Show CRY acourt alio new york sun grover cleveland to himself and proclaim to the country that it is not the sold standard which las caused the issue ut bonds but tho wilson tariff bill the tone of the suns article is that 0 one in despair we ask ocr silver friends gays tho sun to look squarely at the truth the gold standard is not the cause of this debt in time of peace this wail of tho gold men is joyful music to the west the silver men have been classed as fools fanatics etc but behold tho of the call humble to buch an extent as to entreat the fools and fanatics not to belcoe their oracle grover who has said the maintenance of the sold standard stan daid has cost the country in bonds but rather to believe hem when they detato that an abortive tariff liw h the baleful agency well night they try 10 hide their crimes under the choik of tariff for the words ot the silver men have burned deeply into hie innermost at their consciences and forced the blush of to their cheeks they at last observe that the people have anwa bened to a realizing penso of the infamy of the bond transact tiona and tle attempt to irretrievably commit this country to a regime oi cold and eo irrefutable and convincing are the proofs adduced by the that grover cleveland is called upon to further li a character by pice ins the odium upon the tariff at the expense of proving himself an untruthful bublis servant the line of argument is by implication that the wilson tariff created a deficiency which forced the issue of bonds abero is no doubt that the revenues proved to be leea than tho receipts but not sufficiently BO to require a biml issue today there is over of free money in the treasury ot which over eold so it 3 plain to be seen that tho administration could have endured a deficiency at the present rats of losses for several years with the surplus that has been in tho treasury to avoid giving to silver its full functions as money is the direct cause of the bond issues rather than stop tho drain on tha gold reserve by utilizing silver dollars aal thus prove the advantages of a bimetallic currency and the benefits to b derived from silver co inthe administration was forced to replenish tho reserve by the sale of bonds none of the gold organs disapproved of tha methods adopted but to the contrary urged the administration to continue what they termed its laudable task now while the people are in protest and it has become evident that even the dullest intellects the folly of saddling upon the country a standard which costs yearly to maintain the gold adherents bee the voters of the country to charge the disaster to tariff the silver men have touched a tender spot |