Show DECLARED FOR SILVER the shows that the hegt I 1 not the Trans mississippi congress n nonpolitical uon political body of business men representing the whole country west of the mississippi river at its recent in omaha adopted the following by a vote of to CO whereas an appreciating money standard impairs nil contracts bankrupts enterprise malaca wa money profitable by increasing its purchasing power and suspends tho productive forces ot our people ona whereas the spoliation consequent upon lit outlawry of silver in the interest of tho arod aitor class by increasing tho valno ol 01 gold Is undermining all industrial society therefore that we demand tho immediate restoration of tro tr o and unlimited coinage ol 01 bold and tt t t tho present ratio of 10 to 1 without waiting tor tho aid or iho consent ol 01 any other nation such gold and silver coin tc to aliko 0 full legal tender of all debts and private daring abo discussion of tho question alio following telegram from mcconnell of idaho was read and cro atad considerable enthusiasm I 1 notice by tha prea dispatches that mr whitmore in hla remarks 5 esterday said thai tho silver question bad recently lost ground and that it 14 no longer a subject of first in with tho convention I 1 beg leavo to ro cord a of opinion on that subject tha delegates alo constitute our art sent tharo not by tho votes of the people aut by appointment and I 1 suggest to you men that you deako a if you indolfi any resolution announcing to tho civilized civilised civili sed world that tha of tho thoughtful net in abo west hava changed on this question great leavo not been quickly civilization itself was of slow growth although the people of tho west havo boon in formed from lv to day that times aro in proving and that tho country ii becoming moro shipments of gold to forcini forc igi nations and thear returns from kouacs housos to which of th prodico of tho firm and iua admonish ua that a arili ani A few days sanca it was oil over th united that a peart fill opening of clr aci borce in athla had lic n accomplished today anro and tho laborin employed paid tho bum of tl pet day out of which they kiy 3 per week tor board I 1 implore yon not to bo deceived some hing la wrong if ivor u gold innet ltv to if alf wo tho of balver if 11 cu bu to ua that tl per day dortho lawlin aan in public U than sa it 7 cents foi in cents alie of beato of idaho will quietly submit ant BO long aa present confront n v e n allow uh 03 tewo d toniy vory goodfriend good friend to tasa IN A NUTSHELL A few and Pertinent 1 alstn rs dint are to the point who niada money dearco tho inon who destroyed which was more than oue half of tho metallic money of tho world wbk did they destroy silver because they wanted loba loucy why did hey want less money because they had he bonds of ho world which are payable in what difference did that make to them it djado money valuable because wag less of it the same as a short crop of wheat will make each bushel of wheat worth more or a short crop of cotton will mie each pound of cotton worth more they destroyed silver to mako a short crop of money the amount of money that their debtors were compelled to pay them wag fixed by the contract they could not increase alio number of dollars but they could increase the value of each dollar by making dollars scarce do yon mean to eay that the silver question i evolves question of money certainly when money could be manufactured out of both gold and silver twice as much material to mako now is if half of tho gold in the world were thrown into where it coald j not be recovered bow would that affect j tho of tho other half it would i double the valno of each dollar because it donld make money scarce just the same as destroying silver which is one half of tho worlds money doubles the value of each dollar by making money BO scarce you propose to put silver back where it was beffie it was de certainly what would that do why it would double the quantity of metallic money and make prices go up that is what we want falling prices are death no civilization can long withstand fall prices everybody sees what falling prices have done in the last 20 years they make hard times nobody wants to produce property if the price of it ia falling it makes idleness stagnation poverty and want but the bondholders bond holders care nothing that if they can fici their pound of flesh they dont caro how many suffer what does mr cleveland care for the happiness of the people his salary is doubled by tho increased value of money if ho got no favora at all from the money gamblers his is as good as would have been in grants time because he can purchase more with lis money we dont know whether ho has made any mony or not but wo see how his make money his former clerk lament now secretary of war is eaid to bo a many times millionaire whatever may be said ct mr cleveland his business office is in wall street nud his business and political associations are alie rich men of wall street and london of course ho takes their interests to account what are the poo plo to him so long as ho and hia particular friends have nil they want it is very certain if mr Clev elands kind continue to rule this country aliis form of government will be abolished in fact he has practically ally abolished it now ho pays no attention to tho legislative department except to use it for that purpose ho confers all liis offices and gifts upon those who have votes in congress or who can influence in congress O watta thoy will bennt his friends build up the money power and oppress the people he is enlisted nl isted during the war for the mother country for the english gold standard and english commercial eupie macy he undoubtedly feels it as hia duty other things to compensate his who furnish the i money to nominate him and put him where ho is but it is not to bo supposed thit they will be so ungenerous as not tj reciprocate favori all tho in anro that alie favors have been reciprocated silver knight uniform value our court has repeatedly held that under the power granted iu tho constitution to coin money and regulate the cot congress can lawfully budow treasury notes commonly called greenbacks green backs with tho function of money in other words as jevon says coin notes and make the impression of the government upon paper the exact equivalent of that made upon the metals the work of commerce must in tho gaiu be performed by paper representatives and they would in every of the word be ideal money but for the difficulty never yet overcome of properly regulating their quantity the function of metallic money ia to limit bo quantity of these paper representatives senta tives and safer or more stable currency can bo found than that issued upon iho actual deposit iu the government vaults of the two metals gold and silver or of tho from them practically linked or tied together as they were for more than years prior to by the operation of the bimetallic principle it is that pur currency should have n uniform value throughout tho union nud this can lo 10 accomplished through the agency of alie henry G miller in chicago inter ocean from a 0 S thomas national democratic committeeman from colorado expressed his opinion ic girding the presidents pre message as follows ou financial at fairs ho is with hia past but radically and viciously wrong that couo save the all creot interests can regard it otherwise e than as the eiju of an choso whoso theory is that ha must be right and therefore everybody else be wrong hia pirty platform and traditions cie thrown overboard and ho ultra radicalism of ho sherman school of ig unconditionally approved and nc may but only through ho of the democratic baity |