Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-06-12

80 MONEY.
Mr.. Gustav IL. Schwab is president of
the German society of New York city
and is therefore i'm touch with Germans
and Germau-.AmericaTs in this country.
Being also prominent business man,
he is familiar with the Views of Ger
mans ON the financial question. In an
interview ON May Il he said:
i am convinced from my knowledge
OF my German-AmcIican fellow citi-
zens and their ways OF thinking that
the vast ma jority Of them I'm the coming
political contest will entirely disregard
party ties and will vote for that party
which declares for the maintenance, be-
yond q possibility Of doubt. of the. gold
standard of value, and that they viii
hot give their suffrage to any candidate
who may lie suspected of Il leaning to-
ward free silver coinage or toward any
compromise with the silver people
They consider that the paramount
question before the country L present is
the integrity Of our monetary system.
and their votes will go TO that party
which they believe viii uphold the
eountry's financial honor, regardless of
what their views may be on other polit-
zeal questions. Previous experts nee has
shown that German voters on questions
relating to or affecting the STANDARD of
value have always stood for common
honesty, and TINT they have uniformly
opposed all forms of financial heresy.
When, 90 years ago, the paper money
imitation question was ogitatcd i'm Mis-
souri,, the Germans OF that state were
trrayed on the side OF sound money.
b. The Germans of Illinois arc on record
rs always having been on the right side
, of the money question. and as never
having been led astray by'cheap money
propaganda NJ any dme. a German
business man. cashier In o lnrge bank 10
Chicago. who has a wide acquaintance
with the small bankers and merchants
throughout the west, tells me that ne
has had occasion TO hear expressions
from his German countrymen for years
past on Che question of n monetary
standard, md that he has never vet
found one who was not in favor Of the
gold standard and opposed 10 the free
coinage of silver.
His opinion is that 'hc German c;ti-
zens of Illinois are unanimously opposed
TO any impairment of the present gold
standard.
1t is fact, universally known, that
the sound-noncy victory in Ohio in the
gubernatorial campaign OF iS75. i'm
which rutherford y. Hayes ran on
republican hard money platform
-Fsg2inst William Allen on a democratic
raper-moneyS'- tor -1Illatfory-. Why
due 10 the firm stand taken by Che Ger
mans, who, disregarding party lines,
turned the'scale IN the election in fnvut
of honest money. This fact was con.
coded at the time by the republican
press of the state, and the democratic
candidate voiced the sentiments of his
party leaders when he gave ut;crancc 10
his lacernted feelings after the election
unreliable" The German voters arc
certainly not to he relied upon when
they are asked to prostitute the conn
try's financial honor ut their party's
bidding. In the state of Wisconsin the
Germans have taken Che same united
stand in favor Of sound money. aud the
same may be said ofAlich!gaa, IOWA and
Minnesota.
The entire German newspaper press
in this country, with feN exceptions. is
cmphatically for sound money, as il has
been in the past, and can he depended
upon 10 pronounce ia favor OF the MAIN
tenance of the present standard Of value
and for the parity that represents this
principle, regardless OF prcYioUs party
affiliations. Several'important Gcrman 7
democratic papers i'm the western states 3
have already threatened 70 bolt their
ticket If q free silver plank should be I
adopted. AS an iadicntion - the gem /
eral sentiment Of the German press +
refer to the position taken by the largest
and oldest German newspaper in the
south, the Democrat. of louisville, In
the last state election in Kent,ickS. Al
though always democratic up 10 that
time, this paper bolted the democratic
free silver candidate and urged tke cleo
ton Of the republican sound money can
didate for governor.
The Importance OF the German vote
will be apparent when the numerical
strength of the German American popu-
lation in the pivotal states is consid-
cred. The returns of the census of 1890
show that the state Of New York then
contained 972,6O3 German-Americans
Ohio, Sal ,4O7; Illinois, 69O.5SS; Penn
sylvania, 472,423; Michigan, 276. 25s:
Wisconsin, 551 ,S34; Minnesota. 2l4.634;
Iowa, 2Ga,603; and Missouri, 29T.O95
Whatever may be the decision Of the
national conventions on the money ques-
tion' this issue will be fairly, squa;ely
ana most thoroughly placed before the
German voter in the course of the cam
paign, and as to the nature of his re-
Spouse l do not entertain the slightest
doubt.
Simple Question for Silver Leaders.
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