The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-21
" ashingten Letter.
From our regular CORRESPONDENT

From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. C. August IA, 1896.
The republican Campaign Tex
Book is out and it is a corker, well
worth the price asked for it ($1.OO a
copy. The issues of the campaign
are put into A. B. C's as follows:
American Honor and American Inter-
ests. Business, the Source of Employ
ment. Coin, whether of gold or silver
must be equal to the best. Duties Col
lected from Foreign Countries for
American privileges. Emigrants who
are willing to live without robbing
other men OF employ meni. Financial
integrity and money enough to pay all
bills. Gold and silver, equal dollars,
for all business. Home markets for
American products. Imports must al
ways be kept below the exports. Jud-
iciaIy of the United States must not
De tampered with. Keep in the mid
die of the road. Labor employed
means elevation, dignity, and educa-
ton for the Home. Mckinley and
Hobart elected means business and
employment. Nations honor must
be maintained. Ownership of rail-
reats by Government opposed by Re
publican party. Pensions for the vet
erans OF the war equal to the Pledges
of the Nation. Quorum counting by
Speaker Reed justified now by Demo-
Gratis. Revenue collected equal to ex-
penditures, a necessity. Silver dollars
as good as Gold, the Republican de-
mand. Tariff to protect American
labor and encourage Home Industry.
United States-the hope of universal
liberty and law Voters have an op-
portunity; Vote for Mckinley and
Business. Wages mean Home, Edu-
cation, and Comfort to the Toiler.
neutrality-suspicious. or Populism
which way? Your opportunity to
restore business; Vote it. Zeal in the
Campaign will win the victory.
Ex-Congressman Mudd, of Md,
thinks the Silver wave is rapidly re-
ceding in that state, and that its elec
toral votes are safe for Mckinley and
Hobart. He expresses the opinion
that the silver strength in Maryland
was at its highest point during the
last two weeks in July, and that it
has been steadidly losing ground since
that time owing to the strong argu-
ments presented by the opponents of
the Independent Free coinage of sill
yer by this Government under existing
conditions.
1t is believed by those who have
been at great trouble to ascertain the
state of public sentiment all over the
country that were it not for the efforts
of the speculators, in the interests of
their deals and proposed deals in stock
and other securities which would be
affected, to make the result of the
present campai n appear TO be in
doubt, it would be clearly apparent to
everybody, as it already is to those
who are managing Mckinley and Ho-
bart's campaign, that the people in
tend to register great triumph in
November for an honest currency, the
preservation of the public credit, and
the return of prosperity through the
raising of an adequate revenue for the
maintenance of of the Government
by the imposition of such tariffs on
foreign goods as will give the advan-
tage in competing for the Home mar
| ket to Americans. Even while the
popocrats are talking about making
silver converts through Bryan's ora
tory in New York City, Ex-Secretary
Whitney is assuring the country that
Mckinley will carry New York by
2O0, 600.
The call for gold democratic con-
yention, to meet at Indianapolis Sept.
2, has aroused no interest in Washing
ton. If the gold democrats wish to
amuse themselves in that way, nobody
viii object.