Show NOTES ON SILVER prof robt E thomson in bis ilia paper american gives a long review of S recent book aai pound la in this review ho he says england is responsible for all the ilia ills that have befallen silver it was the first lord liverpool who in 1805 made the first effective attack upon the of the double standard by Eng england lind leading to the statute of 1816 by ft hick the single gold standard became the british policy it was sir robert peel pee another ot her tory statesman estee esteemed e as groat great in finance who adopted and sustained the tradition of the slag single I 1 0 standard through glia a second period perio dof of monetary reconstruction it was 1 J Q G hoffman offman II an admirer of lord ideas film who transferred them to germany and trained tho the economists like alfred Soot beor beer who secured the of silver by byth the german eGerman empire and the reconstruction of its monetary system after the war with franco france it was this which drove all the other continental I 1 powers into these steps which have helped to discredit that metal for more than a century previous to 1800 england had enjoyed a freo free coinage of both gold and silver at a rate the free coinage of silver was suspended in 1798 and was stopped finally in 1816 tho the second lord liverpool who was prime minister from 1815 to 1827 continuously continuo asly carrying through parliament therill the bill which substituted hie his fathers ideas for those of locko locke ne nekton ton halifax and somers 11 farmers silver dollar says now that congress has met it is tho the duty of the press of tho the country to demand in behalf of the people of the united states that tho the mints should bo be thrown open to the freo free and unlimited coinage of silver it is ON evident 1 to a blind man that it is the silver ilver 13 dollars ft N inch havo have been coined since 1878 that has prevented a great panic from sweeping over tho the c country oun and sinco since every one of the pre pro diction sot tile goldbergs gold begs bags lias has been found to bo absolutely false it is high time that silver in tho the U S was fully and thus our prosperity made permanent tho the silver dollar will keep up the battle until it is won but the journals of the great west and south should make the of silver a burning que question silon for tho the present congress and never give tho subject a rest test until tho the mints are as free to silver as to gold make IT it a subject not to be spoken of occasionally but all the time england ia is at work every day to prevent it and ayery paper in america that is not subsidized by england should work for the cause of tho the free and unlimited coinage of silver the washington herald herau says tho the most amusing incident of recent rent cc nt political discussion is tho the sudden and at first sight unaccountable disappearance Sippe aranco of tho the great silver question let at any man read the woeful forebodings of the organs of two or three yeara years ago a go and then try to think what it lias its happened to account for the awful silence about 85 cent dollars which now overspreads athe the country the intelligent mind would naturally be forced to the conclusion that the dishonest dollar had been summarily abolished the beautiful calm on the monetary question would seem to consist with no other state of facts if wo we are not measuring our money and goods by the single gold standard what has become of tile public men and journals that were shouting such warnings at us a few months ago strange but true tho tile event hae has falsified their predictions and most incontinently closed howling mouths mout lia tho the slight turn of tho the wrist WhiCh haa has done this magical thing has bag merely been tho the law requiring silver certificates to lo 10 issued to tho the pa possessors sears of silver dollars these dollars havo have simply been placed pla cedon on an equality with gold dollars so far as the privilege lego of using the coin or its paper representative is concerned and ind 10 lo and behold every one forgets that the cartwheel dollar la a nuisance nuie ance apparently A silver ail vcr only needs an even chance with gold MRS CLEVELAND with tho the approach of tho the holiday season has been compelled to decline gifts except from personal friends to gave herself from an overwhelming flood of presents ts bat the new york herald pays lera her a delicious compliment by saying she cannot refuse a nations love THE tife noo roo appears to get there all the same saine during the nio month n th of november this country expo exported arted ibs lbs of bacon acon ibs lbs of ham ibs lbs of pickled pork and ibs lbs of lard bli bbs marcks boycott is not a success THE tim of john watson esq as alderman from the first sf municipal u ward of this city to fill flu the vacancy caused by the resignation of angus T wright glit esq is most admirable mr watson is 13 a man of eterling sterling worth and sense A newspaper man of kansas writes never judge by appearances pe arances A shabby old coat may contain an editor while tho the man wearing a high toned plug hat bat and supporting a st cano cane may bo be a delinquent subscriber A LITTLE MME BOY after undergoing the good old fashioned punishment nish ment lisped 1131 mamma ammi doth it mako make yo your ur hands warm ta mo yea my child but why do you ask well yon you dest lest as well warm your lands hands at do fire MAS max bet hie his friends that ho be could drink tigh eighteen teen cocktails within an hour ho drank tho the cocktails but hia his widow collected the bet it was just enough to pay the he funeral tun cral expenses |