Show HOW IT AFFECTS US now new york to la in the throes throda of 0 a sen attrial elections election as usual two fao tiona of the dominant party the demo orstil orator being unable to agree so ao far on a man who will give satisfaction all around the hill mod me and thereby tt it to presumed the tammany hall in to ia for edward H murphy J jr r while those wh represent the other interest and which presumably voices the desire of president cleveland in the premises demands some one else chii would not be a matter of so BO much individual concern to us so far away from the scene of contention were not one of our chief industries brought into the question whereby we are all attention at once the washington correspondent of the new york world affirms that senator hill Is openly and aggressively in favor of free silver coinage with nu safeguard whatever against the danger of a lapse to the silver standard and mr murphy is nowhere suspected of having any opinions upon questions of this character except such as aa are dictated to him by senator hill and yet there is no state in the union that to is sounder on the currency wan than the great gnat state of new york ss this is the way the overwhelming majority of the eastern press size ups up the situation and it again becomes am apropo p tf to as ask k them to define w what hat I 1 they conceive soundness of currency to mean there was no unsoundness in silver as money until at the behest of a emulators ecula tors congress made merchandise of the metal and gold would suffer in the same way if similarly treated it is not that these metals have intrinsic qualities alone that they hey become a legal tender for all purposes if for any purpose it is because they have the recognition of the lawmaking power to that end pursuant to bloh recognition and in attestation ther of the stamp of the united states government is placed upon the coins formulated from such metals but say the if the stamp of the gohei government rement is all that to is needed to make money why not withdraw coin altogether which to is at best cumbersome and at times unwieldy and use paper entirely this being the most moat convenient substance upon which tie the governmental ut flat can appear this reminds us that when a certain class of men have a bad case can they seek to create real obtuseness by affecting it they know and we all know that the impression upon the circulating medium is not enough as well as they know that the intrinsic values alone are not enough paper is not money at all strictly speaking either with or without the stamp no more is gold or silver but either of the latter with such certification is money the royal and mechanical required being properly united what better evidence of this proposition do we need than the fact that before the of silver by congress it was at par everywhere with and in some places commanded a premium on gold chiae since that legislation it has haa gravitated to the rear and remained there on the question the world further remarks where does mr murphy stand on the silver question has beany he any views on the subject the democratic party of this state has declared that it is in against the coinage of any silver dollar that is not of the he intrinsic value of every other dollar in the united states since then in hostility to his own party senator rill hill has vowed avowed that he la Is in favor of free coinage does mr murphy agree with mr 1110 Is he also opposed to the sentiment and the interests of the state on this oti if he is not what equipment has he for we tue proper of the monetary question with all due deference to our divna danagian gian we desire it to be understood from its own language that the antagonistic conditions which it seeks seeke to present do not exist by tie declaring claring in favos of the free coinage of silver mr hill Is not against his party by the worlds own showings showing the democrats declared only that they were against the coinage of any dollar not of the intrinsic value of every other dollar and it is already show that hat the silver dollar is of such value not only intrinsically but commercially when the hostile legislation by which its legal tender function was taken away is not upon the statute books when that shall be done and silver take its place alongside of gold in the ex changes of the world what party and what individual would have the temerity to declare in favor of our tailed coinage restricted circulation it to Is idle to say it Is not our funeral we are concerned to this extent that if one of the candidates for the senate from new york or way aay other state to la in favor of restoring silver to the rank of a full circulating medium and another candidate favors the keeping it where it lel is the west generally will be unreservedly for the former |