Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-11 | Page 4 | Local News

I While President Cleveland was forcing forc-ing Congress to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman law it was understood un-derstood In Washington that Vice President Stevenson ww opposed to the scheme On the strength of that belief President McKInley appointed him on the commission with Volcott and Payne to seek in Europe and Great Britain a restoration of silver But some ono has been digging up his record and found what he said in his letter of acceptance as a candidate for VicePresident in 1802 I was as follows fol-lows To tho plain and unequivocal declare ccclar lon of the convention In favor of sound honest money I aubscrlbo without honet tubscrlbo reservation reser-vation or qualification A safe circulating medium Is absolutely essential to the pro tection of tho bunlncBs Interests of our country while to the wageearner or to the farmer It Is allImportant that every dollar Whatever Its form that finds Us way Into haiti pocket shall bo of equal uiujcstloncd and universally exchangeable exchalCc able value and of equal purchasing power