Show MISTAKEN FOR ONCE the now new yorka york world has baa recently been making a poll of the governors and U S senators of different states on their views as to finance and tariff work before the extra session of congress the current number at hand is ie devoted exclusively to the south and most moat of the states and territories west of the mississippi and the world significantly heads this thib symposium of opinions the other side without with but two exceptions all are for the restoration of silver to its rightful place among the financial factors of the age while the views on the tariff question vary chiefly in accordance with party predilections one of the communications received is the following to the editor of the world I 1 think the sherman law should be replaced by one giving silver free coinage on a fair ratio with gold thus removing from american farmers the necessity of competing with 25 per cent discount against them with indias andias wheat and cotton I 1 think the national bank currency should be increased perhaps on the line marked out by henry clews without the first prices will not advance farmers will barely live and will only buy the cheapest necessaries the volume of the nations trade will grow less and less and too agricultural land will continue to fall in value financial legislation should be first then just so soon as possible protected protected protect ea industries should know what changes have been determined upon ARTHUR L THOMAS rep kep governor SALT LAKE utah july 17 1893 that to Is a good letter and Is squarely to the point there Is in it little or nothing that the gold grabbers can take comfort in and it voices voice the sentiments of many millions of people whose utterances utterance have not yet been but may soon be heard but how in the world did its namesake make such a mistake as continuing mr thomas in office long after he b had vacated it our brilliant and bristling gotham oo 00 is usually more nearly abreast of the times than that hat it doubtless solicited mr thomas Is views and on receiving them itself attached the words rep and governor |