The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-22

Fiimsy.
CINCINNATI. O.. June 2l.-In view
OF Senator-elect Foraker's relation To
the making OF the platform at ST. Louis
and his relations with Senator Teller
sour years asu. IN 4 similar capacity.
his u,teranee on the subiest OF sold and
silver last night in his ratification speech
becomes a; peculiar interest Ee said;
Il want TO take advantage Of this op-
portunity to say a word aeoG; the effort
now being made TO make {, appear that
the Republican party declared in its
money plank Tor something new at 81
Louis That Is no; true
The declaration % the Republican
party. as embodied In It's money plank
Of 81. Louis, defines exactly what has
been the position OF the EepuhllSAn
party through all these years In resAcd
10 this silver QUESTION. silver was de-
fnDnctizrd In lyIS and ever since that
We have been on 4 single gold standard
basis About the same time several or
tho leading nations Of Europe demone-
t.zcl silver ana ever since that ttu'v an
,Nut: has ben made 20 50 A1ck 10 bi-
uathlllsm. We have had IN that teha!t
thrr. international monetary confer
enC,a. the object 0t them being 10 agree
with other nations upon an intsTnaNon,
al ratio, according 20 which We could
have the free co!naEe ot silver But all
these EFFORTS have failed.
1T has been constantly and repc5ted-
" declared by both parties that bi-fnet-
alIsrn was desirable In preieFenoe 10
gold or silver nonometallisnl. Both par
lies have agreed that we could main
tain the parity OF the two metals and
bring about bi-metallism again by an
international agreement some people
have insisted In the meantime that II We
could not do II that way, We could % u
alone without regard to what other ma
tons might see Tit to do. The R"Pas!i-
can marty has constantly. consistently
and persislently stood up against that
-Four years ago when We held the
rorventinn At Minneapolis, II was my
fortune to be the chairman o. the com
mlttae on resolutions. ! was AZ the ~.
Louis convention. and II was my tar-
tune to be associated with Senator TelAC
or on that committee. He and his asso-
cia,es from the silver states came TO the
convention and came bafCre that con-
yentian asking uS "a insert n plank
pladEing the Republican party 10 the
frr,. coinage OF silver. We retused 10
40 II. We declared that We were Ia IA
ynr OF international hlmetSliism, but
that until that was brought nhout Y
would be our policy TO maintain silver az
a partty with gold. bat issuing aa more
OF Il than could b maintained at par
itv with gold.
Ther Accepted II.
.They accepted the result and re-
malned in the Republican party. That
declaration was simply declaration as
the one adopted the other day was that
we would stand precisely where We
were until We could DO better. We were
1-r,Nel that VIC could safely undertake
- have bi-metalliSm by international
agreement; We were RHwilli1s ard re-
I fused 20 attempt IL by free aai Ande-
| pendent poinaEe.
They dll not feel called upon 10 so
| out ~ the party then; ihelT conscience
a!l not srgm t. trouble tht1' so much
| then az nov. They remained in the
marty four years longer When the last
4 session of Congress commenced. as q
rrsul; Of this drmoraliaiug free trade
experiment. the government was found
to have deficient revenues, not enough
revenues to meet Its current expenses,
4 Bill was prepared IN the house and
passed that body without partisan d.
vision. almost, providing FOR an Increase
| OF revenue. That bill was known as
the Dinglcy bill. II went TO the SEN
ate. The national credit, the national
| honor. the natlanhl life was at stake.
| Thesc gentlemen said the bill was IN
obiectlOnablc. but tlpey refused 70 vote
FOR IL (that IS, six OF these gentlemen
] from silver states dld). unless the great
majority who did not agree with them
would sacrifice their convictions una
| vote for the free, unllmReQ and unre-
strictcd coinage ot silver. The great
majority In the senate would not DC
cOrrced by that minority.
THAT action upon the part % these
people directed the attention OF the
country to that subject as 1t had not
! been dlrcciel before. And, therefore,
when we met at 81. Louis, conditions
wprr ripe. not for n different stand TO
] he taken by the Republican party, but
FOR more explicit declarations ~ Our
principles than we had heretofore
| made. and. lnlsmuch as they had
| thrown down the gauge ef battle by
demanding FREE silver and seeking 10
| coeTCC us 20 accept, We cOncluicd that
! was good time to meet them half way,
| iOln issue and let the battle come on.
| They appeared before the committee.
| ana were part Ot the committee, Just
| as thy were four years ago, Thy
| made the same demand; we made th"
same nnsWcr but when We came 20
| write the platform we said we VIII
| make II 80 plain all will understand,
| aud - We declared that we were nnnl-
! isrnbly opposed 10 the free and unllmit-
| ed coinage of silver until we can have
| an international agreement and IN the
| meantime we will preserve the exist
| ing gold standard.
No cause to Holt.
"'rn conclude with word, wl'an
| Senator Teller ard his associates boitcd
| the party at the ST. Louis convention,
they had no cause for Il whatever that
| did not exist four ycarS before, at The
| Minneapolis convention, and when the
Republican party made the declaration
J u dl mhke at 81. Louis, II did not
| change It's position one particle, but
| simply made II absolutely cortuln In or
der that there could be u acttlcmpnt "
| that question that the proposition for
| frcr, Independent and unlimited coin
| age Ot silver is a proposition that We
| wifi not entertain, We viii moi rnicr-
| tain II because. In our Judgment II docs
not, as Senator Teller and his nsspalltes
! claim. mean hi-mctallism. but Simply
| recommendation,
'Wc 10 into this fight therefore with
our gallant standard bearer represent
| Ing tn the prauiD " America protection