Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-21
M'KINLEY CAN'T WIN
UNLESS HE SHOULD CHANGE MS
TACTICS,
Says Chairman WnlI.er--ohio PIat-
form n strnddIe which Satisfied
Beithcr Wing of Ills Party.

Washington. March 20--The views
of William Mckinley on the financial
question were ~ead with much interest
here. but proved very dieappointng
Neither gold nor silver men here could
find fish, flesh or fowl in the Ohio can
didate's opinions, mon OF both parties
declaring that Mckinley was endeav-
oring to straddle the question now,
as he did through his entire service in
congress.
Joseph II. walker. of Massachusetts,,
who is the chairman OF the committee
on banking and currency, in the pres
ent house, said tonight:
"Ihe Ohio platform and what Cover
nor Mckinley says tits morning are all
wen enough for Ohio possibly, but no
platform will be satisfactory to the
Republican conventions. state or ma
tionm, that does not declare In terms
that not another ounce OF silver shall
be bought, ana not another silver dollar
coined, and, Furthermore. that every
obligation OF the government. prlncipai
and interest shall be paid in that coin
In which every obligation held by the
senators from the silver states and by
the capitalists OF the silver states Is
payable namcIy-Gold coin.
THE people OF the rest Of the country
are tired Of representatives trying to
force iree silver coinage on them. when
congress has no moro power to touch
their own states which are gold states,
than they have to touch England,
which Is n gold country"
one of the mambers OF the advisory
Republican committee OF fifteen, which
in the Fitty-nrsl congress were ap-
pointed by the Republican caucus to
prepare financial hill and which did
eventually frame the bill that resulted
IA ell In
said tonight:
Mr.. Mckinley was member OF this
committee Of fifteen. and he was the
only one of its members that turned
traitor 1t was composed OF the eight
Republican members OF the committee
on coinage and weights and measures:
Conger. OF Iowa; Wickham. Walker. of
Massachusetts; Carter, OF Montana:
Comstook. Of Wisconsin; Rlrtlue, of
Nevada; Knapp, Of New York. and
Taylor of Illinois Together with
these seven of the strnngest and most
prominent Republican leaders in the
house, namely, Mckinley. of Call
Cannon, NJ Illinois: NcKeuna, Of Cali
fornia; Burrows. of Michigan; Bayne,
OF Pennsylvanin; Townsend. OF Colo
RADIO, and McComas of MARYLAND
served on this advisory committee.
we considered the subject with
great care, and on three or four oc-
caslons, VIC agreed on the proposition
that we should submit to the RepubIi
can caucus. Each time that we made
our report, Mckinley. although he had
supported the plan in the committee.
turned tail In the caucus. and made
motions and offered amendments which
IN every case would have tended to a
sreater use OF silver rather than the
committee Itself had deemed advisable
Even the out-and-out free silver
men. VINO were members of the Ad-
Visory committee. were willing 10 stand
10Y the unwiittcn pledge to support the
plans proposed by the committee. and
made no attempt in caucus 10 upset
me work that had been done. II 1t had
MOI heen FOR McKinleys peculiar tac-
ties it is entirely probable that a much