People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

"We shall present the evidence Of
facts, and ask you to calmly judge
for yourselves. | shall present moth
ing but the truth as it is before US.
1.-THE paramount issue in this cam
paign is the financial issue.
II lay down this proposition: that
we Republicans, who have refused to
support the platform and candidates
of ST. Louis. are more consistent than
those who support the same.
The national platforms of the Re-
publican party in 1888 and 1892 de-
clared for bimetallism and for the
use of both gold and silver as standard
money.
"Our state platform IN 1890 declared
for free coinage.
"Our Seventh congressional district
platform in 1890 declared for free
coinage, and it even went so far as to
absOlve the nominee, when elected,
from all allegiance to the party
caucus.
after all these and numerous other
declarations in our platforms, the
man who preserves his consistency
and principles is a far better citizen,
in my mind, than the man who
changes his convictions to stay in the
party.
when the st. Louis convention
met we were all for protection,
but this was soon thrown aside at
that convention, for the financial
question; the money question was the
great question at st. Louis. They
declared for gold standard; then
Senator Teller and a number Of the
other delegates walked out. These
were honest men, who valued prin-
Ciple and manhood more than party.
The Democratic party met at Chi
cagO. Here the tariff issue was for
gotten, and the financial question be
came the one of absorbing interest.
The gOldbug was there, backed by
the Democratic administration in
power. The silver forces were there
under new leadership,
Senator Hill, of New York, led the
god side, Bryan, the young west
erner, spoke for silver. The silver
forces triumphed. and they made
their able, fearless and clean young
leader their nominee. The gold
Democrats did not bolt, as Teller and
Others did at St. Louis, but they
steadily refused to take part in the
convention, and are now holding an
other convention to put out gold
candidates, They have but one OBJ
ject; that is, to defeat Bryan and elect
Mckinley. So my gold standard
friend is now with Grover Cleveland.
THE silver convention was unani-
nous for Bryan. The POpuliSt con-
ventiOn was also, by overwhelming
majority, for Bryan.
"We now see mauy Republicans
leaving that party. We also see
many Democrats leaving their party
and going over to Mckinley, or to a
boiling convention which means the
same as going to Mckinley.
1.-THE silver issue is not new, nor is it
an experiment; we are advocating a
plea that will put US back to 1873.
1.-THE money is like the circulation
in the body. Impair the circulation
and you are SICK; impair the circula.
tion Of money and you distress the
country.
Silver was never fairlydemonetizeG
for the demonstration Of silver was
never discussed during the pending Of
the bill in 1873.
"Mr. Long and Others say that we
never coined silver until 1873. Prior
to 1850 we did not produce over $50.
600 worth Of silver, also, prior to 1857
the cOius Of both gold and silver of
foreign nations were made legal ten
der by statute.
'PriOr to the war we did not have a
national currency as we have now.
We had the old state banks that
issued their own paper.
"We never heard in any discussion
OF specie resumption, that it was to
DC brought about by gold alone. No,
it was to be coin, which was silver as
well as gold.
"The charge is that we favor a dis
honest dollar.
I'VE ask, what is an honest dollar.
We answer, it is one that has the
same power when l pay it as it had
when | borrowed it.
"Or, to putitin another form, AN hon.
est dollar is the dollar of the contract.
The foreigner has taken our bonds
and notes Uhan thav uaro Davahlo IN