The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-14
THE WORD is "M'kiNLEY."

Mr.. F. P. Olcott, the well known pro-
prietor of Round Top Farm, . Demands
vile, embracing nearly 500 acres, is to-
day as widely and favorably fnown in
Somerset county as he is throughout the
Empire State, and in New York city
where he commands wide respect as
the president of the Central Trust Com
pany.
He has always been an active and in
fuential member of the Democratic par
ty.
In 1877 Governor Robinson appointed
him to fill an unexpired term of one year
as State Comptroller. So ably did he
discharge his duties that in 1878 he was
elected and served a full term.
Mr.. Olcott is utterly opposed to the
Popo-Democratic nominees, and the
platform adopted at Chicago. With an
extended experience in financial an bus
mess affairs he unhesitatingly declares
that the only safety for the country is in
the election of Mckinley. In answer to
an Interrogation from The CHRONICLE of
Morristown, N J., as to his views on the
political situation he wrote:
Enclosed 1 hand you the question
which have asked myself and the an
swer to it.
Who would benefit if silver was
coined free in the proportion of 16 to 1,
and who would be the losers
principally silver mine owners would
benefit. Those that are left would re-
main left. A few people who are in
debt think that if Bryan is elected money
will be cheaper or easier to get. The
purchasing power of dollar will be
less; therefore, saving will be harder.
The populists and anarchists of course
do not propose to do much except divide,
and that as often as they find it neces-
sary. They will divide farm, pension
money, savings bank account, even life
insurance policy, as quickly as anything
else. They want something for nothing.
The silver mine owner at present wants
dollar for fifty three cents. He isn't
quite SO greedy as the Populists and
Anarchists, but "the appetite grows by
what it feeds on'' Assume that a far
mer owns farm of 100 acres worth $50
per acre. Its total value is $4,000. We
will also assume that there is a mortgage
for $1,000 on it. The balance or equity
is 81 900. If the farm is sold under the
present order of things these 81 900 are
gold dollars and a sure thing. If silver
is the currency, the farm becomes a sill
yer farm and must be sold for a fifty
three cent dollar or probably for one of
we will receive for our work gold dollars
and pay out for our living expenses silver
dollars. We can only expect to receive
silver for our work or the product of our
November, you could not find gold dol
lar ON the 4th of March next if you
combed over the whole country with a
fine tooth comb. There would a con-
traction which would lead to a more
serious panic than this generation has
encountered. The 16 to 1 subject has
been so thoroughly written and talked
about that nothing new can be said in re-
gard to it. Bryan stands for all that is
bad in politics, and if the candidacy of
such man on such platform were not
serious, it would be ludicrous enough to
make ''solemnity" itself laugh. If he
and the Chicago platform represent true
Democracy, then chow are the mighty
fallen" His bastard Democracy can no
more pass current in the world as the
Democracy taught and exemplified by
the fathers that can his fifty cent dollar
pass current in the world as an honest
dollar. ga word fifty spoken is like
apples of gold in pictures of silUer." l
wish l could speak the fitting or convinc-
ing word which would challenge the
reason of all men. The nearest can
come to it is Mckinley" Like the
word Washington during the Revolution
and Lincoln later on, the word Mckinley
now is the fittest that patriots can utter.
1t embraces all that has gone before in
the history of our country and all that
we have to hope for in its future. 1t is
the synonym of justice, law and homes
ty. God bless Mckinley.
F. P. OLcoTT.