New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
U4JOP UKINLrT'S GREAT LETTER.

MAJOR NKINLETS GREAT LETTER.
The more Major McKiniey's great letter j.
studied as ii will he IN every shop and on ever!
farm where there is n reading and thinking man.
the greater appear its convincing power ana us
exact fitness 10 the emergency OF the time. faS-
sagcs which on first reading may seem formal
or perfunctory suddenly stand out with lmpreS-
siveness as their definite bearing upon the great
issue is perceived Single sentences when mean
thousands of votes for the cause of SOUND none!
and public order are found all through 'his re
markable paper. Some are 50 forcible tha' 'het
are reprinted. and the especial attention OF All
may we'll be drawn to them. Men who criticisc
I'm. letter from the standpoint of their individual
beliefs or prejudlccs do injustice 10 themselves
If they sincerely seek the defeat Of anarchy.
monetary revolution and organized dishonesty.
they are bound TO remember that the letter must
he Judged as a whole OF which every part Is de-
signed to strengthen the great appeal for the
overthrow Of Organism and what he represents.
and If is the first essential 10 hold the enormous
Republican vote which swept the country II!
overwhelming majorites last year and the wear
before. while welcoming allies in patriotic effort
who are not of Republican belief.
Viewed thus. this letter has IT, highest merit
in the tremendous power Of its appeal TO Repub-
licanS whether silver men in belief, or WORK
ingmen who have prcjudices against capital. OF
farmers along the soacOaSt or the northern OOr-
der whose industry has been depressed by com
petition. or lumbermen whom free lumber from
Canada has thrown out of employment. or wool
growers who have lost half the value oi thcT
WOOL or operatives whose works or mines nave
been closed transporers who have suffered
from decline of traffic or manufacturers WHOSE
costly works earn little or nothing. or bankers
and capitalists who know that general disaster
has brought loss 10 them. The veteran whose
pensions have been held back with suSplclon
the shpbuilder who has hoped much from dls-
elimination against foreign bottoms. the tarm-
crs merchants and manufacturers To wnoh
reciprocity opened larger markets. the sincere
advocates of Civil Se'vice Reform-all are
reached with arguments which, if contrary to
tho ideas Of some. have tremendous weight with
Republicans
All this, is done. too without harsh or uQkind
word for the Democrats whose honest errors Of
opinion or action. Republicans believe. have con
lribntcd 10 National misfortune. The welcome
for them all. from South or North is as hearty
as genuine manhood can make, lit. For to-day
they are fighting for the same cause, the prescr-
vaton of honest money. National honor. public
order and free institutions. Strange. indeed.
would be their patriotism if they were not will
ing to see the great army Of Republican voters
held fast to the same good cause by reaSOningS
which reach them with power that no others
could have. Indeed it is this very same brave
and manly candor in stating his convictions with
ont reserve while with all kindness. which will
win thousands 10 vote directly for the man who
seeks nothing by conceament. and proves so
powerful and worthy leader of the Republican
army by which, in the main. the victory for the
right must he won.
Much has been said but enough could not be
said in many articles. of the argument of Nc
Kney on the money question. On close review,
not point is seen in which II could he improved
The argument addressed TO the mntitudcS who
believe International bimetalliSm possible and
desirable was vtaly necessary and most con-
elusive because 1t exposes in word all the dis
ingenious talk Of Mr.. Bryan about the issue be-
tween himetasm and gold standard. "Bi
"mctalllsrn cannot be secured by individual
action on our part" Mckinley shows, and thus
makes his appeal to silver Republicans infinitely
stronger This is as plain the fact that the
price of corn cannot be made by the farmer
alone; if nations do not agree. the one which
paws most for gold takes the gold. Bryanism
addresses farmers in difficulty. who want cheap
or money TO make crops dearer: Mckinley an
swers that prices are depressed by the want Of
confidence which free coinage would Increase 10
a destructive panic. Bryanism addresses work
! incmpn who have hard times; Mckinley an
swers that cheap money and dear food will not
make times easier, and that what is needed
is not more money but more money at work,
employing more men. Organism rails at aggrc-
gated wealth Mckinley shows that the combined
mlne-Owners will take u extra cents in debt
paving power for every ounce. and they raised
C} 100000 ounces in one year so that this com
bination would rob the people Of S29.Sf5O1O
year besides forcing them 10 pay S33.Gji.0OO
more for silver of which they want little or
yone having better money There has not been
n more powerful or Il more greedy monopoly
than this for which Mr. Bryan pleads 1t is well
for the country that the letter Of Mckinley is to-
day being printed by the million copies in six
different languages Wherever it is Sown as
seed there will be- large crop of honest-noncy
votes