The Globe-republican., 1895-05-03
A Republican Policy.

Last week in the annual session of the
Kansas Republican League the ablest
men of the party expressed themselves as
being unalterably opposed to the Dem
Ocratic administration policy on the
finance question and its attitude toward
silver, and every reference made to the
white metal was cheered to the echo.
That these speakers were honest in their
convictions AM their expressions not the
semblance of doubt can be raised. Their
earnest, open avowal for policy which
will bring silver back to the place where
it had been sustained by republican legis
lation and whence it had been removed
by "a combination of democrats and pop
ulists shows that the party leaders not
only understand the situation but that it
will shoulder the responsibility of
Strengthening the kinks which the present
power and its populist ally have knotted
in the financial cable.
The opposition to The Democratic
party's position upon this issue has de-
veloped to such an extent in various forms
throughout the nation that not even the
pOpuiist party, whose representatives in
congress wore their lungs out in efforts to
deluge the country with fiat chaff, could
ignore the question if that party were to-
day alive.
The republican national convention
next spring will formulate and submit to
the country an honest, straightforward
business proposition on this line. 1t will
promise the people the very best results
that sta tesmanship can achieve. The par
ty is til only one in existence today that
makes no promises that Can not be full
filled.
Every sensible man will admit that
sudden and radical change in a nations
financial policy can not be consummated
in a day. The introduction of innova-
tiOnn requires time.
But there will be new legislation, and
the que :tion will be SO adjusted that the
full product not otherwise used of the
nations mines will be brought into use
rs money as rapidly as may be deemed
safe for stability Of the circulating medi.
um and the nations credit. The repub-
licaE party is the patron and friend of
honest money, and with past experiences
to judge from the country will know be-
forehand that every silver dollar coined
will be worth as much as any other dol
lar.
1t will devoive solely upon the repub-
lican party which will have control of
every branch of the national government
before the fifty-fOurth congress expires
to restore silver to its former position.
The democratic party has already given
evidence of its enmity toward silver and
its incompetency to handle the ceuntry's
finances at all. The populist representa-
tives in congress showed themselves be an
tagonistic to both silver and gold in their
clamorings for billions of irredeemable
paper money.
We have faith in the purpose and
ability of the republican party to handle
the problem in manner that will prove
safe for the interests of the country.
We believe its policy on this line will
be such as will cause the mines of the
west to resume operation and give en-
plOyment to labOr-revive life in all
business channels upon which Cleveland's
financial policy has brought depression,
and clear the skies of the nation gener.
ally SO far can be accomplished by such
legislation.