Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-04
w. A. Calderhead and Silver.

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thesilver question. Has Mr.. Calderhcad yet
Informed his constituents whether he Is for
single gold standard for free silveri-ITopeka
State Journal.
The most despicablc newspaper is
the one that pretends to support the
Republican party, and at the same
time is always looking for an oppor-
tunity to stab some Republican can
didate in the back.
The base insinuations Of the Journal
against the Republican candidate
have done more to give encourage
ment to the opposition than the state
ments Of any other paper. The State
journal is the only evening paper
published in Topeka which prctcnds
to be Republican and the people nat
urally look to 1t for support Of the
Republican candidates and Republican
principles, but it is constantly mis-
representing candidates, and furnish
ing comfort and aid to the enemy.
From the time that Mr.. Calderhead
made his first speech in this campaign
there has never been any doubt as to
the position which he holds upon the
financial questions Of the day,
He then stated, and he has reitcrat-
cd the statement in every speech that
he has made from that time TO the
present, that he stands squarely upon
the national Republican platform Of
1892 and the State Republican plat
form OF 1894. That he is now and al
ways has been In favor OF the coinage
Of both silver and gold and that, Il
elected to congress, his vote will be
cast for the rc-establisliment Of silver
as a money standard Of this country.
In each Of the six speeches which
Mr.. Caldcrhcad made last week in
this county, he stated fully and I'M
equivocally that he was in favor of
the free coinage Of silver in such man
ner as to preserve the parity between
gold and silver; that he was In favor
Of both gold aud silver.
Ilc'takes the position that we have
in this country about 5000, 100000 in
gold; about $3.50, 900, 900 in silver and
about 81, 100, 900, 900 in paper money,
and that he il in favor Of that linan-
cial policy which will make every
dollar, whether Of gold, silver or
paper, equal to every other dollar in
the country.
lie is not In favor Of u cheap dollar
for the poor man and more valuable
dollar for the rich man. Mr.. Calder
head further proved by the published
speeches Of John Davis and other
Populist representatives from Kansas,
that the Populst leaders from this
State are not in favor Of free silver Or
any other kind of silver.
Mr.. John Davis states that the free
coinage Of silver is only "stcp"
towards the flat money schemes
which he, Senator PETER and others
Of his party have been advocating for
the last 20 years. Mr., Calderhcad
shows a bill which Jerry Simpson,
the popuist leader, introduced into
in which he advocates the
absolute decentralization OF both gold
and silver, and the substitution there
Of Of fiat money
That this is the ultimate purpose
Of the fiat money schemes evolved in
the brains of John Davis and Senator
PETER, there is no question in the
mind Of any one who has read their
speeches and followed their argu-
ments.
II is time that the State Journal
should cease to reflect upon the in
tegrlty and honesty of W. A. Calder
head. II is enough for Populist and
Democratic newspapers to indulge in
such base Misrepresentation. Had
the State journal taken the trouble to
investigate Mr.. Calderhead's position
on the matter before assailing him it
would have found that 1t had no
ground for the attacks 1t has so I'M
fairly made.
Mr., Calderhead is a Republican.
He Is an honest Republican, He be-
lieves unequivocally in the principles
Of the Republican party. He stands
firm in his allegiance to every princi-
pic which the Republican party has
enunciated. He has no apology to
make for the Republican party, be-
cause ii needs none. He is a better
friend of silver than John Davis or
Senator PETER or any other Populist
in the State Of Kansas, and, II elected
to congress, he will do more to
restore silver to its former position as
one Of the money metals of this
country than John Davis, or Senator
PETER or any other populist