Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-10-14
BAuTINE On REPUBLIcANIsM.

Hon. II. F. Bartine. ex-Congress-
man from Nevada, who stood by the
Republican party while chat party
stood by its principles, was one Of the
speakers Mt a large and enthusiast:
meeting in Chicago last Saturday.
and among other things said:
lam opposed to the candidates Of
the Repub lean party because upon
the great and practical issue before
us that party has ceased to be Repub-
ican as / understand the term. Con-
trary to all its past history and ira
ditioD, for the first time since it was
born, the Republican party has open
ly declared in favor of The gold stand
ard and laid down in the awful shad
ow Of the money power of Europe
and America. by history and ira
dillon it was always bi!nelalIic party
pledged to maintain the gold and sill
yer m)Day of The constitution until
its independence and its Americanisni
we strang:ei together in ST. Louis
on the 18th day Of last June. The
power that holds the purse strings of
the world has the world ut its mel cy,
that power ;0iay Is London, and Lon
don will continue to he the power 80
long as the gold standard is main
tanned. The tinanciers of England
understand this perfectly well. Run
ming all through the testimony Of the
gold standard advocates who made
the statements before the royal COM
mission in 1867. was the idea that
the restoration of silver would injure
England rs a creditor nation and de-
prive London Of its present. position
as the worlds great financial center.
Mr.. Gladstone els0 understands il
well. In the most explicit terms he
has declared that England is cred
itor to the extent of SlOOOO,OOO.O0U
and that the restoration of binIetal-
lism would re luce the value of the
money which she collected. What
did he mean by that? Was he afraid
OF Engl md beng paid in "cheap sill
ver?' Not at all. He knew that
under international bimetallism gold
and silver would be Of eGnaI value at
the ratio agreed upon. but he also
knew that the restoration Of silver
would make the gold self cheaper.
II that be true, then the demonetiza-
ton OF silver made gold dearer and
gave England an advantage that does
not belong to her by any principle of
justice and fair dealing. And this is
not the worst OF it. The declaration
10 made with the full knowledge that
the restoration Of bimetalliam would
be for the best interests Of the coun-
try. As Mr.. Bryan hac frequently
said, the promise to promote an inter
national agreemant Is itself an ad-
mission that there is something wrong |
with tho gold standard. So the ,,osi. |
ton Of tho Republican party il Sim
ply this: It admits that bimetallism
will be for the best interesta of tho
country. but at the Same time mikes
the humiliating plea, that We can do
nothing for our own good without
the permission and the aid Of coun. |
try whose interests are directly on
posed to our own. But even this
does not tell the whole story. When
the st. Louis Republican Convention
met not more than one fourth OF its
members we're actually and ayowed.
~ Tor the gold standard. Moro than |
three-fourths were strongly for BIZ
metallism--or at least they claimed
70 be. And yet the three fourt,s law
meekly down and allowed tho ono.
Fourth representing the English idea
In American politics tn hind t,,on