The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-20

had a right to insist that his name
| should not be published as refusing 10
answer the question; the second de-
clined because OF personal relations
with the candidate, and the third de-
clined because. as he said, his bank had
large number of customers of all
shades Of political opinion, and he had
no wish TO offend any of them, and
therefore he declined to discuss politi-
cal questions with anyone for publica-
! ton. OF the three who declined 10 an
! swer for the reasons stated, ii may be
said that ii is known TO the reporter
that two of them are opposed 10 Nc
Kinley's candidacy, and would vote for
Cleveland or any other sound-money
Democrat in preference to Mckinley
| Following are the replies To the Ques-
! ton:
Frederick d. Taper, president of the
! Galatin National bank, when the ques-
ton was asked him said: NO, Ger
tainly would not. 1t is unnecessary
for me to say more than that"
George G. Williams, president of the
Chemical National bank. said: NO,
tmphatically, no; / don't want any
'straddle-bug' candidate. i want some
body whose position on such an i'm
portant question as the currency is I'M
mistakable. McKnley's record is not
beyond suspicion. So far as it is
known from his speeches and his votes,
it is not positive enough in favor OF
maintaining the gold standard What
his friends say for him is one thing,
and what he says for himstlf is an
other. AT present he is saying moth
ing. If he is a man, let him speak
cut like man. Let him be man."
4. NJ. Galloway, president of the Mer
chants National bank, replied as fol-
lows: mo, sir, not as it stands NC
Kiniey's record today, for / don't
know and can't find out what il is"
Warner Van Norden, president of the
National Bank of North America, said:
mo, but l expect TO vote for the Re
publican candidate. 1t may be thought
that the Republicans will have strad-
ding platform and nominate Mckinley
on ii. In that case if the Democrats
have asound-money platform and NOM
mate a candidate TO lit their platform
1 should vote for him under those cir
cumStanceS-"
II. G. FahneStock, first vice president
and acting president of the First Ma
tonal bank, said in reply to the ques-
ton: Il do not believe that any can |
didate Of either political party can be
elected TO the presidency of the United |
States unless he stands upon an abso- |
lutte and unequiyocal gold-standard |
platform have not up to the present |
date been able 10 ascertain Mr.. Nc |
Kinley's financial status
W. w. Sherman, president of the Ma |
tional Bank Of Commerce, said: 1.-The |
nomination of Mckinley on his record, |
as it stands today, would not suit me- !
1 am not prepared TO say, however, that |
would not vote for him as against |
some other man whose position on the |
silver question is even more uncertain"
E. S. Mason, president of the Bank
of New York, replied TO the question
in this way: 81 believe" be said, that |
the platform OF the ST. Louis conven-
ton viii be a sound-money platform,
and I think Mr.. Mckinley will be
sound-money man on that platform. /
assume that he will be nominated.
That is all that care to say on the sub
ject."
William II. Perkins, president Of the
Bank Of America, said: 81 don't care
to answer that question. / shall GER
tainly vote for Mckinley if he is noun
mated, but 1t is open TO me TO vote
for anybody"
William C. Cornwall, president of tia
City Bank Of Buffalo, who was in the
city Yesterday attending a meeting of
York State Bankers association, of
which he is member ex-oficio, in dis
cussing the duty OF business men in
relation TO the subject of sound money
and The issue thereon. said in reply 10
questions by reporter for the Even
ing Post: "If there is one thing thar
the bankers and bushes men under
stand. il is that the larger part OF their
woes in the past and the woful stagna-
ton in business at present is due 10
doubt OF the intention and ability to
mairtain the gold reserve, aud to the
fight over the question Of whether We
shall have affty-cent silver or a one
hIrdred- cent gold dollar as the stan
dard.
''The voter should be instructed that
until that question is settled, once for
all. in favor ofgold, absolutely and IN
alterably, we cannot have permanent
in this country. The poll
ticians and platform-makers, no mat
ter what their party. should be made
to understand in no uncertain way that
any platform that does not openly and
declare for sound money
and the gold standard viii subject the
party putting out that platform 10 bit
ter and determined opposition from the
business world"
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