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Show Tlr. MIIIIMI. miui; to IMI(I. Tnr silver quritlon still rontlnuei (o thruit Its oblruilve heal In front of tl.e orthodox parly politician. Trem Wathlrgton comcethe news that the National Hllvir Committee hat Issued Its rail for n National Hilvrr Convention Conven-tion to hu held In that city on May Mill and 1,7th next. Thla committee la the creation of the HU Louis Hllver Convention of November, 159, aud bunco Its work Is all regular and In order. From Denver comes the news that a ritate Convention hat been held for Colorado, national delegnlet a poluted, aud a lalform adopted Hut favors a dlttlnrt sliver jiolloy. In view of the reports that an International bhnttalllc cooftrence Is au almost assured cer tilnly, this action ou the part o the liver men leema rather radical Hut, ou the other hand, recent illtpatrlics front l,ondon stato that this conference Idta la nil news to the llrlllth (reis and that Hieqiiettlon of rehabilitate, illver la all moonshine. The Loudon Jiwi la quoted aa laying lay-ing that the oouftrenre reject Is merely an elcrttoneerliig tnheme ou Ihe part of President Harrlion. Thli tiowahow little the ThuittUrtr knowe ol Amrrlrau party llllct. It stems toJuinpatthoconrluslonthatBprlnger, Clevuland, Talmer, Ooriuau au 1 a hundred hun-dred 6ther,ronilnent Ueruocrata are opposed to Hie btmetalllo oouference I Jen, and that l'reildont Harrison and lArty are Ihe only ouna Intertited. However, a demtn 1 lint beeu made on the Administration by Henalor Teller for official lutelligenee on thli question, ques-tion, and It Is robable that In a abort lime all artlculara relating to the nutter will bo proirmled to Ihe public, unlws ai Ronator Blariusn aiueuded the resolution, the good of the i ubllo service forbids It. The object of tha Natlrual Hilvrr Convention tt la claimed, H the eduea Hon of the people on the free colnago Idea, and also trio fostering ot ubllo opinion towards a decided ditusnd for a blmetalllo currency. The literature on thla suiject Is alreaJy immense, yet thu average citizen seems muddled over It. The thrifty ptrsm who has a little ru9trve lu savings banks, lu In nirancecompantes, or kindred iustttu tloualatold that tho rsni-mcttntlon of tllvtr meana for him a serious depre-clatlonof depre-clatlonof htttivlugs and luveitmenti. Ou the other hand the silver men claim that It would bring an appreciation of such Investments. Where diametrically opposite state-menta state-menta are promulgated,!! la dlfllcult for the unlnlllatu I In Unaiire and btuklng to understand the real altuatlon. The silver mun, howevtr, stem to have thv best of the argument. They rin point to over ulghty years rattlcal list of Ilio blnietulllo l-illcy to show thu aerurary of tliclr pieltlou. Until U7t allvt r aud gold staid sldo by side, Willi thealvauUtelufitvor of the former. This Ihegollites do nottlrii), To lay gull It at a premium of netriy 3, mr rent. uer illver. Ihv qurstlon It, hat gol I a pr.cUte.1 or hat silver de reel alttlT The golJItes t lalru thai gold lias not tliaugt I, but that silver hat fallen. They i hi m that by rrinouetitlng all vi r, gol I will he driven from rlrtula. tlor; ll.it villii a silver ilandud silver valuts w III r-vall, au t that $10) now lute lid will dwln Ih. unihr noilleor I to . Dili claim li dulled by tho I illver uitu, who touteud that gold will not go out of tirnilation any more than It did before H.71, aid In Ihls they have the best of tho argument, berau-e the sliver dollar was worth lul reuta lu gold at the lima ot the deiuonetliallon act. The Inlernatlon conference project in our opinion ought to be incouraged. For, If an agreement can be reached wlllil uglanlnudlhechlef natloni of continental Hurojie, one great obataclo lu the way of illver will bereraovid and the t lilef Block oljectlon ollVrcd by thegoldllra will besllenreileiTectually. |
