Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-06-28
TO PROTECT SILVER.
FOREIGN COLO. BUGS MUST
COME DOWN.
The Republican Party Will Bring These
Dlo0d- suckers to Their Knees Pen sion
FRAUD Hunt Is Abandoned The Decline
In the Price Of wool.
A Feasible Plan.


The platform adopted by the recent
Republican stat convention of Ind :
ana, In indianapolis, contains propo.
sition that is wo thy OF more than
pas sing rotice: it is not the declaration
OF any new doctrine, but the proiec-
tion Of an Id and wel.-deiincd princi-
Pile into a new field. The platform
said:
We favor the imposition OF increased
tariff duties upon imports from all foreign
countries which oppose the coinage OF sill.
yer upon basis 10 be determined by an
International congress for such purposa.
THIS is simply proposition to use
the taxing power of the Governme. t
as a means TO coerce the nations of earth
to agI ee upon what basis I'll er shall
| Q coined and used as money through
out the civilized world. What mo Q
could the most radical liver man .,
for? What IN re could the IN no.
mctalist ask than that silver if used
a money, and it will be SO II ed, should
be On basis that will 70: ever mainta n
the parity of value of the two metals?
God will not thereby be dep eciated,
but silver. on the other hand, viii at
once acquire and maintain q true and
permanent value in the monetary
world. ExPresident Harrison adj
dres cd the convention lefore that
platform had lean read, and he used
this very forcible language, which is
directly in harmony with tho plat
form:
The Republican party is friendly to a
resI oration OF silver 10 q place OF honor
among the money metals OF the world
Some OF my friends In the West thought
was uttering new doctrine.when declared
that believed the free use OF silver. upon
an International agreement that would
sure its continued equality with gold.
would do more tn IN anything l know OF,
save the esta ablishmcnt of the protection
principle. to bring again prosperity into
our commerce. The trouble upon This
question has Ieen that some OF our
western friends would not receive any man
a. the friend OF silver who believed that
we could only coin it freely and maintain
its parity with gold by coming into an
arrangement with the other great COM
merciai nations Of tho world They should
have been more liberal ] ielieye to-day
that We can sec ia England the ma tion that
has stood against the larger use OF silver;
in Germany, a nation that has followed
England--the clear indication OF the
growth OF q sentiment for an In ternat:ona al
agreement upon this question Is increasing
in power. and l lelieve II rightly and
wisely ENCOURAGED from American it will
finally bring other nations, by the COM
pulson OF their own necessities. into
accord with us upon thissubject.
Thus we have suggested perfectly
feasible plan whereby those nations
which stand opposed to the use of
silver on tho basis proposed can he
brought to their knees and the best
interests of the American republic
subserved. 1t is notice to the
Amer can Congress that the province
of Congress is to legislate for the ex-
elusive benefit of the American people
as against the world. We shall hear
more of it,. 3. Pfaff, Noblesvilie,
Ind