The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-23

Following the usual bent on such oc-
casious the Republican press, after re-
fusing to publish the financial declara-
tion of the Chicago convention, de-
nounce it as proclaiming the theories OF
"wild.eyed Populists and anarchists"
expecting no doubt that by keeping
their readers in ignorance they can
keep them in line for the British finan-
cial system.
1t is epportune, therefore, that the
exact declarations made at Chicago |
should be republished on all suitable |
occasions. The oftener they are read |
the more they will commend themselves |
to the heart and patriotism of every |
true American. They are as follows:
"Recognizing that the money question |
is paramount to all others at this time,
we invite attention to the fact that the |
federal constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals OF
the United states, and that the first
coinage law passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar
the monetary unit and admitted gold to
free coinage at a ratio based upon the
silver unit
1--WE declare that the act of 1878 de-
monetizing silver without the know
ledge or approval Of the American peo-
pie has resulted in the appreciation of
gold and corresponding decline in the
price of commodities produced by the
people.
1--WE are unalterably opposed to mono.
metallism, which has locked fast the
prosperity of an Industrial people in the
paralysis of hard times. Gold mono
metallism is British policy, and its
adoption has brought other nations into
financial servitude to London. 1t is not
only un-American but anti American,
and it can be fastened on the United
States only by the sitting of that spirit
and love of liberty which proclaimed
our political independence in l776 and
won it in the war of the revolution.
1--WE demand the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to ] without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation. We
| demand that the standard silver dollar
shall be full legal tender equally with
| gold, for all debts, public and private,
and we favor such legislation as will
prevent for the future the demonetiza-
tion of any kind of legal tender money
by private contract"
This embraces that broad and demo.
| cratic Americanism which is necessary
for the successful carrying out of that
part of our scheme of government which
refers to financial affairs and which
avoids the evils that must necessarily
follow either of the extremes. Here is
conservatism without reactionary doc
trines-the opening of the gates of equal
opportunity to all.
Two or three weeks ago the Repnb.
hcan papers were lamenting that there
was great danger that the Chicago con-
vention would not be able to draft a
candidate, or if it did it would be some
fossil who couldn't furnish any life to
the campaign. Now we may compla-
Gently inquire Of them:
Do you want manhood in its glorious
prime? There is William j. Bryan.
Do you want the statesman without
fear and without reproach? There is
William j. Bryan.
DO you want an orator who ranks
with the greatest of modern or classic
times? There is William ]. Bryan.
Do you want the intellectual giant
who can electlify continent with one
stirring sentence? There is William j
Bryan
DO you want the tribune of the peo.
pie, born in q cottage OF labor reared In
the school of honest industry and whose
tongue and lips speak the frank Ian
guage of the heart! There is William
j. Bryan.
, The truth of the matter is that the
, Republican leaders were 20 deeply alb
sorbed i'll worshiping John Bulls golden
calf that they did not know that the
Chicago convention was loaded. They
know it now, however.
The act of the New York World il
publishing forged letter purporting tC
be in the handwriting of William
Bryan was but feeble imitation of tn,
entire course Of the Chicago pres
: during and Immediately before the con
vention.
Not one Of the dozen daily newspaper
of that city but had been subsidized b,
the agents of Lombard and Wall street
to defame the peoples representative
who were there TO execute the mandate
{ of their constituents, and falsify tn
. cause of Mammon.
) Not satisfied with falsehood as
: weapon in behalf of an unrighteou
cause, they resorted to forgery with a
accomplishment.
1 The most distinguished statesmen il
3 the country made plain and simple an
1 concise answers to the questions of re
4 porters, TO wake up the next mornin
and find their names appended
=, "signed statements" which were nc
s only false in conception and detail, bu
: libels upon their manhood and the rec
8 ords of their whole lives.
n This is what the venal press of Oh
A cago called lighting the battle of soun
money"
/. And it was this venal press, the echoe
: Of whose utterances appeared in tn
h whole British press of the country, thu
: denounced the 900 free coinage deli
|. gates, embracing the ablest minds an
!. the most patriotic statesmen Of the r.
4 public, as hoodlums and anarchists, an
. jeered at the farmers, mechanics, me
n chants and business men of 80 STATE
who came there to witness the trump
Of their own cause as lays. "Jakeys,
8 "Reubens," and like pet rames.
IS w. A. t.
l. G. Ii. ELBERSON,
IL of Alliance, Ohio. Recon- M uC