The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-06
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NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
HOW THEY LIE, AND WHY.

HOW THEY LIZ, AND WHY.
In season and out, everywhere and at
all times. the constant effort of the boy
orator of the Platte, and of the Popo-
cratic press. is one seeking to impress
the people with the false idea that the
Republican party favors the use OF
gold, alone, as money. They talk as II
the Republican party had made a new
financial departure, and was in favor
of extinguishing every species Of cur
rency, save gold. ignoring the Iact
that the greenback, that the treasury
note, that the national bank note, ana
that the gold and silver certificates, are
all Republican monies, and that THESE
probably would never have existed but
for the Republican party, this Bryan
concretion whang away upon the one
single string, morning, noon and night
and between times. Not only that, but
with the fact before them that the Re
publican party is the only party in the
history of the country to utilize silver
TO any extent, except as a subsidiary
coin. and that the six hundred millions
Of silver dollars minted and now in cir
culation, directly and indirectly, were
nut into circulation and have been kept
as good as gold in spite of all opposi-
ton, including that of many promi-
nent Democrats, the howl evinces a
vast deal of gall. This befuddling at
tempt is thoroughly characteristic of
the demagogue, which term is pecul-
iarly applicable to every calamity wall
or. The St Louis platform itself, out
side of its declaration for sound
money" cites the fact that the Republi-
can party made the greenback, and
consequently all other paper money
issues as good as gold by the resump-
ton act Of 1879, since which time. as
the present platform declares, every
dollar has been as good as any other
dollar Besides. in addition to pledg-
ing the party to promote ''free coinage
of silver" by international agree
ment," it goes on with the further guar
anty that, until such free coinage can
be had, '.all our silver and paper money
must be maintained at a parity with
gold"
These are the history, these the dec
larations of the national Republican
platform, upon which platform Gov
ernor Mckinley stands, and they can
not be gainsaid, covered up, or other
wise disposed Of Aside from the gold
currency of the country every dollar of
money in circulation in the United
States of America is Republican dol
lar, and is on q parity with the gold
dollar, and is so as the act Of the Re-
publican party. The Republican party
stands unalterably for good money,
and for just as much of it as can be
kept good. For a quarter of a cen
tury this has been true of the party.
The Republican party has increased the
volume Of currency SO vastly that con-
servative statesmen and financiers of
this and of other countries feared a
collapse. There was no silver in circu-
lation when the Republican party came
into power; and, in fact, when the gold
standard was adopted there was $685.
800, $40 then in deprecated paper in
culation, including gold, silver and pa
per, is S1,509, 725, 200, every dollar of it
as good as gold, or was as good as gold
up to the time of the Chicago conven-
ton and of Bryan'S nomination, since
which time gold has ceased to circn>
late. In 1873 the per capita circula-
ton was SIS, now it is So. We said
there was no silver dollars In circula-
ton when the Republican party came
into power. There was none, in fact,
in circulation up to the time Of the
adoption Of the present standard. The
Republican party-not the Democrat,
or the Popocrat parties-has added this
vast deal Of silver to the coin-money of
the country, and has maintained it, at
the worlds standard OF value. In
short and finally, the Republican party
is not only the author and sponsor for
the present volume of currency in these
United States, but it stands for the
maintenance Of a financial system by
which the country was saved as a
country, and under which all ne vast
internal improvements and develop
ments of the country, for the last quar-
ter OF century, have been made, all
the bowling and lying Of the Popocrat
party and It's prancing praters to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
A LITTLE BUSINESS TALK.
It Is business that makes money go,
and not money that makes business 60.
Five dollars per capita. when in actual