Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-10-30
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81 INA moral ceftAinty that tho Demo
sGtAtlc House Of Representa- SEES viii 10
oFxanised Uext December III the. interest
III tEoe rosnxse. No : can 10 elected
s&yp0aker without the support ut the free
acpineEe element. and that element Ia
aGxraSsiSN md will sea that It's support,
issused "a III mote the interests IL The
free ctiuago caus The House 81 Req
texanfa4iyes of the Fifty-se1 ond Goa
gress viii, by III votes, make the DEM
cratic national platform OF 1885. Ihe
cunventI0n's platform committee will
build upon the csnduct OF the House,
The Democratic party, therefore. Is cer-
tein 10 gv 81 tho country next year as
the advocate of free coinage They
ulaY profess % double the question il Mr..
cleveland il their NOMINEE by $ me such
plank "a the saver plank IN tthf New
York Democratic p'atform OF this year
but Republicans will 81 that their
shypocrisy ID exposed The Democratic,
party Is the party Of reckless ttnkeslng
with the currency laws, as 1t is tiis party
0s reckless tinkering with the tariff
laws It h the emmy u business Sc
curity ard OF the parmanence Of leg sla-
tiDn that 10 working we ].
Such being the case. whist Il the s;nty
of Republicans? They are not the enc
niles Of the silver fndastri OF the
country. III was a Congress Isepubli al
I'M both branches that Increased The
minimum purchase OF silver To- urea y
purposes from ~, 900. 100 a m nth 10
81. 100 tJog In round numbers hut the
Republican party has always been tas
party Of . safe, healthy and sonnit eur
- xAa.S = -xlE - - 49, ~.x.1 s.ffl 800 la n - -.
thing else now. 1t is In favor OF bring
ing about the free 4 oinage oil silver 3ust
~ soon as that be done with the CO.
operation OF other nations, 50 far us
that cp4Dperation IL necessary 10 pre-
vent those dangerous changes which
foreign influences can work In the char
saeter Of our ~currenef. But It is 6 ear
enough from the present attitnd OF for
eign nations that the free coinage pro
gramme, as the Western Democrats pro
pose 1t, tends to bring about those
dangerous changes instead Of prevent
Ing them.
The Democrats admit this, for they
arc continually calling the attention OF
the advocates OF an international ratio
to tho fact that Europe Il shying o..
Well, why Is Europe shying or ie-
cause of this very programme Of indie
pendent free coinage. We have over
S4saO. 90, 90 of silver coined o at a
ratio that Europe regrets, aud not until
Europe knows that Wa will coin no more
at that ratio VIII Europe even negotiate
with us. Before she agrees with us sl.
wants = guarantee that we will recoin
that silver ourselves, anl Lot dump il
on her
Enrope's draught on u for gold last
spring, says tho New York Press wa
largely due to distrust of our teuden 10
III silver legislation reatGr distrnSt
wild mean greater dranghts on II and a
greater anxiety tn get orr gold. The
result OF reducing our gold currency ard
Increasing our currency OF silver by
coming more doiEnrs Of the present
standard will inevitably be an afcommo
dation OF prices TO tho increased cur
rencv, both ~ To Qta fifty ana a. to
quality. Everythias that tue waeH-
worker buys will go up In price, but his
wages will rot 70 up In prize. for when
he agrees to work for SO a day. or So a
week, he agrees to work Tor SO many
legal tender dollars. "eyal tendnr'
means q kind Of dollar-any Kind Of
duliar-whicI he is Obliged to take Ia
pay If it Is offered him.
1t is against TIE traditions and against
tho principles oil tho R~cpublicar party o
coRS mt To a4y chaattDs ~finrtaatiHg,
speculative currency. The time ha
come fur the Republican party tofosmn
fats q p ali for TIL soiutlo of the FIRE
coinage problem In y way that VIII DO Just
to the wage-workers and To the people
at large as " n rs t9tae silv r IN er SITS.
II such d plan il made the Republican
silver propositioa IN the Fifty second
Congress this winter, AMI If it c snt III
plat 3 q guarantee that the present
volum0 of coined silver will be taken
CAFE OF at home in tae event OF lsepah.
lican success, such u guarantee as Wi
tend to make Europe favor the RapGb
Ifcan party's proposition for an inter-
national ratio, then, W tn til q suraaees
of that favor, SO essential for a p rma-
nent and sou d solution Il the currency
question, we can go to tho country ey
year as the bulwarks and champions OF
honest money and good money,
There $ Republican victory In 18i'2 /
d courageous, aggressive, positive, hon
est treatment OF tho silver question. Ne
cannot atford to be mere y q party o
n cation. II there is any demand on
tho part OF n cons defab 0 number OF
American citizens for the settlement OF
3 question We cannot atfor merely TO
object - tn lem cratic settlement pro
posed, however bal it may be. We
must meet 1t with something defin te and