The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-12-09

SEES relief readily when 1t is out OF
Office. The people in their unrest
have changed from one party to the
other, but in each they have felt the
same domination. In 1884 the demo-
cratic party had in its platform plank
favoring the free coinage of silver.
Those who sought relief voted the
democratic ticket and defeated MIR.
Blaine, not that they had anything
against Mr.. Blaine, but for this reason.
Mr.. Cleveland pursued the same
course that John Sherman would have
done had he been president Mr..
Cleveland represented the goldbngs
and came to so dominate his party
that at the next election the silver
plank was destroyed, The republican
party bent to the will of the people in
1888, and it had plank favoring sill
yer put into its platform. Mr. Harri-
son came into pc Yer on that platform
and proved an enemy to silver worse
than Cleveland, for he was more Wig
orouS, more persistent in his purpose.
There was no traitor who was not
rewarded, no friend of silver who was
not punished. He rewarded the Car
ters and Andersens,
II have heard it said he is a silver
man, but such u statement is abso.
lutely false. A silver bill should have
passed congress early in the session.
1t took all the power of the admins
tration to prevent it from passing, and
when 1t could not be prevented by
arbitrary rulings in the the house.
1.-THE measure we did get was
wrung from him by the stand Of your
senator's and myself and few others.
W. announced that without it VIC
would not support the tariff bill. thAb
we must have something if we could
not have what we wanted, regret
that we did not stand upon our full
demands, for at this election they
said. We shall put up n gold baron
in both parties, and then what will you
do about it, 1t may be that New
England as well as old England likes
high interest, cheap cotton ald cheap
wool. 1t may be that New England
like Artemus Ward, is prepared to
sacrifice distant relations. While |
voted for the tariff and defended it, |
find no reciprocity in that quarter
none whatever; they would destroy u.s.
"Thc fraudulent device which has al
ways been reSorted TO has been to
pretend to settle this matter by inter-
national agreement. Every time the
people become restless they are told
that the monetary question must bo
settled by an international conference,
and the president of the United States
recently repeated that folly. l said so
at the time he presented this in his
inaugural message. President Harri-
son said that independent action by
the United States would be injurious
to us and beneficial to the outside
world. But he alsS said that in any
agreement it should be provided that
enough of silver must be put into the
established dollar to make it equal TO
a gold dollar.
1.-THE president has appointed dele
gates to the international conference.
1t is true that there are two silver men
on the delegation. But the majority
are gold men and they will dictate to
the Others or silence them altogether.
The United States is put before that
congress as in favor Of monometallism
sit is true that the head Of the Roth
Child's has made suggestion concern.
ing the international conference. But
all men know that suggestion comes
from the head of the spirit, and the
fountain source Of monometalism
He does not urge mOnometaliSm it is
true. He does not want it to
come to suddenly as he would lose
some OF his debtors; but he at the
same time is consulting all money
holders to increase their reserves.
Yet through all his skillfulIy framed
suggestions does he suggest to. abandon
the gold Standard No BY no
means. That must be maintained
though the world starve.
"If silver is only to be credit money
paper is better: it is cheaper Thers Is
now in circulation in the civilized
world s4,OOO,OOO,OO of paper money,
$4,000 100000 Of silver money. and
only fs,7OO.OOO,OOO of gold money,
which is the basis and reserve Of the