The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-25
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Senator Teller And His
Associates Deliver An
Address
Save The Country From Woe
By Voting For Bryan.

"We deem i~tfittingthat we, who have
heretofore affiliated with the u ,ti0nal
Republican party, and who have re-
jectcd the financial plank of the plat
form adopted ut ST. Louis and refu sed
To support the nominees of the con
vcntion, should state our position in
the present campaign and give briefly
our reasons in support thereof When
certain delegates to the national
Republican convention l~epudiated the
financial plank of the platform aud
Withdrew from the invention, we
determined that we would give our
support to such candidates as should
appear mnst willing aud cap ,ble Of
aiding in the lestOra ton of silver to
its righlful plNce as standard money.
The Democratic party in its Chicago
convention has taken II position i'll its
platform so p~rOnOuncedly favorable
to silver, and has nominated candi-
dates of such annual uuqucstiOnable
convictions in favor of the timetable
policy aud of such high personal
character, that we have determined to
give them support. We support
such candidates because they represent
the great principle of bimetallism,
which we believe to be the cause of
humanity aud civilization, and tho
paramount question now before the
American people.
We therefore, noun that We
shall by voice and vote support
Messrs. Bryan and Sewall for president
aud vice-prcsident, and we appeal to
NIL citizens, aud especially to Repdb-
leans who feel as we do, that gold
recommendation would be of lasting
injury to our country, to act With us
in securing their election, The Demo-
Gratis who believe in the gold standard
are announcing their intentions to
support KcKinley, are proposing to
put a third candidate in the field for
the avowed purpose of aiding Mr..
McKihley's election. A great number
of leading ADD influential Democratic
journals have declared that they will
support the Republican, nominee. IL
IS evident there is to be a union of
forces ON the part of the advocates
and supporters Of the gold standard to
elect Mr. Mckinley and q congress
favorable to him, which will support
the financial policy outlined in. the
Republican platform.
TO those who believe in b~imetaliism,
which the equal treatment of
both gold and silver at the mints Of
he nation, there is but one course to
pursue, and that is 10 units all the
silver forces and to oppose with all
Our might tho Candidate representing
the policy which We believe is fraught
with disaster to tho nation aud RUN to
the people.
Gold mOnometallism Means the
shifting to gold alone, as primary,
money, of all the burdens ofcommeTce
and credit formerly borne by gold and
silver. and as tho worlds stock of
these metals has been about equal in
amount, it mems the doubling of the
buiden upon gold. Doubling the
harden upon gold means doubling the
demand tor the same, as doubling the
demand for necessity doubles the
value thereof. This gradual shifting
to gold of all the burdens of both gold
and silver has caused a gradual and
steady increase IN the value OF every
dollar redeemable III gold, and hence
u gradual and steady decline in the
value of every commodity that is
measuled by that dollar.
The Republicans and supporters of
Mr.. Mckinley consented to the in
sertion in the ST. Louis platform Of the
gold standard declaration, thiuIy
veueered by a declaration for Limetal-
lism, ''when the leading commercial
nations or the world should CONSENT"
bnt until that consent was secured the
gold standard must be maintained.
1t is well known that this consent
cannot be- secured from Great Britain,
and that such declaration for bimetal-
ism nleans nothing with this limita-
ton on it. hr. Mckinley consented
to the declaration for the gold stand
ard in the platform, and in his recent
speeches has accepted it, and has
become the advocate thereof; no has
shown by his speeches heretofore
made that lie understood that danger.
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