The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
THE REFoRMER: BRATTLEBoRo VT. FRIDAY. JUNE 20 1896
| not prepared 10 indulge IN the speculation OF
free and unlimited coinage.
In the House of Reprsc natives, on
NAV -, 1890 he SAID

T. not prepared 10 indulge In the speculation
4 free and Unlimited coinage.
In the House of Reprsc natives, o
9 May %, 1890, he SAID
+ do not propose by any vote of mine TO Tore
the people of tho United States, the farmers nn
laborers, 10 the cheapest money OF the woflh o
To any policy which might tend In that dlre'
: ton Whatever dollars we have IN THIS counti
+ must be good dollars, MS good In the hands o
the poor ms the rich, equal dollars, equal IN ~
herent merit, equal IN purchasing power, wheti
or they be paper dollars. or gold dollars, or y,
yer dollars or treasury notes--cach convertible
into the other, and each cNchanagcablc for TN
other. because each II based upon an equal VA
, by the nat OF the law alone, but good because
the whole commercial world recognizes Us IN
herent aud inextinguishable value. Ther'
should'be no speculative features IN our MONEY
no opportunity for speculation In the exchange
of thepeope. They must be safe ana stable
IN 1891, when candidate for thu
governorship of Ohio, in a speech a
Canton, he said 81 would rather
shat the flag | have the honor OF car
rying this year go temporarily dowr
than capitulate with disohnesty oI
surrender to demagogy. Gov. Camp
bell says he liz willing to chance free
silver. | am not willing to chance 1t,
At Ada, Ohio, the same year hf
said:
In a word, We want no short dollars. we wan
no short weight, we want no short measure.
tell You 100 cent dollar will not keep COMPANY
| with AN - cent dollar. II never has anu II
never VIII; and II there is anything we have ".
right to demand of our government, " Is thni
the dollar issued shall he fixed and unvarylnp
IN value, and represent full dollar IN every
mart and market In the world. voted Tor tic
restoration Of the silver dollar. when did H.
We had but s.o0co0O silver dollars In circulation
| When did II, silver was more valuable than To-
day We have i05,0O0,000 silver dollars to-day,
and that IL as much ms We can maintain az pnr
| with gold, with the price OF silver that prevails
| throughout the world. | am opposed to free
and unlimited coinage, because II means that we
viii he put upon silver Dasis and do business
with silver instead of with gold
In "a speech IN the academy OF mu-
sic in Philadelphia, September -,
| 1892, he said:
| The money of this country should he as ma.
tOndl as Its flag, sgcred as the national honor,
| and rs sound a. the government itself. That Il
| the character of the money we have to-day.
| That is the Kind OF money which II Il the para.
mount Interest of every citizen OF this country,
no matter O. what political party he may beiong,
| to want 10 maintain and continue.
In an address before the Marquette
club of Chicago, on Lincoln day, Feb
ri AIRY II. last, only three months ago,
he said:
The Republican party would as ,9on think Of
lowering the nag OF country ~ 10 contem
plaie with patience and without protest and OPP
position any attempt 10 degrade or corrupt the
medium OF exchanges among the people. II can
he relied upon In the future, rs In the past.
to supply the country with the best money ever
known, gold, silver and paper, good the world
over.
might continue these quotations
considerably further, but | think il
ID unnecessary, for here Is sufficient
TO show that he is strongly in favor Of
sound money and as strongly opposed
to the free coinage failacy. | will add
one more, however.
4 year ago, in brownsville, Ga,
Mr.. Mckinley, when offered the del
epates Of three Southern states il he
would declare for free silver, said, IF
the Republican platform declares for
free coinage. ! will not he candi
date. would na run on free silver
platform
Could any one reasonably ask more
explicit declaration than that?
As Ia his vote Oh the Bland bill, Mr..
McKinlcy's own explanation already
quoted ought, think, to be salts
factory answer To any person disposed
10 he fair and reasonable. 1t is
well known fact that the conditions
we're far different then from what they
are today. At that time. the dispar
ity between the two metals was only
from 6 Ia cents on the dollar, and Mr.. |
McKiuIey believed, as did also many
others who favor the gold standard TO |
day. that the free coinage of silver |
would SO increase the demand for |
tn at metal ar 10 overcome that dis |
|
grounds for saying or believing Me |
would now claim that dispar- |
ity Of about 30 cents ON the dollar |
could be overcome by free coinage
law, especially after the former exper
iment has proved an utter failure The
silverites certainly understand his Pc
sition 10 be In favor Of sound money.
as evinced by their utterances and
their acts Senator Teller, the most
rabid sileyrte in theRepublican party,
knowing that the nomination OF Ne
kinley was as certain as any future
event could be refused for while TO be
4 delegate 10 the st Louis convention
because. as he said. he felt sure that
the action Of that convention would be
such that he could not support it, and
he did not wish to be in any way com
nitted to it. Senator Tillman, another
-abid silverite. though not from y
silver producing state a Democrat and
)ne who seems TO take special delight
IN publicly pr oclaiming that fact
'ecently said to the Republicans of
Colorado, ''Send Senator Teller 10 the
ST Louis convention as chairman of
sour state delegation. Instruct him to
cad his delegation from the conven-
ion hall the moment Mckinley or any
pther gold bug is nominated for Pres
dent on any other platform than one
demanding the free coinage of silver
It the ratio of lG TO /, without await
ng the consent of Englanu'' Sen
ltor Tom Carter of Montana, also ,
abid silverite, and one of the /,
eaders of that faction, bitterly opposed
he candidacy of Mckinley and stands
eady to do anything that lies in his /.
Iower TO prevent his election. i,
VI oreover, living as | do in commu .
lity large portion of whom are rank :
'opuists ia party whose Fundamental ,
principle is free coinage at the ratio :,
# l6 to II | can testify from personal :
knowledge and observation that the 2
most bitter opponents OF Mckinley are :
he silverites; that the more rabid a =
nan is on that question, the more bit
er Is his hatred and opposition 70 !
j cKinley and that the only objection
hey bring or attempt to bring against
i'm is that he is gold bug.
These facts certainly do not indicate G
hat the free coinage advocates see any :
n ound for hope or encouragement in .
h position of Gov. Mckinley on the !;