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Show ALDItlCII AND THE WEST. j Senator Mdrich is meeting with niauyj .surprises in his visit lo the West. He had no idxa that the West was so big, so energetic, so pushing as it is. His 'surprise is of course, an agreeably one j lo him as a patriotic American, and his recognition of the. surprise he feels and of the ireincudous advance made in the old West is extremely gratifying to all that region. t We trust that Senator Aldric.h will continue his trip; and como to Salt Lake, visit thc Pacific Coast and speak everywhere in the same vein that, ho has been speaking iu hithortu. It was supposed by many that Senator Sen-ator Aldric.h in his Western lour would present, a c.ut-aiid-dricd plan for the remodeling of our currency system, founded perhaps ou thq establishment of a great, central national bank and the continuance of the natioual banking bank-ing system with government bonds as the basis of circulation. Thus far ho has refrained from doing anything of this kind, but has taken an inquiring altitude, setting forth the difficulties of tho .situation and inviting suggestions, sugges-tions, comparisons, and now ideas, at tho same limo laying the greatest stress upon his desire for -suggestions that might .bo received from experienced financiers, bankers, and statesmen. "In all this Senator Aldrich's attitude has been not only above reproach but, in fact, admirable. Uis l ono throughout has been everything that, could bo desired: de-sired: and if ho has anything iu tho way of a matured scheme of his own up his sleeve, ho has been vcr' successful suc-cessful in concealing it. Tt must bo confessed that, (he pco-plo pco-plo of this country havo good reason to distrust any currency scheme thai Senator Aldrich might propose; first, bocauso ho seems to be wedded to the extreme gold class of financiers; and, second, perhaps even more import nut, ho g:lvc his name and influence lo .a" currency bill some thrco .years ago and forced it "through Congress, that, was absolute' unworkable. Tho Aldrich-Vroelnud Aldrich-Vroelnud bill, so called, failed to make even a ripple in tho financial affairs of thc country. No ono ever paid thc least attention to it. No bankers ever took any stops to align themselves with its provisions. Mr. Aldrich's theoretical ideas, therefore, boing supposed to be hide-bound, irreconcilably opposed lo silver ajid to government issuo of currency, cur-rency, and his practical work iu this sort of legislation, as exhibited in the omorgency bill which bears his name being an utter failure, the country could not put much confidence iu him as a 'man capable- of constructing an adequate financial system for tho United Unit-ed States. However, s Senator Aldrich is not lr3-iug to force anything upon anybody, but is inviting suggestions from men of experience, and stands TCady to wolcomo hoartily anything that anybody may propose, ho will in this trip receive the endorsement and approval of tht country to a far greater oxtent than iu anything that ho has ever done before. |
