The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-21

Unquestionably the presidential cam
paign of 1896 UP to the time at Ieas
that the nominations are made by the
Republican party will be known as the
Favorite Son campaign. Already q
number of these Richmonds are afielo
and more will come. Up to date the
favorite sons that have been announced
and what they have to say on the par
amount issue before the country
money-are as given below:
Mnine--GoId.
written by Speaker Reeds friends with
his concurrence
He (Reed) is opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, except by
international agreement, and until
such agreement can be obtained, be-
lieves the present gold standard should
be maintained. He has always been
uncompromising for the maintenance
of the highest national credit by the
utmost good faith toward the public
credits. not for the creditors sake, but
for the nations sake; for the sound rea-
son that the most valuable possession
of any nation in time of war or dis
rtess, next to the courage of its people,
is an honorable reputation.
KentucISy-Gold.
Revised by Governor Bradley.1
We are opposed to the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver, believing that
it would involve the country in finan-
cial ruin. The gold dollar is the best
dollar, and least liable to fluctuations,
and for these reasons and in order
to conform our standard to that of
other great commercial nations, we
favor it as the standard money of the
Unuited States, and the maintaining
on a parity with it elf every other dol
lar, whether of silver or paper.
New York-GOld.
[Revised by Governor Morton.1
Until there is proposed an interna-
tional agreement as to silver coinage,
and while gold remains the standard
of the United States and of the civil
lied world the Republican party of New
York declares itself in favor of the
firm and honorable maintenance of
that standard.
Ohio-StraddIe.
[Revised by exc evernor McKinley.l
We contend for honest money; for a
currency Of gold, silver and paper
with which to measure our exchange,
that shall be as sound as the govern
ment and as untarniShed as it's honor,
and to that end we favor bimetalliSm,
and demand the use of both gold and
silver as standard money, either in ac-
cordance with ratio to be fixed by
an International .agreement-if that
can be obtained-or under such re-
strictions ard such provisions to be
determined by legislation as will secure
the maintenance of the parity Of val
ues of the two metals, so that the pur-
chasing and debt paying power of the
dollar, whether of silver, gold OF paper,
shall at all times be equal.
Missouri Dcm.-Siiyer.
[Revised by Richard P. Blandl
We further hold that the paramount
issue now before. the people Of the
United States relates to the monetary
system to be adopted by this country,
and upon that issue we declare that the
federal constitution means silver and
gold together as the money metal of
the United States, Duty to the people
requires that the party of the people
continue the battle for bimetallism
until it's efforts are crowned with sue
ces; therefore be it
Resolved, That we demand the free
and unlimited coinage CT silver and
gold into primary or redemption money
at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waltz
ing for the action or approval of any
other government.