Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-14

| credit; which is to say. the confidence OF
| the people In that government.
Now, we may reason in this matter per-
| haps from the lesser relations Of our daily
| life. What manner of man do we most
| trust among those whom we meet? Surely,
/ the honest man, the plain man, the one
| whose directness and integrity we do not
! doubt Truly you may witness the nature
| OF such a man in the manner Of his speech,
| in his mien. In his conduct. Therefore. my
| lords and gentlemen, it seems to me plain
| that we shall best gain confidence for our
selves If we act in the most simple fashion.
| Let US take up this matter directly with
parliament, not seeking to evade the knowl
edge Of parliament in any fashion: for, as
we know, the parliament and the king are
| not the best bed fellows these days. and
the one is ready enough to suspect the
other. Let us have a bill framed for par
! liament-such bill made upon the decisions
| of these learned gentlemen present. Above
| all things. let us act with perfect openness.
LAS to the plan itself, it seems that a few
things may be held safe and sure. Since We
| cannot use the old coin. then surely we
must have new coin, miled coin, which
Charles, the earlier king Of England, has
decreed. Surely, too. as our learned friend
| has wisely stated, the loss in any recoinage
! ought in full justice and honesty, to fall
not upon the people Of England, but upon
the government of England 1t seems
equally plain to me there must be a day set
after which the old coin may no longer be
| used. Set 1t some months ahead, not, as
my lord keeper suggests but few days:
| so that full notice may be given to all.
Make your campaign free and plain, and
place 1t so that 1t may be known not only
| Of parliament but of all the world Thus
you establish yourselves in the confidence
Of parliament and In the good graces of
| this people. from whom the taxes must
ultimately GOMEZ
Montague's hands smote again upon the
table with gesture of conviction John
Locke shifted again in his chair. Sir Isaac
and the lord keeper gazed steadfastly at
this young man who stood before them
calmly, assuredly, and yet with M, assump-
| ton In his mien.
Moreover" went on John Law. calmly.
there Is this further benefit to be gained,
as am sure my eountryman. Mr.. Paterson
has long ago made plain. 1t is not a Ques-
ton of the wealth Of England, but a ques-
ton of the confidence of the people in the
throne There Is money in abundance in
chancellor to weedle It out OF those corners
where it is concealed and place It before.
the uses~Of the king. Gentlemen, it Is con-
hdence that We need. There will be no
trouble to secure loans Of money In this
rich land. but the taxes must be the pledge
to your bankers. This new Bank Of Eng
land viii furnish you what moneys you may
need. Secure them only by the pledge OF
such taxes as you feel the people may not
resent, give the people, free Of cost, q COIN
age which they can trust; and then II
seems to me. my lords and gentlemen. the
problem Of the revenue may be thought
solved simply and easily-solved, too. win
| out Irritating either the people or the mar
lament. or endangering the relations OF
parliament and the throne"
The conviction which fell upon ali found
its best expres sion IN the face OF Mont auc
The youth and nervousness az the nnar
passed away upon the instant. He at