The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-06
Letters to The Editor
llwhy . "Gold-Bug" May Consistently
 Support Bryan i'm I9oS.

llWhy . "Gold-Bug" May Consistenus
 Support Bryan i'm 1905.
 Editor The Advertiser
 The Charleston News and Courier asks "some devoted and longtime foI- lower of Colonel Bryan" to kindly answer" a number or very psrllnsnl questions Among them the folloWlns rnan
 If 1t was wise to nominate Bryan Bryan on a Is to 1 platform in 1Ss6 ana wouIu not be wise to nominate him on tnat t platform next year, why would It do. are not Mr Bryan and his friends pro" posing free silver as a remedyy
 The News and Courier than says rohe ohe "irrreyerens gSid-OScssl csloneI w0Isq Bryan 0i in eleven years has learned some sense "
 am "gold-bug" and supportea oas the Palmer and Buckner ticket in 1895, readily in the event the National Dem ocratic Convention in 1908 noninates him, alth ough there are other dist1n- fer over him for the nomination. l would support him, however not be- cause he has learned some sense" In the meantime. but because Iur none has been greatly changed since 1896 mainly by the act ito define and fix the standard of value" etc. approves March IA. I9o9. The nrst seSti9n ,,o or established by Section 5511 of the Re vised Statutes of the United States shall be the standard unit of value, or coined by the United States shall wi With is"'ssH this standard" and places this duty upon the Secretary of the Treas- urV.
 Tn order "to secure the prompt and certain redemption" of United States notes (greenbacks) and Treasury 1890, 1t is made the duty of the Sec retary, by this act, ito set apart in the Treasury reserve fund of $l5O.- 100000 in gold coin or bullion, which fund shall be used for such redemp tiOn purposes only"
 This act further provides that it shall not be construed tc affect the legal-tender quality as then provided other money coined or issued by the United States
 Tie act of July 14. 1890. under which the Treasury notes" mentioned were issued, was the sherman law, under which monthly purchases of silver bull lion were made. two million ounces of month into standard silver dollars un- til July l, 1891, and thereafter as much as might be necessary to provide for the redemption of these Treasury notes.
 The purchasing clause" of this act was repealed by the act of November l, 1883, the passage of which was
 M aGdton "rSta td the Gg GOS of sold in the Treasury as the reserve or re- demption fund. we have about $7,000,- 0Oe upon which gold certificates" have been issued. Also about $479,000, ,000 silver dollars, upon which silver cer- tif1cates' have been Issued. It is thus seen that the Treasury mas in its vaults about $749,o00,000 In gold and about S4fI, ,0O0,OOO in silver in It's vaults, much of which. of both metals. has remained for many years in the boxes in which 1t was packed at the hints without ever seeing daylight
 saves us forever from "16 to 1," and as 1t is infinitely better than that, and, holding, as l do, with Colonel Bryan on the tariff question, which, assuming that the currency question will be set- tied by the present Congress, will be the paramount issue, I will willingly support him in 1908 M IL. w