The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
4. H. PLUMB'S LETTER
Addressed to DR.. Frank Gun
sauIus of Chicago.
Says He Has Just Returned
From New England
And That Coercion and Intimidation
Are Everywhere Employed
There Against Silver
Advocates
Emporia. Kan. Sept. IS.

E1fLD8Etar EAl4-~F ES-- ---
Dr.. Frank GunsauIus. Chicago. III
Dear Sir The papers report that
you and other Chicago ministers Of the
gospel have come out actively in sup
port Of 1LcKinley- 1t IS but fair TO as
sumo that you have given the fnau-
cal question careful study from q bus
mess standpoint and have not allowed
yourself 10 be influenced by the rank
partisanshIp and Misrepresentation
Cf such papers as the Chicago Tribune.
CT ~ the knowledge that any increase
IN the money Of the country VIII tend
10 increase prices. and therefore de-
crease the purchasing value of your
salary such being true, you Of course
recognize that there ara two sides 10
This controversy and that those be
lleFlng In the free coinage Of silver are
Is honest and as patriotic as those who
wish 10 maintain the present state OF
affairs 50 I viii not attempt 10 enter
into the merits Of the financial issue.
but wish 20 call your attention 70 an
other phase Of the campaign which
sinks Into insigni1icance the money
question. and thar is the wholesale cor
carried on by Mare Hanna in the man
agemeur OF the Republican campaign
Business has called me in the last six
F@=4ES 10 y =W England and i ma that
at many points between here and
there merchants and manufacturers
are obliged 10 come out for the gold
standard az the peril of being pushed
u the wall by those to whom they are
indebted But what is worse. through
our this territory men whose very
bread depends upon their positions
have been forced to join Mckinley
clubs and take part in Mckinley dem
onscratious a the peril of being thrown
lIL OF employment PrO0a bly, never
before in the history Of the country has
such wholesale corruption been used.
and II Mr. Mckinley is our next presi-
dent. IL VIII oe largely. if not wholly.
Que 70 The corrupt use. directly or in
directly OF money This is matter
which should concern every lover of his
country. Tor under our form Of govern
Elelr the menace is not in the success
q the VIII OF the people. honestly eX-
pressed AZ t1e polls even though they
be wrong out In the success OF a hand
rui Of INSCRIPTIONS rich. who BY
wholesale corruption ara enabled to
decide the elections If we have come
20 the point when money viii elect our
Lres-1alrs~ had We not better admit
rhar our government is a faiIure2
ana there IS another phase Of this
question You must recognize that the
ministers Of the gospel Of Jesus Christ
are losing their hold upon the great
masses Of the people The tendency Of
modern political life is toward uure-
strained Democracy. and it is greatly
70 be depIorad that the church arrays
itself more and more with the classes
as distinguished from the masses. and
raat the latter have come 10 believe
that the religion OF Jesus Christ as
e1poulded BY It's teachers IS rot for
them but Tor those having property
There are plsnks in the Democratic
Platform which conservative men can
not indorse. but i We do not have Iegis-
lariOu which viii afford some relief TO
the honest business man. be he mauufac-
CUrer- merchant, farmer or Iaborer
ta1d the Republican party offers no
such reIief) the radicalism OF the Dem
ocraric platform OF 1895 viii Be cOnsar-
yaCsD itself as compared with a plat
form which VIII be promulgated BY a
successful party in the future People
Wno are starving are not reasonable
and there are hundreds of thousands OF
such today. and this winter viii see
their number greatly increased. and
Yet the Republican party is opposed
10 an income tax. and faV0rs the pres
eDr financial SYSTEM Free silver NAV
not be what We need. but IL is a great
pity that the Republican party has not
the courage 10 offer solution in this
crisis But the most alarming feature
ct the whole campaign. as have said
before. IS the fact that those who claim
10 represent Christ should throw their
influence with the strong as opposed
70 the Weak-OU the side Of corruption
which riots out the very substance Of
the body polite
Respectfully,