Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

dentlal year before was less than 90
600, SO that gain of about $4,000 votes
has been made. This shows what they
think Of the Chicago platform there.
GOV. LYON coNv1Nc1Na.
Proves Republican Eras Most Prosperous
OF the Nations History.
Gov. w. @. Lyon, ex-lieutenant-gov-
ernor of Ohio, spoke at the opera
house Tuesday night upon the politi-
cal issues from republican stand
point. There was large, Intelligent,
attentive, thoughtful and enthusiastic
audience, and Gov. Lyon gave them a
splendid talk. He devoted some time
to the question of protection, showing
how under republican administration
and protective policy, this country
had always prospered, while on the
contrary it had always experienced
hard times and general distress under
the rule of ofdemocracy-which facts are
clearly and forcibly borne out by his
tory. He very distinctly pointed out
the manner in which the demopops
are trying to shield the record of de-
mocracy of the past four years by now
raising the Cry of free silver and ig-
noring the question of protection
that their record was SO disastrously
horrid that no sane man would think
of upholding it, want to wipe out all
reference to the past, and present
themselves to the people without
record, charged with nothing and re-
sponsible for nothing; but they can't
do it. Gov. Lyon made it plain that
with the republican policy of protec-
tion again in vogue, this country
would once more enjoy the same pros
perity that it always did under repub-
licanism; that the money question
would no longer be heard of-no more
than it was before with tt is same mon
etary system and protection. Ohio,
under protection, had built mills and
factories to such an extent, and there
by gained such apopulation of work.
ing people, that not a particle of it's
farm products were shipped out of the
state and not a cent of freight was paid
to get those products from the farm to
the factory. This was the result of
protection and the same enterprises
would eventually find their way into
this very locality-it is only question
of time-they were slow in coming to
Ohio-but under wise protective pol
icy they came and that state prospered
aud continued to prosper until democ-
racy gained complete control of our
government and wiped out the laws
that made it possible for these mills
and factories to compete with those of
foreign countries where labor and
everything is SO much cheaper than it
is in this country. Gov. Lyon gave
the money question sufficient discus
sion to thoroughly, simply and EN-.
phatically show the pure fallacy of
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of l6 to and still maintain
the parity-or in other words, keep
gold as we'll as silver in circulation.
He exhibited Mexican and French
coins, as we'll as the trade and standard
dollars of this country, explainingt their
coin and bullion value, and very clearly
showing how the silver coins of France
and this country, though containing
but little over half their face value in
silver were maintained alta parity with
the little gold dollar that he exhibited,
while the Mexican dollar could not
pass anywhere for but trife more
than half as much as our own silver or
gold dollar.
No country, he said, could have BIZ
metallism unless gold and silver circu-
late at parity, and the history of
every country proves that under free
and unlimited coinage at any ratio
ever yet tried gold and silver are not
both kept in circulation, and they
therefore have monometalism, and this
country will have silver monometalism
driving out gold-just as sure as it
ever adopts free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the present ratio, with
out the cooperation of other leading
commercial countries.
Gov. Lyon certainly made a clear
and honest presention of the questions
at issue, treated his opponents with
fairness and consideration and did the
cause of republicanism proud.
Don't waste your money on poor
pictures, but come where you viii be
sure of getting what will please you
without dozen resittings.
lift j. w. PIKE.
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