Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-30

SenGfOT IStteT.
/ give our support to such candidates as should
| appear most willing and capable OF aiding in
| the restoration OF silver to its rightful place
! as standard money.
| The democratic party. in its Chicago con-
| yention, has taken a position in its platform
| SO pronouncedly favorable to silver, and has
nominated candidates of such unquestiOnable
| convictions in favor OF the bimetallic policy
and Of such high personal character, that We
have determined to give them our support.
We support such candidates because they
represent the great principle Of bimetal1ism,
which we believe to be the cause of humanity.
| OF civilization, and the paramount question
Cow before the American people.
We therefore announce that we shall. by
voice and vote. support MesSrs. Bryan and
Sewan for president and vice-president, and
we appeal to all citizens, and especially to re-
publicanS who feel do that gold mono
metallsm would be OF lasting injury to the
country, TO act with US in securing their cleo
zion.
The democrats who believe in the gold stand
ard are announcing their intention to support
Mr.. Mckinley. or proposing TO put third can
didatc in the field for the avowed purpose Of
aiding Mr.. NIcKinleys election A great num-
Der OF leading and influential democratic jour
mails have declared they will support the re-
publican nominees. 1t is evident there Is to
be union Of forces on the part of the advo-
Gates and supporters Of the gold standard to
elect Mr.. Mckinley, and a congress favorable
outlined in The republican platform.
To those who believe in bimetallism. which
means the equal treatment Of both gold and
silver at the minis Of the nation. there is but
one course to pursue, and that is to unite all
the silver forces to oppose with all our might
the candidate representing the policy which
we believe is fraught with disaster 10 the ma
tiOn and ruin to the people.
Gold monometalIism means the shifting to
gold alone. as primary money. all the burdens
oFp nd rn1{ r1N- hnr hBy
gold and silver. and the worlds stock Of
these metals has always been about equal in
amount, it means the doubling of the burden
upon sold. Doubling the burden upon gold
means doubling the demand for the same,
and doubling the demand, OF necessity, doubles
the value thereof. This gradual shifting to
gold OF all tie burdens Of both gold and silver
has caused a gradual and steady increase in
the value OF every dollar redeemable in gold,
and hence a gradual and steady decline in the
value OF every commodity that is measured by
that dollar.
The representatives and supporters of Mr..
Mckinley consented to the insertion In the St.
Louis platfol m of the gold standard declara-
ton thinly veneered by a declaration for BIZ
metallism, when the leading CONNER 3Ial
lions OF the world should consent" bu1 until
that consent was secured, the gold sta 1dard
must be maintained. It IS well known that
this consent can not be secured from eat
Britain and that such declaration for BIZ
metallism means nothing with this Limitation
upon it. Mr. Mckinley consented 20 the dec
aration for the gold standard in the plat
form and in his recent speeches has
accepted ii, and has become the ad-
vocste thereof: He has shown by his speeches
heretofore made that he understood the dan
ger OF the gold standard, and the distress
which would be inflicted upon the American
people by Its adoption; and yet he pledges the
people to support and maintain that system,
and fasten upon them all the evils OF the finan-
cial system which he has heretofore repudia-
ted. il they will make him president. What
ever may have been his attitude on the money
question in the past, he must inevitably here
after support the same financial system the
present democratic administration, and II
elected, must continue the policy of Mr.. Cleve-
land In the sale of bonds in time of peace.
Hence, with the success of Mr.. Mckinley we
may look for a continued increase Of the pub
tic debt and the sale Of bonds to maintain the
gold standard.
That the condition Of the country is not
satisfactory, all admit. The producers of
wealth are not receiving fair and proper COM
pensation for their labor, whether in field,
factory mine: enterprise has ceased: values
are constantly declining; labor Is unemployed:
discomfort and distress prevail to an extent
never before known In the history OF the couu-
try. and no reason can be found for such an
unhappy condition, save in a vicious monetary
system. Those who profess to deplore the
present financial condition and oppose the
free coinage OF silver are divided In opinion as
to the cause of the present prostr8tion. Some
declare that 1t is because We have
too much tariff: others that we have
not enough; while the fact exists
that every gold standard country in the world
whether it has a high or low tariff. is now and
has been during recent years in the throeS of
a financial panic; and every silver standard
country, compared with its former condition
Is enjoying an Industrial DEVELOPMENT and de-
gree OF prosperity hitherto unknown in its
history. While thus differing in opinion. they
unite in asserting that the gold standard must
be maintained until foreign countries shall
signify their willingness that the American
people shall exercise the rights of freemen and
create a financial system OF their own. II we
overlook the humiliation and degradation We
must feel on account OF such declaration Of
financial dependency, we may we'll inquire when
the consent Of the leading commercial nations
will be obtained. No one who has read the
proceedings Of the three international none
tary conferences that have already been held
or who has examined the impracticabIe prop
ositions presented at those conferences can
for moment believe that any international
binetallic agreement can ever be made with
the consent of all the leading commercial ma
tions of the world
When will GreaE Britain. controlled as she
is, and ever will be, by the creditor classes
who collect vast sums Of money for interest
due her and her citizens, who buys of Us an
nually more millions than she sells to US and
whose interest II is to make the pound sterling
purchase as much OF our products as possible
consent that we shall be financially independ-
eut as we are supposed to be politically indie
pendent: When did the creditor classes Of
Great Britain ever give up, or in any way
yield an advantage such as they now
possess through the maintenance Of the
gold standard? There is no hope for iaterna-
tional bimetallism until the United States
shall establish bimetailism for itself, and
when that is done international birnetallism
may be secured without the consent OF Great
Britain The United States, on all other sub
jscts. acts independently Of any other nation
on earth. By what process OF reasoning Is
right authority ability to 1egisIase upon
Ghks. the most important subject with which If
hAa - aoal Questioned OF dsntsdf