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Show A (jiood klutiuriu. Chicago, 23. Times' Washington: Southern and western democrats who have arrived here generally favor a platform for the democratic party for 1S80 having the following as prominent promi-nent plauka: First, retirement ol national bank notes, and the substitution substi-tution therefor of United States treasury treas-ury notes; second, full remonetiz:tion and free coinage ol the Bilver dollar; third, payment of bonda in striot accordance with the letter ol the laws under which they were authoiized to be issued. It is believed by soft and silver money men that these Depositions Deposi-tions will secure the united support of all who areoppoeed to the continued ascendany of the republican party. There is butonosentimentamoug the few democrats who have arrived herp in reference to fiat or irredeemable currency, and that is one of unqualified unquali-fied opposition to this feature in the platform of the national party. Silver men assert th.tt they are for a double standard, but if a tingle standard is insisted upon that standard must be tho Bilver dollar. In the opinion ol siiver men silver and United StateB treasury notes will- furnish abetter ctirreDcy for the people than gold, government paper and bank noteB. |