The record-union., 1896-09-20

Mckinley the most good, by going to
Louisville to receive their notifications
at a grand mass meeting. Kentucky is
supposed to be fighting ground for Nc
kinley if the Democrats can be di-
vided, hence the move. Does the ami
mus of this gold Democratic scheme
deceive any intelligent Democrat?
SHALL WE WAIT?
Vacavile Reporter: We are advised
to wait on England before adopting a
financial system. How would it do to
regulate our tariff on the say so of in
terested foreign nations? England is
getting cheap agricultural products
from America and will not consent TO a
change which would have the effect of
raising the price of wheat we ship TO
her to pay the annual interest, running
up into the hundreds of millions.
TO MR. BRYAN
Redding Free Press: Mr.. Bryan stu
diously avoids discussion of the
tariff. He declares that the only ques-
tion before the American people is that
of money. Admitting that the money
question is the leading issue, why does
Mr.. Bryan not find time to enlighten
his hearers regarding his personal ideas
neficent effects of a protective tariff on
Republican lines have been demon
strated by the failure of the present
Administration to provide sufficient rev
enue to run the Government. Expert
ence, the best of teachers, has taught
the American people that protection. of
which Mckinley is the apostle, is ne
cessary to the we'll being of the working
1lA . -. go a 7f-
cuss what almost every person has
learned-namely, that protection is ne
cessary. Yet, we would like to have Mr.
Bryan present his views on the ques
ton; for, If he is a free trader, as has
been charged, the people have no use
for him, for he is no improvement on
Cleveland.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Woodland Democrat: The man who
abuses or belittles another, or attempts
to discredit him on account of a differ
ence Of opinion exhibits bad taste and
plays mighty poor politics. There are
partisans who are so radical that they
will not tolerate an honest difference
of opinion, and they are deluded with
the idea that those who disagree with
them are dishonest and influenced by
corrupt motives. Such men are detri-
ment to any cause they advocate.
WAGES AND SILVER.
Stockton Independent: Payment of
wages In silver coin while it is worth its
face value, because at par with gold, is
objected to by the silver advocates. All
the dollars now issued are for the Gov
ernment as we'll as by the Government.
This fact and the decided policy of the
Government is to keep all its dollars at
equal value, causes silver to remain at
par with gold. If the mints are thrown
open to the silver of the world-and this
is what free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to means-the
Government cannot keep five silver
dollars at par with SO in gold, as they
are now. Silver would then be coined
for private account. Now 1t is coined
for public account out of bullion bought
by the Government. To coin 1t for pri-
vate account and attempt to maintain
it's purchasing power at a par with gold
would be as impossible as for the owner
of a grist mill to keep the flour he
ground for customers at fixed ratio to
gold. Then it would be unjust to use
silver to pay wages contracted on
gold basis, but now 1t is not.
CLASSES HIMSELF.
Santa Rosa Republican,: Our first free
coinage Act. passed in 1892. prepared by
Hamilton, indorsed by Jefferson, and
approved by Washington, provided for
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio of 16 to l. These
great men would now be classed as
cranks, communists, socialists and an
a,chistS S-Petaluma Argus.
Hamilton, Jefferson and Washington
were united on the proposition that ev
cry dollar coined by the American Gov
ernment should contain a dollars worth
of metal as quoted in the markets of
the world Not one of them ever de-
clared in favor of a 53-cent dollar, an
S0-cent dollar, or anything less than a
100-cent dollar. They tried to equalize
the value of the two dollars as to what
they were worth in bullion as nearly as
possible, and If they were alive now they
would be patriots and would be classed
as such by all except the "cranks com-
munists socialists and anarchists"
with whom the editor of the Argus
is pleased to class himself.
AN OLD DEMOCRATIC WAREHOUSE
SPEAKS
Mountain Democrat (Placerville): In
the convention Of the National Silver
party there were forty mine of their
P'opuliSD most conservative and con-
spicuous leaders, who had tired of trad
ing jack-knives in politics and given
their unconditional support to Bryan
and Sewall. They had left the Omaha
platform with its visionary fads and
fallacies to Calamity" Weller, "Cy-
clone" Davis, Stump Ashby, Crazy
CoXey and the like of them, and had
taken refuge in the silver contingent
of the Democratic party.
With that party thus reinforced it
remained for the disgruntled remnant
of Populists in this State to drive the
same unequal bargains that had char
acterized their disastrous fusions with
Republicans in Alabama, Arkansas and
other Southern States, where the De-
mocracy has mopped the ground floor
with the dickering combination. AS
a result, we have in this State an elec-
toral ticket consisting of five repre-
sentative Bryan and Sewall Democrats
and four Bryan and Watson Populists.
Not satisfied with such concession
from the united Democratic and Ma
tional Silver parties Of the State. about
thirty-six Populists of this county met
in this city last Saturday, and styling
themselves convention of the Peoples
party proceeded to boycott and repu-
dite the Bryan and Sewall Electors.
AS any appropriate words of ours
would profane family paper, we will
allow them to play the fool in their
own language, as followsl
Resolved. That we will give our loyal
and undivided support to Bryan and
Watson, the nominees of the St Louis