They
have the producers there belonging TO
that party. not the men who work only
with their tongues and want to share
the money Of the people who have been
able 10 earn a..
IF the movements was hampered AT
al home, a was hamDered not alone by
published interviews with the Secretary
OF the Treasury. but IL was hampcred
as well by scores and scores OF men
who had been for &c 10 ] or bust by the
United States alone. who were so
anxious 10 succeed themselves that they
would rather defeat bgmeiallism than
have II brought about by the nations
OF the world uniting In favor OF it-men
who would rather see the cause OF bi-
metalllsm damned forever than 10 see
A. brought about in a rational manner
by rational men by q universal inter-
rational agreement
Mr.. Allen was not 20 be downed by
the Colorado em!ssary OF DimetailIsm.
bat feeling the embarrassment Of long
hair" and Nebraska" he had 10 ac-
knowledge It when he declared:
"And yet. Mr.. President. it is not ne
cessary for me 10 say that the Repubii-
cans are iong-haired and wlld-eyed 20
even uD with the Senator from Colorado.
] would not suffer myself POPULIsT
As ] Az. AND HAILfNG FROM NE
BRASl<A. AS I DO TO bellttle myself
sn my own eyes 10 that extent"
Truth Is mighty. All that IS neces-
sary TO burst the national or interna-
tionai bimetallic bubble is 20 .agitate II.
and. strange 10 say. Mr.. Aliens state
ment as 10 the imposslbiliiy OF its ac-
complshmen, Is as clear as IL It had
been made by MIR. Gladstone