The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-03
REV. WILLIAM WILKINSON SAYS
THAT CLERGYMEN sH0bLDsDE-
CLARE -4FIEMsELvES.
SOME moral O PRINCIPLES
ARE INVOLVED IN THE PRESENT
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN INyTHIS,.
COUNTRY
FREE SILVER HE SAYS. rIs~RUIN.
Confidence i'm the Desire to Pay the
Nations Debts shouido-Be
Maintained.

rev william WilkinSOn9 iyOf Mime
apolis is nottanly a pronounced sound
money man, but he intends to try and
convince others that sound money is.
right morally as well as financially.
He was asked Saturday what he
thought of the outlook and he said: 49,
You would like me to tell you what
L think about the present outlook in
TINS Republ1c. This I am glad TODD; be-
cause IT is one of profound Importance.
MOI alone from a political point of
Y1eW,.but H.,haS to do with moral prin-
c1ples. 1t leaves the domain of politics
and goes into that Of ethicser There,
mas been too much separating of the
two, and We today reap the dire results.
AS between Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Nc
klnley, L believe the Republican win
be elected by a majority which will be
a surprise to very many men in all
parties. My belief is founded upon N.Y.
fa1th IN the hard-headed, rugged, sound
common sense of the people who live
IN the, United States, and in their ster-
ling honesty. do not mean that all
Americans are honest, or that a. major
1ty of us believe all that Mr. Mckinley
stands for of'ea1l that the ST.. Louis
platfrom stands for, but on the vi
tai things for which it fstaffdst IL apzl
views are not warped by ambition or
py other interest come teneXaminea the,
silver part of the Chicago platform,
they will say. its, ills are so great and
us CANCERS 50 many We cannot vote
for Mr.. Bryan. AS look at It, if sill
yer could be coined as there proposed,
ruin, dire and long continued Would
fofloW@in It's train, T sfttftler to think
how those Of us would fare who have
hoy Slo44 .2k.c..
i a AY1pg~n i annoy a. minister paid in dol
lars whose value would be that of the
'slNer they contained. azhew.4ris said
IL government said fifty cents worth of
silver is dollar, it. is one, when-made>
. at the~ mint into a. certain shape, The
fallacy of all, this when EXAMINED
lis common to all fiat money theories
A man might as well say government
can detefh1iie that every canary has
three legs by saying each tail shall be
called one. The Silver; men appear ITO
me to- denYthat there islintrinsic value
in things 1t further appears to me that
Sno proposition so bold and son selfish
was ever made to a great people as this
by men interested in silver mines, to
have their silver at the United States
mint very nearly doubled in price
:HHey1 want to- sell ssixten ounces Of
silver to the American people for the
same sum they now sell Inore1 than
thirty ounces, for. Queer. patriots
these. 1t is proposed that "a nifnister)
should be paid in dollars which are
not worth in real value more than
about half what they are called, and
as matter of fact in dollars than
which | can buy better ones for about
half their nominal value. If that is
not to cut wages, in two, 1 do not
know how it could be done. That is,
how it would affect ministers. Now
how about the army of men Who work
on railways? Freight rates cannot be
increased; passenger rates cannot be
made more, and in that case what
chance is there for wages to be increas-
ed? But, it is proposed toapay wages in
this silver dollar which must, in my
opinion, be soon only worth it's value
as bullion. l know some Twill say,
eff this is itrde, the silver owners will
not be proffted as you say" The an
swer is they will, because they will
chaye snldlthes silver bef6re rthe Gefash
Genes. +-s
5, I'VE are vitality interested in keeping
up the credit, Of this republic, eand no
man so much so as are those of us
who have to work hard every day for
our living. The lessening Of confidence
lin -eitheR" the ability or desire to pay
the nations debts will hurt most: it
will cause money to- be locked up trade
to stagnateo and anfarcei idfeness, (which
must lead to want DO the working
of this land know what free silver
has done for every land where, it, has,
been the currenicX3 7Chfha, Japan,
bur- standard SHo Of oTT living - to J5o~e 4
plane below Ifthat1 .dD We slliofioW
have? Do we n Know what has
been the alsistopy ofnBngIa1itf9 7sfhc@otne
gold standard was adopted? The.
wealth of the nation. has grown by
leaps and bounds. Yes, SAYS aar silver
advocate. I told you, you gold bug
lit is a part Of English greed to have
gold the standard. My friend, stop a.
Bit if yetr are aawise nah you Will hot
shout till YOU hear7tTe end of the story
Mark we'll what I say In no land I'M
der, Sod -sunlit,s4 Skies I1asI the sim
provement of the working classes, in
s each, and in every particular, been so
rapid and so vast as In England. Be5
fore gold was the standard, the plight
Of the working man, was a terror.
Joseph Baker, one Of the ablest men
England has seen in this, century, IN
his life, tells of their condition prior to
1885, and uDrto $780,. VIM: Goblet tells
how valuable a penny was, to him. He
lost one, and cried bitterly. He was
one of. Englapd,s eablesta men. Lord
SALISBURY tells in his history of the
factory legislation stories of the hard
ships which the working people had to
suffer such as have no eduaI, Be-
lieve in England now. The man who
talks about the slavery Of those Of us
who, have to work increasing does not
know what he is talking about. The
working man does not get all he ought
to have or all he might have.
1.-THE conditions under which he lives
they can be, and will be, IL he is wise,
and If Mckinley is, elected. Because
when the money question is settled,
confidence Will be restored, and COM
merce will be increased, sEork Twill sbe,
in greater demand, and all the world
will know America stands for honest
money. I do not say and do not think
the money question will settle every
thing. It vii, .nota but it will give p
chance for all other Questions to be
settled. This is the tirse-foFo the clergy
to speak like the old prophets did. If
they wait to see WIlfch side will win,
and then join that side, their doom is
Sealed The issuesoA this election is
such as the wisest Fnan can nat,stell it's
end for good or i'll. eJery school dis
trict in aH-the land should rfrg~ WITH
the sound Of voices Epeaking in de-
Tense of American Integfffy- meet
ing as quickly as we can all our ohliz
cations in full, and the people. I be-
lieve, will vote fecsindhey OF which no
American need be ashamed. If it is
said the clergy should let politics alone,
I reply, thisis a VITAL nuestio on of mnr-
ais, and a religion (which is preached
or Sunday which can1letwbe appfiedzen
Monday is not worth much. At least I
for one love-work~ ana all who do It, SO
much 1 shall proclaim against.sfree