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Show HOW U AlHOI.-i IN. New York Is In tho throes o n sen-ntorlal sen-ntorlal election, ai umtl two factions of thu dominant party tho Democrats Demo-crats being umblo to agrees far on a man who will glvu satlaftctlon all around. The Hill men, and thereby It Is presumed the Tammany Hall Interest, In-terest, lafsrUlwarJ II. .Murphy, Jr., while those wh represent the other Interest, In-terest, nu I which presumiily volo.-s thodeslru of President Cleveland In tho premises, ileminls souio one elas. This woul i not bo a mattorof so much Individual concern to uis faraway from tho scenu of contention wero not one of our chlof Industries brough t Into tho quosllun, whereby we nro all attention at once. The .Washington orresponlent of tho Now York ll'orM alllrtna that 8cn-ator 8cn-ator Hill Is openly aud aggressively In favor of freu silver coinage, with no aafrgusrd whatever against tho danger of n lapse to tho silver standard, and Mr. Murphy Is nowhere bus-l'ctfd bus-l'ctfd of having any opinions upon iUi-tbtis of this character except such aa nru dictated to him by Henstor Hill, "and yet there Is no stite in the Union that Is sounder on tho currency than the great state of Now York," This is tho way thu overwhelming msjorlly of tho eailurn press ''alio up" the situation, nnd it again bee Jin ua apropos ti ask thorn to define what they coucelvu soundness of currcnoy to mean, Thcro was no unsoundness lu silver aa money until at the behest of , collators Cougrcm undo tnor-chaudlaeof tnor-chaudlaeof themelal, aud gold would sutler lu tho sanio wiy If similarly trested. It la not that thue metals have Intrlnilo qiialllloa alone that they become a legal tender for all purposes If lor any purpose; It Is beoiu-u they liavo tho recognition ot tho law-link law-link Inn power to that end, pursuant to which recognition, and In attestation Ihcr of, the stamp of thu United Htates government Is placed upon the coins formulated front such metals. Hut, say tho illverphoblits, if tho etamp of the government Is all that I needed to maku money, why not withdraw coin altogether, which 1 at test cumber-urns cumber-urns and at times unwieldy, and use paper entirely, this being thu most convenient subilauce upon which thu governmental Hat can appeal? ap-peal? This reminds ua that when a certain cliu of men have a bad else they seek to creato real obtuseuer by allectlug it. They know and wo alt know that tho Ituproislon upon thu circulating medium la not enough, ns will ns they know that the Intrlnilo values alouu aro not enough; pa,r la nut money nt nil, strictly speaking, either with or without tho statu) ; no morals gold or silver, but either of thu latter with such certification certifica-tion Is money, the royal and mechanical mechani-cal qualities required bjlug properly united. What Utter evidence of this prooaltloudo wo need than tho fact that bolero tbudenionutlzitlon of silver by Congresalt waant pur uverywbere with, and In sumo places commanded a premium on gold, while since that legislation it has gravitated to tbo rotr aud remained there? On thu senatorahlp question, the H'orM further remarks: "Where does Mr, Murphy etsnd ou the silver question? ques-tion? Has ho any vlewn on tho subject'.' sub-ject'.' Tho I)mocr.itlo party of this state has declared that It is 'against the coinage of any silver dollar that Is not ot tho intrinsic vuluu of every other dollar in thu United HUles.' Hlnci) then, in hostility ta his awn party, Heiiator Hill has avnwed Hint he Is In favor uf frco coinage. Uu'tMr. Murphy agree nllh Mr. Hill? Is ho also opporml to tho sentiment and tho Interests of the (Into on this queslloL? If hu Is not, what equipment equip-ment has ho for thu proper dUcussIou of tho monetary question?" Willi all iluu deference to our Ilrob-dUnaglau Ilrob-dUnaglau rotuuporary, wu dielru It to bu understood from lie nwu lauguni;u that thu nntngonUllo conditions which it eeeln to present elo not cxlat. lly doclvlng In favor of the freu e-olnogeof silver, Mr. Hill I rot ngalust his )nrly. lly the H'lir.'il's own show leg, the Dome-cnta Dome-cnta declared ouly that they wrro ngnlnst the eolnngu of any dollar not of thu Inlrlcslo vnluo of every other dollar, and It U already shown that thu tllvcrdollirfi of such value, not only Intrinsically but commercially, when thu hostile legislation by .iihlch Its legal lender function wm taken nivalis nival-is not upon the statute hooka. When that shall bo done, and sliver take Its placo Alongside, of goll lu tho ex-ehangeaof ex-ehangeaof the world, what party nnd what individual would liavo the temerity to doclare In favor of cur tailed colnago aud restricted circulation? It I. Idle to say It Is not ' ouf funeral;" we ore concerned to Ihla extent: That If one of the candidates for ll.o Bennle from New Vork or any other state is In favor of restoring silver to tho rank of a full circulating medium and another csndldate favor tho keeping II where It Is, the West generally will be unreservedly for the former. |