Sharp County record., 1891-10-15
The PARTY OF FREE COINAGE.

Iir:ln National Platform
The Republican organs are constant
.r kept busy on the defensive trying to
evade the recorded fact that when 1t
suited its purpose the republican party
was the silver partv, holding up to de
nuuciarion the democracy as the enemy
Of silver coinage
But evidence which can neither 1e
erased nor explained away is embodied
n the explicit plank in its last national
platform. which declares:
The republican party Is IN favor 't the use Of
both gold and silver ~ money ant con" m'-
The r5iirv Or tb- 1 HOrrtic gaasia s'r..'.0H IN -
sr5,rs t1d mOHei-s trsr
N spite Of this declaration, however,
10 was the republican party that posed
in congress- rs the party 70 demouetlze
silver. Silver is demouetjzed in prac-
tfce when 10 is not received n the
uints to be coined for and in beHait OF
anv citizen presenting 10 for that pur-
pose. Now the party which demoue-
tized silver has .egIslated for virtual
free coinage and is found denOuncing
the democracy as advocating what 1t
fOrmeriv denounced them for opposing.
No better example Of this ridiculous
inconsistency IA 10 be found than in the
attitude II Mckinley only few
months ago Eud at present as seen IN
the Two following extracts from his
published speeches:
MAI. H-EETLEY At OMAN TETNLET At
rED0. o.. FEB. - ls9l NILES, o.. AUG - ,S9L
During ali gt l.S The danger 70 Tree
.CT4va.aud's. Years aGIualmitfd coinage has
She head OF the govern been pointed ouE over
ueur he was dishouor and over again 1v lead
ing one of our preClOusIIlg statesmen of uoth
metals 1un 0f our own PARTIES The position
grnrr products. discrcd of leading republicans
lriur silver and enhauC- UPON his question IS
.ng the price Of cold so veil known that I
lie Tceudeavorgd evru be..Heed not pause "a quote
tore mis- I1auEurGri0utrom them Let me call
10 office 70 stop rleyour attention to what
coinage u silver doll she leaders Of the dem
Tlrg. ana afterward. OcrIJiC party VINO are
aud 10 the end 0t Mischief ts c0Uuseis
administration. per say. No one mas spoken
4fstautlv usrd his POW with greater ability on
err Co that eud lie was the democratic side
determined TO contract than the TX president
the circulating mediumUf The United states
and demouetiza one oil Hon. Grover CI1vnl and
tln coins Of comrncrcc. HIS letter written but
limit me volume ola few months ago
money among the DeO- taken iu connection
Die. make money scarce with his former utter
azd therefore dear He auces upon mis- sub.
would have Increased iect shows that uotl Z.
the value OF money ana ing could be more dis
diminished the value astrOus. IA his iudg
% everything else ment. % the business
money The MASTER interests 0f the Cauu-
everything sIsa Lhe try and 10 the best wei.
servant iare OF all he people,
than the ,rce and m
limited coinage Of sii
YER
Mr.. Cleveland is thus complimented
in August for the position he was de-
nouuced for N February before the
Ohio demagUCue had fallen upon the
point he is now trying to turn to the
advantage OF his party.
There is every evidence that the re-
publican leaders are trying 70 straddIe
the currency issue as best they can,
pending more certain knowledge Of
how the popular wind is blowing The
late equlvOcat republican silver plank
in Pennsylvania is a striking case in
point, and all OF Mr. HarrtsOns recent
speeches when examined carefully are
found 70 be attempts nc hedging and
lodging until the condition OF the pop.
MAR pulse has been more clearly ascer-
tanned
All this painiy shows that the party
now in power, so far rs its lenders are
concerned, are on the fence ready to
skuik over 20 any position that prom.
ises partisan success, boston Globe.