Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-17

Paterson. n. j., Sept. 1o.-Following
are extracts from the letter of Hon.
Garrett A. Hobart accepting the repub-
hcan nomination for vice president:
Paterson. n. j., Sept. 9, IS96-Hon Charles
w. Fairbanks and others of the NoIitica-
ton Committee of the Republican National
Convention: Gentlemen: / have already
in accepting the nomination for the office
OF the vice presidency rendered me by the
national republican convention. expressed
my approval of the platform ADOPTED by
mat oouy as the party basis of doctrine.
now to supplement that briee statement
or my views, by some additional refec-
tions upon the questions which are in de-
bate before the American people.
The money standard or a great nation
should be as fixed and permanent as the
nation itself. To secure and retain the
best should be the desire of every right
minded citizen. Resting on stable founda-
tons. continuous and unvarying certainty
OF value should be its distinguishing char
acteristic. The experience of all history
confirms the truth that every coin. made
stamped. will finally command I'm the mar
kets or the world the exact value of the
materials which compose it The dollar OF
our country, whether of gold or silver.
should be of full value of 100 cents, and by
so much as any dollar is worth less than
this In the market, by precisely that sum
will some one be defrauded.
Eject OF Free Coinage.
The free coinage OF silver at the ratio of
sixteen to one. is a policy which no nation
day permitted in any mint in the world
not even Mexico 1t is proposed to make
the coinage unlimited, at an absolutely fic-
titious ratio, fixed with no reference to in
trinS1c value or pledge OF ultimate redemp-
lion. With silver at Its present price of less
than 20 cents per ounce In the market,
such a policy means an immediate profit
TO the seller of silver for which there is
no return now or hereafter to the people
or the government. 1t means that FOR
each dollars worth of silver bullion deliv-
cred at the mint. practically two dollars
nf q Ynna1 pOip will he eyiyari IN
For 500 worth of bullion nearly 200 silver
dollars will be delivered.
Any attempt on the part of the govern
ment to create by its fiat. money of ficti-
tious value, would dishonor us in the eyes
of other peoples, and bring infinite re-
proach upon the national character. The
business and financial consequences of
such an immoral act would be world wide.
because our commercial relations are
world wide. All our settlements with other
lands must be made not with the monsy
which may be legally current in our own
country. but in gold, the. standard of all
nations with which our relations are most
cordial and extensive. and no legislative
enactment can free us from that Inevitable
necessity. 1t is a known fact that more
than so per cent. of the commerce of the
world is settled liz gold or on gold basis.
Such 1ree coinage legislation. II ever con-
summated, would discriminate against
every producer of wheat, cotton, corn or
rye--who should IN justice be equally en-
titled, with the silver owner to sell his
products to the United States treasury.
at a profit fixed by the government-and
against all producers of iron, steel, zinc or
copper, who might properly claim TO have
their metals made into current coin. Ii
would as wen, be fraud upon all persons
forced to accept a currency thus stimu-
lated and at the same time degraded
The Assault tne Courts
Nor is TINS ali. Not content with a propo-
sition TO thus aebaueh the currency and TO
uusettle all conditions OF trade and COM
merce, the party RESPONSE bile for this plat
iuinI aenIes the competency of the govern
men. TO protect the lives and property OF
lis citizens against internal disorder and
violence. II asSaiis the judicial munlments
reared by the constitution for the defense
OF Individual rights and the public welfare,
and il even threatens to destroy the in
legrity and independence OF the supreme
court, which has been considered the last
tuluSe OF the citizen against every form
of outrage ana injustice. In the face of the
serious perm winch these propositions en-
bct1N. X would seem tnat there could be but
one sentiment among rignt-t thinking citi-
z,ns, as 10 The Gdty uI the hour. All men,
of whatever party, who believe IN law, and
have some regard FOR the sacredness Of in
diVidual and Institutional rights, must
unite IN defense o. tne eiuanSefeo interests
oi the nation.
The Tariff Issue.
our party ha.ds that Dy q wise adil,st-
cvnt OF the tarltt, conceived in modera-
ton and with d view to stability we may
.eeaie all needed revenue, and It declares
luat in the event OF its restoration 10
power, it VIII seek to accomplish tnat e
suit. II hcids too, that il is the daty Of
the government TO protect and encoufsiae
III all practicable ways the development VI
domestic Industries, the elevation of home
TABOR, anu the enlargement OF the DFOS-
pSrity Of the people II does not favor airy
f..,lu OF Legislation which wCuld lodge ia
The government the power TO do what the
people ought DO for themselves t,,t ii
uclieves that il is both wise and patriotic
10 discriminate in favor of our own ma
tvr.al resources, and the utilization under
the best attailabie conditions, of our own
capital and our own available skill and in
1uatr'
The platform of the republican national
convention states the party position con-
rerning other questions than those herein
referred to. These, while al the present
time of subordinate Importance, should not
&c overlooked. The republican party has
always been the defender OF the rights of
American citizenship, as against all ag-
gressions whateScr, whether at home CIR
tnread 1t has, to the extent OF its power
defended those rights. and hedged them
the expression and embodiment OF the SOW
ereignty of the Individual citizen II has
sought to preserve its purify and Integrity
In our foreign relations II has labored ia
secure to every man entitled to the shelter
OF our flag the fullest exercise OF his riehta
consistent with International Obligation III
IL should be restored to rulership, II would
infuse needed vigor into our relations with
powers which have manifested contempt
and disregard, not only of American cftt-
zenship, but of humanity itself
| am, gentlemen of the committee. very
truly yours. GARRETT A. HOBART.
Cost Four Lives
Eureka, Cal, Sept. l4.-By the col