The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-05-15


ed to the cause of silver than thes
two successful millionaire manu-
facturers. Both have been led I,
take this position by study and ex
perIence. Mr.. Bookwalter Is |
well-known globe-trotter, and ha
made an Investigation of the com
mercial and financial conditions IL
almost every known country ol
the great, round earth. No man il
better versed in practical politica
economy than he, and when HI
gives expression TO any set o
views they are worthy Of consider
alton. The same is equally true o.
Mr.. Thomas, whose experience
have been limited largely to affairs
occurring in this community. Seat
ed in the Office of his immense
works this afternoon, he spoke for
chilly and earnestly on the coming
conflict in the National Conven.
tions. Said he:
"Although | am not candidate
for delegate to any convention OF
for any Office, it is time all Demo.
Gratis were considering what is to
be the character of their delegates
to Chicago. Shall they be silver
men or gold men? am first, last
and all the time for free silver, and
in that phrase, is for the present,
embraced my entire political creed,
because / believe this matter over
shadows all other questions in the
interest of the people.
"In the approaching conventions,
therefore, there should be no hesi-
tation or faltering in the attitude
attitude and action of all silver
men. They should be bold and
outspoken in behalf Of silver. They
should stand for silver, and COM
promise on nothing short of un-
equivocal platforms and candidates
favorable to restoring silver TO as
free and unlimited coinage as gold
without waiting for international
permission or the permission of the
strictly money interest of our own
country. l would prefer to limit
coinage at present to the product
Ion Of United States silver. We
must give no heed to the delusion
about the parity of the metals, or
any Of the other false cries raised
by the gold men. The people have
no interest in the parity of the
metals, no more than hey have in
the parity Of corn and wheat.
What they want, and all they
want, is the parity of the coined
dollars, just as it was before the
law dcmonctized silver. This be-
iag given, the parity of the metals
will take care Of itself in all the re.
spects in which the people have
any interest.
The gold men do lots of talking
about all the gold leaving the coun.
try if silver is restored to free coin.
age. at the same time they declare
we should have a gold currency,
because gold is of the same value
the world over. If this be true,
where will our people send their
gold to get more for it than it is
worth in this country? But the
god will not leave the country be-
cause of the coinage of the silver.
If it leaves at all it will leave Just
as ii does now, when there are
some foreign debts to pay which
cannot he paid with exchange of
our products. All this talk is just
On par with the wild tariff talk
that our factories cannot survive
without a protection larger than
the entire cost of all the labor en-
ployed. For protection, no tariff
can be justified which to any ex
tent exceeds the difference in
wages. So it with the gold cry. 1t
is false and vicious and is only for
the benefit Of
MONEY AND MONEY MEN.
Equally false and vicious is the
cry that the silver dollar, under
free coinage, will only be Il sixty
cent dollar. How can II he sixty
cent dollar if it pays as much debt
and buys as much as gold dollar,
and when stamped a dollar and
made legal tender it will always
be worth a dollar and buy as much
as gold. Free coinage of silver Is
the salvation of all people who la
Dor or raise crops for sale and for
all manufactures of MI kinds of
goods. Let the people see t0tft +
that the next Administration is for
free silver, ~ I
If money men want gold and
silver In bars let him have II, but
he people want none of it, and the
people being in the majority,
should have their own way. The
eople have no use for bullion.