Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-27
THE REPUBLICANS AND SILVER


the Sacramento platform, which de-
clares in favor Of free and unlimited
coinage at the ratio of 16 to l, says:
This declaration is in direct con-
fllct with tie currency doctrine laid
down in the Republican Nation al
platform formulated at Minneapolis,
and is the substitution of the Popu-
list platform on silver.
The currency doctrine Of the Min
neapolis platform is as follows:
The American people, from tradi-
ton and interest. favor bimetallism,
and the Republican party demand,
the use of both gold and silver as
standard money, with such restric-
tons and under such provisions, to
be determined by legislation, as will
secure the maintenance of the party
of values of the two metals, so that
the purchasing and debt-paying
power of the dollar, whether of sill
yer, gold or paper, shall be at all
producers of the country, its farmers
and its workmen, demand that every
dollar, paper or coin, issued by the
government shall be as coed as any
other. We commend the wise and
patriotic steps already taken by our
government to secure an Internal
ional conference to adopt such
measures as will insure parity of
value bet yeen gold and silver for
use as money throughout the world.
The currency doctrine" is lot
worth the paper upon which it is
written, and in all probability was
not intended to be. 1t was the Re
publican party that demonetized sill
vor in the first place, and on every
test made since that disas rous event
to restore the lost money power to
the white metal, down to AID includ-
ing the different votes in the present
Congress, at the extra session and at |
the present session, the Republicans
have stood solidly with the gold |
monometallists This is a matter Of |
plain history, within the reach of any
person who will t,ke the trouble t. |
hunt it up in the Congressional Re-
cord. The Republicans having been
iusincere at Minneapolis, they were
no doubt equally insincere at Sacra-
mentc, although there has been, it
must be confessed, quito a change
Of popular sentiment on the question
since the former expression Of party
sentiment,
The Republicans from Uallfcrnia
in Congress voted with their col
leagues from the North and East on
every proposition to enlarge the
use of silver in our currency that is
to say, they voted against it. Never
theless the Sacramento platform
pledges the Congressional nominees
of the party ''to TIE support of the
principles contained in this resolu-
ton for free and unlimited coin
age. How this pledge is to affect
Senator Perkins, for instance, or the
Republican Congressman when they
are renominated and Should matters
so turn QUIT take their seats in the
next House, is difficult t. under
stand. If the Republicans were in
favor Of silver they could have Sc
cured its reconciliation by voting
with the silver Democrats, but they
would not do it. They stood like
solid wall for the single gold stand
ard. The Democrats might have
felt a hesitancy about turning down
their president on the proposition,
but no such consideration operated to
retard the free and conscientious
action of the other side.
The reason why the plank from
the Minneapolis platform quoted
above is not worth the paper upon
which it was written, and probably
was not intended to be, Is that it
clause providing that the
use of silver shall he with such re-
strictlons and under such provisions,
to be determined by legislation, as
will secure the maintenance of the
parity" etc. Now it is known by
all bimetallsts and every true friend +
IF silver that there never can be any '
true bimetallism or full use of the
white metal as money so long as any
of legislation are imposed.
The clause therefore merely furnishes
. loophole for the escape of those
who wish to appear to be in favor of :.
while voting against the =
)nly means bv which bimetallism |