Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-24

Wonder if he does now2
The question is pertinent"
Equally as amusing are his feats OF
contortion on the financial plank OF
the republican platform.
Witness this: 1.-The declaration for
free coinage of silver and the princi-
pie involved is emphatically set forth
in this platform"
True it defines the only road to this
free coinage to be by international
agreement, but the declaration for
the free coinage of silver as princi-
pie and as policy is provided in
terms clear, emphatic and direct, (now
reader go easy and (which" declares
this platform, referring to the free
coinage of silver through internation-
al agreement tive pledge ourselves to
promote"
That part of the plank referred to-
is as follows 1--WE are therefore OPP.
posed to the free coinage of silver ex-
cept by international agreement with
the leading commercial nations of the
world, WHICH we pledge ourselves
to promote
The plain meaning lie, they pledge
themselves to promote" (not secure)
an agreement among the leading
nations.
The I lines thinks that they pledge
themselves directly for free coinage"
Joining the ''pledge" platitude to
the free C oinage proposition it reads
thus "we are therefore opposed to the
free coinage of silver which we pledge
ourselves to promote" (sic)
So we see they pledge themselves
to promote an agreement, of course
they understand that they cannot co.
cree the foreign powers nor do they
want to. II the agreement turns out
to be a free coinage one, they can
crawl out Of their corner by saying
that they promoted the agreement
which was all they were pledged to
do.
Now, Mr.. Editor, read that plank
again. You will see that it does not
even squirt at international bimetal
lism. 1t speaks of international free.
coinage, but such coinage does not
necessarily imply bimetallism, for the
reason that silver might be coined ut
such an outlandish ratio and treated
in such manner that gold would
still continue to be the sole standard
of value and measure of price. In
deed this is just what your platform
means when it says 1--WE favor all
measures designed to maintain all our
money at the present standard
which they declare to be the gold
standard forever. is unalterably OPP
posed to BI-METALLISM, interna-
tional or otherwise. This being the
case it is wrong on your part to try
to retain in the republican (0 party,
honest republicans who sincerely be-
lieve in bimetallism. "Walk into my
parlor" said the spider to the fly.
quote from the republican cam
paign book for 1892: mo party has
ever (sic) favored money monopolists
a contraction of the currency, or ar
unchanged volume of circulation
which, with growing business, would
involve a relative contraction.
"Nine-tenths of the people are bi
metallists"( November will prove that
president Harrison is a bimetallist
The republican platform declares fol
bimetallism." Campaign book pag'
1879
The republican platform of 1879
said: '"The American people from ira
dition and interest favor bimetal
lism."
The same (D party In 1896, seems t.
think that by the insertion of gol'
plank in its platform it can obliterat
all the traditions and interests of tn
American people.
Henry NJ. Teller, in his speech G
protest said that plank is such a dis
tict departure from republican prin
ciples that challenges our republica
name to accept it. "The Times accept
it. I challenge the republication {
the Times. FRANK E. HOWARD.
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