The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-09-05
WHAT MITCHELL MAY SAY.

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world. The election of Bryan will
save the people.
WHAT MITCHELL MAY SAY.
| Senator John II. Mitchell has ar
ranged dates on which he will speak
at different points in the state during
October, in advocacy OF the election of
Major Mckinley. OF course we can
all foretell what position the senator
| will take on the tariff question and a
number of other important issues, but
are at loss to conceive how he will
reconcile himself to the money plank
in the republican platform, since it is
directly opposite to his convictions,
and as he is an honest man, he will in
all probability advocate the election of
Major Mckinley on the ground that
he too was once free silverite, so he
will probably reproduce the following
speech which he delivered in the sem
ate on the Both day of last January:
"Mr. President, is it not about time
this great nation, these United States
of America, should assert its monetary
as we'll as its commercial independ-
ence? Are we, with our vast territory,
our immeasurable resources, our model
government, our 100000 of brave,
Intelligent, aggressive, Independent
people, to forever acknowledge our de-
pendence on Great Britain, or any
| other power on earth, in either mon
etary or any other sense? Must we,
while denying the right Of any SOW
ernment on the globe, republican or
monarchical, liberal or despotic, to
dictate to us as to the character of our
legislation upon any or all of the great
questions touching our industrial and
commercial interests, questions involv-
ing the right of expatriation, the char
acter of people we shall admit to our
shores, the encroachment of alien sys-
tens, even to limits far beyond our
national borders, but upon the hemis-
phere upon which we live, questions
involving our national honor, and
every conceivable subject pertaining
to our present and future welfare, and
the promotion and progress of our
civilization, save and except one-that
relating to our monetary system-and
as to that one must we be forever sub
servient to the will, and the wish, and
the dictation of Great Britain?
Has the more than century of our
national life, with all the prestige,
and influence, and power, and glory |
that have come to US in our unparal
leled progress as nation, and in the |
development of civilization than |
which none so grand has ever existed |
since the creation of man, still left US
poor, weak dependent of the British |
crown? Because England, since 1916,
has adhered to the single gold stand
ard in the interest of the gold brokers
of Lombard street, are we to forever |
bend the supple knee, acknowledge
our impotency as q nation, and sur
render the prerogatives that ought
rightfully attach to free and indo-
pendent people?
"All seem to agree that bimetallism
would be a good thing if it could bo
brought about by international agree-
ment; but there is not senator in
this chamber who has thoroughly
studied this subject and who fully un-
derstands the history of the several
international monetary conferences
that we have had in the last thirty
years that does not kuow that such a
consummation is just as impossible
that is to say, one that will include
Great Britain, and so long as that
power stands back, neither Germany,
nor France, nor Russia, nor any of the
great powers will como in-as it is to
expect that we will secure, either now
or hereafter, railroad connection be-
tween here and the planet Mars.
"Most certainly so long as the
United States deiers, as we are now
doing, to the wishes, the interest and
the dictates of Great Britain there is
no possible show. If any one thing
will tend to aid in bringing about such
agreement, it will be in
my Judgment, bold, aggressive, inde-
pendent monetary, as we'll as CONNER
cial policy upon our part. We must
cease to concede that, for any reason,
Or for all reasons combined, London
must forever be the clearing house of
,he world. Our policy should cease to 6
be one of dependence for any purpose '
Or to any extent either upon Great q
Britain or any other power on earth. c
Dur country is resourceful enough in 7
III that tends to constitute commercial 8
md monetary power and nationality G
n the highest, most enlarged, and O
,est sense of the term to justify Wig. t
'rous, uncompromising and independ- a
mt monetary, as well as commercial s
'olicy." b
d FINANCIAL PUZZLE. o
Republicans insist that the gold re- .
erYe must be maintained: At the -
anne time they denounoe President =
cleveland for issuing bonds to main r
ain it and denounce Bryan for pro- -
osing to redeem the treasury notes a
nd greenbacks and other coin obli- W
ations in silver. n
Will some able republican financier Is
I'll the people how the gold reserve is
i, ha maintained under orr Dresent | fI