The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
presidential candidate to

correct them.
Mr.. Mckinley has accepted also that
phrase in his platform which pledges
the republican party to favor the pay
ment of call obligations" of the gov
ernment in gold coin only. viii he
explain to the world at Columbus on
the 18th how he can reconcile this
pledge with the following resolution,
which he voted for in the house of rep
resentatives ON the 28th day of Janu-.
ary, 1878?
Resolved, That all the bonds of the
United States issued Or authorized to
be issued under the said acts of con-
gress hereinbeforer erecited the preamble
recited all acts authorizing bonds are
payable, principal and interest, as the
option of the government of the United
States, in silver dollars of the coinage
of the United States, containing four
hundred and twelve and half grains
each of standard silver, and that to re-
store to its coinage such silver coins as
legal tender IN payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in viola
tion of the public faith, nor in deroga-
tion of the rights of the public creditor.
If this declaration was right then,
what makes il wrong today +? And if it
is not wrong today, how can the repub-
lican platform be right =?
Will Mr.. Mckinley also explain his
vote Of November 5, 1877, in favor of
the Bland bill, under which every
owner of silver bullion could carry it to
the mint and receive in exchange there
for standard silver dollars ? He then
had as much knowledge ON the subject
as is now possessed by anybody No
ADLER discussion of the whole subject
has yet been presented than that con
tanned in the report of the United
States silver commission, made in
March, 1877. Will Mr.. Mckinley in
form the country whether his vote at
that time for the measure, identical
with the one demanded by the Chicago
democratic platform of this year, made
him an anarchist whether he was then
in favor of national dishoner, and of
circulating a ffty-cent dollar for a
hundred cents, and paying debts with
it?
These are all fair questions. They
are the very essence of the sole issue of
this campaign. Mr.. Mckinley is a
deserter from the ranks of the free sill
yer men, and stands as candidate
pledged to buy gold with which to pay
debts which he has, in congress. de-
clared to be payable in silver. The
government exacts no gold for taxes OF
duties. There is no law on the statute
book under which the United States
can become the possessor of a single
/
ten-dollar gold piece The gold stand
ard men have never proposed to make
taxes payable in gold. They are OPP
posed to such a measure. They give
as reason for this that it would put
gold as premium. Mr.. Mckinley
never proposed that the government
should make taxes payable in gold,
but yet he pledges the government tc
pay in gold every obligation, including
greenbaeks and treasury notes, pre-
sented for redemption. This he does
we'll knowing that all the gold in the
world can be eornered at any time by
less than q hundred men, and that it is
now practically so cornered We want
to hear from Mr.. Mckinley on the
honesty and morality of placing the
government and people of the United
States at such disadvantage, in the
interest of a gang of greedy, audacioul
and unscrupulous gold gamblers, who
thrive only in the proportion that they
can spread misery and distress among
mankind. Cincinnati Enquirer.