Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THEY ARE ALMOST UNANIMOUS FOR
GOUND MONEY.


Ready TO Break Party T!os to Vote Against
Free Coinage They Form Large Per-
centage of tho Voters OF This Country.
Mr. Gustav ! [. Schwab il president
Of the GcrmaE society OF New York
city and i9 therefore in touch with
Germans aud COMMUNICATIONS in this
country. Being also prominent bus
mess man, he ii familiar with the views
Of Germans On the financial question. In
an interview On May ! ! hn said:
/ am convinced from my knowledge
Of my Gnrmau-Amcrican fellow citi-
aons and their ways Of thinking that
the vast majority Of them in the coming
political contest will entirely disregard
party ties and viii vote for that party
which declares for the maintenance, bo
yond possibility Of doubt, Of the gold
standard of value, and that they viii
not give their suffrage TO any candidate
who may be suspected of II leaning to-
ward free silver coinage on toward any
compromise with the silver people.
They consider that tho paramount
question before the country ut present il
the integrity Of our monetary system,
and their votes will go to that party
which Trey believe viii uphold the
counuy's financial honor, regardless Of
what their views may be on other polit
lead questions Previous experience has
shown that German voters on questions
relating to or affecting the standard Of
valHo have always stood for common
honesty and that they have uniformly
opposed all forms Of financial hcrcsy.
When, 20 years ago, the paper money
initiation question was ngitated in Mis-
gOuri the Germans of that state were
nrraycd ON. the side Of sound money
The Germans Of Illinois arc on record
az always having been on the right side
Of the money question, and as never
having been led astray by cheap money
propaganda ut any time. \ German
business man, cashier Of II large bank in
Chicago, vino ha8 u Wido acquaintance
with the snail bankers and merchants
throughout the west, tolls me that he
has had occasion to hear expressions
from his German COlntrymCn for years
past ON tho question Of IL monetary
standard and that he has never yet
found ono who was not in favor Of tho
gold standard and opposed to the free
coinage of silver.
His opinion is that the German citi.
2cns Of Illinois arc unanimously opposed
to amy impairment Of the present gold
standard
II is II fact, universally known, that
the sound money victory in Ohio in the
gubernalorial campaign Of 1870, in
which Rutherford b. Hayes ran ON II
Republican hard money platform
against William Allen ON Democratic
paper money initiation platform, was
due to the firm stand taken by the Ger
mans, who, disrogarding party lines,
turned the scale in the election in favor
of honest money This fact was conced-
cd ut tho time ny the Republican press
Of tho state, and the Democratic candi-
date voiced tho sentiments of his patty
leaders when he HaSe utterlnco to his
laccrnted feelings ortcr tho election by
cxclaiming, "lho Dutch arc Id un.
reliable, The German voters arc GER
tninly not to be relied upon when they
arc asked to prostitute the cuuntry's
financial honor ut their party's bidding.
In the state of Wisconsin the Germans
havo tukou the Same united stand in
favor Of sound money, and tho sulno
may he said Of Michigan, Iowa and
Minnesota.
The entire German newspaper press in
this country, with few exceptions, is
cmphatically for sound money, us it has
been i'll the past, and can he depended
upon to pronounce III favor of the MAIN
tcnance uf the present standard Of value
aud iur tho party that represents this
principle, regardless of previous party
affiliations. Several important German
Democratic papers in the western states
hayo already Threatened to bolt their
ticket if free silver plank should be
adopted. AS an Indication Of the gen.
cral sentiment Of the German press |
refer to the position taken hy the largest
aud oldest German newspaper III tho
south, Tho Dcmokrat of Louisville in
the last state election III Kentucky. Al
though always Democratic up to that
time this paper holtcd the Democratic
FREQ silver candidate and urged the cleo
tion of the Republican sound money can
didatc for governor
Tho Importance Of tho German vote
will he apparent when the numerical
strength of tho Gcrman- American popu.
lation i'll the pivotal states is consider.
ed. Tho returns If the census of 1890
show that the state OF New York then
contained 019, 603 German. Americans,
Ohio oil, 401, Illinois 600, 5SS, Penn
sylyaniN liz, l23, Michigan 2i6, 25S,
Wisconsin h5l ,S3I, Minnesota PHI, 1854.
Iowa 9G9. 603 and Missouri @91, 09a.
Whatever may hc the decision of tho
national conventions on tho money Qucs-
ton, this isSuo will he fairly, squarcly
and most thoroughly placed before the
German voter in the course of the cant
paiEn and as to the nature Of his rc.
Spouse | do not entertain any doubt