The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

take the best and most sensible po-
sition to secure bimetalism and pro-
tect the masses. The democrats
we mean that element which con
trolled the Chicago cOnventiOn-are
pretending to be for bilmetalism, but
their method, ii adopted, would re-
suit in free silver alone, drive gold
out of use, and leave this country on
a silver basis, which history demon
strates is not desirable. Such a Jaw
would only be Il temporary benefit to
silver, because as soon rs its dlsas-
trous effects were felt, the country
would repudiate the law.
On the other hand, the republican
Platform offers more hope for perma-
nent binetalism, because it proposes
to Dursuade some other leading
| countries to Join in free coinage Of
both metals. Until this can be
cone, and it pledges the party to
work for it, it favOrs maintaining
the present standard" Here is
where the free silver radicals have got
in their work and shouted gold
bag at the republican party. As Il
matter OF fact the republican party
ffavors the use OF both gold and sill
yer, on safe grounds, while the free
silver fellows in reality favor silver
alone. The method advocated By
the republican party will make a
sure, safe and permanent use OF both
gold and silver, and paper money
based upon these two metals. No
honest man wants a debased curren-
cy, and while honest men may differ
in the best way OF obtaining the
same desired end, or may differ asto
what will result ii certain things be
done, yet all must agree that it
would be safer for instance for three
countries to engage in a financial
enterprise than it would be for one
country to try it alone. Three men
OF equal strength or capital could,
combined, more successfully carry
out a proposed piece of work than
could one OF them alone. Hence the
republican party considers that it
would be unsafe at this time for this
country to try to coin all the worlds
silver alone.
BY reason of the republican party
declaring for this present stand
ard until safe and sure bimetalism
could be secured, the opponents OF
the party have shouted gold bug"
but it would not go, as the people
soon saw through their deception.
The money of this country, right
now, under the present standard"
is gold, silver and paper, in nearly
equal amounts. In round figures it
is 612 millions in gold, go millions
in silver, 475 millions in paper, or
about $24 for each individual. and
every dollar worth 100 cents. The
democrats saw inevitable defeat
ahead Of them on account OF their
free trade disaster, so they sprung
this financial issue in the hope of
again deceiving the people.
That is all there is to this free sill
YER wave. And our friends, the enc
my, who imagined that every man
favoring the equal use OF gold and
silver, was going to vote the free
silver, free trade, free soup democrat
ic ticket, was very much fooled. All
a republican has to do is to take the
republican platform, read it and
think over it. All any other sensible
man has to DO, is to look at the
history Of this cOIntr." made under
the last three years OF democratic
rule. Both will undoubtedly say let
us try Mckinley and protection.
And because OF these facts the So
her second thought OF the American
people is asserting itself, and the
free silver wave is receding as rapid
IS as it arose.
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