The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-30


EDITORS OF REPUBLICAN-GENTLEM
My attention Is directed toa brief editorii
| Of yours in issue Of the 25th, which calls
| for Few earnest words.
have been member and worker In the
Republican party from its very inception,
and claim the right TO criticize any polit-
ical position taken by your paper 1.-THE
REPUBLIcAN) on any important political
subject now open. In said editorial you
name the recent Populist Convention "a
bowling mob, and crazy fanatics
You also assert that the doings of the
Democratic convention at Chicago were
'disgraceful" and that every man who
votes for Bryan votes for anarchy and
disruption Of the present Government"
! am not n member of either of said
parties, but am free TO say that you give
utterance to statements that seem abso-
lutely false and that you cannot fairly
show them to be true.
Allow me III turn to make some asscr-
tons believed to be true and which may be
demonstrated In the face of all opposition,
But first let me state, as an opin on:
When the Republican party In convention
was choked down by the influence of con-
ccntrnted money to adopt the basis of
BARROW gold standard of currency, they
allowed themselves to help stab their own
party to the heart, as will be witnessed at
the coming election, or in early days there
after
assert, as an automatic financial truth,
that plentiful currency propertioned to
population and industrial conditions is
needlul for the prosperity OF any and every
country, as IL corrubofated by the history
OF thousands OF years aud by the well
established views of all true political
economists.
| assert again that the demonstration of
al las ~.
United states IN 1873 largely through tho
false influences Of British gold has had
constant and increasing influence to mar
row down our currency TO low per-capita
tate, and subject the prices of our indus.
tries to the falling prices which always me-
cessarily follow the increased valuation of
a narrow and constantly apprcciating gold
standard.
l maintain therefore, that the re moneti-
cation OF silver (Which Is plentiful in our
country and should be maintained rs tho
standard established at the very fcunda
ton OF our Government) as the best means
ION parity with gold for helping us to
restore the plentiful currency essential to
q complete restoration Of prosperous in.
dustry.
We, the advocates OF an equally free
coinage Of bo,h silver and gold on an aver.
age ratio of IL TO !, take square issue
therefore with the selfish holders of gold
who desire that they may command the
world by their narrow standard, which
enhances their possessions and enables
them to place their feet upon the nccks of
industry and labor to the cnslaving Of
them both
Tint there is u wicked combiation of
the Shyl0ck element to maintain the mar
row gold standard the world over grows
more and more manifest, and every means
they can bring to bear, by bribery, decep-
ton and falsehood, to control the less in.
formed people TO their support is used
without stint.
We believe that had all voters the
knowledge and opportunity of under
standing the lacts and principles at stake,
the free coinage of silver along with gold,
III the expansion OF our currency would be
adopted with an overwhelming voice
Then would industry awaken like n
giant from his stupid sleep. Then wonld
we not shut away our silver values in the
darkness OF the mines and gamble away
our gold to the greedy Shylocks of the
world by the issue Of bonds for our chill
dIcns children t. pay, in interest and
rrncipal.
l'ut we would pay our debts with both,
before the Shylock' cunning had fully ac-
onr ruin, and driven the God
deas OF Liberty from her last home, ripcn
Garth. We could easily quote and illus,
tratc the falschoOds and receptions, prac,
tIccd by the gold standard advocates, to
deceive tho less informed classes, but did
not desire TO make these remarks too ex.
TENDED
knowledge is growing day by day, and
we trust will continue to grow to u fruit
age Of grand results. Yours truly,
j. & JACKSON