The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-08-14
A BROAD PLATFORM
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A Song of Death to Tyrants
Coupled with a Lullaby.

st. Anthony, Idaho, August 8, 1885,
| 10 the Editor .-"C Congress shall hav,
the power and authority to coin money
regulate the value thereof, and Of foreign
coin, and fix the standards of weights
and measure. ."-Constitution OF To,
United States
Who shall have the power and author
ity to coin money and to regulate i'll
value? Does it say international com
mission? Does 1t say United StateI
commission? No. Nothing of the kind
! Congress shall have the power.
There is no such thing contemplated
as the delegation of the power for the
creation Of, or the fixing Of the value O
money to international agreement" Oh
to commission or power of any kind ex
cept congress. No other power or auth.
ority is recognized higher than that o
the constitution and the constitution
says congress shall have the power.
The constitution of ths United States
repudiates any other power from creating
money and fixing its value.
What think you of an American
political party that argues that the exist
ing gold standard must be maintained
until an International agreement will
permit the better system OF q double
standard2 Is such declaration In line
with the true spirit of independence and
liberty? Can citizen of the United
States be as good an American citizen,
and have u more exalted conception Of
of the Declaration of Independence by
subscribing to creed, new creed il
you please, that this government must
need await the consent of an anternation-
al agreement for something better than
now exists2 Is such spirit of obedi-
ence to the mandates of ficticious
international power or legislature calcu-
lated to develop the highest order OF
Independent citizenship? | leave this to
the reader to answer.
In truth, when before has q great
political patty in the United
recognized the impotency of this nation
to adopt and maintain better systems
without the consent OF international
agreement? My American friend, not
until the republican party departed from
a sacred tenant of ite faith and declared
at st. Louis on June 49, 1896, that the
existing gold standard must be main
tanned until by international agreement
bimetallism could be established If
that is not an admission of impotency
and q direct thrust at the constitutional
rights of freemen, am not capable Of
Judging the meading of English language
And we have the authority of MIR. Nc
Kinley's stenographer, that Mr.. McKin-
ley drafted that portion of the platform
himself. 1t will not do TO say that Mr..
Mckinley does not stand up squarely for
that expression of impotency.
In 1776 there were many who, while
believing that the every sentiment ex.
pressed in the Declaration of Independ-
ence was right, and just, believed that it
would not do to battle for it--men who
said, Let's wait little longer" and
men who no doubt argued that the OPP
pressors OF the people would yet consent
to more liberty and freedom than they
then enjoyed. Then there were those
who, in the campaign are typi6ed by the
out-and, out gold-bug, eaid the expressions
of King George were right and that as
they were not injured, they had no
grievance in common with those who
complained. imagine then, as now,
the patriots who were struggling for
liberty and for better order OF thipg9,
we're called by the tories and their
American sympatbizers, 'revolutionists,"
anarchists" .'insolent Dogs" "crazy
fanaties," and other choice adjectiSes,
the same as are now leveled at those
who are laboring for the overthrow of the
declatorial moneocracy and it's servant,
the single gold standard. Then, ss now,
there we're many who honestly differed
as to the expediency OF giving to the
world so radical document as the
Declaration Of Independence, but when
the battle came on the majority wsvered
no longer.
The battle against the existing gold
standard is on, and there can be no
question under which banner those who
are against it will battle.
Had James g. Blaine been alive and
still ruling spirit 10 the counsels Of the
republican party, no such an advertise
ment of the impotency Of Americans