The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-14
RALLYING FOR GOLD.
Republicans Fire Their First
Gun in Woods Hall-Large
and Enthusiastic
Meeting.

The first mass meeting of the campaign,
under the auspices of the Hudson County
Republican Committee, was held on Satur-
day night at Woods Hall. The hall was
well filed. At the rear of the platform
were displayed oil paintings of the Presi-
Dental candidates, Mckinley and Hobart,
and a band on the balcony enlivened the
proceedings with patriotic airs. The.
Orion Republican Club and the John J.
Erwin Association, returning from their
outing, marched into the hall with
music. banners and flags, and were greet
ed with cheers.
tion Counsel John A. Blair, John P. Lam
drine. Deputy Sheriff John J.. Erwin,
Charles n. King, former Mayor Gilbert
Collins. Jacob Weart, Major q. K. Pang-
born, City Collector Simeon E. Smith,
Frank Pearson and Counsellor Isaac
G~oldenhorn.
The meeting was called TO order by
John P. Landrine, chairman of the COM
mittee, who nominated Corporation Coun-
sci John A. Blair for chairman. Judge
Blair said he was glad to welcome one and
all without party distinction. They were
among friends and not in an enemy's
country.
Judge Blair introduced the Hon. John
Dalzell, of Pittsburg. Pa, the speaker of
the evening. He said it had been his
fortune for the last few lays to familiar
ize himself with the citizens of New Jer-
sey. and he had learned sufficient to
make him believe that this State, after
its long subserviency to the Democratic
party. would in the coming election place
itself in the Republican column.
THE Chicago PLATFORM" he went on,
has made 1t necessary, as all intelligent
and conscientious citizens will agree, that
all party lines must be obliterated and
those of different political faith unite to-
gether in opposition to the PRINCIPLES
therein nr0mnlpae pd The m0pAv n1Iasfiop
is the most important subject now before
the American people. What is money and
what is the relation to it of law? If
money is to measure value, It must have
value and it is necessary to have either
gold or silver, or both, or other things
exchangeable for money. Every dollar
that a man has in his pocket today is as
good as gold so long as it bears the stamp
of the United States, which is a pledge
of its value. The. difference between
money Is the element of confidence. We
know that a gold dollar is worth a dollar,
and also a greenback, but how about sill
yer, a dollar of which is really in value
worth only hfty-three cents. Therefore
the law does not make money or FIX its
value.
They talk about the money Of the
Constitution; the Constitution did not
make money. Money existed long before
the Constitution was adopted. In 1892 the
ratio of silver to gold was fixed at Is to /.
and metal was made legal tender on that
basis; but they made a mistake: thew
undervaiued gold, it was worth more than
fifteen ounces of silver. a double stand
ard never existed in this or any other
country. A single standard of values Is
recognized throughout the world. Gold
being u~ndervaiued went out Of use. PROV
ing the principle. which is now the para
mount question at issue, that bad money
drives out the good.
The silver dollar never was demone-
tized by law, but bad money has driven
out good money. assat the time Of the re-
bellion we had nothing but shinplasters
which were bad money, indeed. We hold
that every dollar Is equal to- any other
dollar, and we propose to stand bv the
ancient land mark and keep our money
just as It is. You can buy today. with
q gold dollar, thirty-two ounces Of silver
but the silverites propose that ii shall
only buy sixteen ounces. The bare stafe-
ment of that proposition ought to con
demn it at once In the opinion Of every
honest man.
THE silverites pirate about what thew
call the crime Of 1879 but we are now
dealing with the questions of today, NOT
those Of twenty-three years ago. On the
principle that an increased production az
anything viii decrease It's price. an in
crease insthe production of silver VIII do
crease the price of silver. Up to year
1S4l the whole world never produced n
any one year ove so, 10000 Ia SILVER. but