The herald., 1896-06-16
1.-THE Republican party is unreservedly

| "The Republican party is unreservedly
| Tor sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of law providing for the resump-
| tfon OF specie payments in 1879; since
then every dollar has been as good as
; gold. We are unalterably opposed to
every measure calculated to debase our
| currency or impair the credit of the
| country. We are, therefore, opposed to
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
| yer, except by international agreement,
| which we favor, and until such agree
ment can be obtained the existing gold
standard should be preserved. We favor
| the use of silver as currency, but to the
extent only that its parity with gold can
be maintained, and we favor measures
designed to maintain inviolable the
| money OF the United States, whether
coin or paper, the standard of the most
enlightened nations of the earth"
Ex-Governor Charles Foster Of Ohio,
who was secretary of the treasury under
the Harrison administration, was TAX
ing an active part today in urging Ohio
delegates, including Mr.. Hanna, to make
the financial plank specifically q gold
standard declaration. He said:
| That the word gold has obtained i'm
portance and significance not heretofore
attached to 1t, Is evident. The discus
sion as to the platform on the money
question has turned wholly upon the
point as to whether the word gold is to
be used or omitted-whether the phrase
shall be the existing standard or the
existing gold standard
In view of the supreme Importance
OF adopting platform about which no
controversy either expressed or implied,
can be had, it becomes highly important
that the word gold be used
The opposition to the free coinage
OF silver or any form of debasement Of
| our currency need not be Extensively ex-
I l,TraSqad ne nf oil 10,
as the parity of the two metals is not en-
dangered and to use all honorable means
to secure such an International agree
ment as will safely permit he free coin
age of silver as a basis to be agreed
upon. there can be no objection"
He insisted that If Senator-elect For
aker, as chairman of the committee on
resolutions, reported a financial plank
without the words gold standard" Mr..
Lodge and others would move to insert
on the floor of the convention and that
| the party would be put on record as de-
feating an amendment which could be
misinterpreted for a gold standard.
Senator Dubois has made the follow
Ing signed statement the Associated
| Press:
The silver men have in no sense aban-
doned their fight and those who suppose
they nave will find themselves very
| much mistaken. We have a perfect un-
derstanding among ourselves and our
| plans are made, as will be seen in due
time. We shall go into the committee
on resolutions and from there into the
convention with demand for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver We
shall expect to be given our due share
Of time in the convention and to be
fully and fairly heard in the presenta-
| tion OF our cause. We shall, of course.
make the best plea we can, and we ex-
pect to be able to show that our de-
a tn @.1 IL
and traditions of the Republican party.
We cannot, Of course, hope to win. What
we shall do when this is demonstrated,
the public will then see, but whatever
we do we expect to have the co-opera-
tion of the delegates from Idaho, Col
orado, Montana. Utah and Nevada, and
also that of other scattering delegates. ]
have no means of knowing whether the
platform that will be adopted will de-
clare absolutely for the gold standard
and against Diive1 without conditions
or damn" silver with faint praise, but
as between the two courses 1t seems to
me that the courageous and manly plan
would be for the gold people to adopt
the former. None Of the subterfuges
proposed will deceive the people in any
degree
AS far as elected the committee on re-
solutions has large majority for gold
in the platform. The following states
will so vote when the test comes accord
ing to the declarations made by MEM
bers of the delegation and by commit
teemen themselves: Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, In
dian Territory. Kentucky. Louisiana.
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Min
nesota, Missouri Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, New York New Jersey, North Da-
kota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin,
Total. 25.
Then there are several states which
are against the free coinage of silver,
but which object to the word gold in the
platform and want declaration for
sound. money. These states are Iowa.
Kansas, Michigan and South Carolina.
There are some who are not yet de-
termined. The division in Florida and
the dead lock in the District of Column
bia will both result in the selection Of
gold men.
The out-and-out silver men will come
from the following states and territor-
les: Arizona, Colorado, California,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Texas, Utah, Wyoming.
Headed by Senator Teller Of Colorado.
they have only mustered five states and
perhaps one territory; less than fifty del
egates in all, out of a total Of over 900.
The real struggle Is between those
who favor a bold declaration for the
maintenance of gold standard except
| through an international agreement,
and those whose friendliness to silver,
although opposed to free coinage, makes
them seek to avoid specific declaration
for the gold standard. The meetings of
the state delegations today demonstrat-
ed emphatically that the convention will
not dodge the issue or equivocate in Ian
guage. Twenty-eight states, compris-
ing the territory east of the Mississippi
and almost the entire south, elected
members Of the resolutions committee
and instructed them to vote for gold
declaration.
Wisconsin, Minnesota Nebraska, Ore
gon and Washington also took strong
grounds for gold. In Indiana General
Lew Wallace was chosen as a member OF
the resolutions committee after he had
declared he would not stand upon the
Indiana plank and the utterance in ia
vor of the gold standard could not be
made too strong for him. Minnesota
with her eighteen votes, instructed ex-
Governor Merriam to insist upon a dec
laration for the gold standard Michi-
gan and several of the northwestern
states, notably Iowa and the Dakotas
and several of the southern states, Geor-
gia, Mississippi and Louisiana, an
nounced their opposition to free coinage
! but did not favor tO0 radical a 1aoIa