Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1896-06-04

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zena aud their ways ~ thinking that
the yiy4t ntljJrity If iIicfu IN tf0 coming
political contest vii entirely disregard
party ties and will vote for that party
which declares for tho maintenance, bc.
yond possibility u doubt, Of tho gold
standard ~ value, and that they will
not give their suffrage ~ my candidate
who may be suspected ~ leaning ~.
ward free silver coinage or toward airy
compromise with tho silver people.
They consider that the paramount
question before tle country ut present IA
+. the integrity n our monetary system,
and their votes will ~ 10 that party
which thfy believe will upheld tho
country's financial honor, regardless n
/ what their views may bc ON othcr polif.
ical qucsti@s. Previous experience Iias
1 shown ftnt German voters on questions
relating 10 or affecting the standard 81
value have always stood for common
honesty, and that they have uniformly
opposed all forms 1T financial hercsy
When. 20 years ago, the paper money
imitation question was agitated in Mis-.
souri,, the Germans of that state were
arraycd on the side Of sound money.
Tho Germans Of Illinois are OH record
m always having been ON the right side
Of the money question, and M never
having been led astray by cheap money
propaganda at any time. A German
business man, cashier Of large bank ia
Chicago, who has wide acquaintance
with tho small bankers and merchants
throughout the west, tells me that he
has had occasion 10 hear expressions
from his German countrymen for years
past ON the question Of o monetary
standard, aud that he has never yci
found one who was not in favor Of the
gold standard and opposed to the free
coinage ~ silver
| His opinion In that tho German citi.
zens Of Illinois are unanimously opposed
to any impairment Of the present gold
standard
1t In fact, universally known, that
the sound money victory In Ohio In the
gubernatorial campaign of 1875, IN
which Rutherford b. Hayes ran on .
Republican hard money platform
against William Allen on Democratic
paper money imitation platform. was
due to the firm stand taken by the Ger
mans, who, disregardiry party lines
turned the scale I'M the election in favoi
Of honest money This fact was conced
ed at the time by the Republican pres
of the state, and the Demccratic candi
date voiced the continents Of his part,
leaders when hr gave uttcrance to hi
lacerated feelings after the election b,
exclaiming. The Dutch arc Did un
reliable. The German voters are Ger
! tainly nos 10 be relied upon when the,
are asked x..SB4srcstitute tho country
financial honor Mt their party's bidding
In the state OF Wisconsin the German
! have taken the same united stand &
! favor Of sound money, and the sam
may be said Of Michigan. IoEa an
Minnesota.
Tho entire German newspaper press 1
this country, with few exceptions,
emphatically for sound money, as Ii ha
been in the past, and can BIO dcpeiale
! upon TO pronounce in favor Of the main
tenance Of the present standard Of valu
: and for the party that represents thi
principle, regardless OF previous part
affiliations. Several important Germa
Democratic papers in the western statf
have already threatened to bolt thci
ticket IL free silver plank should b
adopted. Az an indication Of the ger
: eral sentiment Of the German press
, refer 10 the position taken by the largcs
!, and oldest German newspaper In til
D south, The Demokrat of Louisville, d
the last state election In Kentucky. Al
though always Democratic up TO tina
/ time, this paper boltcd the Democrat
free silver candidate and urged the cleo
/ ton of the Republican sound money can
, didate for governor
) The Importance Of the German vot
+ will be apparent when the numerical
strength Of the German American popu
|, lation in the pivotal states Is consider
} ed. The returns Of the census Of 1870
show that the state of New York the
contained ora, 003 German.American
Ohio 54l, 4G7, Illinois 900, $50, Penn
sylvania 472.428, Michigan 276, 25s
Wisconsin 55I 1874, Minnesota 244, 1884
Iowa 900, 60S and Missouri 297 .095.
Whatever may be the decision u tb
} national conventions on the money ques
, tion, this issue will be fairly, squared
J and most thoroughly placed before tn
} German voter In the course OF the cam
| paign, and as to the nature Of his re
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