Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-30
SENATOR CHANDLER OF NEW HNMP-
SHIRE IN NATIONAL REVIEW"
TARIFF ISSUE WoRSTED BRYAN.
INFLUENCED MORE VOTES AGAINST
HIN THAN FREE COINAGE.
People Were Determined to Nindicate
the Principle of Protection to
American InduStrirS-Latr
Campaign aS Viewed
by the senator.

Washinaton. Nov. 29.-Tho Post in cable
ict;cr from London Will print tomorrow
an advance COPY OF an important article
written by Hon. william r. Chandler.
senator from New Hampshire FOR the De
cember issue OF the National Review, the
Conservative monthly. in which he dis
russrs the late election from the Republic
an standpoint. HIS principal ohiac; is -
encourage European himetalIists TO con-
tinus their propaganda.
TIL Review commenting cditorially upon
the election OF Major Mckinley dosmatIc-
ally asserts ths; unless the Republican
party settles the silver question before
$50 there viii he nothing LEFT OF that party
after lsoe."
Senator Chambers article Is as follows:
European bimetaIisis need not believe
that the election OF Mckinley and Hobart
BY orerW helming majorities IS a decision
20 permanently accede 10 the single gold
standard. The Bryan proposition was soon
seer by the American voters to be simply
that the United States should adopt silver
monometallism; should deliberately give
up all attempts 20 keep gold and silver at
a parity: should send gold TO a premium
and thereby make il merchandise merely
and should base all American prices upon
silver only. It can hardly be considered
rpon reflection. By any true bimetaliist
that such action on our part would nave
helnad the cause of bimetallism in any
country in the world.
1T is true the Bryanites called them
selves bsmetallists and that Mr.. Bryan, in
his recent outcry from his temporary Po-
M
Democrats ncr the POpulists. nor the peo-
pie. but the bimetaIIists' This. however,
is a sheer affectation. No Bryan orator or
writer has seriously denied that the adop-
1ion OF his policy-'the Immediate, un-
limited free coinage of silver by the United
States alone'-would send gold 20 a
rremium and keep II there for an indefinite
period. Surely that would be silver mono
metallism; and can IL be contenqed thdt
silver monouetaIlism is any better stepping
stone to bfrnetallism than gold monometall-
ism? I had supposed that it was generally
agreed by thoughtful and rational bi-
metalHsts everywhere that it not helped,
but rather hindered, the cause OF bi-
metallism for the United States to leap at
once to free silver coinage. How, then,
can the late decision of the United States
against immediate free coinage injure the
contest for biGnetallsm? Here the question
might be left but a fuller survey of ell
the causes of the defeat of Mr.. Bryan and
the election of Mr.. Mckinley may be
useful.
conservative people-and America has
more conservatives than Europeans think
were alarmed at the character of the fol-
lowers of Mr. Bryan, and at their doctrines,
additional to the one favoring free silver
coinage. All the socialists, anarchists and
wild men of society whom Europe has sent
us shrieked for Bryan. although the great
bulk of our adopted citizens voted for Nc
Kiney The platform seemed to counte
nance rioting as means of redress of
grievances. and it made one of its planks a
reconstruction of the supreme court, in or
der to change a legal decision.
"A majority of the American people wish
a more energetic foreign policy than they
believe will come from any administration
named Democratic.
They are deeply affected by the lament
able condition of the Christian subjects of
the Turkish empire. They mean to annex
Hawaii; they desire to see Venezuela al
lowed to retain her rightful sole dominion
over the mouths of the Orinoco. They are
intensely anxious to see arrested the atroci-
ties in Cuba, and TO aid in making the ISL
and free and independent.
But none of the foregoing reasons-not
even the one concerning the national honor
in connection with the curreacy-infuenced
so many voters against Mr.. Bryan as did
the determination of the American people
TO plainly vfndicate and firmly establish the
principle of protection TO American indus
tries by adequate tariff duties on foreign
products.
How He Was Defeated.
That the United States is opposed TO
the single gold standard and is in favor
Of retracing in due course and with care
ful regard to the national honor fhe stems
taken in the demonetiZation of silver until
both gold and silver shall be admitted to
free coinage al The ratio of 15Iz to ! and
made the standard money Of the world.
and the measure of the values of the
world. is proposition which would re-
ce!ve the suffrage of fOur-fifths OF our
voters, II this proposition alone could be
fairly presented to them, even without fur
ther debate.
To such convictions entertained by A
vast majority OF American voters commit
ted 10 bimetallism, the friends of such
monetary system may confidently ap-
peal The question is not one OF four
years. nor yet OF a decade.
1T may take as long to remonetize silver
as it has taken 10 realize the paraIyzinr,
influence of 'ismonetization But the fact
that 6,tpi,11 out OF every % 10000 of Amer
lean voters have given their ballots for the
lAA tA'I'' 90 lalislleiliftle lfee SILVER coin
age 10y the United States alone shows that
the question Is one which must be com
promised or adjusted IN soma way. The
advocates OF gold mOnometaHism are cry-
ing out that the siver question is dead.
They hope. but do not really believe that
this is true. Never was it more important
for bimrtai,ists to exert themselves. Mr..
Mckinley Is pledCe1 by his own words to
cooperation with MS
WILLIAM f. CHANDLER.
Concord. =. H.. November. Il. 1896"