The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-11-08
Senator Chandler on Bimetallism.

received by t. c. Clayton, secretary OF
the Republican State League of Color
ado. In transmitting it to the Denver
Republican Mr.. Clayton writes:
II have an abiding faith that it will
fall to the Republican party to provide
a solution to the silver question. How
ever much the stale charge to the con-
trary may be reiterated, it remains a
fact that practically all the friends the
cause of bimetallism has in the Eastern
and New England States are Re-
publicans"
Senator Chambers letter reads:
Concord, N. H., Oct. s, 1857. C.
Clayton, Secretary of the Republican
State League of Colorado-Dear Sir
In response to your recent letter | ap-
peal to the Republicans OF Colorado to
stand firmly with the national Repub-
lican organization and its candidates
in the Presidential canvass of '96
This is the true way to defeat the sim
gle gold standard and to secure the
establishment of bimetallism to which
the Republican party is pledged. Here
are its two platforms issued by the
national convention:
"1SSS-The Republican party is in
favor of the use of both gold and silver
as money and condemns the policy OF
the Democratic party in its efforts to
demonetize silver.
"1S92-The American people from
tradition and interest favor bimetall-
ism, and the Republican party de-
mands the use OF both gold and silver
as standard money"
These declarations pledge the party
to obtain if possible bv any human
means the free coinage of both gold
and silver as the standard money of
the world, and as the measures of the
value of all the property of the world.
They do not mean that silver shall be
used as an auxiliary metal, for partial,
limited, or petty coinage, but that it
shall be used at an agreed ratio as the
equal of gold according to the princi-
piles of binetallism as they are well
understood by every intelligent person
who has given any investigation what
ever to the fubject.
THE PARTY PLEDGE.
This pledge of the Republican party
to secure bimetallism will not be ig-
nored nor dishonored, if the party re-
gains full national power. Here and
there Republican newspaper or a
Republican of note talks about "the
present gold standard" as something
that we must acquiesce in, if England
and Germany continue to refuse to re-
monetize silver. But the masses of
the Republican party are sound on this
issue. They do not mean to ALLOW half
the worlds metallic measure of value
to be rejected and destroyed. They
intend to fight patiently and persist
emily against gold monemetallism.
The party will 60 into the next Presi-
Dental battle pledged to bimetallism,
which I believe as sure as right is right
will win complete victory in due
time.
Under these circumstances the Re-
publicans of Colorado and the-other
States producing silver should adhere
faithfully to the Republican party and
fight their battle for silver in the
method of a contest for bimetall-
ism carried on by substantially
the whole Republican party, and not
allow that party to be captured by
gold monometallists, if any attempt
shall be made thus to capture 1T.
There are very obvious reasons for this
continued adhesion to their own party.
The contest for bimetallism is not
beinS carried on in the interest merely
of the producer Of silver. If it were it
would be comparatively small inter
est, which could not triumph against
the tremendous creditor powers which
are demanding gold monometallism.
Silver producers have a right to con-
tend for their own interests, but good
sense requires them to make their
fight as a part of a much more import
ant movement, of wide influence and
intense force, namely, the movement
to prevent the whole world, the pro-
ducers of silver and the non-producers
Except the creditor classes) from suffer
ing the severe calamitles which would
result from gold mOnometalllsm. The
contest for bimetallism on this broad
basis will succeed; fought in any
narrower ground it will fail.
DEMOCRATIC MoNoMETALIIsTs
On the other hand, the Democratic
leaders, the men who dominate and
control its national influence, patron
age, and organization, are gold mono
metallists. The Democracy have never
in the last half century been genu-
inc party of the people, but curious
mixture; wealthy oligarchy at one
extreme and the most degraded cltl-
zens at the other. The party has ap-
pealed to the prejudices, passions, and
vices of the lowest classes in the coun,
try in order to get power by their votes
and has sold itself to the monopolles
trusts, and money aggregations when
IL has obtained control of the Nation
President Cleveland and his admins
tration are absolutely in the hands o.
Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan and his syndl
cate of foreign bankers; they are
against silver as money metal, ane
they are committed to gold monomet
allisni. With the patronage OF th'
government, With money manipulate
bv William G.. Whitney and Calvin S
Brice. the Democracy are hopelessl,
subiugated; and their next national
convention will be as hostile TO tn
principles of bimetallism as are tn