The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-22

NOT fNCOSsTsTEST.
Genaso~ TesE<r eteErsz tsat BE has ret
s~sr the Rerabsrsn party. bst that he
Repaossezr party hss s~st hsr- " proof
q ira he refers 20 fae platform sSe7tsf
bv the Republicans IN SIC convsntSen %
lssz 4 Declared. hs ssyx. n fsver %
TIE free collage % silver. zrt this Be
kno~s % be true becasse be srafss1 tie
rsank himself
THAT esaass.~ said ar. Teller "a Tire
ecurse - speech Ia TIRE senate. was
drafted by rae- J kn@s what s. meant
TIE people il sasny ssctisns @ the COBB
try believed shzt Il meant free coinage.
because. they ssss. n voa have tf-rsstzl-
iszn. yoa are soane 30 have free cczn-
aga An: that II true Mr. Teller only
parity states sss case. The sailossng tz
the money park adopted ~ Atansa2osisi
The Americas people frorn trasstsoa
AMI interest <aver bs-retzsasrS. arc tns
Re5abilcan party demands The use 0,
both xosa ard silver as standard uersy,
WITH saeh restrictions ans unter sscn pro
ysss1ns 20 De determined by ssx1sizkfos.
81 VII secure tae Fzaatntenanre % the
E4r1tF Of VALUES 81 TIC A6g ts1r%rAA ~
that the PURCHASING and ssbt-paysng pow
er % the Dollar. whether OF silver. gold
or paper. shall BE- 81 al times equal The
Interests o< tbs producers % ire Country.
IS farmers ard lts xorkInxmen. demand
that every dollar. paper or eoars SssIsc
BIZ the government shall be as good ss
any other We commend ssIs wise ard
patriotic STEPS already taken ~ our gov-
eminent 20 secure ar International con-
mi
insure a parity or value between gold
ami silver for use - money throughout
the world.
psifeation. II II really q very Different
proposition 10 that Submitted BIZ Mr.. Tel
Ter. who only wrote the nrst few lines.
making the demand for "the Use Of both
gold and silver IS standard money"
There 10 no opposition IN the ReDub-
lean party 10 the use o. both silver ana
xos1 50 long ~ q, r. andsr .uch provisions
80 will secure the naantenzncs Of the
parity OF values Of the tso metals" The
free silver people say that this can bs
done NJ the ratio OF is TO I. and that even
IL II ean rot. American interests win rot
Tsfysr: the sound money usn say that
the parity can net be maintained at that
ratio By tfss country alone. and that the
eYsc. Of an attempt 10 10 u will be dis
sstroas 20 American interests.
II the Minneapolis plank had been re-
adopted AZ st. Louis. would Mr. Teller
have accepted that as satisfactory IL
vas good enough fer him four years ago
when. as he says. Z. meant free coinage;
yet Il was 90 restricted By conditions az
10 be aceeptabIs 20 SQUAD ncney men vhs
sosId never consent to. nor supposed the
plank meant. unqualified free silver.
The fact Of the matter 10 that condi-
fions have changed since lss2 The Re-
pabsleans realized that 1t was dangerous
to permit the impression TO longer remain
that. as Mr.. Teller claimed. the party was
Ia favor Of free coinage az Is 10 i. II real
ize1 that the plank was open to rnisin-
depreciation. that Il was not specific
enough. and that the time had arrived
when no room should be left for eqnivo-
eaten. Senator Teller il credited With
being a man Of honesty and moral eour-
age and he could hardly be In favor OF
a platform which could be made use Of
by gold men. silver men and bi-metallists
with equal facility.
The history Of the plank recalls atten-
tfcn 20 the inequality Of representation
afforded by some Of the customs Of ma
tIonal convention IN fsa= the committee
on platform was as usual formed BY Sc
iecssng one member from each state or
territorial delegation. consisting Of forty
eight members. A subcommittee Of five
was selected BY that committee 10 pre-
pare the money plank. IL consisted Of
Jonss OF Nevada. Teller Of Colorado. Cam
non OF Illinois. Fsirchnd Of Wisconsin
ana Bracket Of Massachusetts, The fol-
loving shows the relative populations.
Illinois .......1Sas al Colorado ....-.ssiss
Massachusetts, s.1ss esfSewaa& ......... 4a.ssI
Wisconsin ....l $50 Sso
Total .7.szsi7t Total -. ....ss4 xs
TIE two silver men representing less