The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-02
Some Solid shot.

political demonstrations ever held
In the State Among the thousands
In atten iance 10 was notice.
able fact that farmers comp sed
large PORTION Of the crowd show & that
the Chic agr GU turlsts are not so ba iiy
out OF humor with the gra d old party
as the Democrats would make tc.ieve.
Major McKin. ey's master address was
delivered from platform erected on
Central School grounds Several thous-
and people stood around the platform
for hours patient and happy. llon.
Henry Il. Perki 5 presented the Repub-
licaa favorte amidst great applause.
Mckinley spoke as follows:
The campaign in Ohio formally opened to-
lay on the part of the Republican party, will be
unusually interes ing because of The import
Rnce TO the State ana the country of its results
In November 1t is 70 tunate that the issues
are OF that character VIII Oh will excite no bit
terness but are well calculn ed to invite calm
and dispass ionate judgment. IL is fortunate,
too, that tn issues are so well defined and
clearly marked that no misunderstanding o.
evasion can arise.
sti ute their official declarations are sngularly
free from ambiguity and confusion. Both de-
clare In bold and fearless terms their party
faith, and both must be considered as the lines
upon which the political contest Is to be waged.
would not change avoid them if could
and my competitor cannot change or avoid them
II he would.
Nor are the issues limited TO local questions
alone. They are general and national. Both
platforms speak Tor their respective parties IN
the State upon those public questions which are
the exclusive subjects OF ederal jurisdiction
and Federal legislation
The Democratic platform declares for the free
and unlimited coinage of the silver OF the world,
TO be coined a5 freely gold il now, upon the
same terms and under existing ratio. The plat
form OF the Republican party stands In opposi-
ton to anything short of " fall and complete
dollar, and app OF the legislation of the last
Congress touching silver, which legislation en-
joins the monthly purchase OF silver up TO T.
500 90 ounces al amount fully equal if not in
excess OF the entire silver product of the United
States
That legislation is q mighty bul for the
protection of silver. 1t has preserved and en-
larged its monetary uses upon u safe basis, and
has provided that the silver dollar shall be kept
as good as the best dollar OF our coinage, always
equal in leeal-tender quality and debt-paying
power
The legisla ion of the last Congress Is tho
strongest evidence which can be furnished of
tie purpose OF the Republican party TO main
tain silver rs money and OF It's resolution TO
keep it, and tho whole of il, IN use as part of
our circulating edium equal with sold. The
law which h Republican party put upon the
statute book declares the settled policy OF the
Government to main ain the two metals upon
parity with each other upon the present legal
ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law"
Under the law prior TO that of last year only
10000 silver dollars were coined monthly and
put into circulation, which sum absorbed less
than one. half OF TIE silver product of the United
States. Although Tour millions OF dollars
silver coinage was authorized by the laws of
congress- neither the Republican nor Demo
cratic administrations exceeded two millions OF
coinage m )nthly. The law will Increase
the use OF silver rs money circulating medium
more Than two millions monthly, thus giving
the people an increased currency with whicu to
do their business, which increased curIelcy will
always be as good as the best money in circula-
ton.
The free ald unlimited coinage OF silver de-
manded by the Democratic convention recently
hai6 N lave re tD III. hat 81,
silver in the orld and from every quarter OF
the world, can be brought TO the minis OF the
United States ana coined at the expense OF the
Government; that is, that the mints Of the
United states must receive 1920 grains OF sill
yer, which Is worth but 80 cents the world over
and coin therefor II silver dollar which by the
fat OF the Government Is TO be received by the
people OF the UniteI States and to crculats
among them as worth q full dollar of 1UU cents
The silver producer, whose I1Ii2 grains of silver
are worth on oJ cents In the markets OF this
country and the wor d. is thus enabled to de-
mand that the Government shall take it ut loo
cents. VIII the Government be as kind TO tho
producer OF wheat and pay him 20 cents more
per bushel than the market price? The silver
dollar now issued under limited coinage has
~ cents or intrinsic value III H. accredited the
world over; aud the other 20 cents is legislative
will-the mere breath OF Congress. That is
what the dollar lacks of value to make it per-
feet dollar Congress supplies by public declara-
tion, and holds the extra 20 cents In the Treas
ury for its protection. Now it is proposed to
remove the limit and to make the Government
coin not for account OF the Treasury but for the
benefit Of the silyer-mine owners.
Major Mckinley then quoted the let
ter of ex-President leve and, written in
1855, In which he p esents the DANCE
of unlimited silver COMA q. Continuing,
he said:
1 am In favor OF the double STANDARD but
am not in favor OF tho free AMI unlimited coin
age of eilve In the United States unit the ma
tions OF Il world shall IN us guarRute ing
10 silver status Itch their laws now accord
tn GOnlBl3 i'm
a. n ratio and thGt equality can only b estab-
lished by the toncurront law OF nations. 1t was
the concurrent law of nations that made he
double stGi dard IL viii require the concu, rent
law If matt ns to reinstate and sustain it, I'm
til then, foi us 10 decree the free and unlimit ID
coinage of tho world silver would ordain that
our silver dollars ud surely depreciate and
COLO Woul 90 10 n premium.
No man knows what the future may he, but
In our y esent condition and with our present
light every consider ton Of eafety req uires u
to no our present statu until the other great
nations shall agree TO an in irrational ratio.
Besides being against II deprecia' ion Of our
currency, on principle, and for the reasons
stated, still have another reason, which, If it
stood alone, would be conclusive to my mind
and would place me In opposition o tho Demo-
cratic scheme OF putting In circulation II short
dollar. The money creditors of the Govern
ment W. include the bopdhold1rs and those
who loaned their money to the Government in
time Of war have been largely pa off and In
every instance paid off In the best money of the
country. The principal creditors of the Govern
men to-day ere not the bondholiers nor the
men of capital and large means, but the SOL
diers who fought the battles OF the Union
In the most sacred and stainless cause In which
mankind has ever engaged. In 1851 the Govern
Iuent owed TO its creditors, whose evidences OF
Indebtedness was in the form OF bonds, nearly
81, JO0,t CO,D00 upon which is annually paid
In interest alone, ga i,75l0OI The pom
sion roll Of the country was then but SGT 0}5 900
Whom the attempt was made at that time by
the leaders OF the part that now stands in OPP
position to tho Republican party. TO repudiate
the debt to the boLdholder, or pay It off in
deprecated currency, Insisting that we never
could pay it I'm ful the soldiers stood with the
party which represented good faith to it's cred
itors and honorable payment OF every obliga-
tion, and swept back the tide OF imitation and
population. They said that the Union which
they had saved from armed force should have
no stain put upon its financial honor, but
every debt 10 had contracted TO preserve the
Union should be paid IN the best coin of the re-
public, and every obligation should be sacredly
kept and observed. They were willing TO wait
for thoir pensions until this great money obl-
CATION was provided for. The Government
credit was therefore, sustained and over two
thousand millions OF that great debt has been
paid off, not in n clipper dollar, but In n full
dollar.
The positions are now reversed. The chief
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