Show EVILS OF overconfidence says the denver republican the pretense that an international agree on this subject would be either difficult or impracticable Is devoid of any basis in reason or experience all that is necessary Is cominos consent to accept both metals for mintage a an agreed ratio and nil the details can easily be arranged through the machinery of diplomacy that such an agreement will be perfected and put into practical operation in the near future hardly admits of serious tion at present the conversion 01 the government which now seems to be only a question of a few months at most will solve the problem and it will be surprising if within two years at moat silver Is not fully restored to its old place and value as money throughout the world there are numerous papers which seem over sanguine with respect to the immediate prospects of A skill fill general guards as carefully against un due a needless despondency true generalship is to clearly interpret the facts there Is nothing in sight that looks beyond very low ratio of to gold international agreements are not likely to include coinage or the adoption of any other than simple bullion ratio A ratio of 28 to 1 will be of little service to the world and while ti to 1 will help some it will by no means lift the commerce of the country out of the slouch anto which it has fallen there is an awakening 11 II along the line there are true men that are waking up to the importance of the problem but there are many of the old old ites that have their hands on the helm and they will give us few real advantages to silver as they know bow there ii one tiling that should be settled upon among the silver men of the united states that is to consider all adjustment merely provisional and temporary until the old ratio of 10 to 1 or 15 to 1 is agreed upon if the silver cause in this country keeps up its present progress there will be no other issue so formidable in 1895 A silver president will le elected the united states will restore bimetallism if the hopefulness of contemporaries does not prove a mere opiate we liace no re mons trances but if hopefulness hopeful nes should cause a cessation of watchfulness we liken it to the sentinel who falls asleep at bai station |