The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-11-30
BINETALLISN NEEDED.
Senator Chandler Declares That
1t Must Soon Come.
OPPOSED TO THE GOLD STANDARD

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| The Recent Election, Declares New Hamp-
shire's Republican Senator, Proved That
the silver Question Is Not Dead-Four-
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The Post, in n
cable letter from London, prints advance
! copy of an important article written by
Hon. William Il. Chandler, Senator from
New Hampshire, for the December issue
/ of The National Review, the conservative
monthly, in which he discusses the late
election from the Republican standpoint
| His principal object Is to encourage Euro
pean bimetallists to continue their prop
aganda.
The Review, commenting editorially
upon the election of Major Mckinley, dog
matically asserts that unless the Repub-
lican party settles the silver question be-
fore 1900 there will be nothing left of that
| party after 1900"
Senator Chandler's article is in part rs
! follows
European bimetallsts need not believe
that the selection of Mckinley and Ho-
bart by overwhelming majorities is de-
csion to permanently secede to the single
gold standard. The Bryan proposition
was soon seen by the American voters TO
be simply that the United States should
adopt silver monometallism should de-
/ liberately give up all attempts to keep
gold and silver at parity; should send
gold to premium and thereby make it
merchandise merely, and should base all
American prices on silver only. 1t can
hardly be considered upon reflection by
any true bimetallist that such action on
our part would have helped the cause of
bimetallism in any country of the world
1T is true that the Bryanites called
themselves bimetallists, and that Mr..
Bryan in his recent cutlery from his tom.
porary political entombment addresses
not the Democrats, nor the Populists, nor
the people, but the 'bimetallists' This
however, is q sheer affectation. No Bryan
orator or writer has seriously denied that
the adoption of this policy-the imme-
diate unlimited free coinage of silver by
the United States-would send gold to a
premium and keep it there for any def
mite period. Surely that would be silver
monometallism, and can it be contended
that silver monometallism is any better
stepping stone to bimetallism than gold
monometallism? l had supposed that it
was generally agreed by thoughtful and
rational bimetallists everywhere that it
would not help, but rather hinder the
cause of bimetallism for the United States
to leap at once to free silver coinage.
conservative people-and America has
more conservatism than Europeans think
were alarmed at the character of the
followers of Mr.. Bryan, and at their doc
trines additional TO the one favorng free
silver coinage. All the socialists, anarch-
lists and wild men of society whom Europe
has sent us worked for Bryan, although
the great bulk of our adopted citizens
voted for Mckinley. The platform seemed
to countenance rioting as Il means of re-
dress Of grievances and it made one Of its
pianks n reconstruction of the supreme
court in order to change IA legal decision.
"A majority of the American people
wish more energetic foreign policy than
they would believe would come from any
administration named Democratic. They
are deeply affected by the lamentable con-
dition of the Christian subjects of the
| Turkish empire. They mean to annex
! Hawaii. They desire to see Venezuela al
lowed to retain her rightful sole dominion
| over the mouths of the Orinoco They
are intensely anxious to see arrested the
atrocities in Cuba, and to aid in making
the island free and independent
= But none of the foregoing arguments
. Bryan as did the determination of the
r American people to plainly vindicate and
a firmly establish the principle of protec-
ton to American industries by adequate
tariff duties on foreign products,
l "That the United States is opposed to
the single gold standard and is in favor of
retraoing In due course and with careful
regard to the national honor the steps
taken in the demonetization of silver until
both gold and silver shall be admitted to
free coinage at the ratio of 1515 to /, and
made the standard money of the world,
and the measure of values of the worlds
a proposition which would receive the suf-
frages of four-flfths of our voters If this
proposition alone could be fairly pre-
sented to them, even without further de-
bate.
'To such convictions entertained by a
vast majority of American voters COM
mitted to bimetallisin, the friends of such
n monetary system may confidently APP
peal. The question is not of four years,
nor yet of a decade. 1t may take as long
TO remonetize silver as it has taken to
realize the paralyzing influence of de-
monetization. But the fact that Q, 100000
out of 13,OO0,0 900 of American voters have
given their ballots for the wild project Of
Immediate free coinage of silver by the
United States alone shows that the ques-
ton is one which must be compromised
and adjusted in some way.
"The advocates of gold monometallism
are crying out that the silver question is
dead. They hope but do not really be-
lieve, that this is true, Never was it more
important for bimetallists to exert them
selves. Mr.. Mckinley is pledged by his
own words to cooperation with u.s."
During several years residence in the far
west, l had many opportunities for observ-
ing the wonderful effects of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Its
efficacy was demonstrated in the alkali