The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-07-08

lected him without betraying the trust
confided to him. and not one of them.
in my judgment, will ever do so.
MIR. Whitney Is entirely wrong in as
Stunning that free silver democrats are for
saking the fundamental principles Of de-
money democrats are defending these prin-
ciples in their endeavOr to commit their
party to gold monometallism. Until the
republican party met in ST. Louis few
days since there was never a line written
in a national platform of either the great
parties that justifies the claim that the
one or the other of these parties was COM
mitted to that doctrine. Over and over
again the democratic party in national
convention assembled has put itself on rec
ord in the cleareSt and most comprehensive
language possible to use in favor of bimet-
talism. in favor Of the restoration Of sill
yer to its place in our financial system as
standard money. and never for a moment
in the congress of the United States has
a majority, or anything like majority, Of
the representatives Of that party wavered
in it's devotion to the principle so clearly
enunciated in the party platforms. To
assume now that adherence to that prin-
ciple Is abandonment of an established doc
trine Of that party is to defy history and
ignore the most plainly written of all its
declarations of policy.
ut Is useless to claim that tender Of the
good Offices of the party to secure an inter-
silver is the fultllment of it's pledges so
often made in this respect. To the sin
cere believer in bimetallism Of the United
States an effort of this character is little,
If anything, less than an unqualified viola
ton Of a sacred pledge by great polit-
ical organization. Ii this is all that Mr..
Whitney and those who think with him
can offer it will be vastly better that they
offer nothing.
when Mr.. Whitney says that the mainte-
nance Of our present gold standard Is essen
tial to the preservation of our national
credit and redemption Of our public pledges
he ignores a great truth of which he can
not be ignorant. He knows there Is not
a single obligation Of this nation outstand-
ing to-day that by its terms is payable in
gold alone, and ne knows that right upon the
face Of the great bulk Of the bonds of the
government 1t Is written in substance that
they are payable in coin of the United
States Of the standard weight and fine
ness Of it's coins before silver was demone-
tized. and that, therefore. by their own ex-
press terms they are payable in our pres
emit silver dollars. if the government elects
to so pay them.
1T is since the most of these obligations
were issued that silver has been demone-
tized. whereby If they are to be paid in
gold alone, their value has been doubled,
and the burden of the great industrial
class, who must provide for their pay
ment, has been increased twofold. To
talk about violation Of national honor.
when no party In the nation has ever sug-
gested its failure in the least degree to
meet every obligation 1t has assumed.
according to the strict letter Of the con-
tract 1t made. has. to say the least. a
strange sound to those who heed the uni
versai cry of distress. occasioned, as
they believe, by doubling the purchasing
power of money and cutting in twain the
market price of the products of labor.
IF to undo what law has done to add to
the burdens of the toiling millions Of this
nation and double the fortunes of the
rich within 1t is to disrupt the democratic
party, disruption must come. The ma
jority of that party threatens no wrong to
anyone, and if those who compose that
majority can avoid it. all may be assured
they will submit to no wrong. such as the
permanent establishment Of single gold
standard would impose upon the great
mass of the people of this nation.
HORACE BOIES."