Show DONT RUN WILD THE above head line appeared in your paper of yesterday mr editor and in the remarks which follow I 1 observe that you deprecate the extensive aaita ion on of the silver question by the adi advocates beates of the white metal well from your non part izan stand point blut it may be all right for you to caution on the people not to ruti run wild on the subject but being myself a democrat and one who to is opposed to revolutionary 4 Anea measures ibel to be allowed to make a few remarks as to the duty of members of my party it is a duty devolving on them of maintaining inviolate the principles U upon on which their party wa founded an and doln in addition thereto they must if a conati aution loving people stand by by and support the united states constitution the tariff question and the money question are both equally political and constitutional questions the democratic party has always favored a tariff for revenue only it has always believed in gold and silver as aa the money of the country the constitution gives to congress and congre congress ss is merely the me representative of the people the power to lay and collect taxes duties imports and excises 11 0 10 o coin money regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin I 1 I 1 I 1 hold that the constitution as well as the democratic party has committed itself to silver as money from the beginning that venerable instrument denies the right to an any v state tocsin to coin mo to make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts until 1873 the government by virtue of the provisions of the constitution did coin money and regulate the value thereof and when in the above year a republican congress de the white metal by refusing to coin and regulate its value it initiated a me movement toward a revolution in our form of government which in my opinion ought to be resisted by all constitution loving citizens whether democrats republicans or the duty therefore of ofa the two great national parties in my mind is clear they should not only support the constitution ution but should announce at the coming conventions the views held by each if either party shall 0 oppose ose the coinage of silver it should be do defeated FlOated at the polls if both of them oppose it they ought both to be relegated to a state of desuetude and a constitutional party should assume control of the government itle it is time that the people should take such steps in the affairs of government as will conduce to its being run in accordance with the principles upon which it was established and not leave to professional politicians and the money power all the control of affairs DEMOCRAT we give place to the foregoing be calese it re presente in the main the views of a good many men of both parties but careful readers of the article on which he comments will perceive that democrat has totally mistaken its purport he says 1 I observe that you deprecate the extensive agitation of the silver question by the advocates of the white metal to show how greatly he be is mistaken on that point we quote from the article referred to as follows it itla Is all right for the silver men to press their cause upon the attention of the country in the national conventions and do their utmost to obtain recognition of the claim of the precious white metal further while we advised patience on the aart of the silver man men and deprecated their attempt to force the iza issue by extreme and measures that are sure to fall fail in their said light should be their means to the end they seek they nead not become supine or discouraged they can still battle for their cause 9 thus it to la not an extensive agitation of the silver question that we oppose but merely the course taken by its extreme advocates in resolving to support ni candidate fat the presidency who does not view the grave subject exactly as aa they do this to is meant for silver men in both parties democrat claims claim the advocacy of silver money as peculiarly belonging to his party but what are the facts does not everybody know that there are as strong champions of silver in the republican party as in the democratic party was it riot not in the power of the latter to pass the salver bill in the house IOU se quite recent recently lyT and does bot the failure of the bill show that one party is about as much divided on the question as the other As to the coinage of sliver silver we think democrats Democrat lis a little mistaken in stating that congress has refused to oin ani and regulate its value it is complained by the goodites gold ites that too much silver Js is being coined already no party larty however opposes the coinage of silver ja but in both parties there are strong advocates of limitation in ilk its coinage As we understand it both cleveland and harrison Harr laon are among them they offer what m many ny people consider potent ariu arguments on that side of the question and we are of the opinion that the majority of voters favor waiting for an international agreement be before ore placing sil ail ver in its former position by the side of gold we willay wll will lay say frankly w believe the of silver was wrong also that the agitation t restore it should go on until success is 8 achieved but we do not believe that the action of small bodies of silver men whether democrats or re publicans public ans is wise in trying to force action on the matter by reust reusing ng to support the candidates can which the m majority of their party put forward aim i ply because those candidates may take the ground that the immediate restora i tion of silver money is not advisable the constitution says all that oem dem quotes but rn many y of the best beat judicial minds of tha the country consider that no violence was done to that instrument by the demonet lz tion of the white metal congress can coin money and regulate the value thereof and no state can make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts that is all true but congress is not required to coin silver nor is it limited to 11 silver liver and nd gold for legal tender as the are re silver coinage however hag been and is carried on by the government but while it is not put in its proper place as we view it the con ution is not defied jn in the refusal to reinstate it there so with the tariff duties for revenue are constitutional but are duties for protection unconstitutional they are not so considered as far as we are aware by jurists of either party the tariff question like the silver question 14 1 a matter of public policy on OB which great minds differ and both of which are largely affected by local circumstances and issued and while the public mind to is so divided concerning them we think it is the hight bight of folly for extremists an either question to take such a stand as that assumed by some of the silver men who are moving for a bolt from the main body of their party because their views are t likely to prevail that is our pool poel fon n on this matter and we are riny ny not op opposed to the exten 16 et agitation of the silver question y bither deither the advocates or the aniag biste to of the precious white metal we t our admonition don donil IL run fw id I 1 |