The advocate., 1890-08-27

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COMPARISON or NATIONAL PLATFORMS.
The grcenback party was sufficiently
alive when Mr.. Crawford declared that
ID "ceased 10 exist" no that II made the
following utterances on finance In the
national convention Of 1880:
The right 10 make and Issue money lsa sOycr-
cgn power tO be- maintained by tho people for
The common benefit. The delegation W this
right 10 corporations N q surrender Of central
attribute OF sovereignty void Of constitutional
sanction, COnlerting upon u subordinate IRE
spOnslhle pOwerAbsoute dominion over Industry
ana commerce. All money whether metallic or
paper, should be issued and lts volume con.
troled by the government and not by or through
banking corporations, and, when ~ issued,
should be full legal tender for all debts, public
nnd prIWte. That The bonds Of the United
! states should not he refunded, but paid as rapid
yW Is practicable, according ~ contract To
enable the government 10 meet these obligations
legal tender currency should De substituted Tor
the notes Of the national banks, the national
banking system abolished and tho unlimited
coinage Of silver, as we'll M gold, established by
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The monetary plank Of Of tho republic
can platform is in the following Ian
guage
The republican party has raised the value Of
Ot our paper currency from ~ per cent, tO the
par " gold, II has restored upon n solid basis
payment IN cOln for all the national obligations
and has given MS a currency absolutely good and
rqual IN every part " our extended country, "
has lifted the credit Of the nation from the point
where per cent bonds sold nc M tO that where 4
per cent bonds are eagerly sought at u premium,
WOULD MIR. CRAWFORD TAKE A RET
RESPECT?
In 1878 Mr.. Crawford obtained demo
cratic and greenback votes for repre-
sentative in Congress, and he had ma
jorltles in the counties Of Chautauqua,
Cherokee, Davis, Elk, Franklin, johnson,
Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Montgomery,
Neosho, PottHwatomie, Sumner and
Wyandotte. And the greenback party
led the democratic in the counties Of
Anderson, Bourbon, CofTey, Cowley,
Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Jewell,
johnson, Lyon, Marion, Mcpherson,
Osage, Osborne, Ottawa Republic,
Riley Rocks, Russell, Smith and
Wilson, and in Elk It led the repub-
licans Also Was II because of the re-
publican platform OF 1880, as given above,
that Mr. Crawford turned away from his
friends? Were the principles Of the
greenback party right in 1873 and
before, and wrong in 1880; or might
it be that the grand old republican party
expected his services for the reward Of
the claim agency they had bestowed upon
him?
If Mr.. Crawford WAS sincere when
with the greenbackers; why should he
be so hard toward his former friends In
Kansas n01C, because they continue TO
adhere 10 the same substance Of doctrine
that he claims he embraced from 1872 10
January, 1870? Was he honest or selfish
in his change of political actionP Need
he wonder that his early Kansas friends
will ask him this year the question?
Would he please tell what he means in
bringing "about the reconciliation and
free coinage of siver?" When was that
accomplished?
WHY DID MIR, CRAWFORD SUPPORT GAR
FIELD?
On April 8, 1880, Hon. James A. Gar
field, in denouncing greenback doctrine,
as above proposed, said:
The government should prescribe general laws
In reference % the quality and character Of our
paper money, hut should never become the
direct manufacturer and lssuer NJ II.