The herald., 1896-11-30
Urged to Continue Their Earnest
Propaganda
BRYAE..icRY FROM THE TOMB
Fails to Make a Silverite Of Seaatos'
Chandler
The New Hampshire Statesman Regards
Himself as the Only Great Expon-
ent of tie Only True Theory.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-The Post,
In cable letter from London, will print
tomorrow an advance copy of an i'm
portant article written by Hon. William
j.. Chandler, senator from New Hamp-
shire, for the December issue of the Ma
tioual Review, the Conservative month
", in which he discusses the late election
from the Republican standpoint. His
principal object is to. encourage Euro
pean bimetallists to continue their prop
uganda.
The Review commenting editerially
upon the election of Major Mckinley.
dogmatically asserts that unless the
Republican party settles the silver
question before 1900 there Will be moth
ing left of that party after 1900"
Senator Chambers article is as fol-
Rows: European bimetallists need not
believe that the selection of Mckinley
and Hobart by overwhelming majorities
is decision to permanently accede to
the single gold standard. The Bryan
proposition was soon seen by the Amer
lean voters to be simply that the United
States should accept silver monometal-
lism, should give up all attempts to keep
gold and silver at parity; should send
gold to a premium and thereby make it
merchandise merely. and should base all
American prices upon silver only. 1t
can hardly be considered upon reflection
by any true bimetallist that such action
on our part should have helped the cause
of bimetallism in any country in the
world
1T is true that the Bryanites called
themselves bimetallists, and Mr. Bryan,
in his recent outcry from his temporary
political entombment. addresses not the
Democrats nor the Populists. nor the
people. but the bimetallist. This, how
ever, is cheer affectation. No Bryan or
ator or writer has seriously denied that
the adoption of his policy-fthe inmedi-
ate, unlimited free coinage of silver by
the United States alone'-would send
gold to a premium and keep it there for
an indefinite period. Surely that would
be silver monometallism, and can 1T be
contended that silver monometallism is
any better stepping stone to b1metall1sm
than gold monometallism? l had sup
posed that it was generally agreed by
thoughtful and rational bimetallists ev-
erywhere that it would not help but rath-
er hinder the cause of bimetallism for
the United States to leap at once
to free silver coinage. How, then, can
the late decision of the United States
against immediate free coinage injure
the contest for bimetallism? Here the
question might be left for fuller sur
yey of all the causes of the defeat of Mr..
BRYAN and the election of Mr.. Mckinley
may be useful.
CONSERVATIVES. people-and America
has more conservatives than Europeans
think-were alarmed at the character OF
the followers of Mr. Bryan, and with
their doctrine additional TO the one
favoring free silver coinage. All the
Socialists, anarchists and wild men OF
society whom Europe has sent us,
shrieked by Bryan, although the great
ybulk of our adopted citizens voted Tor
Mckinley. The platform seemed TO
countenance rioting as means or re-
dress of grievances and it made one OF
its planks reconstruction or tne su-
prelne court in order to change legal de-
cisions.
"A majority of the people wish more
energetic foreign policy than the be-
l;eve will come from any administration
named Democratic. They are deeply af-
fected by the lamentable condition OF
the Christian subjects OF the Iurklsh
empire They mean to annex HaWa1i.
they desire to see Venezuela allowed to
retain her rightful sole dominion oveA
the mouth of the Orinoco They are IN
tensely anxious to see arrested the
atrocities in Cuba and to aid in making
the island free and Independent.
But none of the foregoing reasons
not even the one concerning the natlona
honor in connection with the currency
influenced so many voters against MT
Bryan as did the determination of tht
American people plainly to vindicate
and firmly to establish the principle OF
protection to American industries by
adequate tariff duties on foreign pro-
ducts.
THAT the United States is opposed t.
the single gold standard and is in ia
yor of retracing. in due course and Witf
careful regard to the national honor, this
steps taken in the decentralization OF
silver, until both gold and silver shall
be admitted to free coinage at the ratio
OF 151s to /, and made the standard mon
ey of the world and the measure of value!
of the world, is proposition whicf
would receive the suffrages of tour-hfths
of our voters, If this proposition alont
could be fairly presented to them with
out further debate.
ITO such convictions, entertained by
g vast majority of American voters
committed to bimetallism, the friend:
of such a monetary system may conn
IDENTIFY appeal. The question is not on'
OF lOur yVlrs. Hor VI uecdue. 1t iio
take as long to remonetize silver as i
has taken to realize the paralyzing in
1fuence of decentralization. But the fac
that six out of lhirteen millions of Amer
ican voters have given their ballots TO
the wild project of immediate free sill
Yer coinage by the United States alon'
shows that the question is one whicl
must be compromised and adjusted il
Some way The advocates of gold mono
rletallism are crying out that the silve
question is dead. They hope, but the.
F. N rot really believe, that this is true
Never was it more important for bi
,retailists to exert themselves. Mr.. Nc
Einley is pledged by his own words t.
co-operate with US.
fSigned) "WM T.. CHANDLER"
Concord, ". H., NOV 30. 1896.