The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-09
Although Friendly to silver. He Can
not Swallow Bryan, Free Trade,
States Rights and Free Riot.
LETTER TO HIS SUPPORTERS
OUTLINING THE DUTY OF THE MON
TANA REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Reed to the Voters of Maine
Texas Republicans.

HELENA. Mont, Sept S-United States
Senator Carter. who is in the East and
cannot attend, has written a letter to the
Republican State convention, which meets
here tomorrow, explaining the action of
himself and the four members of the Mon
tana delegation to the St. Louis conven-
ton In reserving the right of the Repub-
Hcan party of the State to accept or re-
1ect the declaration in favor of the restora-
ton of silver by international agreement
The Senator says in the letter:
As a Republican, / believe in the free
coinage of silver and protection to Amer
lean labor and American industry. l do
not believe in free coinage coupled with
free trade, and / do not believe that free
coinage with free trade can be success
Iully maintained by our government. The
ment of bimetallism utter impossibility
The attempt to secure free coinage in con-
junction with free trade is an Utopian
oyer 1T will be found that the
Republican party has not declared in ia
the restoration of silver. I find in this par
tieular that 1t differs from the opposition
Plat1orm only in the matter of method. 1
believe that the Republican party in this
behalf is too conservative but as between
tne acceptance of the Republican platform
subject, and the acceptance of the Chicago
platform, with its free trade, States rights
Tree riot and other Objectionable features
l. l.
Is the clear and unquestionable duty of the
delegate who assemble under and in CON
Iormlty with the forms and the usageS of
the Republican party of this State, and as
delegate representatives of the Republicans
who reside here, to place in the field cleo
tors favorable to Mckinley and Hobart
the party in Montana should, in my
opinion indorse the entire national plat
form. except as to the feature declaring
International agreement a condition prece-
dent to the reconciliation of silver. For
that declaration this convention should
n IN ha f~nn
age of gold and silver in the same manner
as our State conventions have heretofore
declared.
Within the past forty-one months the
country has fallen from the height of pros
perity to the depths of despair. Thought
less men freely talk of revolution. In the
midst or the reigning chaos in political
thought our party stands the only con-
sentative force adequate to restore order
and confidence. Without these elements
prosperity is impossible.
In the future as in the past, shall
stand for protection and free coinage
Firmly believing that the best interests Of
our State and the Nation at large will be
subserved by the election OF. Mckinley
and Hobart, shall give them my support
not meet my approval in one particular
The few who seek to find justification in
the platform for advocacy of the single
gold standard are at war with the party
and its platform. Their discordant utter
anceS are to be regarded as unavoidable
To those of our party who feel constrained
on account of a matter of method of one
issue to depart from us all other ma
flonal questions at the coming election, we
should manifest a spirit of liberation, well
knowing that in due season they will re-