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Show It 18 asserted on what is aaid to be good authority that President Hayes will attach his signature to any bill for the remonetization of Bilver that may be pasBed by congress and presented pre-sented to him for executive approval. A refusal to sign euch a bill would effectually cruih Mr. Hayes politically. politi-cally. He cornea from the very hotbed hot-bed of silver advocates, and his only , support is from the sections where the j clamor for the dollar of the fathers ie1 loudest. If congress paaaea a Bilver bill which it will unquestionably do the act will be in accordance with the expressed wish of perhaps two-thirda two-thirda of the American people, and who represent the inhabitants ol nine-tenths of tho United States territory, terri-tory, A veto, in view of these facts, would be an exerciae of executive power not contemplated by "law or justified by the circumstances. The president's duties are to carry out the will of the people, not to thwart it. Il the large majority of the people of the republic are not in favor of the re-monetization re-monetization of , silver, then they speak falBely, and belie their own otioni. |