Mohave County miner., 1895-06-22
Republican Party on Siluer.

~ ID VI interest 10 nOf0 the record Of the republican party on the currency question. In 1894 the platforms of the party contained the following declarations on the subject in the states named:
 Arkansas favors bimetallism and de- mands the use of both gold and silver as standard money.
 California, favors the free and unlim- ited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to and the making of silver, as well as gold, a legal tender in payment of all debts.
 Colorado, demands the free and unlm- ited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of l6 to 1.
 Connecticut, holds that American sil yer, as well as American gold, shall be used as standard money under sIeh international agreement as will assure the main'enance of a parity of values
 Delaware, fayors bimetalism and de. mands the use Of both gold and silver as a standard money as such ratio and un. der such conditions as shall be fixed by international agreement.
 The platforms of Illinois, Iowa, Kan. sa,, North DAk, ,ta. 0hio, Tennessee and Wyoming contain express declarations in favor of bimetallism, without refer. ence to an international agreement.
 That of Indiana favors currency composed of gold, silver and paper, readily convertible at a fixed standard of value,"
 Maine advocates policy not in favor of monomesallism, either of gold or silver, but international bimetallism.
 Massachusetts declares in favor of making every dollar inierchangeab in value and eqpal to every other.
 Michigan pledges the party to use every effort to restore silver 10 it's proper position in the United States as money metal.
 New Hampshire simply condemns the democratic policy that has emp,ied the treasury and entirely dissipated the gold reserve.
 New York iavors the international agreement which shall result in the use of both gold and silver as circulating medium.
 Pennsylvania fsvors the expansion of the circulating meiium until the same shall amount to s4J per capita and de- clares its adherence to the utterances of the last national republican convention, which are in favor of bimetallism.
 Rhode Island f4yors making every dollar of equal purchasing power.
 Texas favors sound money of gold, silver and currency, it's volume as large as practicable and every dollar equal Tn value one 10 the other.
 Wisconsin expresses opposition to debased or depIeciated currency and favors the use of silver as currency to the extent that it can be circulated on parity with gold.
 Thus it is to be observed that out of twenty of the principal states of the Union, the republican party in not one of them declared in their last stste plat. forms in favor of the single gold standard, says the Pasadena Star. In nearly every one of them, on the contrary, the declar. ation on the currency question is flat. footed In advocacy of the double standard of gold and silver. In this they follow the lead of the national platform of 1892, which contains the following enunciation on the subject: "The American people from tradition and interest, favor bimet- sllism, and the republican party de. mands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be de. termined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values, so that the purchasing and debt.paying power ot the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times equal"
 All these declarations, while they diff fer in some particulars, contain an un. equiyocal expression of relief in bimet. sllism as the monetary policy ot the country. They are commended to the attention of those who so fippantly as- sert that any departure from the gold standard confession of faith is rank heresy, and that the republican party is