The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

kentucky.... ....l3 Iennessee.. ...... ~
Loulsiana.........o Iexas. 10
Ma)ne... Ctan. .............. D
Mary land. ......... Vermont..........4 4
Massachusetts.... 10 Virginia. ........ IL
Michigan. IA Washington..... l
Minnesota. 80 w. Virginia. ..... 8
Mississippi. 0 Wisconsin. -, .12
issodri. ...... III Wyoming. ......... 3
Montana .........3 ---
Total. .s47
From our standpoint we are ready and
willing to go on record prophesying the
election OF Major Mckinley, and further
more we believe that the more the issues
are argued in intelligent communities
the greater will be his majority. The
OBJECT lessons of this past, and the
issues Tor this present are SO plain that
he that runs may read. For tho object
lesson, what a sad contrast the close OF
the present admin istrasion presents az
compared with the close of the Harrison
administration. Then, all The spindles
wore buzzing, anu all tho various Indn-
uiacturing enterprises were humming.
Millions upon millions were invested to
develop new projects, and many we're
the articles to be Manufactured here, that
were previously always imported, and
labor OF the most skilled artisans, also ia
ordinary work was in active demand at
good rates. Then the people thought
they wanted a change, and they most as
suredly have got it. Then came the Wilson
tariff bill framed, and coached by willy
politicians, not possessing particle OF
experienced knowledge, and the result is,
that our own wooien manufactures are
closed, and our ma arkets tiileV' with for
efgn goods. Let these unemployed help
among US tell US how they like the
change. And then again to look and see
k.aN
almost as large increased national debt
as it was actually decreased under the
Harrison administration. See IL they can
find single estimate for important ex-
penditures, or receipts and expenditures
of any important branch Of the govern
ment that convinces US that the heads OF
the departments possessed a particle Of
knowledge of the subject discussed.
So much for the object lessons of the
past, and now we will look ahead. The
issues are plain. The Chicago nominee Is
claimed as Populist, Socialist, an
Anarchist. q Silverite and a Democrat,
with q chief recommendation OF reliable
wind power. His name was presented on
the first, and on every ballot. IL he
really possessed any desirable quail ifica
tions for the position. how is II that such
prominent Democratic statesmen as Hill
and Whitney withheld the vote OF New
York on every baliot2 How is 1t, If he
Is to prove the coming Moses for the lost
party that the Rhode Island delegates,
with their reputation for political
shrewdness insisted upon voting for a
person wnom, il he had received the
nomination, his own State world I'M
doubtedly have piled up good respectable
majority against him. sai $50, 600 Repub-
lican majority. Can these delegates, very
earnestly labor to have their constituents
vote for any one who they themselves re-
fused peremptorily to vote for? III SO,
then the next delegation should go better
Informed.
The two leading issue, pending In this
election are silver and protection. The
platfor n adopted at st. Louis Is suffiei-
emily plain on Doth OF these subjects.
The tests to ascertain the intrinsic value
Of gold and silver 1, simple. plain and
comprehensive. Place five twenty-dollar
gold pieces In one crucible and one
hundred silver dollars in another cruc-
IDLE, and we start with a nominal, pass
able value alike. Melt them both, and
there still remains about one hundred
dollars of gold value, and only about
fifty dollars value in silver. Robbed Of
the govern ment endorsement and stamp,
silver shrinks about one-half, and II must
require much more than ordinary legisla-
ION TO bring these metals to Taritv.
The western miners desire to carry their
siner ore and bullion to the u. >. mint,
receiving therefrom stamped curreo cy in
equal weight. They also want the word
gold erased from oil obligations of govern
ment payments. Populous aud wealthy
as our country Is, should the experiment
be tried and insisted upon of paying our
bonds in silver, we should at once be
alone among the nations Of The earth, and
a country without credit. Their great cry
for free trade would be unnecessary and
inconsistent because paying In silver, no
credits would be extended to our import
ers and there would be no fcregin pur-
chases. Our gold would at once command
q decided premium, and all loose hold
ings OF 1t would be swept abroad.
AS to Populism We want none OF IL in
any form. IL would Immediately dekase
our currency and thoroughly destroy
what lit le life our Democratic friends
have lett In the various business enter
prizes OF our country, As TO anarchism,
the city authorities OF Chicago have
shown n very satisfactory way whereby
they summarily meet nll advances under
this head, and they are heartily welcome
to our share. AS to Democracy, our whole
land cries with an unmistakea Ole
voice, we have had surfeit, give us n
change. Now again To refer 10 our aDles,
we sincerely believe that there are a
snfjcient nuin ber of cloctO org Whose votes