The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-07


lean state convention in declaring for free
silver has not been followed by the great
statesoof the Middle West or of the At
fantic seaboard,7 The great mass Of the Re.
publican states Of the Middle West hold
TO the position expressed in the
following resolution, passed at the recent
state convention Of the Republicans of
| Wisconsin: q
''The Republican party is in favor of
honest money. We are unaiterably OPP
posed 10 any scheme that viii give to this
country debased or deprecated currency.
| We favor the useoof silver as currency 10
| the extento only that It can be circulated
| on parity with gold"
Q Even the Reed-Lodge idea of discrlInf-
natingo legislation against England in
order to force her to abandon her own
\ monetary system ana to adopt bi-rnetal-
ism which seemed 10 find favor With the
Pennsylvania and Ohio Republicans, did
| not find favor in Reeds own Maine con-
gressional district convention. where the
delegates adopted perfectly satisfactory
financial plank fayoring sound money
and such legisI alton as will give full faith
and credit to all the promises of the gov
eminent" The Republican state platform
adopted tecently by Iowa declares that
| there must be no use of sllyer inconsistent
with ''the permanent maintenance of
equal values Of all dollars in circulation"
The Illinois platform Is not greatly differ
ent, favoring gold and silver upon
parity of values with c5mpIste interon-
| vertibility."
The Michigan Republicans at their state
convention passed resolutions on the SUD-
ject of silver that, like those Of Iowa.
! Illinois and WISCONSIN. make no alEusi0n
TO the Reed-Lodge impracticsble scheme
of forcingire silver down the threats of
nations "by discriminating legislation or
Otherwise 1t is matter for regret that
so ablsa man las Mr.. Reed should have
supposed that this scheme" would win
at the West. In Pennsylyaniao and Ohio
and Vermont the conventions seemed ais.
posed 10 run after false finance, but in the
| Middle West as a rule this lodge Reed
idea" has made no impression, because
| from the first IL has been denounced by
the influential Republican papers, East
and Nest. as plan both bad in itself and
most foolish and dangerous from party
point of view. 1t was nothing but bid
for Popnlist support The Republicans of
the West saw that this scheme described
In the July Fo}taigktly Reriew by Moreton
Frewsn was nothing but q bone tbrown to
Populisrn. pure and simple. 4
Fresen said that the Democratic plat
TORN OF 1895 woald declare for free trade
and free silyes and the Republican for
/ protection and free silver.
Ii vas q mere political trick to make
| Reed presidenfon . tree silver platform.
| but the Republican pafty is party OF
sound money sentiment and Il never will
be fool enongh5to throw away its great op-
| portunity ToF victory by adopting ''free
silver" already dtscredited and declining.
iustwhen olinging to this false finanee
has helped to lose the Democratic party
lhe6conhdeuce of the country.
| Thsreal issue Of The next campaign will
| BE the tariff: neither Of the great rartiss
| viii dare 70 make the ghos, OF FREE silver
walk again. The Democratic party has
been almost Susned By fssing with Popa-
lssm. and the Republican party cannot
| afford to eompete wflh the Democracy Ia
making bldsfor RepulisssappoFL /, was
senator John Sherman who preceded
President Cleveland in urglag that the
purchasing clause Of the silver act Of IS9o
10 repealed. and It's repeal Was only &C
| compiished ~ the almost solid sopport
given by the Republicans in both houses
Of congress to Presiasht Cleveland's prop
eslt3on Tor repeal ~ ths extra session Of
/ August. isa&
Il Tee Republican party stands for honest.
Il practicable. saInsary eEme2sllism, bat the
\ Espablican party knows that free coinage
/ ~ this nation alone, as proposed by Cali
soFnia, would destroy Tie sounaness OF she
cnrrescy. force silver INTO Use as the onlv
coin ID circulation and alta oniv basis Of
the representative paper currency, and
0''east upon the United STATES alone the
| tremendous risks and she incAlculabls
Losses u q disruption Of exchange bsfSees.
Il This AMI other commercial natlons" Daf-
| ms the great debate 81 the extra session Of
& August. tSsz al the able speakers on the
Republican side took this vieN. They
said We are not for silver xsoaogastzllIsaa.
10 which ws would be dFsven by free silver
eosnags: neither are Ss Tor gold -Tnono-
4 netAlllsm; We are fpr latsrnaticEsAl bi-
i metzlllsEa. whlch has hitherto BEEN
bloogsa By The mastery in this e0anssy OF
the DegnocrAIie party. devoted 70 free coin
axe, controlling bosh hoassslef con oress.
] The NeS York Tftt.ae SAYS q the posi-
/ ten ~ tAs Republican party On the sab
/ sect Of huknoe; c5
!. .sIee Republicans are ssf1ere and ear
4 uest IN siFiSinK Tor = Eea1sss JHs-metalsac
settlement. kaosiEs tAas y l4ast ess AEss
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