West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-12-21
AN INFAMOUS BILL.
Is the Gold Standard Measure Intro.
duced Into the Present Congress
From tho sllvor Knight watchman.

| work OF the leading Republican mem.
bers of the House OF Representatives
assisted by the ATTORNEYS of the money
| power, has been introduced into Con-
gress. The individual members who
will constitute the committee 10 which
il will be referred have already passed
upon it, and in a few days after the
committee has been formally appointed
| and the measure referred to il, the bill
4 will be reported back TO the House OF
Representatives and put upon its pass
age
| The statement that members of the
committee, not yet appointed, have
| passed upon IA measure to come before
them may appear somewhat strange.
| yet such is the fact Early in the
spring IL was settled that David Il.
Henderson, of Iowa, was to bc the
Speaker of the House OF Representa-.
tives of the Fitty-sixth Congress.
| Those intrusted with the work of the
gold combination took hand in the
organization OF the House Their in.
fiuence in the Republican party is
| such that no man could be elected
| Speaker of the House that was not
willing to do their bidding, aud no
Republican could be appointed on
| either the committee on coinage,
weights and measures or the committee
on banFing and currency that was not
acceptable to them. The Republican
membership OF these prospective com
mittees were selected. who. together
with the Speaker, put in several weeks
at Atlantic City during the past sum.
mer, under the training OF the money
kings and. their attorneys The bill
just introduced into Congress is their
handiwoclS. Hence the warrant for
saving tnat the bill has been already
passed upon by the committee To which
1T viii be referred. although the mem
oership OF the committee has not yet
been announced by the Speaker of the
House of Represe atiyes.
That the bill is an Infamous measure
Will become apparent to any intelll-
gent person upon reading it, Ii is
such measure as the money kings
have been working for ever since 1878
and which until the present time they
have been unable to persuade Con-
gress TO attempt TO enact into law
Every government bond, every green.
back, and every treasury note issued
under the Sherman law is now by law
payable and redecmabie in either gold
or silyer coin. Mt the option Of the
government. Every private debt in
the United States can bc legally paid
in either gold coin. silver dollars,
greenbacss, or TREASURY notes. II the
bill presented in Congress becomes a
law, all outstanding public and private
debts will be payable in gold coin
only. The effect of this bill Will b. to
add uujustly hundreds OF millions OF
dollars TO the wealth of the bond
holders and creditors and TO rob debt
ors and taxpayers of a like amount.
The Republican national platform of
1896 pledged the party TO seek AN i'm
ternationnl agreement to restore n
bimetallic money standard, and until
such standard could be secured TO
maintain the present monetary sta.
tutes in the United States One OF the
''-'N ''NN' w VIZ ~ Sh III lOus
gress after the election OF President
Mckinley was to pass dill appropria.
ting 500 00O TO pay the expenses OF "A
commission to visit Europe for the
purpose OF inducing otncr nations TO
join the United States in an agreement
TO restore silver TO its old place in the
monetary world. by opening their re-
ftrss fttf, g.. q 1. 4
OF that metal on equal terms with
gold. ip the very last days Of the
Cleveland administration such meas
urc passed Congress. and on the tttb
Of April, 1897, President McKinley
named the commission for that pur-
pose OF which Senator Wolcott. OF
Colorado, was made chairman
The commission was favorably re-.
ceived in England and received en-.
couragcment in their mission from the
directors Of the Bank Of England
The finance minister Of France Joined
our commissioners in England and
united mis- influence with theirs 10 ac-
corDplish the purpose sought. II Is
well known 20 all intelligent Aneri.
! 'hun budb AilC Hutethr VI inc commits
sion was defeated by the action OF
President Mckinley. The public has
not forgotten the public utteranccs of
Secretary Cage aud Director Of the
Mint Preston made at that time and
that these men were the authorized
agents aud spokesmen of the adminis.
tration ON TIE coinage question
These facts are recalled 10 remind
our readers that hypocrisy and d,ubl.
dealing has characterized the prcseut
administration on the coinage question
from thc beginning. and 90 show that
the present Infamous measure is only
q part and parcel OF the programme
that was bargained for before McKin-
ley received the nomination in 1896.
and on the strength 81 which the cnor-
nous campaign fond was contributed
TO secure his election
To Whom ~ May COncermI
Nv wife Cora a. Field. having leff