New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-03-18


dominat ion 81 this country 81 ! few
selfish foreign nal,ol HI. Carter il
speaking Of the money pl.nk II tie
Minneapolis platform g Is
The Republic Of Montana likewise,
in common with . large number Of Re-
publicans the country over, believe il
another article Of Republican faith, pro-
mulgated over and over again by the
Republican party and reafiirmed in the
national platform Of 1892 ID the follow
ing words:
The American people, from tradition
and interest, favor bimetallism, and The
Republican party demands the use Of
both gold and silver as standard money,
with such restrictions and under such
provisions, to be determined by legisla-
tion, rs will secure the maintenance Of
the parity OF values of the two metals,
SO that the purchasing and debt-paying
power of the dollar, whether of silver,
gold, or paper, shall be at all times equal.
Every Republican in this country be-
lieyed and had q right to believe that
the portion of the platform quoted was
adopted in good faith. It was not sus-
pected nor can it be fairly suspected that
the convention resorted to the Talleyrand
scheme of using words to conceal rather
than to express thoughts. If that plank
in the platform was mere cunning de-
vice, contrived to deceive people into
parting with their suffrage under false
pretenses, the party then and there for
feited its rights to the confidence, re-
spect, and support of every honest citi-
zen Of the Republic. do not believe
the convention acted in bad faith. On
the contrary, I am persuaded that the
principle announced, favoring gold and
silver as the standard money of the coun-
try, was the expression of the crystallized
opinoS of wellnigh thousand repre-
sentative citizens, fresh from their homes
and town-meetings, assembled in national
convention to give utterance to the views
OF great party on great questions in
volving the present and future prosper
ity and wellbeing of this nation. 1t is
my candid belief, often expressed, that
fully 80 per cent of the American people
favor bimetalllsm as opposed to-either
gold or silver monometallism. The
almost inspired trainers of our Constitu-
ton, of whom 1t is truly said, "Thcy
builded better than they knew, launch
ed this ship of state with bimetallism
as the sheet anchor of our monetary
system. Their wisdom in that behalf
has been sanctioned by the vast weight
of authority of monetary science. With
out public discussion silver was elimjna
ted frcm the coinage of the country
twenty odd years ago. From that time
to this constant efforts have been made
to reestablish free silver coinage. The
Republican party has always professed it.
self favorable to the cOnsummation of
this desired purpose. Within the party
differences of opinion have existed, not
upon The principle involved, but upon
the methods which should be employed
to bring about the desired result. Ger
tain Republicans of mature Judgment,
wide research, and unQuestionable in
tegrity of purpose have urged the party
to undue 10y law the mischief brought
about Ivy law. This element in the party
is known as the free-silver element. Re-
Gently certain self-constituted censors of
party action have been pleased to denomi-
nate such Republicans as conspirators
against the public veal; others have
gone SO far as to invite them to relieve
the party Of their obnoxious presence.
They have been advised that their States
are not needed in Republican columns.
Garrulous statesmen, possessed of more
zeal than knowledge, have assumed to
deal with party principles by the meas
ure of party necessity.
The advocates of the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver in the Republican
party insist upon the adoption of their
views because they believe that the prin-
ciple for which they contend is inherent
" and eternally right. Their zeal and
enthusiasm in behalf of silver do not de-
tract from their devotion to every ele-
;mentary principle Of the Republican par
ty.--F airmont Sentinel. II
They seem to be having a good deal
of trouble over the candidacy of George
Somerville for congress down in the
southwestern part Of the state. It IS
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