The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-09-22
TEXT BOOK OF 1892.
Official Declaration of the Repub-
lican Party.
Quotations Taken from the Text Book
Which Favored Free Coinage-Re-
pubilcans Now Trying to
Undo Work OF 1909.

National Democratic and Silver Head
quarters, Chicago, Sept. II, 1sO6.-"I
! every voter in the United States wer,
called upon to-day to declare whethei
|. he desired the use of silver as well q.
gold in our monetary system, certain
ly as many as 90 votes out of every 1O(
would answer In the affirmative, and ar
equal proportion would favor such legls.
lation as tended directly to bring about
tho free and unlimited coinage of both
metals, IL they believed the two metals
could be maintained at par"
! Who said this? Was it the intemper.
I ate utterance of some long-haired
7 YWild-eyed free silver fanatic? Was !,
F'the declaration of some political party
pledged in It's platform to national dis
honor and reputation? ,.s...a II
E'!fHo. 1t was the official declaration oi
the republican party, made in the year
OF our Lord 1902. 1t accurately voiced
the sentiment Of that party before ii
came under the domination of ,the
Hannas, the Dforgans, the BeImonts,
the Rothschilds and the confederated
| banks and syndicates. of the. United
Estates. it'.'i ttt ~ :"tP''
THE language above quoted can be
found on page Sc of the republican
l;textboeld,' entitled 'Sfhe Grand sOld
Party-Lincoln,, Grant, Hayes, Gar2
field. Arthur, Harfison; 1t is true to
this fiag.s The republican national
committee gave this document its Off
.cialtsanctioh and distributed 3,o0O,o
iof them throughout the United States.
:Atithe. dictation' OF the gold combine it
is now attempting, at the expenditure
of millions of dollars, 'squandered in
lying, pamphlets, to undo the work to
WHICH the repnblican party c6nsecrated
years of:its honorable existence: 'f'e'
ii, Lat, me quote more from this text
hook, entitled rThe Grand 0id'Payty.."
1t says;
Until tho, .yearr 1873 the United
STATES coined both gold and silver free
y.iipl unlimited quantites;. th6teis,
you could take 1T to the. mints;of! the
United States. and. receive for IT. n fixed,
uhy9rYjng price; but ins ls7s,''By the
omission of the silver dollar from the
coinage law prescribing the silver coins
of the United States, TO be thereafter
eoiffedy aahd by the limitation of. the
legal tender OF Silver to, five, dollars,
SILVER whs IN effect demonetized, and
1t has never since been restored fully to
the position II held In the. earlier coin
age system of this country There has
been much Irrelevant CONTROVERSY as
to whether this was done Intentionally
and after full discussion, or accidental
iIy, so far as the majority Of congress-
were concerned, and by the artful trick
tof certain. persons interested in bring
ing aboutaa gold standard. Such q
controversy serves no useful purpose,
At'that time both silver and gold were
at large premium, specie payments
not having been resumed. nnd paper
money was the only currency. The Inn
portant fact, however. Is that silver
was .demonetized., ,an1 It, Is of little
Service In considering how 1t was de-
prived of them"
What do you think of that, you good
republicans who are now following
the banner hoisted by Mark Hanna at
the .dictation of Wall street? Has any
thing happened in the last four years
to give the lie to this official declara-
tion OF your party hardly four years
ago? Has the crime of 1878 been con-
dpned? What has brought about this |
wonderful change in the republican
attitude toward silver, one of Amer
ida's most valuable products? Let us
continue these interesting quotations
from the republican literature of only
four years ngo. The honorable gentle
man who planned that document said;
i'The unlimited coinage of both met
ais had prevailed from the foundation