The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-26

platform might walk out of the conven-
ton There IS no such danger. Whtle
| silver men desire more money, highe.
| values and better prices, they do not wor-
| snip money as do the goldbuGs- They are
| OF the bone and sinew Of the land. OF the
| great upbuilding and sustaining industrial
| forces, who make and create all values
| Should IL happen that the silver men held
| = Majority OF the s.. Louis convention and
| thus force 4 square 10 TO plank into The
| platform. would Plat and Quay and their
/ host of trainers remain true 10 the party
! and stay IL the convention Not for .
| moment They wouldn't give the chair
man time 10 announce the result. There
| would be 10 standing on the order OF their
| going. but every man OF them, with elevat-
! ed noses. would san out on q wave CT IN
| d-gnatiOn which would land them beyond
| the lines Of the party.-Michita Eagle.
1t is unfortunate that such state OF az
| fairs as that predicted by the Eagle can
rency question viii not be kept out OF
view entirely by the tariff discussion. Il
is somewhat significant that those most
anxious TO make money scarce are those
! most DESTROYS of placing the tariff issue
under a shadow We do not anticipat e
any serious division in the Republican
party on the currency question. The
party stands as solemnly pledged 70 bi-
metallism-to the use Of both gold and
silver as the standard money OF final re-
demption. as il does TO the principles of
protection in tariff legislation.
Mr.. Morton of New York is the only Re
publican candidate for president who
agrees with Mr.. Cleveland that the gold
standard should be the policy of the Unit
ed States. Mr.. Morton represents the
arr Of
party as thoroughly as Mr. Cleveland is
the ideal Of the British element of the
Democratic party. Neither of them are
in sympathy with the masses of the
American people who feel the gloom of
low prices and idle workshops. Neither
will be nominated for president and Meth
er could be elected by the popular vote.
Anler.canism was never so strong in
the hearts and homes Of the people as II
is now, and Abraham Lincoln Republi-
canism was never a more powerful factor
in American politics than il is today. Il
IS not a question Of Is TO !. The ratio is
no more a party in the money question
than schedule in the Mckinley bill is an
issue in the tariff question. The people
want silver as well as gold as standard
publican party viii make ii such, and the
question of ratio Is an incident TO be de-
termined later. The American people are
decided in their demand for a tariff that
shall supply the needs of the public treas
ury, and afford protection to American
labor, and they are bound to secure it.
The matter of schedules will be settled
when the tariff laws are amended. 1t is
not so much question, as the Eagle put
it. of what delegations remain in the St
Louis convention, or walk out of it, but |
II is a very serious question as to what |
the intelligent American voter would do |
With a British candidate or an Anti
American platform. The delegate Will |
have his way at st. Louis. and the voters |
will have their say in November-Atchi-l
son Champion.