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Show John Sherman's speech at Ohio the other day reveals some startling start-ling liguies on the goldbugsideof the question. He gave quite a history of the financial question and how the two gieat parties have dealt with it. It shows that Mr. Jefferson in 1806 suspended the coinage of silver dollars and that the suspension icinaincd for tlnityyeais. He quotes quite extensively ftpni speeches made by Senator Jones and Slewait, cf Nevada, in 187.1, which, if correct, shows that those two gentlemen at that time weic goldbug' and advocated that side of the t111.111ci.il question veiy stiongly in congievs This digging up of men's hisioij is a teiiihle thing foi it too often raises a feeling of suspicion in Ih movements of' those wjio change fiom one side of the iiione question to the other. While nut 111 sympathy with John Sherman on ibis question, yet with honest) " we say he has presented his side j of the question in a manner that will cause those who lead hi speech to study nioie fully tlu financial question. |