The record-union., 1896-10-26
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions Of Coast Newspapers in
Brief,
On All Shades of Political Belief and
Upon Leading Topics Of
the Day.

upon LeaQlng topics OI
the Day.
Red Bluff Peoples Cause: OF equal
Importance with the national campaign
in this State is the question of the cleo
ton of a United States Senator. In Or
der to make the results of the election
effective in the event OF Mcklnley'S
eiection-which is now a foregone con-
clusion- it is essential that he should
be supported by a Congress strongly
Republican in both houses. If the Re-
pl blican party in California is success
ful against the fusion movement, it will
be because the people recognize the i'm
pCrtance Of protection to the industries
of the coast and to secure that we
must have a Republican House and
Senate.
THE EFFECT.
Nevada City Herald: What would be
the effect of a depreciation Of new dol
lars when coined under an unlimited
coinage Act upon our present silver dol
lars? Unless the mintS changed the
style of the coins so they could be read
lily distinguished from present coinage,
our present dollar would depreciate
In ''---~ tho depreciation would result
10 $300000,000 or more loss on what is
now worth par value.
SAFER AND BETTER.
Visalia Delta: Mckinley has been and
will be q. safer and better friend to sill
yer than the extremists who believe in
the unlimited coinage of the worlds
product. Mr.. Mckinley believes in the
coinage of the American product, but
knowing that under free coinage the
parity could not be maintained at the
present ratio, he did not, when in Con-
gress. advocate free coinage at the ra-
ito of 16 to /.
SAWED OFF
Alameda Telegram: No citizen of Call
fornia who has his home or farm mort
gagged can afford to vote for the sawed
off dollar. The way to save the farm
and the home is to vote for a restora-
tion of confidence and the extension of
leans. A few good crops and domestic
tranquility will fix the people of this
State SO that the mortgage will have no
terrorS for them.
A QUESTION.
Stockton Independent: If free coinage
is declared, where is the authority of
the MALI of March 2S, 1891, for say
ing that all a Speculator would have to
do would be to take a certain amount
of gold to Europe, purchase silver in
gots with it, bring the ingots
over here and have them coined
into dollars, exchange the dollars for
geld and repeat the operation as long
as our exchangeable supply of gold
lasted. This is upon the assumption
that more grains of silver could be pur-
RI, IN, J0l1o IN
than are contained in the silver dollar
Of America, which is correct assump-
tion, for silver as an article of COM
merce fluctuates in value the same as
other articles.
THE EFFECT.
Grass Valley Tidings:: If free coinage
be adopted, it is only the value of
money that will change, not the value
of the article to be purchased. In pur-
chasing power gold dollar will remain
unchanged, while that Of the silver dol
lar will decrease one-half. The voter
will be able to buy the same amount Of
sugar or woOlen goods for his gold dol
lar that he gets to-day, but the full
force of the changed conditions will fall
upon some unfortunate neighbor who
draws his wages in deprecated silver
dollars. Many gold miners think the
purchasing power of their gold dollar
Will be doubled. but If once they come
to understand that a decreased value
in silver does not mean an increased
value in gold, and that a vote for free
silver does them no good and means
death to their neighbor, the incentive
to get ricn at some other mans ex-
penSe will disappear and the gold min
ers will be found voting for their own
Tot i
hors.
CHEAP WIT.
Redlands Citrograph: We are glad to
Sc that the calling Of names, the at
trrnpts at cheap wit, the inflammatory
language, the Haunting Of the red flag
Of denunciation the attempts to stir up
sectional strife, the appeals to passion
rather than reason, are nearly all con-
fined to the fusionistS. The Republican
party stands for all that is best in gov
ernment- 1t proposes in the future, as
1T has done in the past, to represent the
whole people. It stands for good gov
ernment, for law, for order, for indus
try, for peace, for prosperity. Think of
this and vote for these principles
Sand for the party that represents
true Americanism. Do your duty to
your country and yourself, and all will
be well.
WHAT HE WOULD DO.
Kern Echo: Those who claim the
present campaign to be a contest be-
tween Dives and Lazarus seem to be
unduly delighted over the idea of get
ting the whole country down to the
Lazarus basis.-Post
A gentleman living here who owes a
mortgage held in San Francisco was in
the city few days ago and meeting his
creditor asked him what he would do if
Bryan was elected. Proceed at once to
get my money out of the property" was
the reply. Then he went on to say that
should go to the silver basis, those hold
Ing paper payable in gold would make
the widest scramble for their money
that was ever seen.
FOOLISH.
Santa Rosa Republicans: The individ-
ual who is resorting to all kinds OF tricks
and uttering all kinds Of falsehoods in
his efforts to induce people to change to
his way of thinking is very foolish to
find fault with those who change from
the theories advocated by him. The
man who desires to have the people be-
lieve the truth is usually liberal, while
he who would lead them into error is
the one who loses patience and resorts
to vilifcation and Misrepresentation
when people change from the schemes
advocated by himseIs
LURID DESCRIPTIONS.
Stockton independent The lurid de-