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Show As 1 lu bills .Sees I '.. Wa.-iiimitiin-, Dee. 1(1. The gold bugs arn highly delighted with the nfrrences iu President Harrisons message regarding silver, sil-ver, 'the western nii-n, however, unanimously unani-mously condemn them. Senator Dubois said: ' The president's remarks on silver tin not surprise me. They are consistent w ifh his record and prev s uiterauccs. Ho states us facts proposilious which are liio real mailers of controversy between himself him-self olid the advocates of free coinage. He apparently overlooks the real issue. The free coinage champions contend Unit if silver sil-ver is once made real money, Ihe, siinui as gold, that if Ihe legislative reslriel.ious tiro la'.. i ii olf silvrr it will be cipiul to gold in all respects. The president s'l'ins to believe that hi nii-lulisii) and an international ratio will In) adopted if we do not hive free coinage. Tint we will aecuuiuhib gold, whieli will ton e this result, and Unit free coinage can and will safely follow. The silver men iltiuk that free coinage only will force uu international interna-tional riiHo and hi-iiietalisin. I imagine that the message lias not converted uny free coin-nr coin-nr senators. II certainly has not converted me. I give him credit for honeslv ami line. I'liiint afuiii, hut beg leave lo differ from hi coticlu.-ioiH. |