New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-23

said: ~
We favor the continued and extended use OF s,lH.r
in our circulation within the extent OF the ap,.y
OF the Government to preserve the pre 80. ppd ue
OF value between gold and silver 10 ~ oH's The Gov
eminent 70 obtain an agreement with all othetr
commercial nations TO secure the Tree co'""e0 "
silver any proper ratio
solved that,
Now and in the future all dollars should be OF
eonai value TO the end that a suitable currency,
shundant for all wants shall secure to all the peo
pie the full results OF their labor.
August 2s 1895 the Republicans OF Pennsyi-
vania said:
w. accent unreservedly the determination enun,-
c,ated nv the National Republican Convention Oh
1902 in demanding the Of both gold ana snvei
money with such restrictions and under such pro,
Visions TO be determined by legislation. as VIII
secure the maintenance OF the parity OF .no
noWar Of 81 the da rn Whether Of
shall be at all times equal
THE NETWORK PLATFORM.
On September 49, 1894. the Republicans OF inc
State OF New-York met in convention anu
nominated Levi p. Morton for Governor. In the
pIatform then adopted will be found the 1oiiow-
Ing plank:
We favor an honest dollar and oppose any ehori i
whether by the removal OF the tax on state jain
issues or the free coinage Of silver to lower oui
standard and we favor an ss of both
gold and silver a circulating medium
That platform was approved by Mr.. Mor'oh
T., h,s ,a.+ar ~ acceptance dated October ii,
1894 and Is the declaration Of principles upon
which he was elected to the Office OF Governor
which he now holds
That the above enunciations OF state anu
National platforms correctly express the sehu-
ments uttered by the Republican leaders upon
this question for fifteen years could be proven
by their declarations in instances without num-
Der. Senator John Sherman. In speech IN 'ne
Senate made on June 6. 1890. said:
believe a ma jority OF the Senate desire. first. 10
provide an increase OF money to meet the increas
population ard to supply the reduction in cir
cuaton caused by the retiring OF Naiionai pa'lk
sver not only in the United siates but in tho
world in the belief that Il Is essential 10 the suc
our Efforts will advance silver to its legal ratio with
gold and induce the great commercial nations ~
Two metals or In agreeing with us in a new ratio
OF their relative value: and third, 10 stSuie
ssemone,ze gold or cause it to be boarded or ex-
ported. bu, that will establish both gold and SILVER
az standards Of value not only in the United STATES
but among all the civilized nations OF the world
am not done yet. The last half Of the law
which was passed at the extra session or Con-
gress in 1893. and which repealed the purchasing
clause Of the Sherman act OF 1890. reads as FOL
lows:
THE DECLARATION BY CONGRESS-
And I, is hereby declared to be the policy q the
silver standard money, ana 70 com pom soSu
and silver into money of equal intrinsic anu eA
through international agreement. or by such SAFE
guards OF legislation as Will Insure the man ehace
metals and the equal power OF every dollar at all
times in the markets and IN the payment ., a,n,s,
~ co~ernment should he steadily directed TO the
es,o hlshment Of such safe system OF blmrtallStn
a. WI aoiiar coned or issued by the United States
in the markets and in the payment Of debts
That law was voted for by large majority
OF the Republicans then In Congress ana pN
every Republican there who opposed the Tree
coinage Of silver II also received the vote Of
every sound Democrat then In tn" fons"
ar Senate. and was approved end signed 10y
Grover Cleveland Nor than H. = ne law
was approved by the entire sound-mon'y press
~ the United States and especially by all the
Journals in New-York City and the East who
vor honest money. VIII these men who are
now making such n fuss about the Ohio plat
form read and compare that platform with THIS
solemn legal enactment? They VIII hnd them
Identical in scope and Intention. ana. largely. IN
words Then. gentlemen. read your own praise
Of that law which YOU sang SO clearly ana
frequently. and then tell Va how 1t could have
been such Gospel truth then and why II - such
herrsy
II there Is lurking in It's language some double
oil X,
peace when 1t was being made a part OF our
statute law, and why do you now cry out when
the very thing which you approved then IL
s,mnlv res,ated IN a political platform? Such
srbierfuge Will not do. II was good doctrine
then You said 50 yourselves. 1t Is sound doc
trne now. -
BUT why multiply quotations? Is there a man
In the United States who doubts that from the
beginning of this controversy TO the present
moment the great majority Of the Republican
rfy ha q
That they have been opposed 10 the free coinage
of silver upon the ratio Of l6 to |. or upon any
ratio not agreed upon by the leading CONNER
cial nations Of the world? That they have all
the time believed In and labored To secure sucn
an international agreement ana ,nat %i,n ron
such legislation will keep all kinds or money,
whether II be gold silver or paper. OF equal
value. dollar for dollar?
If that Is not sound Repubcanism. then I
have misunderstood the principles OF the party
20 which belong and have been working FOR
Yet that is all there Is Of the Ohio plank about
which some people are at this moment com
planning. VIII some one Of these fault finders
point out in what the Ohio platform II two
tded? Please name the exact provision to
which you object. Compare It's teachings with
the avowed principles by the party so often
set forth in State and Natonh hI platforms snS
all our tried leaders. and then name In what
1t falls short
CAN THEY IMPROVE ON TT
Better. still, gentlemen, please publish Just
such a platform you approve. and then
rrint the utterance OF any candidate yet named
for the coming convention at st. Louis. and
show which one Of them meets with your ap-
prevail Point out when and where a single
man among them all has ever uttered one word
which is not In harmony with the Ohio plat
FORM Of which you complain.
| am writing this article In the interest OF no
single candidate but rather In the interest Of
fair play and sound principles. II the decara-
ton Of the Republicans Of Ohio II not sound
upon the money question. then no candidate
has vet been named who has sound Views upon
that subject Mckinley Reed. Morton. Allison.
90 far az | know. have. no one Of them. ever
uttered n word at variance with that plank. and
7 will agree to furnish instances In large num-
hers where each one OF them has during his
long public life taught precisely the same doc