The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-08-01
SILVER REPUBLICANS AT WORK.

SILVER REPUBLICANS AT WORK.
An Anti-xeXinlsy Club to b Organ
lied 1t Boise
An enthusiastic meeting was held
at Boise Monday night for the pur-
pose of organizing q Republican
club which will support Bryan in
the campaign. Speeches were de-
lvered by Hon. w. E. Borah, Justice
J: w. Huston of the supreme court
and Attorney General George NJ.
Parsons. Mr.. Borah said in part !:
Every sincere man knows that
Mr. Mckinley is standing upon q
platform which is being interpreted
from one end Of the land to the
other as q single standard platform
pure and simple, and for the Re-
publicans Of this state to support
him is to abandon the silver cause.
The only thing offered to US by the
St. Louis platform on the financial
question is international bimetal-
lism. It is the goal for which every
true silver man is striving. But,
while this is true, we have no faith
in it's accomplishment without the
aggressive and independent action
of the United States.
For 20 years through information.
al conferences we have been striving
to get some plan, some promise.
Nothing practicable, nothing tangi-
BILE has been developed. In the
meantime the depression becomes
more intense and contraction has
gone on until a nation having two
thirds of the population of those
three great nations, with its resour.
ces practically undeveloped, is do
ing business with per capita cir
culation of $3.50, and at this date
the best word We have from En-
gland is, 1t must be remembered
that this country is largely a coun-
try of debts payable in gold and
any change which involves q raise
in the price Of commodities gener-
ally, that is to say, the diminution
of the purchasing power of gold,
would be to our disadvantage
"At last the feeling has come that
it is better to rely upon the resour-
ces and the energy and the patriot
ism of the citizens of the republic
for national prosperity than upon
the patriotism or, rather, philan-
thropy Of those VINO control the
money power of Europe"
MIR. Borah said in his speech that
be favored reading the McKinleyites
out of the Republican party, and
the statement that man who sup.
ported Bryan was not a good Re-
publican was an insult to the grand
leaders Of the party in the past.
Judge Huston was introduced as
q man whose silver record had ever
been consistent. He said this was
free republic. Practi-
cally. in all Europe there never was
a more servile and subservient peo-
pie than the people of the United
States.
The speaker said when any one
said be was not good Republican
be could conscientiously say, you
are a liar" 1t was nothing new
for him to be called a traitor. In
1861 the Democratic party went
wrong and he became traitor to it.
The conditions were much the same
now. IF it were necessary in order
to maintain my principles he said,
II would change my party as often
as l change my linen"
Pointing dramatically to the pic
ture Of Lincoln, he said, "He was
that kind Of a Republican; be was
the first President l ever voted for
he was the last President the people
ever had; they won't have another
until William J. Bryan is elected
next November. Loud cheers).
The Judge closed with brief his
tory of his record as silver man,
saying that alone was accountable
for the large vote he received two
years ago, and with q bundle of
ridicule Of the international agree.
ment idea. "Does not the face of
every American Jingle with shame"
he said, "as he witnesses America,
with the bastinadoed elephant bow
ing down to it's British rider"