The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-04-02

tended 10 maintain the existing condi- |
ton, or is sor1e change propcsed2 II
the latter, what changer Do the Re |
publicans Of Ohio nd Oklahoma re-
gard the maintenance Of parity in /
the currency as the essential principle
Of bimetallism2
II so. what kind Of system is 1t bv
which four kinds Of m 3tallic money
and four kinds 81 paper money are all
az a parity2 Is II quadro metal paper
i.m, or IS IL qnadropa per metaliism?
Do they think that the highest fuuc-
ton Of a dollar" is TO exchange on
terms of equality with some other doll
iar2 DO they not regard the purchase
Of goods AMI the payment OF debts as
rather important functions in money?
] so do they regard prices" a. being
Of any concern to people who have
property for sale or debts to pay2
In short. do they ih'nk the stability
of purchasing power is q desirable
thing in dollars" or DO they actually
think that so long as one dollar ex
changes on equal terms with another
every struggling deUtor should tc
happy?
fbe Ohio and Oklahoma platform 8,
not a success. H. does not suit the ex-
treme gold Republicans because it fails
10 openly declare foe gold 1t is
equally unsatisfactory TO the silver
Republicans because Il is gold with
perfectly transparent varnish ot "bi
mctallis m
And we believe the best way TO
continue the parity of our dollars,
and at the same time enlarge the cir
culating medium commensurate wi6h
. D., l. - 81 h. 4. he
the unlimited use of the domestic sill
yer product in our monetary system,
and the prohibition of foreign silver
mouifi d by financial reciprocity"
The aUUse is the Oklahoma tail,
tackled on TO the Mckinley kite. What
does this well-turned, harmonious
sentence mean? II is rarely beautiful
IL is so lovely that it smacks of poetry
1t means that our dollars are now cir
culating At a parity; but we are a
little snort on dollars, and that our
currency should be increased In pro
portion TO the growth Of our popula-
tion; but there is only one good way
10 increase the currency and that is 10y
the f.ee and unlimited coinage of "Uur
domestic silver product"
Now. that is all right; but why
stop at our domestic product2 Nh~
still make silver a commodity why
not throw open our minds TO "fI ee and
unlimited coinage2' If our domestic
product" will make good money,
sound money, standard money, re-
demption money--why not prescr be
the product? Why discriminate? Why
n Ut treat silver equal with gold? II
"some silver dollars" will be a good
thing to our increasing population,
why won't a "few more silver dollars
/ be blessing? But we are told that
/ we cannot resort to free coinage Of
silver because there is an over-prodnc-
| tion Of silver and it would deluge Us II
we had free coinage.
Senator Cockrell says; "If all the
silver in tue world were dumped in
our mints and coined into standard
silver dollars in one day, we would
have just sac 90 per capita, very lit
/ tie more money than France has to-
/ day" Think what a flOou it would be
/ 70 nave sac % per capita; just think
/ how easy II would be 10 20 travelling
/ around through the nations of the
world. gather up the silver money,
winch passes at par, in their espective
countries, and contains less silver than
/ our dUiiar; and bringing it over here,
/ losing about cents on the dollar, just
70 have II coined in American dollarsl
How funny aud profitable this would
be-to the coin gatherer!
/ MIR Editor, | desire TO say in con-
clusion, that 1 sincerely hope that the
/ Democratic party when it meets in
onvention at Chicago, will have cour-
age to fearlessly and boldly declare in
unmistakable languags It's position on
the financial question. If it means 10
repudiate the teachings OF jefferson,
who advocated true bimeJal isn the
use of two metals, both gold and sill
yer, as standard money, with equal
| privileges at the mint, and equal legal
tender quantities; Of JACKSON who in
1884 signed bill which provided for
the free and unlimited coinage
o. gold and silve- at the ratio Of Is
to J. Independent OF any foreign nation;
Of Iilden, who 10 1876 said said:
/ Gold and silver ara the real standard
Of value OF all the Demo ratio ma
tional platforms since 1884, 10 1892,
declaring for honest money, the gold
and sill Ser coinage OF the constitu
tiOn. II this convention tramples
uu'er foot these time-honored and sa-
cred principles of Democracy, as the
the dictates OF our rew teachers, /
hope they will boldly declare in Ian
guage admitting of no doubt, THAT
we are in favor Of gold as the unit of
value and the only redemption
m9rey.'
But il the Democratic party comes
back TO its time honored moorings and
declares for true bimetallism, the use
of both gold and silver as standard
money, then ] hope to see that dear
| old banner float triumphantlY a. the
| Novemb Der election. n.-l}imetallist.
A fine carload of seed barley has
been received by the Welcome gro-
Gerry, which is being sold at 40 cents
per bushel
For flrst-class paper hanging call on
L. Chrisen, III north First street
The Discovery saved His Life.