Show our bimetallic commission the conservative press of the country have great hopes of success attending the efforts of the commission president mckinley appointed to secure the cooperation of other countries in restoring silver to its proper place the washington post remarks the impression that mr and his colleagues will meet with substantial encouragement and sympathy in europe strengthens every day of course we mean that it strengthens in the minds of rational and well informed men not in the minds of the cuckoos or the buckram saints of the reform club the post then goes on to give the reasons for hopefulness after all it says want only to restore the status quo ante 1873 that is to put things back where they were before the pioneered for the money changers of europe the march of silver in that movement england can consistently take part since it will commit her only to the reopening of the indian mints the london mints would not be involved in any restoration of the conditions existent in 1873 and it beems very clear that the british government ern ment as it is now constituted is almost unanimously favorable to a resumption of silver coinage in india provided it can be done as part of an international arrangement belgium and austria spain italy and france are all in a position to participate in the negotiations they all have much to gain through the establishment of bimetallism cussia is not yet on a gold basis and germany well the other nations can get along without germany in this matter much better than germany can get along without them indeed it looks very flattering and we belcove that this country will not again make the mistakes made in 1892 the same countries mentioned by the post were then in favor of recognizing silver and even the big financiers of england were ready to grant certain concessions ant the american people proclaimed to the world through the election of grover cleveland or rather he proclaimed to the world for them that this conn try was for gold what could our representatives at the brussels congress then do but move to adjourn but now we have a president in favor of bimetallism and we predict that success will attend the efforts of our commissioners when backed by the government and the people at home |