The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-03
A BIG REPUBLICAN BOLT.
The Silver Wing in Minnesota Won't
support Mckinley.

support McA1nley.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 2.-The most SEN
sational manifesto in Minnesota's history
was that issued this afternoon by the sill
yer republicans, who refuse 70 support
Mckinley for President, Clough for gov
ernor, or any of the republican candidates
for congress. The prominence of the
men signing it attracts to 1t widespread
attention. Among the number are Lieut.
Gov. Frank A. Day, Congressman
Charles A. Towne, ex-Congressman John
Lind and several state senators.
The address is issued to the republicans
of Minnesota and says: 1.-The greatest is
sue which has arisen in this country since
the abolition of African slavery now con-
fronts the American people. The COM
mon people have viewed with increasing
alarm the effort of a foreign money aris-
tocracy to faSten upon this nation the
single gold standard of value. In the
past they turned with their inspiration OF
falth to the republican party for protec-
ton against that power which seeks to
strike down one-half the redemption
money of the world that the other half
may purchase double the amount of the
products of toll. They had a right to ex-
pect such protection. The republican
party as born of the common people. It's
mission has been to dignity labor, to Sc
cure to him who tolls in the field or mine
the just fruits of honest labor.
From the day of the parrys
birth until the present time no article of
republican faith has been more pronounce
ed than the belief in bimetallism. 1t has
been written in it's platforms and taught
by all its great leaders. In national con-
Ventton in 1888 1t condemned the policy Of
the democratic administration in it's eff
forts to demonetize silver.
I'm 1892, in its platform adopted in Min
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silver as standard money. In 1894 the re-
publican party of Minnesota reaffirmed its
belief in bimetallism and that the restor-
alton /of silver as ultimate money to the
currency of the world is absolutely neces-
sary for business prosperity. proper rate
of wages and the welfare of the people
Nearly every republican state conVen-
ton in 1894 condemned either in express
terms or by implication the single gold
standard.
James G. Blaine well expressed the he S
lief of the republican party when he de
clared: I believe the struggle now going
on in this country and in other countries
for single gold standard would, if sue
cessful, produce widespread disaster In
and throughout the commercial world
The action of the national republican
convention at st. Louis has repudialed
this fundamental doctrine of our party.
The single gold standard has been in
dorsed. The republican party no longer
stands for both gold and silver as primary
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cept the new faith and we will holo stead
lastly to the old. The policy of gold
moEometallism means prolonged and IN
tepsined depression; and, an endless and
hopeless era of falling prices for our far
mers and other producers; continued I'M
certainty Of employment for eur working
men, lessening wages following the fall IN
prices of the products of labor; discour-
agenent of all enterprises and in the end
universal bankruptcy and gravita-
ton of all money into the
hands of money brokers It means the
obliteration of the great middle class, the
yeomanry of the nation and the division
of the people into the very rich and the
very poor. Those republicans who believe
in the use of both gold and silver as the
money of ultimate payment, and their
free coinage in our minis must either sub
init in silence or speak out boldly in con-
demnation of this policy so disastrous to
the people. On matters Of vital principle
no man can reasonably be asked to sub
nit to party dictatlon. Every man who