Washington sentinel., 1900-09-22

inclined, he would under the law not be
able to accomplish this mischief And
il there be flu ry Of appre hension IN
the case ol Mr.. Bryau's election, always
remember that the gold standard will
t1nd protection under the law anyhow.
Be not unnecessarily frightened, but 60
quietly about our business" In the
other column we hear the partisan, who,
in order to terrify the public for the
benefit OF his candidate, describes all
manner OF deviltry aud trouble that
may happ. under the law; who, when
a way 10 strengthen the law Is pointed
out to him, as did point it out, lightly
p Is that aside as impracticable; and
who-an amo-t unheard Of thing even
in our political wariare-sugRests that
the possible successors of the present
President and the present Secretary of
the Treasury may intend deliberately to
violate the law by the exercise OF
'perverse iugenuity"-all this to put the
people into a panlcky mood. and thus
TO drive them to Mr.. Mckinley as their
on savior from a vague sort of disaster.
OI the same color IS the prediction
that the sound money majority in Con.
gr' SIS may be wiped out, and that then
the gold standard law will De repealed.
You know, Mr. Secretary, that this is no
more likely to happen than a heavy
snow storm in July ia the latitude OF
Washington, II is admitted that there
will be a sound money majority in the
Senate for at least two years longer.
And if IN two years the gold standard
should appear TO be in the slightest
danger, is it not absolutely certain that
then the same forces that carried the
cleo ion OF 1896 would be on hand to
elect 4 sound money House Of Represen.
tatives2 There can be 20 doubt of this.
No naid person can have watched
recent political developments without
concluding that even a Democratic
House OF Representatives, elected under
the influence OF the present public sem
ument, would always have sound money
Democrats enough in 1t to prevent a
subversion of the gold ,tandard. You
need only observe the present condition
oil the Democratic party to become
convinced that the silver movement has
los its vital ty, add that the talk about
silver now IS a mere rafting with dry
bones, kept up on one side to have an
appearance OF consistency, and on the
other to irighten people into forgetting
all other questions ana voting for Mr..
Mckinley. And this. Mr.. Secretary, is
the task you are now performing. II is
an attempt so to terrorize the American
people with threat Of business disaster
that they may be deferred from consid.
ering any other question, and from
casting a vote which would amount to
condemnation Of Mr. McKinley's
imperialistic policy.
!, for one, refuse to be terrorized.
am certainly as anxious to maintain the
gold standard as you are. Say this as
one who, during more than a quarter OF
century, has made the advocacy Of
sound monetary system one OF the
principal parts Of his public activity;
who looks back upon the feature OF his
work with especial salts faction, and who.
# he has somewhat, however little,
contributed to the accomplishment Of
good results, would not lightly expose
those results to jeopardy. But am
convinced that the battle for sound
moEey is substantially won, and that
whatever apparent danger to the gold
standard may still arse, it must, and can
be overcome without the people sub.
iectng themselves TO a moral thraldom
keeping them rom independent and
conscientious action upon other public
questions OF equal, and even superior
importance. Aud may assur- you, Mr..
Secrstary, that there are such que stiOns
with regard to which many American
citizens have very strong convictions o,
duty, Nery respectfully yours,
CARL SCHURz.
Bolton Landing, Lake George, N Y
September ,.