Show SOME SILVER FACTS before 1871 anybody lad alic right to take either silver or gold to the mints of the principal commercial nations of the world except england and have it turned into coin was full egand ard money and could be used to an unlimited extent for meeting debt taxes and all oilier monetary de mande the proportions in which alic metals were accepted at the mints varied in different countries countr iea in tho united states the ratio was 16 to 1 eliat is sixteen ounces of silver made as many dollars as one ounce of in alic latin union consisting of france italy belgium switzerland and greece it a to 1 in other words ounces of silver made as many ranee aa one ounce of egild still other elifet variations found in other countries in 1871 germany enriched by the french indemnity began she considered a reform of by introducing the single gold standard in a short time her mints were closed to of silver that only alie bol of gold could leave hia bullion turned into money new dilver coins were ednick by the government in limited for small change germany policy ft as followed by the scandinavian countries and by the united state which was not then using fany gold or dilver ns money except on on the pacific coast and in 1871 the latin union finding its bainte german and other foreign silver and ild gold leaving it refused to continue coining silver for individuals any longer before abet time the relative values of dilver and gold had been comparatively steady but since then there have been and the value of silver measured in gold lias gone down until now it is only liala as inucci a it was in 1873 at alie tinie biere lave been severi il periods of com which the advocates of silver haye been due to alic doeing of alie taints in the period from 1871 to 1874 the united states attempted to restore the value of silver by buying and coining a mouth but as this did not purchases were in 1890 to ounce month payment bains made in treasury hotca and coinage practically alila did not work cither and in 1893 the purcharee pur chasee ere stopped all the dollars coined under alie purchase la v e arc f till legal tender anil ne now have of them on hand in addition to bullion hi the treasury representing more tho question ia nhat ft anything be done by the united states now 11 ii reasonably certain that it all the countries clial biad the free coinage if filver before 1871 oien minte again alic old relations between the I 1 wo auld be restore and the present fluctuations hut tle more advocat ea of dilver in this country do not want to wait for that they insist that alie united states could do alone vi hat va lone by the principal nations of alie world up lo a quarter of century ago and alicy demand alic immediate opening of our mats to free a the ante ot this policy I 1 eay thai it thie were dono ell the bullion in jhc thc orld would come to tho united states to bo turned into ameri asin dollar and that all the american gom would go out 0 circulation after which we bouhl find like with a cheap and 1 currency and with what gold remained in tie country selling as merchandise at a bagli bigli premium tho possible L the experiment of free coinage by hie united states alone without any help from afford material lor and discussion us wo had no national nati oual experience in atiat line 0 o guide SEEM to tho to keep presidential RS girante in a continual law rom alic time their ambition is first made public on the side II arrison is kept dividing ilia time in denying the bicycle bloomer etory and that lie abuid lie was not a tom decd ie kept in he maine woods talking politics to chipmunks SIc Kinley ie buy talking protection to the farmers on the agricultural frontier that tie cant get timo to cat the Gf coria watermelons to his his hotsic at columbus allison i wn iding tear between blueher as ho fondly contemplator the of hia followers foli dupew is kept either iol itic or has matrimonial intentions on heiress on alie democratic picc are but two hanics mentioned alie 1 Is that of lion grover cleveland the man lead pipe canchon the presidency is he is much wrought up over alio question whether to berve the people A third term or drop the mantle upon the oilier man mr ainey and eliat ia how alie papers prove lo 10 bo good political heartily the australian ulian plan 0 holding rien to e et dolf gates to conventions instead 0 the ordinary tho committee 0 11 lake lias already adopted ho last beir STAM aad asked alie central committee of weber county to adopt the plan and we repeat tho same reque t this year when e have an election of lei every man who wants present his to alio county toni cittee alst that committee print a 1 I the on one ticket and then the voter can scratch off all 1 doc not to vote fur jt asur it is juat of dakota liand cl down which tile county to of county bond it is understood alie county was bonded in ordein to make certain improvement aej after the improvements inneo and alie money expended alio bonds ft ere re audi itce naturally there is but one sentiment in regard to the malter and that is condemnatory is no excuse for macli a proceeding it ie direct outgrowth ot populist control and populism go land in hand |