The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-09
AN ADDRESS 70 THE REPUBLICANS
OF MINNESOTA.
Leading silver Men of the state Is
sue IN Address on the Financial
QuestiOn-They Say That the Is
sue Is til. Greatest That Has
Arisen Since the Question of
Slavery Was A~gitated.

So
of Minnesota:
The greatest issue which has arisen
in this country since the abolition Of
African slavery now confronts the
American people. The common people
have viewed with increasing alarm the
efforts of a foreign money arist0cracy
to fasten upon this nation the single
gold standard OF value. In the past
they turned with the inspiration of
faith to the Republican party for pro-
lection against that power which seeks
to strike down one-half the redemption
money of the world that the other half
may purchase double the amount of
the products of toll. They had a right
to expect such protection. The Repab-
lican party was born OF the common
people. Its mission has been to dignity
labor; to secure to him who tolls in the
field, in shop or mine the just fruits Of
honest labor. From the day of the
party's birth until the present time no
article of Republican faith has been
more pronounced than the belief in hi
metallism. 1t has been written In its
platforms and taught by all it's great
leaders. In the national convention in
1888 it condemned the policy OF the
III IL - L
forts to demonetize silver In 1892 in
its platform adopted at Minneapolis it
declared in favor Of both gold and sill
yer as standard money. In 1894 the
Republican party of Minnesota re-
affirmed its belief in bin etallisIn, and
that the restoration of silver as ulti-
mate money to the currency of the
world is absolutely necessary for bust
\ moss nppsrn"ity frnnnf. rp tn NJ VVaonG
and the welfare of the people
Nearly every Republican state n
v~ention in 1894 condemned, either in
express terms or by implication, the
single gold standard. James @. Blaine
well expressed the belief of the Re-
publican party when he declared: Il
believe the struggle now going OH in
this country and in other countries for
n single gold standard would, if sue
cessful, produce widespread disaster
in and throughout the commercial
world. The destruction of silver as
money and establishing gold as the
sole unit of value must have a ruinous
effect upon all forms of property eX-
cept those Investments which yield a
fixed return in moLey. These would
be enormously enhanced in value. and
"O'lii SAh4 q 'AsHpt'Dpi Idl IN ia
fair advantage over every other Spe-
cics of property. If, as the most re-
liable statistics affirm, there are near
ly $1,000. 900, 900 of coin Or bullion in
the world. not very unequally divided
between gold and silver. it is impossi-
bit to strike silver out of existence as
Money without results which will
nrove distressing to millions and utter
Ir 1iGo ~ 1,nr1G 70 fans Of tlSI GO n1c I
believe gold and silver coin TO be the
money Of the constitution; indeed, the
money Of the American people. anterior
to the constitution which the great or
ganic law recognized as quite indie
pendent Of its existence
The action of the national Repub-
lican convention ut 81. Louis has re-
pudialed this Fundamental doctrine Of
our party. The single gold standard
has been indorsed. The Republican
party no longer stands for both gold
and silver as. primary money. but for
gold only. We Cannot accept the new
faith. and we will hold steadfastly to
the old nc. The policy Of gold q II
metalliSm mean prolonged and inten-
siiied depression; an endless and hope
less era of falling prices for u farm
ers and othe" producers; continued I'M
certainty of employment for our work
ingmen. with lessening wages follow
ing the fall in prices of the products Of
labor; diScOuragement OF all enterprise
and in the end universal bankruptcy
and the g~ravitation of all moitey into
the hands of money brokers. 1t means
the o~bliteration Of the great middle
class. the yeomanry Of the nation, and
the division of the people into the very
rich and the very poor. Those Rcpub-
leans who believe in the use of both
gold and silver as the money Of ulti-
mate payment, and their free coinage
in u minis, must either submits in ST.
lencc, or speak out boldly in condem-
nation of this policy so disastrous to
the people. On matters of vital princi-
pie 40 nan cal reasonably be asked to
submit TO party dictation. Every man
who places country above party. and
whose sympathies are with the pro-
ducers as against the money brokers
and bondholders. owes a duty to his
conscience and to his country which
ian orly be discharged by putting
orth every effort in his power that the
Wight of the single gold standard may
lot be fastened upon this people"
The address is signed by John Il.
%Sanborn, Charles A. Towne, Frank A.
Day, John Day Smith, S. H. Moer, X.
5. Munger, ID. Il. Morgan, ). Il. How
srd, ID. G. Cash. James X. Bennett,
Frank Nj. Nye. H.. Il. Hoard, Charles
u. Rogers, j. II. Triggs, Clinton Mar
kell, ii. D.. Stocker and John Lind.
st. Paul, July 4.-F. X. Cingmars,th the