The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-11
Those Financial Planks.

| Following is the silver plank of the
Popocratic National Convention held
at Chicago:
1--WE demand the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio of I6 to l, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation. We demand that the
standard silver dollar shall be o full
legal tender, equally with gold, for all
debts, public and private, and we favor
such legislation as will prevent the
decentralization of any kind of legal
tender money by private contract"
Here is the plank of the National
Republican platform; also adopted by
Washington:
eve are unalterably opposed to
every measure calculated to debase
our currency or impair the credit OF
our country. We are therefore oppos-
ed to the free coinage of silver except
\ ny international agreement with the
eading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement
can be obtained, the existing gold
standard must be preserved. All our
silver and paper currency must. be
maintained at parity with gold, and
we favor all measures designed Ito
maintain inviolably the obligations of
the United States, and all our money,
whether coin or paper, at the present
standard, the standard of the most en-
lighted nations of the earth.''
Here is the plank adopted by the
Republicans of Mason County in the
spring convention
"It is resolved, that the delegates
from this county to the State conven-
ton are instructed to support only
such delegates to the National conven-
tion are in favor of the full and COM
plete reconciliation of silver; that
it issued and used by the government
as standard money, indiscriminately
with gold for discharging every obliga-
ton, public or private; and that said
delegates pledge themselves to use all
honorable means to have the National
Convention adopt clear, unequivocal
blmetallic plank without any ambigu-
ity, evasion and with an honest deter
mination to carry out such. policy
without regard to the policy of other
nations unless they take immediate
action and, further, that they support
no candidates who are not unreservod-
ly committed to this policy. We are
In favor of the governments buying
and coming all the silver bullion offer
ed at the market value and retaining
the seignorage, and until gold and
silver are at par, we are in favor of i'm
posing duty on imported silver equal
to the difference between the bullion
and the coinage value"
And here is the one adopted last
month:
eve cordially approve and endorse
the platform adopted and the candi-
dates nominated at the National Re.
publican Convention and promise
them our loyal support. We are un-
swervingly in favor of true bimetallism.
We are unalterably opposed to the
fusion fiat policy which if carried out
can only result in silver monometall-
ism and reduce this country to lower
grade of civilization"
Our popocratic friends seem to find
considerable fault with the position
taken by the Republicans of Mason
County. Kindly point out wherein
the planks Of either county conven-
ton advocate the "free and unlim-
tied" coinage of silver cat the ratio of
16 to L." They favor bi-metalism.
with every safeguard necessary to
protect the United States.
The republican party has always
advocated bi-metalism by an interna-
tional agreement and if Mckinley Is
elected, it will be forced, by protective
tariff and reciprocity measures, if it
cannot be done otherwise.