Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-06-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THEY ARE ALMOST UNANIMOUS FOR
SOUND MONEY.
Ready to Break Party Ties to Vote Against
Free Coinage-They Form p Large Per
oentage Of the Voters OF THIS Country.

oentage of the Voters OF THIS Country.
Mr. Gustav II. Schwab is president
Of the German society Of New York
city and is therefore in touch with
Germans and COMMUNICATIONS i'm this
country. Being also a prominent bus
mess man, he is familiar with the views
of Germans on the financial question. In
an interview on May If he said:
am convinced from my knowledge
Of my German-American fellow citi-
zens and their ways Of thinking that
the vast majority Of them in the coming
political contest viii entirely disregard
party ties and will vote for that party
which declares for the maintenance, be-
yond a possibility Of doubt Of the gold
standard Of value, and that they VIII
not give their suffrage to any candidate
who may be suspected Of leaning to-
ward free silver coinage or toward any
compromise with the silver people.
They consider that the paramount
question before the country at present j.
the integrity Of our monetary system,
and their votes will 90 to that party
which they believe VIII uphold the
counuy's financial honor. regardless #
what their views may be ON other polit-
ical questions. Previous experience ha.
shown that German voters on question;
relating to or affecting The standard oi
value have always stood for common
honesty, and that they have uniformly
opposed all forms Of financial heTosy.
When, 20 years ago, the paper money
initiation question was agitated in Mis-
souri,, the Germans Of that state were
arrayed on the side Of sound money.
The Germans Of Illinois are on record
as always having been On the right side
Of the money question, and as never
having been led astray by cheap money
propaganda at any time \ German
business man, cashier Cf large bank I'D
Chicago, who has wide acquaintance
with the small bankers and merchants
throughout the west, tells me that b.
has had occasion to hear EXPIRE .si0ns
from his German countrymon for years
past on the que tion If monetary
standard, and that be has never yet
found one who was not in favor Of the
gold standard and opposed to the free
coinage # silver
His opinion is that the German citi-
zens Of Illinois are unanimously opposed
to any impairment Of the present gold
standard.
1t is a fact, universally known that
the sound money victory in Ohio in the
gubematorial campaign Of 1915. in
which Rutherford B. Hayes ran on a
Republican hard money platform
against William Allen on Democratic
paper money initiation platform, was
due to tine finn stand taken by yho G.r-
mans, who, diIeglrdirg party lines,
turned the scale i'm the election in favor
of honest money. Thi, fact was conced-
ell ut the time by the Republican pres.
Of the state, and the Democratic cluii-
date voiced the sentiments Of his party
leaders when he gave utterance % his
laccratod feelings after the election iy
exclaiming, THE Dutch are ID nm
reliable. " The German voters are c0r-
taiily not to be relied upon when they
are asked t. prostitute the country
financial hon.r at their party's bidding
In the state Of Wisconsin the German;
have taken the same united stand in
favor Of sound money, and the same
may lie said If Michigan, Iowa and
Minnesota.
The entire German newspaper press in
this country, with few exceptions, j.
emphatically for sound money, as it ha-
been i'm the past, and can be depended
upon 20 pronounce IN favor f the main
tcuauce Of The present standard Il value
and for the party that represents this
principle, regardless Of previous party
affiliations. Several important German
D.mocratic papers in the western states
have already threatened 90 t0.t thsil
ticket if a free silver plank should be
al pied. A. am indication If the gem
eral sentiment If the German press
refer to the position taken ly the largest
ard oldest German newspaper in the
south. The Demokrat # Louisville, in
the last state election I'm Kentucky. Al
though always Democratic up TO that
time, this paper bolied the Democratic
free silver candidate and urged the cleo
ton of the Republican sound money can
didate for governor.
The importance Of the German vote
will be apparent when the numerical
strength Of the Gdman-American popu-
lation in the pivotal states is consider
ed. The returns If the census Of 1890
show that the state Of New York then
contained 972, COS G1man-Amer.cans,
Ohio 54l, 407, Illinois $50 jSS, Penn
sylvania 472, 1913. Michigan PIG. 2jS,
Wisconsin 5jl.S34, Minnesota 244G34,
Iowa 269, COB and Missouri 291,09j.
Whatever may he the decision Of the
national conventions on themoney ques- |
tion. this issue Will be fairly, squarely
and most thoroughly placed before the
German voter in the course Of the cam
paign. and as to the nature If his re- |
sDonsa | do not entertain any doubt.