The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-17


siNe one at the moment, for il is already
written in the book of fate that the choice
of this convention will be the next presi-
dent and vice president of the great repub-
lie. For IA third of "A century
prior TO the advent of the present Demo
cratic administration we operated un-
der laws enacted by the Re-
publican party. All great measures
concerning the tariff and the currency
originated with il Tariff laws were
formed upon lines which protected our la
borers and producers from unequal aud
unjust foreign competition, and upon the
theory that the best market i'm the world
Is the home market and that il should bs
enjoyed by our own countrymen. Under
the currency laws our currency was made
national. The wildcat state banks
money of the Democratic party was wi ped
out Of existence The unprecedented de
mlnds growing out of the war were met
by paper currency which utim ltcly be-
came as good as gold. Since the resump-
ton OF specie payments in 1879 every dol
lar of our money, paper, silver and gold
has been of equal purchasing power the
world over. The policy Of the party has
been To make and keep our currency equal
to the best in the world.
The Country Grew IN Wealth.
"Under the operation Of these honest
tariff and honest money Republican laws
the country grew in wealth and power be-
yond precedent. We easily outstripped
all other powers i'm the commercial race.
On Nov. s, 1892, there was work for every
hand, and bread for every mouth. We
had reached high water mark. Labor re.
ceived higher wages than ever and capital
was psoiltably and securely employed.
The national revenues were sufficient to
meet our obligations and leave surplus
in the treasury. Foreign and domestic
trade were greater in volume and value
than they had ever been. Foreign bal
ances were largely in our favor Euro
pean gold was flowing toward us But all
of this is changed, The cause il not hard
TO seek. A reaction began when it was
known that the legislative and executive
branches of the government were to be
Democratic. The Democratic
party was harmonious upon one subject
and that was that the destruction of
the Mckinley law. But when they came
to the exercise of the creative facul-
ty, the enactment Of great revenue
measure in its stead, there was discord
. Neither time nor place will per
NIT further reference 10 the unfortunate
legislation of the Democratic party nor to
the hurtful, demomlizng efforts of IT,.
Suffice it To say that it has been the great
and original factor i'm breaking down con-
finence, shocking progress, emptying the
treasury causing continued deficits and
enforced idleness among millions of will
ing workers. This is in sharp contrast
with the Republican record. :
Having attempted to reverse the tariff
policy of the United states with such
lumcntablc results. the Democratic party
now proposes to reverse the currency pol
icy 1t turns TO the currency as the pa
rent of out ills. Its effort to shift the re-
sponsibility will deceive no one Its at
tack upon the tariff; its record of ineili-
cheney and inSncerity, is II part of unfort-
unatc history of the republic.
Fruit of Republican Wisdom.
"The present currency system is the
fruit of Republican wisdom. 1t has been
adequate To all our past necessities and
| If uncorruptcd will meet, our future re
quircments Our greatest prosperity was
attained when Republican currency laws
were i'm full operation. When the Repub-
lican party was in power our currency was
| good; il was made as good rs the best on
| the globe We made sound money and
we also made an honest protective tariff to
| go with it, Sound money and an honest
protective tariff go hand in hand together,
| not one before the other, The very found
| alton of sound currency system Is n sol
vent treasury If the people doubt the in
| tegrity of the treasury, they will question
| the soundness of the currency. Rccogniz'
| ing this fundamental fact the Republican
party always provided ample revenue for
| the treasury. Then i'm the last half century
| of our history did the Democratic party
| advocate financial policy that
| was i'm the best interests of the American
| peopleg Look at the ante-bellum cur
| rency record Consider its hostility 10 the
! currency rendered necessary by the exi
| gcncy of war; and later its efforts to in
| fate the currency i'm time of peace by
| the issue OF grccnhacks Witness It's op
| position to the efforts of the Republican
| party to restore specie payments. Bu
| four short years ago IL declared for "a re
| turn TO the old discrcdited state bank cur
| rency. The Republican party has no
| been unfriendly To the proper use OF sll
| vcr. 1t has always favored and favors To
| dav the use of silver as a part of our circu
/ lating medium. But IL favors that us'
| under such provisions and safeguards a.
shall not impcril our present nationa
standard. The policy of the Republican
party is to retain both gold and silver n
part of our circulating medium, while
the policy of free coinage of silver lead
To certain silver monomctallism.
VIII Not Circulate Together.
It an immutablc law that two mon
evs of UNEQUAL value will not circulate to
pethcr, and that the poorer always drive
ont the better. The Republican party, de
string fairly To secure n larger use OF sll
ycr. plcdgcd itself i'm favor Of an intcrna
tional agreement. Harrison, true to tn
pledgc of the party, took the initiator,
stems and invited an international none
tary conference at Brussels at which TN
subicct of an international coinage agree
ment was ably and proiitably discussed
The Democratic party was also committee
to international bimctallism, but when
came into power the work which had Deel
so conspicuously begun by the Republic
an marty was abandoned IL was so al
| sorhcd i'm its efforts To break down tn
Mckinley law and empty the trcasIf.
that it had no time To promote lnterna
tionol bimetalism. Those who profess &
believe that this government can IN
dependcntly of the other great power
omen its mints to the ne
and independent coinage of sil
YER at a rctio of rs to !, when the com
mercial ratio i'm all the great markets J
70 10 /. and at the same time not driN
every dollar of gold out of circulation, bil
deceive themselves A sound cui
rcncy is one of the essential Instrument
In developing our commerce IL Is TN
purpose of the Republican party nor ohl
to develop our domestic trade put to eN
,ond our commerce into the uttcrnos
| ,,.,,s ~ tho Garth We should not bcgi