Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-04
oERMAN-A MERlcANs.
they Are Almost Unanimous for sound
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and is therefore III touch with Germans
/ and 0ermap-Americans ia This e0un try.
/ Being also q prominent business man,
he is familiar with the views OF Ger
laans On the financial question. In an
interview on May IA he said.
ana convinced from my knowledge
81 ms Gerfnan-Anerfcan fellow citi-
zens and their ways Of thinking that
the vast majority Of them IN the coming
political contest VIII entirely disregard
party ties and win vote for that party
which declares for the maintenance, be-
you'd possibility Of doubt. 81 the gold
standard If value, and that they VIII
not giee their suffrage to any candidate
who may be suspected Of 4 leanjne TO-
wand free silver coinage or toward amg
compromise with the silver people
They consider that the paramount
question before the country at present is
the integrity Of our monetary system.
and their votes viii go to that party
which they believe viii uphold the
country's financial honor, regardless of
what their views may be on other polit-
ical questions. Previous experience has
shown that German voters on questions
relating to OF affecting the standard Of
value have always stood for common
honesty, and that they have uniformly
opposed all forms of financial heresy.
When, 20 years ago, the paper money
initiation question was agitated in Mis-
souri,, the Germans of that state were
arrayed on the side Of sound money
The Germans of Illinois are on record
as always having been on the right side
of the money question, and as never
having been led astray BY cheap money
propaganda at any time. 4 German
business man, cashier in a large bank in
Chicago, who has a wide acquaintance
with the small bankers and merchants
throughout the west, tells me that he
has had occasion to hear expressions
from bis German eountrymen for years
past on the question Of monetary
standard, and that he has never yet
found one who was not III favor OF fbe
gold standard and opposed e. he free
coinage Of silver.
His opinion is that the German citi-
xens OF Illinois are unanimously opposed
TO ans impairment oil the present gold
STANDARD.
h is g fact, universally known. that
sbe sound-money victory ID Ohio n thc
gubernatofial campaign Of 1875. "a
which rutherford B Hayes ram on
republican hard money platform
against William Allen ON a democratic
gaper-money imitation platform woa
due 70 the arm stand taken by the Ger
mans, Who, disregarding party lines,
turned the scale ia the election iii favor
OF honest money. This fact was con-
coded al the time by the republican
press of the state. and the democratic
candidate voiced the sentiments OF his
party leaders when lac gave utteranee to
his laeerated feelings after the election
by eXciaiming: 'eThe Dutch are Id
unreliable" The German voters' are
certainly not to be relied upon when
they are asked to prostitute the coun-
try's financial honor at their party's
bidding. In the state of Wisconsin the
Germans have taken the same united
stand in favor of sound money, and the
same may be said of Michigan. Iowa and
Minnesota.
The entire German newspaper press
in this country, with few exceptions, is
cmphatieally for sound money as il has
been in the past, and can be depended
upon to pronounce in favor of the main
tenance Of the present standard Of value
and for The parity that represents this
principle, regardless OF previous party
affiliations. Several important German
democratic papers in the western states
have already threatened to bolt their
ticket if a fuee silver plank should be
adopted As an indication OF the gen
cral sentiment Of the German press
refer to the position taken by the largest
and oldest German newspaper in the
south, the Democrat, of Louisville. in
the last state election ia kentucky. Al
though always democratic up - that
time. This paper bohed the democratic
free silver candidate and urged the cleo
tion EFF the republican sound money can
dldate for governor
The Importance of the German vote
viii he apparent when the numerical
strength Of the German-A American popu-
lation in the pivotal states is consid-
cred. The returns Of the census OF 1890 |
show that the state OF New York then
contained 97e,6o3 Communications
Ohio SAL, 4o7; Illinois. 69o.5ss; Penn
sylvania. 47a.423; Michigan, 276,25s:
Wisconsin. 55l $50; Minnesota. 2t4.634;
Iowa, 26p,6o3; and Missouri, 297.095.
Whatever may be the decision of the
national conventions 81 the money ques-
ton. this issue VIII be fairly. squarely
and mos. thoroughly placed before the
German voter in the course Of the cam
l.iign, and as 10 the nature of his re-
Spouse ] 90 not entertain the slightest
doubt.
stimulant is often needed ID nou9-