The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-09-25
COL. R. H. BLUES PERFIDY.
Elected as an Exponent Of Free Silver he
Takes Opportunity to Stab It in the Bach.
ais Course In Regard TO this Issue and
Toward His Constituents Stands
Without = Parallel ia the Bee
cords Of Dishonesty.


The political history Of Kansas con
tains no instance of baser treachery |
than the action Of R. ". Blue, the pres
ent Congressman-at-large and the re-
publican nominee therefor, towards his
constituents and the question Of silver. /
When he opened the campaign at Kan
.sas City, Kan, in 1894 he was quoted by
the press as standing cut for the gold |
standard This raised a tremendous
howl among the silver members Of the |
republican party, aud The Atchison
Champion and Topeka Capital rushed
out editions denying the report and
declaring that Col. Blue was a silver
man from the ground up, and that his
heart beat to the tune of sixteen to one
His letter to the editor OF The Atchi-
son Champion thanking him for deny
ing the report was also printed all over
the state as proof that Blue was right
on finance.
What was the result? Many repubi-
cans who were wavering fell back into
line on this assurance and Blue was
elected as silver candidate, as we're
all the rest of Kansas congressman.
1t is impossible to serve both God and
MammOn, and as soon as Blue was sure
his ruse had succeeded he appeared in
the livery of the gold standard, and in
the late session of congress, he, it was,
who owed his election to professions Of
friendship for the white metal in the
campaign just past, delivered the most
radical gOldbug speech ever heard on
the floor of the house. His pledges
we're broken, his constituents betrayed.
A number Of persons have requested
that Col. R. ". Blues letter in 1894 en-
dOrsing the free coinage of silver be
published. tt is as follows and was
written by Col. Blue to Lieut. Gov. A.
J. Felt, August Is, 1894.
PLEAsANTON, Kan, Aug. Is, 1894.
HON. A. J. FELT, Atchison, Kan.-Dear
Governor: I thank you for your
prompt answer through your paper to
the charges made by Judge Martin and
others that announced myself in my
address at Kansas City in favor of the
single gold standard. You were correct
in your statement in regard to my posi-
ton. am now, and always have been,
a bimetallist and believe in the use of
gold, silver and paper as money, but
upon such restrictions as will preserve
the parity of the dollar in debt paying
power. heartily indorse the platform
made by the convention at Topeka
which nominated me, and have upheld
the principles and enunciatiOns there
made Candidly and fairly at all times
since my nomination. If I could not
have honestly and conscientiously sup
ported the platform I would have
promptly declined the nomination
thereon. I not only indorse the fnan-
cial plank of the republican party,
both national and state, but I heartily
concur with ex-Speaker Reed in the
views expressed by him in his interview
published in the Fortnightly Review.
am in favor of the full restoration of
silver as money and will heartily and
eheerfuily work at all times to that
end. It is not necessary to bubble
over ratios. They are mere matters of
detail and can be settled in the legisla-
ton for the restoration of silver when
| it is reached. The real issue is, shall
silver be restored to its full money
power? Mr.. Reed has taken an adj
vanced stand in favor Of the solution
of this money problem. The free use
Of tariff restrictions to compel England