The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-03
SOME MORAL PRINCIPLES
ARE INVOLVED IN THE PRESENT
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN dNvTffIsrr
COIATRY.s
FREE SILVER HE SAYS, T4s~RuIs.
Nations Debts. sbouIdo-Be
Maintained.

apoliS, is nateQnly a pronounced sound
money man, but he intends to try and
convince others That sound omoney4is
right morally as well as financially.
He was asked Saturday what he
thought of the outlook and he said: ~.-
You would like me to tell you what
think about the present outlook in
TINS Repub1fc. This am glad TODD, be-
cause 1t is one of profound Importance.
Not alone from a political point Of
yiew.,but tohas, to do with. moral prin-
c1ples. 1t leaves the domain of politics
ana goes into that of ethicssr There,
mas been too much separating Of the
TWO, and We today reap the dire results.
As between Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Nc
K1nley, L believe the Republican Win
be elected by a majority which will be
surprise to very many men in all
parties. My belief is founde@iupon my
faith in the hard-headed, rugged. sound
common sense Of the people who live
IN the, United States, and in their. Ster-
ling honesty. I do not mean that all
Americans are honest, or that a. major
1ty OF us believe all that Mr. Mckinley
Stands for or all that the ST. Louis
platfrom stands for, but on the vi
tai things for which it stands II app
pears ,ntol mao that when men whose
views are not warped by ambition Or
by other interest come tenexamineath the.
silver part Of the Chicago platform,
they Will say: its ills are SO great and,
It's dangers So many we. cannot vote
for Mr.. Bryan. AS I look at It, if sill
yer could be coined as there proposed,
ruin, dire and long continued, would
foflow-in It's train. sEstftler to- think
how those Of us would fare who have
to work hard and struggle f1oWe aforf
i HY1pg~n annoy al minister paid in dol
lars whose value would be ,thatQoff the
esllVer they contained; I axFsw.itris said
II goYvernlm m said fifty cents worth of
silver is a dollar, it is one, when-made.
a the mint ipto 2 certaln tshhyape bans; The
iallacy OF all this, when examined
lis common to all fiat money theories.
A man might as well say government
! caT 'detefffiae that every canary has,
!, three legs by saying each tail shall be
called one. The Silver men Iappear ITO
me tie, denYthat there islintrinsic value
In Things 1t further appears to me that
snO proposition so bold and son selfish,
was ever made to a great people as this.
by men interested in, silver mines, to
have their silver at the United States
mint very nearly doubled in price.
They want to- sell Ssfxten ounces of
silver to the American people for the
same sum they now sell smore1 than
thirty ounces, for, Queer. patriots
these. It is proposed that t "a mnfnhiister
should be paid in dollars which are
not worth in real value more than
about half what they are called, and
as matter of fact in. dollars than
which can buy better ones for about
half their nominal value. If that is
not to cut wages in, two. 1 do not
know how it could be done That is
how it would affect ministers. Now
how about the army of men Who work
on railways? Freight rates cannot be
increased, passenger rates cannot be
made more, and in that case what.
chance is there for wages to be increas-
ed? But, it is proposeds teepay wages In
this silver dollar, which must, in my
opinion, be soon only worth its value
as bullion. 1 know some Twill say.
eff this is itrde, the silver owners will
not be proffted as you say" - The an
sWer is, they will, because they will
ohaye snldlfhes silver before Tfhe GefasH
Genes. $50 ga.5 49,
81 1--WE are vitality interested in keeping
up the credit, Of this republic, eand no
man so much so as are those of us
who have to work hard every day for
our living. The lessening OF, confldepce
pin -eitherhthee abfiTy br! desire to Bay
the nations debts will hurt most; it
will causezmoney to- be- locked up, trade
to stagnate5 and anfarcei idfeness, (which
must lead to want cDo the working
lmep~r Of this land knoW what free silver
has done for every lssnd YihEteres i has,
been the currencX Chfha, Japan.
nia syss BE- YOU oEa ant TO lower
plane below Ifthat 49, We slaofot1l
have? Do we 5sknow what has
,.been pthe nhistoRy dillingham; rsfnc9otne
gold standard was adopted p The.
wealth of the nation. has. grown by
leaps and bounds. Yes, SAYS oar silver
advocate. I told you. you gold bug
Lit is part of English greed to have
gold the standard My friend, stop a.
: bit if yetp are aSwise Tnan yot will hot
shout till YOU hearstEle end of the story.
Mark well what I say In no land I'M
der. God'S. -asunlitel skiesss1a the si4n-
provement of the. working classes, in
each, and in every particular. been so
rapid and so vast as In ENGLAND Bes
fore gold was the standard, the plight
Of the. working man, was a terror.
Joseph Baker, one Of the ab1est men
England has seen in this, century, I'm
his life, tells of their condition prior to
1885, and up'to +1840sri VIM: Goblet tells
how valuable a penny was to him. He
lost one, and cried bitterly. He was
one OF, Englan.d,Js aablesta men. Lord
SALISBURY tells in his history of the
factory legislation stories of the hard
ships which the working people had to
suffer such asc have no equal, be-
lieve in England now. The man who
talks about the slavery Of those Of US
who. have to, work increasing does not
know what he is talking about. The
working man does not get all he ought
to have or all he might have.
@The conditions under which, he lives
are not what they should be. or what
they can be. and will be, IL he is wise,
and. If Mckinley ,iS,ge1eeted.fs Because
when the money question is settled,
confidence Will be restored, and COM
merce will be increased sWork dwillJ abe.
in greater demand, and all the world
will know America stands for honest
money. I do not say and do not think
thing. It will .nota buts it will gives p
chance for ali other Questions to be
settled. This is the tirsse-fozO the clergy
to speak like the oldyprophets did. If
they wait to see WllfcH side will win,
and then join that side, their doom is
Sealed. The issue&oE this election is
such as the issSt @nan eannss>seil it's
end for good or ill. e1ery school dis
trict in aH~ehe land sHoufd ring WITH
tense of american Shs e, meet sef-'
ing as quickly as we can all eur ohlir
cations in full, and the people, I be-
lieve. will vote fersndhey of which no
American need be ashamed. If it is
said the clergy srou3d Eer politics alone,
I reply, this il. a .YifhI question f-aar-
ais, and a religion (which is preached
or Sunday which canzlot be app4iedsen
Monday Is not worth much. At least I
for one love-work~ all who 90 It, SO
much 1 shall proclaim against free
coinage of silver, whoever advocates
If and say If If is needed LET there hn