Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-04

by us as a declaration IN behalf OF the
principle upon which rests the interest
of every citizen and the safety OF the
United states. In such terms the plat
form was then satisfactory to the be-
levers In bimetallism within our party:
once because of equivocal construction
ana evasion, and since II has been dem
onstrated to be insufficient. The plat
FORM TINS DAY adopted in the national
republican convention at st. Louis saws:
The republican party is unreservedly
Tor sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment or the law providing for the re-
sumption OF specie payment In 1879:
since then every dollar has been rs good
as .{ EGld A.. ,,n,,,.u.A,. ...,
move 10 debase 5tif eurrepcy OF impair the
credit or our country. We are. therefore,
opposed to the free coinage OF silver except
by international agreement with the lead
ing nations OF the world, which we pledge
ourselves to promote. and unless an agree
mehut can he arranged, the existing gold
standard must be preserved.
Al our SILVER and paper currency now
n circulation must be maintained at par
ny with gold. and we favor all measures
designed TO maintain inviolably these OBJ
nsations Of the United States and all our
standard, the standard Of the most en-
lightcned natiohs OF the EARTH
As the declaration of 1895, has been con-
s!ru"1 hny q majority of, the party. con
for our monetary basis, and as the recent
trend Of the official power Of the party
has been IN that direction, we can but as
sumo that the money plank of the new
platform, being much more BILE 10
perpetual gold monometallism. will be de-
terminedly used In behalf of that idea. The
renown by pursuing its purpose courage
ously ana relentlessly, II is therefore only
In accordance with the party's history to
assume that II II shall come to put author
itN IN the United States Ii will crystaliZe
into law and administration this tempting
platform, the perpetual single gold stand
ard in our finances. This, If long contin-
tied, viii mean the absolute ruin Of the
nation itself. The American people not
only favor bimetallism from tradition and
interest, but from the wise instinct which
has always been manifest In the affairs OF
a people destined for the worlds leader
ship. Under the operation of our great de-
mand for advancement we have become to
other nations the greatest debtor nation OF
the world. We pay the vast charges which
every year accumulate against US in the
clearing houses OF the world, with the
money Of the world procure by the dis
posal Of our commodities in the markets OF
the world. We are a nation of producers.
our creditors are nations OF consumers.
Any system of international or national
finance which e~lerates the price Of human
product makes, our bhrdens lighter and
gives promise OF that day when II shall be
entirely lifted and our country freed imam
cially as II Is politically, from the domin-
alton of monarchy and foreign a~utocracy.
ANY system Of finance which tends TO de-
p%reclate the prize of human productions,
which we must sell abroad, but insofar
adds TO the burden Of our debt and conveys
a threat Of the perpetual servitude OF the
producers of our debtor nation to the con-
sumers Of creditor nations.
To us 1t Is folly without a parallel that
this country or anN political nlrtX therpln
should deliberately accept a money system
which enriches others at our cost.
History, philosophy, morals, all join with
the commonest instinct of self-prescrVa-
ton In demanding that the United States
shall have a just and substantially UNI
varying standard composed of all avail
able gold and silver. and with IL our coun-
try will progress to financial cnfranchise-
ment. But with Il single gold standard the
country Will 90 on 10 worse destruction;
to cG1'inued falling prices; sntil our people
drawers cf water for the. consumers in
creditor nations of the earth.
To such an unholy end we VIII not lend
ourselves. Dear as has been the republican
name to It's adherents. that name is not so
dear as the faith itself And we do not
sacrifice one 1ot or one title of the mighty
principles by which republicanism has up
lifted the world when we say that at this
parting of the ways We cling to the faith,
let the name go where II Will. We hold
that this convention has seeded from the
lfulns lldi u triumph VI Sltn StNtHSlOii
would be the eventual destruction of our
freedom and our civilization. To that end
the people will not knowingly follow any
political party: and we chose to take our
place In the ranks of the great mass OF
citizens who realize that the hour has
come for Justice. Did we deem this issue
less important to humanity we would
yield, since the associations of all our po-
litical lives have been intertwined with
the men and the measures Of this great
party OF past achievements. But the p5o-
pie cried aloud for relief: they are bending
beneath a burden growing heavier win
the passing hours: endeavor, no longer
brings it's Just reward: fearfulness takes
the place of courage and despair usurps
the throne OF hope. and unless the laws OF
the country and the policies OF political
partics shall be converted into mediums or
.edress, the effect of human desperation
may some time be witnessed here as In
e s.Ssss saaas a sSsr a asn 81 .saasss.-sesssns,en e.
draw from the convention TO return to, our
constituents the authority with when
they invested us, believing that we nave
better discharged their trust by TINS ac-
ton which restores to them the authority
unsullied. than by giving cowardly ana M,
sincere Endorsement to the greatest wrong
ever wilfully attempted within the repun-
lean party-once redeemer OF the people'
but now about to become their oppressor,
unless providentially restrained by the
votes OF free men.
At Mr.. Cannon's closing words, deciar-
ing that the republican party, once the
redeemer Of the people was now about
to become it's oppresser, a storm OF
Kisses and groans was raised from all
parts OF the hall and cries OF
were raised.