The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13
NrKINLEY on MORALS.


Major Mckinley is not only the
champion Of the gold standard and all
that TT means, but he is now posing as
the champion of the moral standard.
His zeal in this direction is only ex-
| ceeded by that of John Wannamalleg',
who teaches a Sunday school class the
first day of the week and drives hard
bargains with his fellow men the re-
naming six days. 1t is a pleasure to
think that Mr. Mckinley is a man of
high moral standard and to know that
anything in the moral line which does
not appear to be straight goods
meets with his disapprobation.
Addressing a delegation Friday he
said:
1.-THE free silver orators and organs of
Vermont lily concealed, if they did not
positively assert, what is being pro-
claimed everywhere, that their solic-
itude is the relief of the debtors, no
matter with what sacrifice of the plain
est precepts Of good morals In no
case and at no point do they propose
a system to pay our national and pri
waite obligations on the plain, old-fasfl-
toned principles of good faith and hon.
esty which have always heretofore dis
tnguished the American people. Prac-
tically admitting that the effect Of the
free, unlimited and independent coin
age OF silver would be an Immediate
loss to the savings and resources of
our people, and that its adoption would
reduce the plane of their social and
industrial condition, they yet seriously
propose that we shall risk this hazard
Gus experiment.. Vermont has said in
tone that can not be misunderstood
that she will have nothing TO do with
that fatal experiment.
ITO me the question Of free trade is
a question of humanity, the voice of
labor pleading for its own; and the
question of free silver a question of
public morality, honor and good faith,
and its success would be blot on our
hitherto spotless national credit"
That sounds nice, especially to the
ears of goldbugs. Major Mckinley, the
goldbug nominee for president of the
United States, says that the advocates
Of free silver do not propose q system
ito pay our national and private obi
cations on the plain, old-fashioned prin-
ciples of good faith and honesty which
have always heretofore distinguished
the American people" and that the
question of free silver is "a question
Of public morality. honor and good
faith, and its success would be a blot
on our hitherto spotless national cred
it''
That is all very good, all very moral,
all very patriotic, but it is marrad by
the fact that ION the 25th of June,
1890 the amendments substituted for
the original silver bin of the house by
the senate came before the house, and
the one providing for free coinage was
rejected. 1876 yeas to 152 nays, McKin-
ley voting nay On the 5th Of Novem-
Der, 1877, Mckinley voted for a free
coinage bill introduced by Mr.. Bland
If free silver is so Immoral in 1896
why was it not jusc as immoral in
1877 and 1890 when Mckinley voted for
it? Or does the moral standard change
as he changes? His mouthings about
the immortality Of free silver are but
the mutterings of a hypocrite He
would do well to remember that con-
duct is three-fourths Of life, and that
his congressional record is his congress
sional conduct