The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-18

for President of the United State.
and Arthur Sewall, of Maine, 70
ice-President, not because the
are the nominees of the Democrat
Natl nal Convention, but for tn
reason that both candidates repre-
cent the principles which the KEY
STONE has been contending for, an
they are men who have place.
principle above partisanship, an,
the welfare of the country abov
party success.
1t was the Populist party tina: in
augurated the crusade for financia
reform, and it has been the prim
mover in forcing the silver question
to the front and compelling the oil
parties to make it the issue of tn
campaign, with the result that tn
lines have been distinctly drawn
The Republican party has declare,
FIR the single standard and tn
Democratic party for the doubl
standard, both in such unequivoca
language that neither platform cal
be misconstrued.
1--WE demand the immediate restoratio,
of the free and unlimited coinage of goli
and silver ut the present legal ratio o
Is to 1, without waiting for the aid o.
consent of any other nation. We demand
that the standard silver dollar shall be 9
full legal tender, equally With gold, for al
debts, public and private, and we favor
such legislation as will prevent the de.
monetization of any kind Of legal money
by private contract. Ma.
tional Platform, 1895.
Is there any possible way in which
q representative of the people elect.
ed on that platform can fail to work
and vote for the immediate passage
of free coinage law? Or by which
president elected upon it could
hesitate one instant to sign free
coinage bill?
I'VE are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We
are therefore opposed to the free coinage
Of silver except by international agree
Ment with the leading nations of the
world which we pledge ourselves to pro.
mote; and until such agreement can be
obtained the existing gold standard must
be preserved" - Republican National
Platform, 1896.
Could palmer contrast be drawn?
Is there one word in this platform
in favor of silver-one word save
that deceitful promise held out to
tools, of an international confer
encel Can Congressman stand
on this platform and vote for free
coinage? Can a Legislator accept
this declaration and cast his ballot
Tor free coinage Senator2 Could
President elected on this platform
sign free coinage bill?
The lines are plainly drawn and
no honest man will close his eyes
and say he does not see them.
The KEYSTONE voices the senti.
ment Of every sincere advocate of
financial reform in expressing the
iiope that the St. Louis conventions,
b tn Populist and Bimetallic, will
ratify the nomination of William J.
Bryan for President of the United
States. To nominate another can
didate on silver platform against
a man of Bryan's standing and rec
ord would be rank treason 10 the
cause of silver.
The KEYSTONE favors a union of
all friends of free coinage in this
state and throughout the country
in order that free coinage men may
be placed in control of the govern
1nent, not because it will benefit
this party or that party, or this
individual or that individual, but
because of the great blessing it will
bring to the masses.
We are fighting for a principle,
and believe that those who fully
agree upon the subject should get
together and act as a unit to carry
those principles into execution. 1t
Is OF vital Importance. 1t is the
irresistible conflict that will bring
ruin and despair, or prosperity and
happiness, to the people. The gold
ties are fully organized, they have
subsidized the leading daily papers
throughout the large cities, and are
already working day and night to
mislead the people, and unless the
friends of free coinage come to-
gether, success is not possible.
The friends of the white metal
differ on many other questions Of
minor Importance, but it is impera-
tive now in the hour of their coun-
try's dire distress for them to lay
these aside for the time being and
work for common purpose-the
FREQ coinage Of silver at the ratio
of l6 to ].
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