Abilene weekly reflector., 1896-08-27
SILVER REPuBLICANlsM.
Senator Wolcott, Colorsdos Silver
Champion for Mckinley

on;n;ou. far from satisfactory, anu
those members OF the party who be-
Iieye. as | believe. will strugge
earnestly and hopefully for the iu''
and com plets recognition and adop-
ton by the Republican party Of the
humane principle OF bime'a'''sn'
animated by the belief that the party
which, on every other great question
involving human freedom ana inc
welfare Of mankind, has stood ior all
that was uplifting and ennobllng'
will vet realize that continuance Of
the gold standard means only further
impovelishment and suffering
The platform contains. however,
a most important statement pledglng
the party to the furtherance o'
bimetallism by international agree
ment. 70 the good faith OF this
pledge the history Of the party on
other questions requires the fullest
credence. The overshadowing i'm
portance Of the silver question makes
it certain to my mind that every
effort will be earnestly made by the
Republican party to secure to this
country the blessings Of bimetall'sm'
and it is my sincere conviction 'na'
silver will again be restored to It's
place as a money metal, at the OLD
ratio, and that when this restoration
comes it will be accomplished
through the action and efforts Of 'ns
Republican party
Except on the money question:
no man in Colorado who believes IN
nrotection of American labor and
American products and American In
dustries, and who loves his country
! can read the platform without hearty
approval, and no man doubts ~ 'na' !,
Major Mckinley will bring to his hlgn
office every quality needed bya presl-
dent Of this great people.
"Mr. Bryan has been nominated iol
the presidency on three seperate plat
forms-by the Drmocratic party the
Populist party and the Silver party
The last named party, the Silver
party, does not deserve serious con
alteration. Most of its members wer'
present at its recent convention in st
Louis, and the newspapers report th'
convention hall as being less thai
half full
"The Democratic party nominated
Mr.. Bryan upon a platform, the flnan
cial portion Of which was everything
that could be desired, and the rest o
it everything that is, in my opinion
undesirable and hostile to the inter
ests of our country. | decline t.
stand upon this platform and vote 70
this candidate, even with the allurln'
free coinage plank. | cannot do it
| am a believer in protection Oh
shall not abandon that belief. In
supreme court Of the United States
a pure and able tribunal, the highes
iudicial tribunal in the world. wi
not help smirch it, This governmen
must be enabled to pay its runnln
expenses, and whenever my vote
needed for that purpose and | fall
vote it supplies to keep alive sha
consider that violate my oath as
senator.
"The recent Republican congress
es' have been neither wasteful nor e'
travagant and | must decline to cert
fv to a statement | know to be III
true.
.When some months ago the gre'
railway strike at Chicago got beyon
control and innocent lives were bein
sacrificed and millions OF dollar
worth of property being destroyed
lawless men, when the sheriff WI
powerless and the governor failed
perform his duty, the president OF Il
United States, with federal troop
under sanction of law, saved furth
bloodshed and destruction, and ther
by deserved the thanks of every ms
who values our liberties and believ
that the. rights guaranteed us BY t
constitution ought to be sacred
guarded against very form of la
lessness.
1.-The recent travesty at St. Lou
the Populist convention, has but ill'
trated the elements which natural
gravitate toward the candidacy OF n
Bryan. Every cranky quirk, eve
incongruous and ludicrous and m
shapen idea which the wheels in
brains of men could evolve, buzz