Show ONCE r SILVER MAN but hoke smith was shown the roily folly of his ways washington july 15 secretary hoke smiths attention was called today to day to an article published yesterday charging that lie he had been at one time an advocate ot of the silver free coinage and sub treasury plans ot of the farmers alliance it was said that five years ago he published a letter advocating these views speaking on the subject the secretary said my attention has just been called to the publication of 0 a letter written by me in september in 1890 to hon W L peek and published at that time in the atlanta journal the letter clearly excluded the idea of committing me to all of the seven propositions which it presented although it was known that I 1 did favor the free coinage of sliver silver I 1 was giving most of my attention to professional work at that time and supposed without thorough investigation that the free coinage of sliver silver would carry the value of one ohe silver bullion coined into a dollar to par and also keep silver and gold dollars upon a parity with equal pur power since then I 1 have given to the subject much more study and eving thoroughly satisfied that the free unlimited and independent coinage of silver at the ratio of 0 16 to 1 would re ot in i silver mono I 1 have tor for several everal years openly opposed it |