The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-07-25
WILL COMBINE ON BRYAN
SILVER REPUBLICANS ISSUE A
MANIFESTO TO ALL PARTIES.
Third Ticket Means Additions to the
Voting Strength of the Gold
Standard.


republican convention, this evening made
public an address to the silver republic
cans OF the country The silver repuDh-
can congressman and senators have been
in conference at Manitou several days
over this statement. In addition to those
signing the address, Senator Pettigrew
of South Dakota and Senator Cannon of
Utah declared to be in sympathy
with 1t, although Senator Cannon was not
present at the conferences, owing to
business engagements in Boston The ad-
dress IS as follows:
I'VE deem it fitting that we who have
heretofore affiliated with the republican
party, and who have rejected the imam
cial plank of the platform adopted at
st. Louis, and refused to support the
nominees of the convention should state
our position in the political campaign,
and give briefly our reasons in support
thereof.
when certain delegates of the nation
al republican convention repudiated the
financial plank of the platform and with
drew from the convention, we determin
ed that we would give our support to
such candidates as should appear most
willing and capable of aiding in the res
toratiOn of silver to its rightful place as
standard money. The democratic party,
in its convention, has taken position
in its platform so pronouncedly favorable
to silver. and has nominated candidates
vor of the bimetallc policy and of such
high personal character, that we have
determined to give them our support.
1--WE support such canddat because
they represent the great principle of BIZ
metallism which we believe to be the
cause of humanity and civilization, and
the paramount question now before the
American people. We therefore announce
that we SHALL by voice and vote, support
Messrs. Bryan and Sewall for president
and vice president, and we appeal to all
citizens, especially to republicans who
feel as we do that gold recommendation
would be of lasting injury to the country,
to act with us in securing their election.
THE democrats who believe in the gold
standard are announcing their intention
to support Mckinley or proposing to put
a third candidate in the field for the avow-
ed purpose of aiding McKinley's election.
A great number of leading and influential
democratic journals have declared they
will support the republican nominees. 1t
is evident that there is to be a union of
forces of the supporters of the gold stan
dard TO elect Mckinley and a congress
favorable to him, and which will support
the financial policy outlined in the re-
publican platform.
ITO those who believe in bimetallism
which means the equal treatment of both
gold and silver at the mints of the nation
there is but one course to pursue, and
that is to unite all the silver forces and
to oppose with all our might the candi-
date representing the policy which we be.
lieve is fraught with disaster to the Ea.
ton and ruin to the people, Gold mono
metallism means the shifting to golC
alone as a primary money all of the BUR
dens of commerce and credit that was
formerly borne by gold and silver, and a:
the worlds stock of these metals has al
ways been about equal in amount ii mean:
the doubling of the burden upon gold
Doubling the burden on gold means th'
doubling of the demand of the same, ant
doubling the demand of necessity double!
the value thereof. This gradual shift,nl
to gold of all the burdens of both go'C
and silver has caused a gradual anC
steady increase in the value of every dol
lar redeemable in gold. and hence a grad
ual and steady decline in the value of ev
cry commodity that is measured by tina
dollar The representatives and support
ers Of Mckinley consented to the insertion
in the St. Louis platform of the gOh
standard declaration thinly veneered by
declaration for bimetallism, when IT,
leading commercial nations of the WORT
should consent but until that consen
was secured the gold standard must T.
maintained. 1t is well known that thi
consent can not be secured from Grea
Britain, and that such declaration for bi
metallism means nothing with this limi
tation upon it.
mckinley consented to the declaration
for the gold standard in the platform AM
in his recent speeches has accepted ii
and has become the advocate thereof
he has shown by his speeches heretofor
made that he understood the danger o
the gold standard and the distress whic
would be inflicted upon the American peo
pie by it's adoption, and yet he pledge
the people to support and maintain tina
system and fasten upon them all the evil
of the financial system which he In
heretofore repudiated, If they Will max
him president Whatever may have bee
his attitude on the money question i
the past. he must inevitably hereafte
support the same financial system tina
the present democratic administratio
has and If elected must continue tn
policy of Mr. Cleveland in the sale G
bonds in time of peace. Hence, Wit
the success of Mckinley we may loo
for continual increase of the public deb
and the sale of bonds to maintain tn
gold standard. That condition of tn
country is not satisfactory, all admi
The producers of wealth are not receiN
ing fair and proper compensation fo
their labor, whether in the field, faC
tory or mill labor is unemployed, di:
content and distress prevail to an e1
tent never before known in the history {
this country and no reason can be foun
for such an unhappy condition, save
a vicious monetary system. Those VIII
profess to deplore the present fnanci;
condition and oppose the free coinage
silver are divided in opinion as to II
cause of the present conditions Some d.
clare that 1t is because we have to
much tariff, others that we have M
enough while the fact exists that ever
gold standard country in the worl
whether 1t has a high or low tariff
now and has been during recent year
in the throes of financial distress, ar
every silver standard country, compare