The herald., 1896-08-07

!: TWO REPUBLICANS SPEAK 4:
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The following utterances, from two
we'll known citizens of Los Angeles,
published in the San Francisco Examin-
er OF the 5th inst, will be read with
wide interest:
Judge +. II. Lamme is a prominent
member of the Los Angeles bar, and a
man who, while never seeking an office,
has always been an active worker in the
Republican ranks. He is powerful
speaker. and. if he should take the
stump for silver, as he probably will, he
will be found a valuable adherent of the
cause)
The mightiest achievements of the
century are written in the history of the
Republican party, and, while | have
never been "A candidate for any office,
legislative. executive or judicial, l am
proud to say that have never voted any
other ticket from my first vote in 1868.
Did | believe that the Republican party
represented the best interests of the
people now. as it has in the past. l GER
tainly should continue to support ii. A
single gold standard and free trade are
companion pieces. while free silver and
protection are logical sequences. How
any friend of protection can be for a
single gold standard l cannot under
stand.
The personnel of the ST. Louis ticket
is exceptionally good. but the platform
'i INC iHoiiSN QuCStlOii simply
nable.
Something must be done to alleviate
the condition of the masses of the peo-
pie, If we would arrest a revolution
we cannot hope to escape the results
which have followed like causes in the
worlds history. Free silver. in my opin-
ion. is the panacea; at least. it cannot
make things worse, and probably will
make them better +. II. LAMME.
(Col. John F. Berry has been very
prominent in party circles in southern
California. Under Harrison he was the
collector of the port of San Diego, and
has always been considered good con-
gressional timber. He was lately APP
pointed one of the five delegates to rep
resent California at the Silver conven-
ton at St. LOUISE
| could not, without self qualification,
support the ticket nominated by the
Republicans at st. Louis.
l do not believe that national prosper
ity hangs entirely. or in any degree,
upon a high tax on imports.
| do not believe that existing hard
times came in with Cleveland or will
go out if Mckinley comes in. The task
set for Republican stump speakers in
1892 was to explain why times were
then hard, Notwithstanding the coun-
try had a Republican administration
and the Mckinley tariff.
do not believe deficiency of revenue
is the cause of hard times, or is due to
the Wilson German tariff law any more
than to the Mckinley tariff law.
do not believe that the agitation of
the silver question is now having. or has
ever had. any adverse effect upon the
business interests of the country. Sem
ator Sherman said the coinage of silver
under the Bland Allison law of 1873 ia
ciitated specie resumption in 1879 All
the additions of silver currency that
have been made since 1878 have been
helpful instead of hurtful
| do not believe that it is possible for
the gold standard to be maintained in
the United States except at a cost in
Volving ruin. bankruptcy. confiscation
and regulation that cannot be afforded
and must not be demanded. The main
tenance of the gold standard by debtor
nations means low wages for labor and
low prices for products
! do not believe that international BIZ
metallsm is practicable. The expert
ence of the international monetary con-
ferenceS of the last twenty years war.
rants no other opinion. England will
not consent to it, and on that question
England is Europe.
on the question Of tariff and the
much more important question of money
] do not believe what the Republican
platform teaches. I do not believe that
| the influences that nominated Mckinley
are those that ought to be permitted to
control the affairs of the people of the
United States.
I believe that the Democratic party is
right at the Wide-open door of oppor-
tunity. and that a union of the forces
of free silver will be too strong to be sue
cessfully resisted a the polls in Novem-
! II ~