Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-11
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

apprehension Excited by Campaign
III utterances Refuses to bs
Il IN, Allayed.
New York World, in an omen let.
Candidate Bryan on Tuesday
sSSsscrptAg, puts some grave and important
ssslftpAs to him. and urges him to
q y! \ H II he elwants to be elected,
SS q ;zns psople are pondering those very
kSl9ssst4e .eir votes will turn OH how
;I!38s55zsSssSS1eAayswered 5sSss and explained by
5 5 ~ s eaders of the Tribune should
\ Il, editorial, which is reprinted
S5$ 81 aaS lection with Bryan's speech
~ Quare garden last night.
~ = $ssd says. under the caption
sI9 Mrs Bryan: On the 10th of July.
TneS Sery day of your nomination for
rrestdent, You addressed communica-
tton to the World in the following words:
TO the World: The restoration Of silver to
se ths ase pa Of ESdb s IN
money mon and property and thus permit re-
Which d did general The World
an income tax. win find still larger aeid Of
9sefulness IN supporting the gold and silver
coinage of the conSt1tn5l9n WTlilfa, npy.x
The World has conscentiously consid-
ss'ered your courteous request: 1t has
carefully studied your speeches made
curing and since the. Chicago conyen-
aon. It has studiously examined your
y sscord ord in nc Congress: It has impartially
tSEyer. an orator and editor, in order to
OBTAIN an understanding of your real
hardest thing in the
& Hdld to ascertain concerning any man;
bsIobtained from your eulogists and as
sseo9iates. with the same end in view. 1t
A&s done all this in the sincere hope that
ire knowledge gained or impressions re-
4 Xetved would relieve the fear and apprc-
pension excited by some of your utter
the Chicago platform, on which you
In this connection it is only Just to
remind you that the plank in the Chica-
!, 20 platform seeming to reflect upon the
Integrity of the Supreme court and in
In order to secure desired decision,
and the other resolution denouncing
government by Injunction" have been
severely criticised by conservative and
law.abiding citizens. The people have a
profound and abiding respect for their
appointed in their decisions. They
Eould be glad to hear your interpreta-
tion of the resolution. which is generally
= accepted us n stupid and Incorporate
attack upon the Supreme court and the
I. avowal of the purpose to reconstruct it
In accordance with the beliefs of the
Eplatform makers should your election
understanding?
Definition is also called for of the
resolution denouncing ''arbitrary inter-
ference by federal authorities in local
matters" This is generally believed to
!. mean free riot with free silver" as
Wen as sympathy with lawlessness and
action at the time of the Chicago strike.
Yet all who believe in law and order
( as the very life and root-basis of civil
1Ied government regard this as one of
the most highly creditable acts of his
administration. What is your view of
It? 'A
Are you, Mr.. Bryan. for actual and
practical bimetallism-the equal coinage
Of gold and silver at ratio that will
permit the free circulation of both money
metals, as the ratio of 16 to / has never
done? When you say that YOU favor
free coinage by the United States with.
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any foreign government, do you mean
that the concurrence of the great COM
mercial nations with which we trnie il
not desirable and even indispensable If
the country is not to sink to a silver
pasis! Do you really favor the mone-
tary isolation of the United States in
tne family of great nations? Do we not
face value all over the world? You in.
sist upon ..the right of the peo.
pie Of the United States to ierisIate
Tor themselves upon all questions.S
This right is not questioned by any.
so far as we know. But the right does
$h<a< <l,NAy
gress has the right. to declare that our
surplus agricultural products shall be
sold abroad. But would such an mas asser. n
tion of national independence henefit
the country? Would it have helped the
farmers Of the United States to have
had the $s,OOO,O00.OO0 Of exports in
the last ten years kept in the home mar.
ket, or to have sold them for depreci.
ated currency while buying in return at
gold prices? If you would not favor tho
isolation of the United States why
should you desire it's financial isolation?
In the interest of clear understand.
ing OF your position, and to allay If pos
you know to exist, will you answer these
9uestlons IN your acceptance of the presi.
DENTAL nomination, which you ara ahomt
to deliver? You must perceive in the the
preparations for q second Democratic
ticket, and in the divisions and distrac.
s.0.S @uAvuS yOuT IOpuuSI and Demo.
cratic supporters at the South. prowinr
danger to your cause. We assume that
you wish to be elected. These are some ONE
OF the points upon which you can 90.
cure votes by allaying apprehensions % M
You may also be able to do this by reply.
sng to these questions, suggested By your
l. When in the history Of this countrv
has M -. silver M OCCUPIED ~. ,'its ancient place
been a time when the two metals circ,,s Tru.
lated upon equal terms as full legal
tender money, with the mints open to
If so, when was it? ee'"'
2. You say that the restoration Of that
condition will, in your judgment, re. re.
property" win you kindly explain % ,vhat ina
you mean by this? What is the q parity rit,
sn between spI1 money m. and property?" Do You
prices. undo the cheapening effects OF Of i'm. NJ
prSyeS noros 9ssy oda. etc.,
classes of the community2 IEe.N " I'll III