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Show tin: m.,vi i: (jti.srui. Tun lfouaeCommlltro on Coinage baa at hit taken action utt the Henato HI I tit bill, lly a Totu of ft hi I, on Ihe 15ilh tnat., It wat reported ou, adtor. Mly, with n IcoonmifnJ.lliin that It ahould not ina. Tne minority four conalvU of twu Demwratt nud two Iteiaibllcnna; the majority tight of fheltcpublicanf and three Denio.rabj. Tin bill goet now to the foot of the calendar, and that probably meAiu rtual riU It It notllkdy that It wlllapiaiar again luf.iro the prawnl Congrtem "Jerry" Hlmpton, the Congreaaman I eln t from Kanua, i;ave bit vlewt lu aupportof free tllrer liefore llio com-uilth-r. He ItTorrd an Intlux of for elgn tllrer, aaylug lliat It Mould make more money, and brlmr better llnu-a t Ihefarniert. One uothxablo fiature of tho tllrer juration agitation la, that It la gradual lynMiiiuluga dlatlnct lnt lmio tlteof old atty Ilea. The cry lint t'leroland liaalnKelled Ida clianwl of aiunilnatlrnforthopntldcmyliiUO.', by hit nciit letter, la n ellly onv. llo It blamed both by Demncrala and llcmLllcant alike, who ndrocalo frie liter, lhat lie had not avlllahnna i noutjli to tee that he waaJeoirdlalng liltovtiilnlirn.ta. Ily tlila lime, lliu country ought lu lu well attpialnti-d with (IroTer I'leveland. It otiglit to know that he would not thai Into onicuon any pretext, or unler nny clrcumatannn, outalde oflhcte gtouud ed ou liouifit ronvh tlon. lie aaya. "If wo hare dcvelopul an unoxMcted ctairly for tho asalinlUtl.iu or n larg. ly lucreatetl aiiltime nf Ihe rum in'y, and eren If we liaadinoiilraUl the iwtful-Hex iwtful-Hex of hurli an lurreaae, Hie I'Ouilltlmia fall fir abort of tnaurlng ua avtlnat dl-aalrrtr dl-aalrrtr In the present alliiMllou weeuttr UK)n the dtngen.ua mid rivkleaaexlarl meiit uf froe, uiillutlteil ami Indepi intent allaer coinage." There la mi lapulrocalloii about tblt language. It liplalu, dim t, and clear. Win ther right or wrong, It thow that hula today the moat ludeiudeut figure lu American polltlca. In dlrcit language lan-guage he promulgate hit lielltfj Itt tho twuple Judge for IhelUMjvce. that axecaatre tarllTnitt, under the name of prelection, enriched inauu facturenandmenhanta, while It lm lOverUhcd fartucrt and amall lrader. Te theao latter claaaca, now bankniit, auy acheme whh.li pr.rul.ia relief la wclcumo. Tliey would graap at flat money, at greenback theorle,or any other llnanclal abaunllty, at liny do now at free coinage of tllrir, lu the Iiojm of a betterment. The wealth no vtimulntuil by mauufacturert, and thu mert)' of thu farmer nt tho pruicnt time cannot bo attributed to the financial finan-cial aj-ltni whhh prevailed for tho laiat tun veara. The circulating medium In uw today U greater per capita than urer biforu. There haa U-eu no urerltaue uf Irredeemable Irre-deemable curroucy. UfUrthcrniya. lfthfl frtinda of free cotuaue arereen llrely luvjieal, Ibcy would rnvignlae a lluw parity la luein uold and allaer, but tho allrer pnahl.llig Mali, ale iinwlllliig, doth la. Tin y do nit proaao In pnteii atMltlenaleuioiintnf bullion In tbe dul tar. Wkntlbey are deteriulnul la do It Ionian the pi !ro of metal by h-cWbi'lon. tulli thovaluoor a mineral pMhtctby ataluWy l uactliient, to nwVo It the ial-vab ial-vab nt of a crlne to riianlxe Iho new rclatlro product of allvLr and gnld-aud they do all tliU on the plea of briiellltllig Ilia hrinur ul Ihe we.1. Tlie wbobidevlre allnplyiiiiwialbedelMwiiiellMirtlieroln. Tho alia er bullion of at hlch It la prp.e,l tnmake a dollar la worth from 71 lots cenlt, TliU amount la lo be roliual Into Miiuilillamalidatiiriixal llKin tbe jn, "one dollar," noi avltb auv I ruiul-,, to re leeni lu value emitl to n dollar, but It la lobeilrrldatialutlbelltt id Ilia government govern-ment at that rnluallon. Itgunoutu ttate that only dibtora anlallvvr pruluivra would txi U-nn lilted, while the gun rill avi Ifaro of tho country would Ihi ruicrlllci'd. |