The San Francisco call., 1896-07-28
THE REPUBLICAN POSITION.

Mr.. Bryan telearaphed the Populist
convention "The Republican platform
adopted at st. Louis asserts that the BIZ
metallic system should be restored, but
that the American people are helpless to
bring about bimetallism for themselves
until foreign nations are willing 10 assist"
Better things should be expected of a
candidate for the high Office OF President
of the United States than willful and de-
liberate faisehood. 1t must be that Mr..
Bryan has read the Republican platform.
No man having an interest in the welfare
OF the country has failed to read the dec
larations of all the parties. Mr.. Bryan
therefore telegraphed the Populist con-
vention what he knew to be untrue. The
Republican platform cannot be twisted TO
even make it appear as an admission that
the American people are helpless to rem.
edy any economic ills that may aftlict
them. No Republican platform ever held
that the peoples hands were tied and
must remain tied until foreign nations
were willing to assist in untying them.
Mr.. Bryan stoops to the level OF the most
disreputable of New York ward political
methods when he attempts TO put the Re-
publican party in the attitude of a beggar
OF foreign assistance.
The Republican party's position on the
money question is veiled in no subterfuge,
nor hidden behind no mask. 1t is the
policy of the Republican party to increase
the foreign commerce of America to the
greatest possible volume, and one of the
more important OF the things to be done
to accomplish that is uniform inter-
national monetary system. That is, a
system which shall make redemption
money everywhere the same. Commerce
is pretty well agreed that inasmuch as it
is enlarging its proportions from year to
year the volume of money 1t uses in
settling trade balances should be in
creased, but the commerce of no nation
would be willing TO let another Natiou
answer for it as TO how much the volume
of money should be increased and OF what
material it should be composed. Mr.
Bryan, however. says the commerce of
the United States has no business to con-
suit its connections in other countries It
must oblige them to accept q silver dollar
that is on the basis of sixteen times as
much weight as gold dollar, although
the actual difference might be as is to 100.
The Republican party does not believe,
IL A1OWs, al laCt, ludt tue COuuerCH OF
other nations would rather sever all busi-
ness relations with the United States
than to submit to a proposition that
utterly ignored their rights in the prem
| ises. Therefore the plan OF the Republican
party is TO call together the nations that
are interested with US in trade inter
change and agree upon a bimetaIlic
monetary system, and most likely it
would be on the basis of dollar of silver
containing sixteen times more grains than
is contained in dollar of gold. The Re-
publican party is thoroughly committe
10 establish a bimetallic system as soon as
4 ii can be done, but it does not believe il
wise TO destroy our foreign commerce,
which aggregates about $1,000, 00o, 900 an
nuaily, for the sake of playing the role of
a dictator in the world of commerce, es-
! peciallY when this country could not
maintain itself in such q role. 1t is the
policy of the Republican party to let the
existing monetary system stand as it is
until all parties interested in changing il
TO a pure and simple bimetallic system
have agreed upon plan so that the dollar
that is worth 100 cents in San Francisco
would be accepted in every other city in
the commercial nations as possessing the
same value. Mr.. Bryan's force plan would
fail ANONYMOUSLY while the Republican
party's plan will not only not fail, but il
will increase our trade with other peoples
many times over.