People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-01
AS TO SILVER
The clauses Of the Democratic and
Republican platforms in regard to
coinage are as follows:

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coinage are as follows:
Republican Plank. Democratic Plank.
The American peO- We hold to the use
pie from traditiOn|Of gold and silver as
and interest favor BIZ the standard money Of
metalism and the Re the country and to !
publican party de- coinage of both gold |
mands the use Of bOth.and silver without dis |
gold and silver discriminating against |
standard money with.eithermetal. or charge |
such restrictions andIfOr mintage. but the |
under such provisions. dollar unit Of coinage !
TO be determined by.Of both metals must |
legislation. as will Sc be of equal intrinsic |
cure the maintenance. eXchangable val /
OF the parity of thelue. or be adjusted |
two metals, so that.thrOugh international |
the purchasing and'agreement or by such !
debt paying power of OfSafeguards Of legisla- |
the dollar. whether OfItiOn as shall insure
silver, gold or paper, the maintenance Of
shall be at all times'the parity Of the two
equal. The interests metals, and the equal
Of the producers Of theIpOwer of every dollar
country, its farmers.at all times in the
and its wOrkingmen. markets and in the
demand that every.payment of debts; and
dollar, paper or coin. we demand that all
issued by the gOvern-Ipaper currency shall
ment, shall be as gOOdbe kept at par with
as any other We.and redeemable i'm
commend the wise andsuc coin. We insist
patriotic steps already|upOn this policy as es-
taken by our gOvern-Ipecially necessary for
ment to secure an in-the protection of the
ternatiOnal confer farmers and labOring
ence 10 adopt such. classes, the first and
measures as will in most defenceless VIC
sure parity of valueItims of unstable mon
between gold and sil-'ey and a fuctuating
yer Tor use, as mOney'currency.
throughout the world.
"A careful comparison" says the
Kansas City Star, "of the two plankS
shows that there is no difference prac-
tically between the two great parties
touching the silver rQuestion." There
fore the fight turns wholly on the is
sue of the tariff"
This view of the case is iscOrrect, but
the Star will find that the old twins
have planted themselves in painfully
close proximity to a nest of the most
active hornets ever discovered. The
idea that the financial crimes of a
quarter of a century implanted by one
party and endorsed by the
other, under which the people are be-
coming tools and slaves and serfS of
men who chance to hold the gold of
the world, can be covered up and per-
petuated by an issue which has been
convenient subterfuge fora century.
and which, Notwithstanding the in
terminable discussion of its merits. is
still as far from a basis Of settlement
as ever, is as ridiculous as il is CON
temptible.
The lOudeSt wall on tariff that
ever aScended from the Jaws Of the
Democratic menagarie was the one
which followed the passage of the Nc
Kinley bill, and the country was
worked up to a pitch which almost |
placed the name of Mckinley among
the Benedict ArnOlds, but when the |
election had been won and the house
was found to be Democratic by 40
majority what did they do? The |
word was passed along the line that |
there must be no general tariff legis-
latiOn-juSt whittle around it little |
with special bills-the Interior motive |
being to hoodUink the people. And |
on free silver, too, the west and south |
must pocket their views on this Ques-
tiOn in order to placate New York. !
Lacking the courage to tackle so
mOnStrOus a thing as the Mckinley |
bill, they now have the gall to come
to the people and say the fight is on
the tariff! With the gold strings
Tightening every day on the vitals of
industry, will the people longer allow
themselves to be deceived by the old
game of "battledOre and shuttle |
cock" The Peoples party not only
will have the courage to rectify the
tariff, but it will forever destroy the
gold monopoly, which is of greater
consequence
There must be about so much tariff |
levied to maintain governmental ex-
penseS. The Democrats think about |
five per cent reduction would be the
proper amount and still maintain
that this infniteSmal five per cent is |
the great OverShadOwing issue before |
the people. Away with such duplic-
ity. Farmers, labOring men, mer-
chants, everybody, the VOICE would |
appeal to your intelligence to con- !
denim Such trihinU