Show CHALLENGE FOR WARNER Proposes a Discussion of tho Money Question Washington July IA J Warner president of the American Bimetallic League has written a letter to Hon Charles H Fairchild chairman of tho committee on sound currency of the Reform Club of New York In whlsh he Invites the committee on sound currency cur-rency to a discussion of the money question on distinctive propositions to be agreed upon and to be carried on by questions and answers I would suggest he pays that not more than five or less than three on a side be selected to conduct the discussion dis-cussion to be held at such time and places as may be agreed upon Tho Monetary Unit New York July DlIon L Bradford Prince for years Governor and Chief Justice of New Mexico Is In the city In an Interview he said A couple of months ago there was a great discussion discus-sion In Chicago as to what was the unit of value under the original coinage coin-age act of 1792 which embodied the views of Washington Hamilton and Jefferson They made large bets on the subject Dome contending that the unit was In sliver and some In gold and finally the matter was referred at one of the clubs to Judge Vincent who ren Jered a decision which was no sooner made than It was controverted The joke Is this That the people of Chicago never thought of looking at the coin Itself to see whether It said anything on the subject Now here said the Governor taking tak-ing out of his pocket two finely preserved pre-served specimens of our early coinage here are two silver dollars one of 1795 > and one of 1802 On the obverse of each Is the word Liberty and the date on the reverse U S of America Now look at the edge where the milling Is placed on more modern coins What do you see One dollar or unit hundred Hun-dred cents If our Chicago brethren had only thought of going to the coin Itself as a witness they would have seen In a moment mo-ment that the silver dollar was the unit by this direct statement Imprinted In Its very substance You know the silver dollar never varied In weight In the United States from the foundation of the Government to the demonetization In 1873 when It was worth 103 In gold dollars When the change In the ratio was made In 1834 It was the gold coin that was altered not the sliver dollar The latter was always the immutable Immu-table standard of value till struck down < < by the monopolists who desired a dishonest dis-honest constantly Increasing single standard In 1873 When the unit question comes up again Just remember remem-ber to look at the coin Itself Democracy First Silver Afterwards Austin Tex July Governor Cul berson today In answer to lIon John Bookhout of Dallas comes out for the free and unlimited conlage of silver at 16 to 1 The free sllverltes of Dallas county will hold a convention on the 29th and the Governors letter Is for their benefit He says that whatever may be the action on this question next year he proposes to support the Democratic ticket State and National He pays > his respects to President Cleveland rather tartly J pums Second Blast r Bloomfleid Ind July DHon vf D Bynum delivered the second of his series of lectures on sound money here tonight He spoke to a large crowd of merchants professional men mechanics mechan-ics and farmers for about two hours pointing out the alleged fallacies of the sllverites and blmetalllsts Big Shipment of Silver New York July DThe steamship Paris will take out tomorrow 435000 ounces of silver |