Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-07-02
O4c:al Paper CT IRE City c; Aberdeen
TIE 1899 DECLARATION.

The advocates q free coinage ci silver
l: = . : in the party contend .ha: the
Democrats have 10: carried 90. the prin-
c.P!es a. euunciatei in the lss2 plat
io-m. c,2;uin. tina: tia. p,A.iOrrl de-
cl1red for free coinage AMI Vas - under
s:ool. The Seattle TImas takes NJ.
Whitney % ;as< ;or saying lie presel:
demand :or iree co.nacs i new doctrine.
The financial l'ank Of The 1872 Platform
i a. follows:
We hold . the Use Of both gold and
silver as the standard n9aey 9: the eoun-
t.y. all 10 the cu;na.s Of to:h gold aui
silver N.:hou: Discrimination a-a;us:
e.;heE metal Or charge io- rin,a.e. bu:
the i3i.ar I'll; {; coinage q bath metals
must u Il equal intrinsic ani exchanse-
able value. Or &c adjusted through inter
ra,icn4. agreement, q by such safe
quarts @. legislation u shall Insure the
parity Ct the :wo metal: AMI the equal
power q every dollar i: al times IN the
markets anl IN The payneu: q debts.
All Ee demand that al paper currency
sha., = KEEP: :: par H!:h and reiee Il able
in .1ch c9in. We insis. upon this policy
a. especially necessary Tor the protection
Q: the tanners aai laoorin; classes, the
frs: and Gos: iei=nse,e=s victims Of u.
sable money aud 1rc.ua:ing currency.
TIE declaration i3s free coinage il this
plank La: The provision attached TO i,
tia: the dollar or uni: Of bath metals
mus. have the same intrinsic value.
We 10 not do1t. If enough silver i: pu;
into the dollar to give j; the same in.
trinsic value as the gold dollar. tia: ,een
al the opposition - is free coinage will
disappear from within the Democratic
party. Bu: there IS in this platform 10
demand Tor coinage Z. Is % l-:ha: be-
ing the presen: demand Of the silver
men. new doctrine Is advanced.
The plank provides fox three methods,
by any one Of which the party Is favor.
aole 70 Tie coinage Q; silver. We have
mated the first. The second is by inter-
national agreement, and the third by
such restrictions as will maintain the
parity. The second is midsum uer 5
dream. 20 far a. its realization IS con.
cerned. The third was offered 10 the
Democratic congress By Senator Jones,
Of Arkansas, in the form Of a bill proyii-
Ing for the coinage Of silve. into standard
dollars Of the same weigh: and 6nene.s
as those now in Use, the difference De-
tween the coinage value ard commercial
value 70 IL retained in the treasury as
se!sp!orAge This safeguard Of legisla-
ton would have maintained the parity,
a. provided in the platform, bu: the Is 10
Democrats in congress refused 70 stand
upon the platform and would no, accep.
.hi=. They are responsible, and they
only. Tor the fac; tina. our minis are not:
nov open 70 Independent: coinage Of both
gold and silver
II the Convention q. Chicago shall de-
clare emphsiically for ,hi: las. one OF the
three provisions Of the ls92 platform, dis
clriiny the other two, and make an en-
pha,ic declaration in favor Of independ.
en-; bime;alli-in upon common sense
basis, they will enunciate doctrine TO
which the entire Democratic party can
subscribe, and upon which doctrine they
can appeal 10 the intelligent voter with
the ASSURANCE that his common sense,
business prudence will heartily sanction
such a proposition. II, On the other
hand they force the unreasonable rs to i
proposition 70 the front. that part Of the
party which has been in the habit Of do
ing business On business principles will
consider long and well before subscribing
10 such doctrine at the polls.