The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-08-17
DOLLAR OF The DADS.

A. Mooreeor Makes Another Pies for
s,lver COINAGE In the Name OF Truth,
Justice and the Constitution.
The advocates of gold are terribly
afraid of a silver ring, but gold ring
has no terrors for them. These gentle
men also predict alarming coDse-
ouences If we return TO free coinage of
silver as well as gold. 80, -,
On the passage Of the Bland bill Mr.
Sherman and others predicted that gold
would advance greatly and would dis-
appear, would 20 abroad where IL
would have full sway. History, exper-
fence, as In other cases, has proven these
gentlemen to be false prophets, Tor gold
became vastly more abundant than
ever before, and has 80 continued.
The learned Blair says in one Of his
sermons, "Bad as the world Is respect is
always paid to virtue" One sees this
In our silver legislation, for the leaders
have constantly professed to be net un-
friendly to silver; and both National
platforms year ago, declared in favor
of bi .metallism and free coinage.
True, they want a silver dollar with
a dollars worth of silver, as though
any nation ever did adopt this rule In
coinage. They talk as IL this was the
rule In gold, when 1t is not.
Hon, M. ID Harter Is probably the
boldest advocate of q single gold
standard and he scorns to dodge the
issue, We always know where to find
Mr.. Harter. In his response" at the
Reform Club dinner In New York,
January 16, 1892, he makes free coinage
and protection synonymous and says:
at is perfectly consistently and
highly proper that Mr.. Blaine, Mr..
Harrison, and Mr.. Mckinley should
favor the free coinage of silver, for it
gives to a small class of manufacturers,
the silver bullion producers, one
hundred cents worth of the peoples
money for much smaller value, etc" !"
OF course Mr.. Harter thinks it Is all
right to demonetize silver, and give to
gold bullion producers the monopoly
advantage.
1t will be news no doubt to many
that MIR. Harrison and Mr.. Mckinley
"fayor the free coinage of silver" Mr..
Mckinley when on the stump two
years ago, assuredly did not talk that
way, and one reason for passing the
Sherman purchasing act in 1890 was
that President Harrison would have
vetoed a free coinage bill. AS to Mr..
Blaine, he is dead, and Is not now a live
political quantity.
1t is true that the Republican, as
well 90 the Democratic national plat
form, "favors the free coinage of sill
ver," and this, probably, shows a whole
some fear of or respect for the people,
and an admission Of the popularity Of
silver Notwithstanding twenty years Of
adverse legislation.
Mr.. Harter, though not for free sill
yer, favors free speech. He may err in
statement, but he is not upon the low
plane of party expediency. The follow
Ing extract will show his prophecy II
the Democracy favored free silver:
Proclaim the fact that with free Sill
yer in the National Democratic plat
form, or free silver bill In Congress,
passed by Democratic votes in the
House, we cannot hope TO carry New
Hampshire, Democratic Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New ork,
New Jersey, or Maryland In 1892 and
we shall have in support of our efforts
for sound currency the powerful in
fluence of every hesitating leader in
the Democratic party Of the United
States"
Well, the Democratic National plat
form did "favor free coinage of silver
and several of those states named by
Mr.. Harter that we should lose went
Democratic, giving US a glorious vic
tory and placing the old party, the
party of Jefferson and Jackson, the
party of the constitution, in power IN
all departments of the government.
The question now Is, whether the
party shall honestly and faithfully
aproclaim" and carry out the platform.
The platform denounced the Sherman
bill and proclaimed free silver, and, as
always heretofore, took ground against
"protection."
AS Mr.. Jefferson says, "the secret of
good statesmanship is honesty" Give
us truth, justice, and the constitution
A. MCGREGoR.