Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-09-24
STATE POLITICAL NOTES.
The Republican Position on the
Money Question.


for Sound Money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the Law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then eye1y dollar has been as good
as gold.
measure calculated To deDaSe our Cur
renCy or impair the credit of our Country.
We are, therefore, opposed to the free
Coinage OF silver except by international
agreement with the leading commercial
nations of the World, which we = edge
ourselves to I remote, and until such
agreement can he CHAINED the eNi>tj:. -
gold standard must be preserved. All
our silver and Paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold, and
favor all meas ures de igned to maintain
invioIably the Obligations of the united
States and all our Money. whether coin
paper, at The present standard, the
standard OF the most enlightened nations
OF the earth"
The above is the resolution on the sub
ject of finance adopted by the Repub-
hCan national convention at st. Louis
in June, 1896. 1t has been greatly mis-
It presented and misQuoted. but is given
above exactly as passed 10y the conven-
ton. and contains all that was said in
the resolutions upon the subject. 1t does
not propose to do away with the use of
silver or paper currency. as sometimes
claimed. II speaks for the present mon
ely and the present standard. and de-
St4ndS that one American dollar shall be
al
this just what you want:
Now that William H. Bradley. a prom
inent luml man of Wisconsin and Il
Democrat OF long standing, has bolted the
Bryan ticket and declared for an honest
and stable currency. Il Democratic paper
that once delighted to honor him assails
him i. una lnly fashion, as though he had
been guilty of a political crime in adj
tn n which
thirty years given the country unintcr-
rupted prosperity. But such is a speci-
men Of the small potato journalism with
which the country is plagued.
The Second district silver Democratic
congressional convention. held i'll Water
town on the Sth inst. after Il long and
somewhata im0nious contest, nominated
William Ii. Rogers of Madison as its
candidate. EX-AttOrney-Gene j. l..
O'Connor made a bitter attack upon cN-
Congressman Bushnell. and no little i'll
feeling was cngpndcrcd thereby. which
was, however. allayed and the warning
clements parted with the appearance Of
peace. The usual strong endorsement
OF the nominees of the Chicago cOnycn-
ton and its anarchiStic platform were
adopted. The POpulists are expected
to endorse Rogers.
NtOESt w llltjuS Oh W dlkPSlld IL Iilt
Democratic nominee for Congress- in the
Fifth district The convention winch
nominated him endorsed the platform AMI
candidates Of the Chicago convention. Of
course, the Democratic state ticket. aud
invited the corporations of all parties
and organizations opposed to the Kcpub-
uCan party
The Democrats. PopuIists and silver
Republicans of the Tenth district had
practically agreed to nominate as their
candidate Judge +. s. Parker of SUpe-
rior; but, when they assembled in con-
vention the Democrats renudiatcd the
agreement and nominated Judge BunIy,
who promptly declined with thanks. The
Populists and silver Republicans are
Wrathy, and declare that they viii max
things lively for their whilom associates
by voting for the Republican candidate,
Mr.. Jenkins.
FUSlGn does not seem to fuse readily
III the Fourth congressional district. Mi
NaUkte- The Democratic convention
met ON Tuesday. but after considerable
Wr"H&IE@ adjourned without doing any
f A% further than appointing a COM
mttce on fusion. The name of Rob
err Srhilling, however, was enthusiastic
ally received. which is interpreted ky
some as indicating his nomination
eventually; The three senatorial con-
!entonS a lso adjourned without nominat-
ing candidates. in the hope. doubtless,
OF jI&lng sufficient of the homogeneous
elements to give some hope of success
III tn" approaching contest for the free
ana unlimited coinage half-dollar dol
lars. Later the committee on fusion
agreed to tn" nomination of the voluble
SchiILing.
William f. Grucuwald Of Oshkosh WIS
nominated for Congo pSS in the Sixth dis
- tl,, IlN-.t7 4 100,
which met in Oshkosh on the 9th inst.
Chairman NerStCn of the congressional
committee. in calling the convention to
order. threw Il bOmbShcII into it by an
nouncln&. i'll vigorous terms. that the
time had come when every true Demo
crdt must act independently for himself
IN the crisis which cOnfrontS the country.
Subsequently he declared that he should
vote against Bryan and the whole free
silver organization.
Judge George w. Cate was nominated
by the silver Democrats of the Eighth
district for Congress- III face of tclp-
gram saying that he could not accept
The congressional committee was en-
powered to select another candidate in
case he insists upon declining the nom
nation He bases his dcclination upon
tn" ground of his age and poverty. AS
he has always had silver Ieanings his
>A''iS' 'iNiA
cause, but possibly to lack of confidence
III IFS success.
The GAINESVILLE Republican makes this
pertinent comment upon the suggestion
that free silver would be a boon to
the farmers of the country:
All the farms III the country are not
mortgaged; all the farmers are not in
debt: thousands and thousands of them
are "fOrehandCd,' and are either saving
bank dcpositOrs or direct money lenders.
All the farmers are not fools: most of
them are intelligent. As a class they
Will never vote for Il President whose
policy would be to pay off mortgages
III 13-cent dollars ana 20 cut down de-
posts nearly One-haf. Even those of
them whose property is heavily mort
gagged ought to see that a policy like
this would so paralyze business and in
drStry that they would be shut out from
chance to earn even 53-cent dollars
" th which to pay off their mortgages.
A general panic can help nobody-least
OF all the farmer.
Ex-Congressman Haugen of the Tenth
district, in a letter to \. NJ. Anderson of
Grantsburg makes this conclusive con-
fesSiOn regarding silver, in response to a
rumor that he was not sound on that
question:
after voting twenty times or more
against the free coinage of silver by this
country alone, while in Congress, my
record ought to be reasonably satisfac-
tory to my friends who believe with me,
and there ought not to be any necessity
for any article in the press to satisfy
them as to how l stand on the ques-
ton"
The La Crosse Chronicle: H. II.
Hoard, the silver nominee for lieutenant