The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-01
HOUSTON POST SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER l. 1896

on wages. Now. In the name OF all that
Is logical, how can the silly fellow have
the eilrontcry to talk about attcinu:s OF
Worhinen TO coeroe their emplpycs when
the workmen are simply advancing The
argument known throughout the worll In
sporting circles as Put up or shut up2"
In an editorial entitled "Buucoing the
workman. the ST. Louis Post Dispatch
holds Mr.. Hanna over the Goals and roasts
MIN ana his wonderful manifesto In this
manner:
III there was any doubt about the bunco
game that is being played on wage earn
ers IN this campaign, the 'sedition circular
issued by Mark Hanna and published else
where removes It. When the railroad com :
| panies and other big employers OF labor an
nounce to their workmcn that wages Will
be reduced II Bryan is elected tina. is not
bribery. according 10 Mark Hanna but a
campaign of education. But II workinIuten
ana other wage earners suggest to their
employers that they give a guarantee that
wages VIII not be reduced II Mckinley is
elected, that. according to Mark Hanna. is
melting the worhingman to exact a bribe
before he Will vote. This is a confession.
The Post Dispatch charged three days ago
that 1t is the intention of the railroads and
other big employers Of labor TO cut wares
10 the gold standard basis II Mckinley Is
elected Carnegies notice to his Home
stead workinBmen was cited In proof of
republican National committee ami man.
ager of McKiriey's campaign comes for
ward and admits the charge by denouncing
as 'sedit!on' the suggestion that wording
men and other wage earners oblain from
thelr employers a guarantee that wages
VIII not be reduced If Mckinley is elected ="
Here is another editorial opinion:
Terrible shock to Hanna, the very
thought of bribery. How his aesh cTcels,
! how his ample checks rcddcn row his
morality stands aghast at the idea that
any one would be guilty OF the heinous OF
tense OF Offering an clector brihe, or even
OF using money at election To say 10
workingmcn that If Bryan Is elected they
VIII be discharged or their wages cut Is not
in the righteous Hanna's view, coerrion,
But to say that II Mckinley Ia clectco tDey
would be kept at present wages would be
bribery. Poor Hanna! VIII not MI.lhev
$ Quay rush TO his assistance al zach
him If he should really faint awly?'
What has become of the republican pre-
tenes of international blmetallism? Have
you met republican enthusiast who believes
In 1t? Have you seen single document
from republican headquarters which pro-
claims it? Have you heard a republican
speaker on the stump maintain 1t?
The St Louis platform declares for 1t.
1t solemnly pledges the republican party
to use every effort to secure Il. What
then, is the cause of this silence OF. ques-
ton of Importance? Three months ago
there We're not twenty-five men in America
who did not believe II. International biMet-
allism. Even the handful OF men N the
republican party who hai not within ten
years committed themsel ,es to free silver
international blmetalllsm. Republicans and
Il 10 hay cd ~, Ian fut
national monetary conferences for the pur
pose of securing it, No enc Yrntclod to
deny only three months ago tina, 1t was
Il solution OF currency difficulties at home
and abroad No one. tina: Is. except the
twenty five men who constitute the gold
syndcatc-the only men IN these broad
United States who ever Will profit Nv
gold standard
The republican party violated every ira
dition 1t ever possessed when it declared
against silver. The democratic managers
have driven its abest and most convincing
speakers from the stump by holding up to
the world their declarations in favor of
free silver, made before Hanna forced
them to talk through a gold muzzle. Where
is Thurston, senator of the United States?
Where is the silver tongued Ingersoll, at
| torney and counsellor atlaw? But It
sought to maintain its connection with the
past by advocating international bimetal-
/
winds with its other doctrine OF free sill
yer?
And there is another thing that has had
its light hid under a bushel. Where is
that peculiar phrase OF tariff legislation
known as McKinleyism? Mckinley him
self speaking from the steps of that hum
bic house in Canton, paid for by Hanna's
money, has disclalmed that his election
means a return TO the high protection
which earned him the only reputation he
possessed as legislator. He is mod
crate tariff man nVy-and gold mono
| metallist. And some one ordered him to
| take this course for he was n free silver
enthusiast once himself and a protectionst
TO the point of prohibiting imports. Who
! told him?
| If Mckinley had ever been real pro-
| tectionst. II his pretended hatred of Brit
ain had been 1.-THE of what he fegned
| 1t TO be he would never have deserted the
free silver movement. Free silver will do
| for America more than protection could,
| for it protects us not only at home, but Mn
| every market OF the world. England
| knows this and fears It. SO does McKin-
! ley James G.. Blaine's reciprocity pales
! into Significance beside what free silver
viii do. Free silver is itself treaty OF
! reciprocity with every free silver country
! of the world. and the most favored na-
/ ton clause can not avail against II, II
breaks the par of exchange with England
and encourages exports and decreased I'M
ports. and gives us even exchange for
those nations with which Mr. Blaine sought
/ tn establish intimate trade relations. Yet
Mckinley is against 1t. rs he is against
| McKinleyism Nor does Mckinley believe
! today that the foreigner pays the tax
If he iid why should he stand out against
Inc highest protection? He knows in com
mon with his fellow citizens that 'ne
treasury under the able manipulation OF
! cleveland and Carlisle needs all kinds OF
/ revenue. -,
why does he not seek to get gold from