Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1896 — Money and Confidence. [ARTICLE]

Money and Confidence.

Under the caption: "A Word to Bimetallists,” the Cleveland t Jain Dealer, one of the Btaunohest advocates of the free coinage of both gold and silver, says: "Bimetallism is not dead; it is either right or it is wrong. It is a principle that has existed in monetary sjience and political economy from the earliest days of recorded history down to the present time. It haa done a thousand times more in tne business world than has ever been done by monometallism. “We have thought it best not to fight over-the battles of the campaign at present,but tohelp forward the business interests of the country. we have deemed it best to lay aside the discussion of the money question for a time, not, however, in the least givingupthe fight. It is a fig*ht to a finish.—

One campaign did not end it. We advis e all honest bimetallists to wait; onr day will oome. Let the monometaliists try their baud, and let the people find out whether nionomet tllisin increases the volume of money t r not. Give them a chance; it will be the best argument . Experience will prove true the philosophy maintained by the bimetallists during the campaign. "We want confidence to do all it can. We want it unlimited, unrestricted and universal. We want the party in power to have a chance to prove the policy whioh they advocated. It is far better that a definite polioy be in operation than that the country be in unrest Business men desire to lay plans for the future. 80 wo say to bimetallists. "Don t obstruol the policy of the Republicans and the gold bugs. Let them have full swing and they will convince the people that the gold bugs’ plans are inadequate to meet the wants of the country.’QThoy can uo more prove that the quantity of money shall remain fixed while business and population increase than they can prove that 10,000 people sho’d havo no more food to eat than 5,000 people. "We are the outs. We have the vantage ground of criticism. The responsibility is on the shoulders of the victors. They must provide the revenue; they must provide the curre oy; they must give better returns for money invested and for labor and skill expended; thwv mußt prove the propositions which they have put forward and fulfill the promises which the have made to the people. We can afford to wait. If the country is pross perous we shall rejoice. Wa vo’d rather see the country prosperous, even if we are defeated, than to see the people suffering for want of work, business stagnant and enterprise paralyzed.”