Show MAN WOULD MAKE statements SO diametrically OPPOSED john DL thurston McKIn mckenley lOYs aid in 1893 1993 and tn in 1896 1890 tor for fro r coinage against it senator thurston of nebraska spoke the other night in new york city in opposition to bryan the substance and method of his speech we may consider later says the new york journal in commenting thereon today to day we ask the people to consider somewhat the earlier utterances on the issues of this campaign which thurston delivered with all the eloquence and all the seeming unchangeable conviction which characterized his address of wt night in 1893 1898 tor for example when he was seeking election to the post he now fills in the united states senate he be wrote to the chair chairman nian of the Neb nebraska republican uc convention a letter in which among other things favorable to silver he said I 1 ADVOCATED THE restoration OF FREE COINAGE BEFORE ANY OF THOSE WHO ARLE ARE NOW TI TIM THE M SELF SELECTED CHAMPIONS OF SILVER IN NEBRASKA HAD EVER OPENED THEIR LIPS ON THE SUBJECT WE OF THE WEST MUST HAVE CHEAP MONEY NOT MONEY intrinsically CHEAP BUT CHEAP IN INTEREST CHARGES FOR ITS USE I 1 ASSERT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND especially THOSE OF THE WEST DEMAND THE FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE OF SILVER about the same time mr thurston Yh urston took ccok to writing letters to that remarkable economist mr george gunton of this city in one of these comment communications ca cat ions written in july 1893 he said and perhaps it might be well to compare this utterance with some paragraphs in last nights speech 1 I HAVE NO DOUBT OF SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD SPEEDILY AND CERTAINLY appreciate THE PRICE OF SILVER NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY BUT throughout THE WHOLE WORLD NO MATTER WHAT OTHER governments DO THIS COUNTRY OUGHT NOT TO ELIMINATE SILVER FROM AS A COIN METAL ANY ANT legislation IN THAT DIRECTION WILL BE LOOKED UPON BY THE COMMON PEOPLE AS IN TH THE INTEREST OF THE MONEY POWER FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OP OF increasing THE purchasing POWER OF MONEY AND decreasing THE SELLING PRICE OF everything PRODUCED BY HUMAN HUM M TOIL IT IS A A FACT WHICH WH CH SHOULD NOT BE overlooked BY STATESMEN THAT THE PRICE OF A AMERICAN M ICAN SILVER AND THE PRICE OF AMERICAN WHEAT REACHED TOW LOW WATER MARK ON THE S SAME AA DAY the journal submits these extracts from the published writings of mr john AL thurston with entire confidence that senator john M thurstan thuraton can confute them A gentleman who can be at the same time senator of the united states and attorney for the union pacific Ralf road company is not likely to be disconcerted concerted Is by little inconsistencies in his record |