The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-09-29

bushel instead of one dollar, he is re
! specially referred to this declaration
of the republican party. made only -four
short years ago. Any merchant OF
| farmer, who views with dismay the con
stantly depreciating value of his stocl
and goods, and who is now staring
bankruptcy in the face, should consult
| the above quota ton and then figure OF
| the prospect ahead of him, in the event
| that the gold standard is permanently
fixed as part of our national policy.
Listen to this, our good republican
friends, who are now frantically en-
deavoring to swallow the gold pill
Here is what was asserted by your re-
publican text book of four years ago:
1.-The meaning of this is clear. The
capitalist can increase his wealth by
simply converting it into gold, putting
it in a vault and holding it idle for a
series of years. At the end of ten years
IL will buy more provisions and more
labor than IL would when he stored it..
AS the supply of gold contracts, every
body must work harder to get 1t.
IL is pidlD tlit tDt ttDuoT Gil
titled to discharge his obligations for
value precisely similar to that he
originally obtained. He cannot do this
If the money in which his loan is COM
pulsory payable increases between the
date of it's making and the date of it's
payment Measured in gold all OBJ
legations have thus increased in avery
10 Y,-a-;A1 Of Mo prNl;trN--
class enjoys, therefore, a vast advant-
age over the debtor class. The men
who work for their living and consume
their earnings year by year are placed
in a most unfair position"
What are Mark Hanna, j. Pierpont
Morgan, Hidelback, Ickleheimer & Co.,
and others of our philanthropic oppo-
nents doing to relieve American farm
ers. workingmen and producers from
this most unfair position?" They have
forced a great party to affirm in its
platform the sacredness of the gold
standard and they denounce as an
archists, epudiationists, lunatics and
populists those who now dare to OPP
pose them.
There is much more good reading in
this text book entitled The Grand
Old Party" and at an early date l Will
quote more from it's stirring and pa
triotic passages.
There is not the slightest reason to
douht-and William Mckinley will not
deny the statement that in 1873, in
1850, in 1854, in 1883, in 1890, in 1892 and
all the years and months up to the
time that the gold clique in the re-
publican national convention at St.
Louis in June, 1896, framed it's gold
plank, and forced him to stand upon
it-that William Mckinley has been a
constant and answering friend of sill
yer. A few days ago he came out
squarely and fatty for the gold stand
ard, and denounced in most bitter
terms that honest faction of the Amer
lean people who believe in the money
of the constitution. 1t makes no differ
ence what his personal opinions are
on this question. If he be an honor
able man, he cannot, he dare not, be-
tray those who are now spending mil
lions 10 elect him.
Let no man delude himself with the
hope that William Mckinley can now
be anything but a gold monometallist.
He has counted the cost, rendered his
decision and must be judged by his
recent letter of acceptance. Every
line in that document reflected the de-
mands of Wall and LOmbar streets.
For the sake of q presidency he has
recanted the patriotic utterances of an
honorable past, spoken in favor of sill
yer. He stands to-day the pledged advo-
cate of a doctrine he despises, the
champion of a conspiracy which he
fordsaw, the details of which he has
exposed. Never in the history of Amer
lean politics has a presidential can
didatc occupied such a pitiful position.
The question Is, did the transfer of the |
of William Mckinley from
to the gold standard carry |
with it allegiance of millions Of hon
est Americans who have heretofore |
been affiliated with him in an attempt !
to restore silver to its function as
This is question which every voter
must answer for himself.