Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-07-25
CONSISTENCY.

The Denver News, one OF the strong
est end most ardent followers of Bryan
in an editorial in its issue of the 1ltf
says:
''No surprise need be felt or expressed
over the attitude of the gold bug demo
cratic press of New York and Chicago
towards the Chicago platform and the
Chicago nominees. 1t merely vindicetes
the truth OF the assertion made in these
columns many times that there we're DC
party differences between gold huge
They might pretend to be democrats or
republicans on other issues; but VIXEN
il Game TO the money question they
were solid for the siggle gold standard.
This fact is now demonstrated &c COM
pletely that DO silver man need longer
mistake what to do in the pending cam-
paign. II great democratic newspapers
and leaders oppose Bryan and favor Nc
Kirley because the democratic nominee
is silver man and stands on free
coinage platform, republicans who be
lieve in silver can follow the example
thus set and support Bryan as against
Mckinley because the latter is geld
candidate on gold standard platform"
In another column Of the came issue
is the speech of Mr.. Bryan delivered at
Kansas City on the night of the 10th,
from which the following extract is
taken:
IF the gold standard is the standard
of civilization. why is it that the United
States, the leader OF the civilization of
the world, has never declared for the
gold standard? Great cheering and
continued applauge). II the gold stand
ard is the standard of civilization, why
is it that no national party in the his
tory of the United States has ever de-
ciared that the gold standard is good
thing?" (Applause).
A yoice-The republican party did.
Mr. Bryan-"You say the republican
party did? No, it did not. The repub-
lican party declared that the gold stand
ard should be maintained until some
thing could be substituted for 1t.
Great applause and laughteF). Then
what was that something? 1t was BIZ
metallIsm. And they pledged them
selvee to get rid of the gold standard
and substitute bimetallism as better
thing than gold standard. (Applause
and laughter). II the geld standard is
a good thing, why should we try to get
rid Of it? daughter and applause). |
If it is bad thing. why should we keep |
1t for single moment? (Applause and
cries of good. good; God bless you,
Bryant
"If, my friends, they dare upon any |
stump, upon auy platform or in any |
state to advocate the gold standard rs
good thing, We point to the repu biican |
platform as conclusive evidence that the
principle of bimetsllism is better than
the principle involved il the gold stand
ard, a single gold standard, and tell Us
that this nation is unable TO sustain it
without the aid OF and consent OF other
natione, we hurl back defiance to them
and tell them that this nation is great
enough TO legislate for its own psople
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation en- earth. CHEERS
and appleuse). Which course VIII they
take? They dare not meet the issue OF
the money question because there is DO
reason upon which they can stand. If
they had declared for a gold standard
they might have advocated it, but hay
log declared sgsinst gold standard
they dare not ask the verdict Of their
coEntrymen on this proposition"
Comparison of the editorial hnd the
extract from MIR. Bryen's speech would
leave most people in donbt IS to what
the republican party actually did declare
in its platform; but as the News praises
Mr.. Bryan rs the best posted and most
eloquent man in the democratic p3Tty,
it should certainly admit that the re-
publican platform is NOT for the gold
standard, but fer bimetallism.